NOOOOO OMG
But at the same time YESSS CAUSS I LOVE THE DRAMAAA AND I WANNA SEE THEIR SUFFERING im sorry lol i just live whenthings like that happen cause it makes the story more
Yeah, everything that would happen next is good, and kinda satisfying, so yeah. But still sad.
Long, detailed spoilers from novelupdates if you’re curious: (credits to Missy2894)
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The major event of the story is the war with the trolls. Riftan and his army had to go to defend the border. Maxi fought tooth and nails to come alone despite Riftan's objections. Finally he allowed her to come along because they needed a magician who could heal. In one of the major battle/turning point of the novel is when Maxi used up all her mana to create barriers to trap many of the trolls who would have destroyed the city they were in. During the battle she got super injured. Dislocated shoulder, broken ribs, mana exhaustion, blood lost, and..... she miscarried the baby she didn't know she had... Riftan found out about it but told every one to shut their mouths because it would have caused Max to be too shocked and that would not have helped given her condition. He was heartbroken so he sent her away to a safe place (the imperial palace with princess Agnes).
Max didn't know she had a miscarriage until she met her father much later after she arrived at the palace to recoup/recover. He wanted to drag her back to the Duke's estate so that she cant bring shame to his name. He told her that the king was making fun of him and question Rosetta's fertility (Maxi’s half sister). He told her that it is best to be divorced from Riftan so he could marry the princess since the king wants that. Maxi was super shocked to hear that she lost her baby and ran out of the room she was in with her dad. The knights escorting her ran out from another room to her. She asked them and they confirmed that miscarriage was one of the things that happed to her and they were told to keep it a secret by Riftan. The duke came out and told them that he would be taking her back to Duke's castle because it is better for her to be with family. She followed along due to shock.
A lot of people are wondering when does Riftan finally find out the truth about how Maxi was treated? Well here it what happens:
Of course she was abused at the duke's castle... Riftan finally came to Croix's castle but the duke wouldn't let them meet. Maxi tried to sneak out so she would see Riftan from afar but was caught by the guards. The duke was livid with her so he beat the shit out of her. He told her to take her dress off and started whipping her. She closed her eyes and crouched down in pain but the pain suddenly stopped coming. She slowly looked up and saw Riftan holding the duke's arm. He made a fuss about Riftan stress passing into his castle and it is a felony. He tried to justify his action by saying that it is his way of discipling his kid. He said that there is a healer so there wouldn't be any traces of the wound anyway. Riftan remained quiet and didn't say a word. The duke told Riftan to follow him so they could talk about his crime. Riftan followed him but soon he grabbed a chair and swung it hard at the duke who then flew like a rag doll. Riftan proceeded to beating the shit out of the duke and would have killed him if his knights didn't come and stop him. The knights were able to enter the castle because rosetta drugged the guards and let them in. The rem dragon knight? (Riftan's knights) told Rosetta to call a healer before the duke dies. She just kinda stood there and looked down at the bloody duke. She told them to leave before the other guards come. Riftan took Maxi out of the castle and went to an inn.
In the room Riftan started to wipe the blood from Maxi’s body. As he was doing that he asked her,
"How often did this happen?"-R
She tried to avoid his gaze and looked around bewildered like a corner animal.
"what, what … you mean?"-M
Riftan stayed silent so that it would force Max to answer under pressure.
Max tried to make light of it and make excuses so she could keep her last remaining spec of pride (to her being abused is shameful)
"When did he do this to you?"-R
She tried to avoid it again but she just couldn't.
'what, what do you want to know? I...uh, how often do I get hit..uh, when it started.. you really want to know that?"-M
"So, if you are curious.. I’ll answer. It started since I was 8. I stutter... After it became clear. Twice a week I had to read poem in front of my father. If I didn’t do well.. in that room..he punished me."-M
She said that desperately..
"today... I didn't intend to take you back to Anatol"-R
"I thought it would be better for you to stay here. If you want I would have let them keep you...I kept repeating to myself over and over again. Let's go back after checking your face once to make sure you are healthy and well. Just to see you once then I will go back. This time I wont force you to come with me like last time"-R
Riftan's voice is trembling and unstable at this point.
"I asked the duke to let me see you just once. The man said you didn't want to see my face. At that moment, I felt like the world was collapsing underneath my feet" - R
"I, I have never…"- M
"That has never been the case, I never said I didn't want to see you"-M
"Then why did you follow the man? Why?"-R
"Wouldn't it have been better to wait for me? Rather than being with me..was it better to be with a person like that?"-R
"I thought you wouldn't want to see me again"-M
"We had a child... I lost it..."-M
"So... you thought I wouldn't want to see you?"-R
"what else could I think of when you told me to leave and said nothing else?"-M
"I didn't want to see you hurt anymore!" Yelled Riftan
Then he shouted,
"Since I took you to Anatol, you have been in danger many times. When I saw your bloody figure. I thought it was all my fault! Why should you go through this? The thing that made you pregnant, that made you chase after such a scum! It's all me"
Max was speechless. Riftan continued,
"I should have left you alone. I shouldn't have taken you to Anatol.. I knew from the beginning that you didn't want to marry me! If I really loved you I should have let you go when I came back the first time. I thought that it would have been better for you if I didn't come back alive. While you were unconscious.. I only thought that.”
Riftan started to shake as he tried to suppress his tears but he kept going.
"If it wasn't for your sister, I would have left you here! Why didn't you tell me? What he has been doing to you... Why didn't you tell me? If you had told me he wouldn't be able to come near you. No matter what, I'd protect you. Why didn't you let me know? Why?"
Maxi started rambling about how shameful she is how she is nothing. She didn't want him to think of her as less she didn't want him to know how she has lived worse than an animal when he thought of her as a fragile honorable young lady of a duke's. She started crying when he hugged her.
"I... I've been thinking of you for so long"-R
"There wasn't a moment when I didn't think about you. Even when you didn't know that such a man exist in this world... You were the only one for me. The more I hope for you the more vain and miserable I became... but I couldn't stop"-R
"I thought many times, many times... Let's stop now. The more I thought of you the more lonely I became. No what who I became, I was alone. Let's stop today.. Let’s stop chasing someone you cant reach.. I was always chasing you"-R
"I didn't think your heart was mine. Since meeting you, my heart hasn't been mine. So how could you be nothing?...How could you be nothing?"
The conversation ended and they just hugged each other and cried in silence.
This is gonna be soo f*cked up..... btw thx
DONT BE TALKING ABOUT BABIES IF IT AINT GONNA HAPPEN PLSSS. dont get my hopes up