Selective Amnesia

Thts tru but he didn't care for her then as he cares for her now. He only wanted her usefulness n did give her an offer to stand by his side on equal ish grounds I think but she refused to take it. N just like the beginning of 2nd timeline, he let the other women be cuz he still needed the benefits until mc was able to do something bout those. Her character/personality wasn't all tht great either in prev timeline as I think she would've still ended up naive/dependant on his affection/care/attention if she did accept tht 'early' w no info too. Out of everyone he was the first n only to offer a hand n knew wat he would want plus I don't think either of them was feeling love for each other in the beginning. Without doing wut she did in current timeline the ml would still let those women b

Also let’s not forget that she was going to war against his country in the past timeline, so after she refused his offer what was he supposed to do? Send her back to her country to go back to warring with him? Even after everything his wives had done to her what was she really gonna do if he was to let her go? She was a general of her country on the battlefield at least due to her power killed hundreds of his soldiers if she took his offer she would then be a traitor and give him info on them so she couldn’t go home but she chose not to do that cuz she loved her family till the blueish haired guy came and gave her a reality check so I don’t really view him as a bad guy, he’s a king who married many wives who bought with them info/items that could support his kingdom which was what he needed at the time, and she’s a prisoner of war unfortunately

Also, he didn't care for her in this new life too but that was until she started to prove herself with her power, caught his eye and became interesting to him.

Why would he care for his enemy?

I think, in her mind, at least he had a reason and he was the only other person besides her servant to actually talk to her as an equal and with no lies.

My problem isn't his feelings for her but HER FEELINGS for him. I hate that they make women 2 dimensional. Must she blush and fall in love? can't she just be grateful and pretend? The Emperor isn't even a good person. He gathered all those ladies to just abandon them.

I mean it’s not like she immediately fell in love with him, and it’s not even like she “loves” him rn she’s just starting to feel something like a crush maybe. And I wouldn’t say he’s a bad person he married these women for the sake of getting something in return for his kingdom things, connections that’s not terrible it happens ╮(￣▽￣)╭ honestly all they had to do was sit and enjoy life but they went looking for problems and the fl solved them, also he may have been the king but it seems like they definitely had a bit of power as his wives since he was getting stuff from their homeland kinda under their thumb if that makes sense so when the fl came and she had info and solutions so he wouldn’t have to have them around it was a win win for him AND her so he let her deal with them since they went for her first. And I don’t mean that the wives had power over him but that their homeland could have stopped sending whatever they were giving in return for him making them one of his wives cuz remember his land is like a north area I think so I don’t see as a bad guy ╮(￣▽￣)╭

I get what you are saying and I honestly also get what the other person is saying.
I’d just like to add. As a prisoner of war she should have just been a prisoner of war. Not a toy for his wives. He asked her to join his side because he knew her circumstances better than her and honestly could have used her powers. Once she refused he could have just had her executed. What was the point of stretching her misery for over 10 years? Brutalised and tortured by his wives for fun and it was also implied that the guards sexually assaulted her too. That’s my beef with this guy. She was the GENERAL for their enemy army. Public execution would have lifted the nations morale which is probably more important to a dedicated emperor than his wives entertainment. But he left her alive to be in pain even though there was no reason to treat her so cruelly. Death would have been kinder and honestly more efficient than keeping an enemy prisoner alive for over a decade.

Idk about SA I don’t remember reading anything like that, but I know they took her eyes I went back and reread but the ml did heal her eyes and let her go back to her home country who btw basically sold her so they could get the second princess
back in return after they lost, they betrayed her but yea it was an asshole move letting his wives hurt her but at the end of the day why did he actually have to care after she turned down his offer? Also u never know we might get some insight into the past that he might have done some clean up on those wives and knights? Mhm never know ╮(￣▽￣)╭ anyway after healing her eyes he did let her go to return to her home so she could see for herself what kind of ppl her “family” really was and sure enough did and they killed her so….plus in prison they do torture ppl to get info who cares if she was the general she was their main source of power and strength for the enemy they aren’t gonna be treated nicely , my response is kinda all over the place lol

I am not saying he should care. Just that it’s more cost effective and honestly more practical and productive to have her publicly executed. He healed her eyes after a decade just to let her see that she has been used all her life and she suffered 10 years of torture for people who don’t give a shit about her. To me that seems more cruel than all the torture she had gone through.
Also WE know it’s an isekai story. But I doubt the ml knew she would regress when he let her go after healing her.
As for the SA it was implied through the guards words and actions it wasn’t shown outright but it was pretty clear.
And yea let’s hope we do get more insight the story is ongoing. And your reply was perfectly fine!

After reading all these senseless comments i'm grateful to finally see someone using logic reasoning instead of just justifying the unjustifiable for the sack of simping. you've said exactly what i've been dying to say. it's because of people who can't seem to distinguish between what's right and what's wrong as soon as the ML is hot with a sad story that theses authors keep making such shitty MLs with sob background, meanwhile FLs always have to go through death + torture just because of some decisions they made in life and have to accept, forgive and fall in love with the one person who put them through that misery like nothing ever happened... Hell i still remember and can't forgive what my homeschool teacher did to me when i was 7 and it wasn't even that big of a deal but it's not some child's mistake, she was an adult and so was this story's ML!

Yes unfortunately since that trend is so widely accepted that’s what the authors will make just so it would sell.
Btw try reading ‘Your eternal lies’ and ‘kill the villaness’.
If we are talking about simping. I am simping after these two currently. The characters stay consistent and fl don’t take shit from anyone. Like actually don’t take shit not just in the description

THIS…. This is exactly what I was trying to say. Yes she was a prisoner and just because she refused to play with the enemy, he decided to throw her to the wolves..? He knew how vicious and bored his concubines were, he knew what they were doing to her YET he did NOTHING. No one is saying he should save her but can’t she just be a POW and serve her time “peacefully “ till her death..? And for those saying he liked her, no he didn’t. He wanted her fire power for her to use against her own country men. Her family may have abandoned her but what did the country people do.. yes they were misled to think she was responsible for the war and hated her, you can’t blame them. So people saying she should have accepted his condition and started working for him against HER OWN COUNTRY don’t know what they are talking about.
N.B, she was a General right.. ? Don’t forget the pride that goes along with that title, so expecting her to betray her Men she fought with and turn around and kill their families is wild

oh yeah i'm currently reading them, kill the villainess is one of my favorite because of the FL's character's consistency. loving how the author didn't buff the ML and make him into a typical fantasy ML too! tho i've just started your eternal lies recently so i can't say much about it but you're making me want to read it even more. we need more stories like these.

Yes we definitely do. If you have any recommendations like these two please share them!

A general AND the princess of the enemy country!! the least he could do is execute her and let her have a honorable death, but what did he do? let his deprived psychopathic concubines play with her like some Entertainment doll and his disgusting guards using her for their pleasure, and please for anyone saying he didn't know, OFC he did! someone who knows the insider of his harem's affaire won't know what's going on in a prison cell? but you know the most surprising is that one guy saying "prisoners of war are often tortured for informations" oh sorry to burst your bubble but that is usually carried out by soldiers not some concubine who just wants to let out some stress and who's not even holding the title of empress and definitely not by letting your h*rny guards do what they did unless you're not " so noble" and have no dignity as an emperor.

It's also funny how he said " i don't meddle with the harem's affairs" ok but how is a prisoner of war any of your harem's personal affairs when she didn't even agree to join hands with you?

And then they throw you the " healed her eyes before sending her back" as if one's supposed to feel grateful? after letting her rot in that cell he decides to send her back to her country where he knows exactly how her end will be even tho he knew the truth and could have relieved her pain and let her die with honor as a former general (since he sympathized with her so much from what i understood) oh but wait! he healed her eyes with his power so that nullify everything negative about him! Hell i bet she would have been better off being a slave from war than a prisoner of war if that's how prisoners of war are treated in his country, and for someone who's no less than an army commander and the enemy's princess....

And then she falls in love in the blink of an eye and accepts everything with open arms, it would've been good if she only focused on her revenge, and idk ...maybe after a long long time spent together, maybe if he started wooing her properly then and maybe then she could open up to him, yeah maybe that would've been a better scenario to m, i just can't accept the way their romance is developing with such sh*tty backstory and character groath.

I usually give up to 4 stars when the story has good art even with a cliché plot as long as the ML is half decent with a favorable personality. but with half baked story and characters like this... this isn't worth more than 2 stars.

One im female (〜￣△￣)〜, two I’m was partially stating what happened in the story after going back and rereading the chapters and I did agree that it was an asshole move but at the end of the day I still stand by what I said he didn’t need to give her comfort or protection. He didn’t have to care about what his wives did to her probably because of the benefits that his country was receiving from theirs but still trashy move I agree, those soldiers I read that they took her eyes I never read any indications that there was any SA maybe I was reading it wrong or maybe that person read a spoiler that hasn’t been posted in the comments yet idk whose to say he didn’t get rid of those soldiers or even punished his wives as I said before we might get more info into the past which would be great I would to see it, cuz the only info that we really have is what she has though her jail cell and whatever info her servant told her after she came home and was put in a jail cell. Which is basically info on her home berry and how his wives homes are controlling interests in his and she’s literally fixing his problems so that he no longer has to have them around to help his ppl. Also I don’t think she immediately fell in love with him I don’t think she’s in love with him now, maybe a crush she’s questioning his changing behavior but it’s also not like she knew anything about him in her past life either probably just that he was cold ass dick. None of this would have happened in the first place if her family hadn’t sold her out for the younger sister anyway and when she came home they blamed her for being unable to run their own country and branded her a traitor instead of welcoming her home.
anyway I still don’t think he’s a terrible person I mean there’s been worse and honestly the reason the wives treated her like that is probably cuz they heard about him offering her the position of empress like there’s no shot they don’t have eyes and ears all over that place and won’t hear about it. Jealousy ╮(￣▽￣)╭

Let's see, i have a long list and i don't mind sharing it with you but i haven't read everything on that list yet so i can't guarantee that whatever you're gonna read will be satisfying, i usually delete anything i don't like once i start reading it, but these are my favorite so far, i 'm not sure i remember everything but these are must read if you haven't yet :

Remarried Empress
I am the Master in this Life
For My Abandoned Love
Don't Concern Yourself With That Book
I'll Be The Matriarch In This Life
The Princess Imprints a Traitor
The Lady and the Beast
The Way to Protect the Female Lead's Older Brother
I Want to Be You, Just For A Day Webtoon (alternative name: Your Throne)
Death Is The Only Ending For The Villainess
The Reason Why Raeliana Ended up at the Duke's Mansion
The Villainess Reverses the Hourglass
Beware of the Villainess!
The Monster Duchess and Contract Princess

So these are mainly the ones i've read and can recommend to anyone who's into fantasy- romance with good FL and ML, and i know my lists are a mess i should do some clean up and separate genres but i'm very lazy so don't be too disappointed xD sadly i also had a list of LN that i like but i lost it and i'm extremely bad at remembering titles

https://www.mangago.zone/home/mangalist/833428/
https://www.mangago.zone/home/mangalist/2291458/

idk if there's a way to send you directly to my lists so here's the links instead
you can also find action/adventure genre if you're interested ;)

we're not asking for the perfect ML and he sure is an irresponsible emperor for someone who can't even control what's going on in prison, like u said walls also have ears, and it was mentioned that the harassement and abuse was constant not a one time thing so idk what was he doing all that time? to each their view if you really think that she's not so easy then i guess that's your standard not mine, that's why authors making g MLs into assholes and FLs into 2 dimensional girls, also i never said he was the worst i've seen wort trash than him indeed, but he's not innocent and not worth defending like ya'll doing.

Thanks XD I’ll go through the lists too and I’ll be adding them to my bookmarks I hope that’s okay. I love action and adventure too. Just that the plot should be properly cover and characters are consistent. I have remarried empress tab already opened and I have marked I will be the master in this life. I am reading or already read all the rest ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
As for LN irs oka6. I a,ready have a lot of ongoing on NU that I hav3 ye5 to catch up on. Make ac account on it if you don’t have it. Helps with the lists.
Also try
sister I will be the queen in this life
Ashtarte
I will surrender my position as the empress
Queen cecia’s shorts
Setting sun, bedazzled eyes
Broken ring this marriage will fail anyway
Filia rose
Resetting lady *good translations hasn’t been updated in a while but it’s an epic read. I want to say soo much but I’ll hold myself back XD

Consistent story and strong characters thus far on all of them.