For people who want to prepare their hearts

At the height of the coming of age ceremony, when the family were supposed to drink their prepared special goblets of wine, they realised 1st bro was missing. (Sorry forgot his name). Yvonne then enters w 1st brother, looking like a poor lost lamb and wronged heroine. 1st bro barges in w Yvonne, “righteously” bringing her as if it was Penelope who ordered for her existence to be kept secret and did not allow her to attend. He was brainwashed (probably fed illusions and dreams of an evil Penelope). Poor Pen just wanted to die atm, because the very terrible scene of her end happened anyway despite everything and nth changed. My guess is that since he was always most guarded and distrusting towards Penelope, and also because he probs has the lowest affection level for her, he became the perfect and easiest tool for Yvonne to manipulate and use for the moment. He demands the Yvonne participates and drinks the wine too.

because she was wearing the necklace, when the cup was brought to Yvonne, she immediately knew that it was poisoned and knew what the witch was trying to do. So she hurriedly switched it and in a grand and tragic manner, she mentally bids everything here finally goodbye and takes a gulp. She then vomits blood (Poor crown prince’s gifted dress)

Magician was like Σ(っ°Д °;)っand tried to rise and stop her because he saw the necklace reacting too but obv Penelope did not give any chances to be stopped since she had alr prepared her own poison beforehand to self exit.

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Chaos ensues and ppl went crazy. Everyone was confused because the cup was meant for Yvonne so they wanted to know who did it + busy trying to save her. I think she almost dies, briefly went back to og world(?) but I can’t remember why she survived (maybe vinter? Can’t remember. Iirc ever since he gave her the poison he was carrying an antidote? But he later realises that it’s not the same poison anyway). 1st bro then kept insisting that the poison was prepared by Pen to poison Yvonne but everyone was like bruhh then, why did she drink it herself? He then says oh she trying to drama for attn but again everyone was wtf bro, how would she even know YOU were going to suddenly bring Yvonne? Duke then became very angry, lashed out at him and asks him to GTFO, I’m stripping ur authority from this case, you cannot be involved because u are clearly not right in the head so STFU u fking imbecile. Duke reveals he believes in Pen because she begged for the ceremony to be cancelled many times, even until the morning itself and asked to bring Yvonne but he was the one who said no. So he was vvvvv angry at 1st bro’s distrust and obsession w accusing her. 1st bro just couldn’t believe nor mentally process the logical facts ppl were presenting him w bcus he was brainwashed to the point whereby he “knows” it was Pen who did it. (Probably saw it happen in his dreams and he believes it as reality)

Vinter who knew what was going on bcuz of necklace plus the prepared poison was very confused. He said that Pen is innocent because she realised that Yvonne was going to drink the poisoned cup due to necklace, but took it away. He just didn’t understand why he drank it herself. I can’t remember if he then shares he had procured a poison that she asked for, although not knowing what was she using for hence carrying antidote all the time, but finally understood that she had already meant to use it on herself to self exit when she just took Yvonne cup despite knowing it was poison.

Crown prince, our favourite boy was crazy distraught, flared the fk up at the fam and vinter and told everyone “if u guys are not gonna settle this properly and get your shit tgh, I’m gonna use my authority to override and take matters into my hand because she is going to be MY FIANCÉ so she is going to be part of imperial family”. Then he spends endless days (crazily without sleeping nor leaving) sitting by Pen’s bed. He really went crazy, and finally realised when he was about to lose her that he was in love w her but was too late. so he went crazy w torment, afraid that Pen was going to stop breathing any time soon so he didn’t dare to even close his eyes. This actly becomes a future source of trauma for the prince in future. He won’t be able to sleep even if she was right in front of him because he is so afraid that she will just stop breathing, die and leave him the same way again. Iirc mr slave knight was still in prison, found out v late and couldn’t do anything.

Also, Emily is best Maid.

I can give more spoilers if anyone wants in future :) but I suggest reading novel too! ლ(´ڡ`ლ)