I often see readers talk about Ines and freedom as though marrying Carcel somehow limits her freedom. The way I see it, the only times she wasn’t free is in her two previous lives. As crown princess caged in the palace, restricted by palace rules, and oppressed by a terrible MIL and horrible husband, she wasn’t free. As a fugitive, hiding from the authorities, hiding from her neighbors, and using the fake name Juana, she wasn’t free. She couldn’t freely go anywhere in Ortega. She said she didn’t dare go near populated places. She couldn’t make friends with anyone and had to keep to herself since she’s a fugitive and everyone in Ortega knew she publicly cuckolded the crown prince.
In contrast, married to Carcel, she can practically do anything. He doesn’t restrict her in any way unless it’s for something like her health. Heck, her initial plan was to live on her estate and spend her life doing the things she loves to do like hunting and horseback riding but now she gets to enjoy those things with someone who loves doing those things too. She can go anywhere in Ortega using her own name. Her family nor in-laws restrict her in anyway. She made genuine female friends for the first time in any life. To top it off, she eventually gets a grand ship equipped with canon guns that can set sail from the shores of Ortega to go anywhere in the world it could take her. That’s beautiful freedom.
I often see readers talk about Ines and freedom as though marrying Carcel somehow limits her freedom. The way I see it, the only times she wasn’t free is in her two previous lives. As crown princess caged in the palace, restricted by palace rules, and oppressed by a terrible MIL and horrible husband, she wasn’t free. As a fugitive, hiding from the authorities, hiding from her neighbors, and using the fake name Juana, she wasn’t free. She couldn’t freely go anywhere in Ortega. She said she didn’t dare go near populated places. She couldn’t make friends with anyone and had to keep to herself since she’s a fugitive and everyone in Ortega knew she publicly cuckolded the crown prince.
In contrast, married to Carcel, she can practically do anything. He doesn’t restrict her in any way unless it’s for something like her health. Heck, her initial plan was to live on her estate and spend her life doing the things she loves to do like hunting and horseback riding but now she gets to enjoy those things with someone who loves doing those things too. She can go anywhere in Ortega using her own name. Her family nor in-laws restrict her in anyway. She made genuine female friends for the first time in any life. To top it off, she eventually gets a grand ship equipped with canon guns that can set sail from the shores of Ortega to go anywhere in the world it could take her. That’s beautiful freedom.