ahhh what a cute story???
glad the guys dont seem to be a holes here cause I was getting bad vibes about most of them already (plus doesnt help that I think the artist for the comic adaption here also worked on Anata no Danna Uwaki Shitemasu yo where the hero is a cheating simp)
yay for cute villainess and heroines!!
Thank u. Bless your soul
From what I got from that though is the fact that they did misunderstood the FL and treated her badly in the beginning but changes after that. So technically, they are "aholes" only in the beginning. So beware!
that's totally fine as long as they develop! ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
It's kind of frustrating the rude way the king treats her at first, but you come to realize that he wants to be a good king and has strong morals, but he's just too straightforward and simple minded and doesn't understand the intrigues and complexities of politics and the kingdom. Also Diana is use to it / really strong / knows the King is being used by other people so it never really bothers her. Plus her family is so influential, there's nothing the king can really do to her other than be rude. Her attitude is more like "I see he getting blinded by the conniving nobles, I better make him get his shit together or the kingdom will be in trouble". She feels bad that some of the maids and servants are scared of her, but as far as other nobles go she doesn't care if they like her or not and also uses her reputation to her advantage.
Once he realizes the truth and his own ignorance he feels really guilty and does his best to make it up to her / is very respectful and humble and trusts and listens to her advice in everything. She and her dad even end up having to force him to take breaks from working so hard and he tells our MC that he has to work hard so that he can be more like her: "If I forget about you, I'll go back to the selfish and arrogant old days." He's a good guy in the long run!
And the assassin ML is just totally devoted and loyal to her pretty much from the beginning since he learns her true nature early on. Even when he thinks she might be in love with the king (after they become friends a lot of people think that the king and Diana are in love bc they're so close) and be a real married couple with him, he still plans to continue protecting her forever no matter what. One time he tells her that even if she didn't need him and could defend herself, he would still stay.
The Villainess and the heroine are seriously so cute. Sheila sees her goodness immediately so there isn't any bad treatment there at all. And all the other characters acknowledge how close they are. Even the king, when he was confessing to Sheila, was like "I know you like Diana more than me" lol!
Wow! INTERESTING! Than you
So Kai and Diana end up together? they married? ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ
Thank You very much for the spoiler :)
Congratulations, you make me don't wanna read this manga anymore#－.－)
I mean it is kind of ur fault for reading the spoiler, they did warn u ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Lol I love spoilers.. Thank you for that
Is there a link for the novel?
The only thing I needed to know to get me sticking to this story was MC and the "heroine" being friends to the point where they'd get married if the law allowed it
Why Diana's era? Isn't it supposedly the king's era? ?_?
I think I'm gonna stick with this. The way you said it makes me want to read this till the end. Thanks (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
its realistic but ugggg sheila and diana would make such a good couple
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Although this is one of those Villainess stories it's not a reincarnation or transmigration, the MC and her family are just misunderstood. The MC is Diana Crestor, the daughter of a Duke. Her father is known as the 'evil emperor' and the Crestor family are known for being very powerful and are rumored to be a manipulative force that controls the throne and the empire from behind. In reality the Crestor family are wise, clever, and loyal (they are in charge of a huge spy network that collects information about threats to the crown and kingdom) but the family members all inherit very fierce and 'evil' facial features that cause them to be misunderstood. (Yea its one of those).
Anyway, Diana is the highest ranking concubine of the new young king. The king has a strong sense of justice, but he's also very gullible and easily deceived, which is why he so readily believes the rumors about Diana and the Crestor family and hates her. The story revolves around he struggle against the other concubines and also, more importantly, the nobles who want to manipulate the king. Eventually the king realizes that Diana is a good person and comes to trust her and she helps him become a more knowledgable, wiser ruler. They become good friends and he feels really bad about misjudging her in the beginning and even has his close aides who were rude to her previously kneel down and apologize.
The king isn't the ML though! The ML is an assassin names Kai (the guy in the last page) who was sent to kill Diana. He ends up discovering her true personality though and a falls in love with her and so ends up protecting and helping her instead.
There's also Sheila, who is the one who would be the "Female Lead" to Diana's "Villainess" in an ordinary shoujo manga. She's the usual poor but gentle baron's daughter who was sold into the king's harem because of her family's financial problems. She meets Diana and actually realizes Diana's true nature from the first meeting and really likes and trusts her. Sheila is the one who ends up with the King in the end, although she and Diana are so close and affectionate with each other that it's practically yuri. Literally! In the epilogue Dee tells Sheila that if the King is ever unfaithful then she'll steal Sheila away and make her the happiest in the world and Sheila is like "If Diana gives me that, then ..." and then they both sigh regretfully over the fact that current law doesn't allow homosexual marriage.
In the end, Diana stays in the palace for a long while as the concubine because she's the only one with the power to oppress another evil rival concubine, The Peony, (if she leaves Sheila and the King wouldn't be able to hold their own against the other concubine because she's too clever/her family is too influential) but it's implied that once things have stabilized she's going to run away with the assassin to see the world (she apologizes for making him wait but he tells her that no matter how long, even if its forever, he'll stay by her side and protect her because she's an existence he can't live without). Afterwords the history books end up referring to the era of peace and prosperity in the kingdom as Diana's Era.