the only thing i like about the change from novel to this is that edith finally got an apology from that family
yah ofc! from what i remember reize (whatever her name is) didn’t rlly get caught for her wrongdoings after the initial knife scene so edith and ML went to the north to get away from all this family drama. while they were away everyone was hating reize more and more and the brother was getting tired of protecting her name at the house. reize hated that it wasn’t going the same way so she continued going on based on the novel and went to go find the emperors missing nephew. she ended up finding the wrong kid but disguised the kid anyways so she can get credit for it. the royal family found that it was a fake kid and got mad at reize they were gna send her to death but edith felt bad so she asked for a nicer sentence since she found the real nephew. THEN reize went to the monastery. the parents never apologized to edith for never believing in her or being caught in all their fam drama. cliff ended up getting married to another person that was good to him and was helping him mentally. edith n ml had 2 kids i think ?
literally had to read the novel bc i couldn’t wait but i was left so disappointed lmk if u want spoilers
edit: spoiler is belowwwww edit again: okay i read the side stories and it was worth it no longer disappointed but very happy !!! ygs must read if u can’t wait like me
okay basically for those who want spoiler i sum it up:
-edith almost ran away but doesn’t bc she would rather die by killians hands if it meant she got to see him one last time
-blonde bitch gets mad she doesn’t get executed n tries to blame FL saying she was trying to kill her
-killian defends her countless of times n proves FL innocence everytime n begins to hate blondey more n more
-blondey reveals she’s the author n that this is her 13th time reliving the story and basically has been summoning ppl to live as edith n gets them killed each time (this is the only edith to survive which drives the author crazy)
- nearing end of story blonde bitch n crazy cliff get married n the FL N ML move territories n live happily
JUS MAD THE AUTHOR DOESNT PAY FOR BER COUNTLESS CRIMES. SHE BASICALLY KILLED 12 GIRLS N ATTEMPTED MURDER ON THIS EDITH LIKE 10 TIMES WTF
spoiler but summed up
- edith contemplates leaving but decides not to run away and to mayb end the story by dying from killians sword (n bc she would like to see him one last time even if it means dying)
- liz doesn’t like the fact that she survived n doesn’t get executed bc killian gets to choose her punishment (ofc he isn’t gna punish her)
- liz then tries to cram FL saying that she was trying to kill her (killian proves FL innocence n liz goes crazy) btw cliff is still at her defense
- FL tells ML she’s reincarnated
- after FL recovers a bit she confronts liz n find out she’s the og author
- author reveals that this is her 13th time living in this story n that this edith made it the furthest bc she drove the other 12 girls to their death (what a psycho)
- AUTHOR GETS AWAY WITH EVERYTHING BC BCIT NEVER GETS BROUGHT UP LIKE WTF
- liz n crazy cliff get married n FL N ML move to the other territory n live happily ever after ig
the reason why it’s so disappointing bc the author gets away with all her crimes n lives a happy life? the duke family never apologizes to edith which is crazy bc she was accused countless of times n was even tortured but no one cares :/
***more spoilers***
Noooo blondie and cliff don't get a happy ending! They do get married but blondie makes everyone's lives a living hell (Cliff, Duke, Duchess, the nice glasses blonde dude who's name I forgot etc.) because she starts to completely loose her marbles over the fact that she doesn't have control anymore. Cliff gets mentally tortured as he starts to realise blondie is truly bat shit crazy and doesn't give a flying f*** about him as long as it doesn't serve her greed.
The nice glasses blonde dude then goes to live with Edith and Killian cause he's done with blondie going insane so that helps Edith and her territory out.
I read the novel a few months back so I don't know if blondie gets arrested again or sent off to an asylum or nunnery or something, but basically Cliff ends up FINALLY meeting a girl who actually shows him love and doesn't just use him (but before this he was married to blondie for at least a few months so dude definitely did not have a nice time and didn't get off scot-free). In the meantime Edith and Cliff have kids (plural I think), are worried about the state of affairs back home, run their territory amazingly well, and are actually able to be completely happy when blondie gets sent away cause they're not constantly worrying about the dukedom and their parents having to put up with blondie being a lil piece of shit.
woah i let this cook for so long is it good yall?
YES SO GOOD
And you have waited long enough that the romance has been realized so no agonizing (▰˘◡˘▰)