For those who want more, I found the novel WHICH INCLUDES SIDE STORIES!! They go from Elena's pregnancy to their kids growing up, it's so cuteee
https://booktoki469.com/novel/2254041?stx=%EC%9B%90%EC%9E%91%EC%9D%80+%EC%99%84%EA%B2%B0%EB%82%9C+%EC%A7%80+%ED%95%9C%EC%B0%B8+%EB%90%90%EC%8A%B5%EB%8B%88%EB%8B%A4%EB%A7%8C (just MTL the chapters, it's still much better than the manhwa's translation lmao)
I have no words to describe how much I loved this story this is a level of cuteness I only ever saw Another Typical Fantasy Romance achieve
This made me SO MAD!! We're supposed to believe that this life's Taehwa is completely different from the Taehwa of the alternative timeline? BULLSHIT. The only reason he was somewhat better than their previous life is because Cheonghyeon put in all the effort to make it a kinda healthy relationship by being submissive to him. He's still the same exact huge red flag who would be 100% ready to hurt him, confine him and rape him again in case Cheonghyeon decided to leave him. THIS IS NOT ROMANCE PEOPLE, THIS IS STOCKHOLM SYNDROME. What's with all the people continuously defending him and considering him a green flag (based on b*to comments)?? If your partner is like this call the police and file a restraining order what the fuck. He had ZERO respect for Cheonghyeon's desires and personal boundaries and again, would gladly ABUSE and RAPE him again in this life even if he as much as started refusing to sleep with him. Just because he doesn't do it outright doesn't mean that there are no signs (which I could see VERY clearly). The last chapter's monologue from Cheonghyeon made it even more clear to me that the poor guy is just gaslighting himself into thinking that what they have now is a healthy relationship. It pisses me off even more how we're supposed to feel like Taehwa is a good lover because the author threw in this tragic backstory in which he went to jail and died to protect him. Ok, nice, I acknowledge that, but how is that supposed to erase the fact that he was an abusive asshole? Had he been the classic toxic gangster 2nd male lead in love triangle BLs almost everybody would have considered all this deserved redemption on his part and rooted for a puppy main male lead, but in here he's supposed to be the best option (when in reality he did the exact same thing as that other gangster, with the difference that he mostly abused him sexually, which is actually worse imo, while the other guy mostly beat him up).
The only one with common sense in this story was Taehwa's subordinate, who even shut up Taehwa's guardian in their previous life. As for Taehwa's guardian: my God how much he pissed me off blaming Cheonghyeon, THE FUCKING VICTIM of his sweet dear boy, like that! He made me develop anger issues in that one chapter. As the subordinate said, has Cheonghyeon ever asked him to do any of that? NO. He did whatever he wanted against Cheonghyeon's wishes as always. It's like saying that a domestic abuse victim should be grateful to their abusive partner because after beating them up he worked day and night to buy them the house of their dreams or some shit. While exagerated this is exactly how abusive relationships work and how the victims stay in them!!
I was honestly confused about the author's intention, because they made it SO obvious to me how toxic the seme is to this day and how much of a self-gaslighted victim the uke is that I can't not think that it was done on purpose to make the readers rethink this kind of relationship. Idk, overall it was entertaining to read (even though I expected more from the regression plot) but I still don't like the male lead, sorry not sorry.
The fact that I literally spoiled myself the ending before starting but I STILL CRIED
This was the kind of masterpiece that prevents you from enjoying any other story for at least a week out of comparison. I'm speechless.
ANOTHER HIATUS AFTER CH.76... UNTIL THE 10th OF JANUARY AAAAAHHHHH
I was so convinced that at the end of this chapter Leon was going to be saved from Beryl by the sudden apparition of Cliff (I'm delulu I know, but they're currently in Cliff's cave so it's not that far fetched?!) BUT ALL I GOT WAS FURRY SEX WITH BERYL IN WOLF FORM WHAT THE FUCKKKK
Just when are we going to get some actual progress instead of just rape with different kinks?? Why am I even still here
I shouldn't have trusted the author when she said that there would be plot as well lmao
This was actually really cute?!? I expected much worse considering the previous works of the same anthology
I just came back because I randomly remembered this but... WHY DIDN'T I REALIZE THAT IT ISN'T FINISHED YET??
SOMEBODY PLEASE PICK IT UP
This story was AAAALL over the place, the only reason I was able to finish it without getting bored with my terrible attention span is that it was already completed and I could binge it all at once. And it was such a pity because had it been extended to at least double the chapters, it would have become one of my favorites, I mean it!!
It had SO much potential, both in terms of plot and in terms of possible love routes, literally everything could have been so interesting, but the author probably had too many ideas and too little time (maybe their contract forced them to stay below 100 chapters like most shoujo manhwas do? I don't know).
It was like watching a flashback more than a complete story: everytime something interesting was happening, it all suddenly ended and another sub-plot began (I would have gladly read a complete arc of for example her in the psycho daddy's mansion, or her training with Kadeem under their master etc.). Not to talk about the character interactions! There were so many interesting love interests with a great premise for a love story with the fl, to the point that each of them could have easily been a great love interests on their own, but none of them were properly developed in their relationship with the FL (apart from maybe Kadeem, the most probable endgame). The family was also easily forgotten even after they found out that she was the lost daughter, they had almost zero interactions after the first chapters! I was waiting for her to bond more with her loving father and brothers but it all felt so superficial. But most of all: THE MOM!! I FEEL SO BETRAYED!!! Why is it that the story ended before they even INTERACTED, let alone bonded? Wtf?!? What was even the point of introducing her as a great character and mother if you're not even going to show her being reunited with the fl? Siiiiigh.
And her previous lives as well, I wish they had been addressed better. I hate when they introduce such interesting backstories to the main character but she never even talks about it with others, not even with the ones that were actually present in one of her previous lives (like Bell or her reincarnated parents)! So frustrating. She could have become a badass dragon as the story finale but it's not even addressed anymore? 'I'm still Rosiana' my ass, I wanted an overpowered goddess fl beating up the villains for once in my life, such wasted potential
Again, such a pity because had it been better developed (longer) it would have reached my top list of manhwas. The fact that I still overall enjoyed reading it despite the flaws is proof of just how great it could have been had there been enough chapters to unravel everything.
Also, my favorite thing is how THE SAINTESS BECAME AN ACTUAL LOVE INTEREST LMAOOO
I'm serious when I say that her becoming the fl's lover would have made more sense than for example the prince (who had 0 meaningful interactions with Rosiana), maybe even her brother who had no reason to be apart from the forced contract with the fl. They are basically soulmates, reunited in every lifetime and fated to care about each other! I mean it was established that in her first life the fl loved her, maybe more platonically than anything but it was true love, and in this life Bell had an actual crush on her and had the same opportunities as the male leads to be flirty with her.
I was actually really hoping for an harem ending that included the saintess
WDYM THE ENDDDD I NEED MORE!!! GIVE ME SOME SIDE STORIES (Edit: according to the author there won't be any TT)
Why is everybody hating on this? I admit that the plot was basically non-existent but THEY WERE SO CUTE I expected so much toxicity from the first few chapters but it was much better than I expected. I also personally didn't mind that they didn't actually switch because I like the concept of an omega topping his alpha even more (≧∀≦)
It's not the best story out there but it certainly doesn't deserve an 8.5 rating?!