Justice for Robella! like what the FL said...I didn't even see any traditional/cliche signs of villainess who insults or harasses the OGFL. Obviously, the FL doesn't know that when you empathize with the antagonist/villain/villainess you may just end up being that character. She was an empress whose only sin seemed she loved the emperor too much, if anything this could have been a nice throuple scenario. I agree with others the emperor had no reason not to grow to love the OG empress...I wish there would be some genuine building of trust and apologies. There won't be but that would be surprisingly good for emperor's character, while I'm sad that the OGFL is gonna be nasty overall.
Im impatient so Im waiting until the story catches up with the first chapter's future where the FL's new and actual family is smitten with her. I understand but it pisses me off with these storylines where the child is blamed for killing their mother (maybe at first because of the grief) but when the whole household does it it's heartbreaking. Also, it makes me long for some kind of respect for actually being a good older sibling or child, its terrible when you see a child literally get away with everything, then what happens when they commit major crimes or murder? Oh no, what happened...I didn't raise them this way?! You're right, you didn't raise them at all you sorry excuses for parents. Anyway, I love how the children can open up and actually have a childhood with the addition of the FL and look forward to her and her husband believing in people again.
Don't get me wrong I'd play this Otome.
Just the some of the multitude of questions/thoughts that came to mind up ahead (these questions may be answered later)...
I think a I have to turn some of brain-off...since I wonder did the duke just have a lot of free time and didn't have to worry about his duchy? no one wondered where he was, I know he said he usually is around a lot women but still. The knight who wanted to protect the OGFL, was he her personal knight, even still is the empire so safe that we all can be worry free locked up in a mansion? The high priest, what is he doing here, I know the temple would want him back. The OGFL's family isn't looking for her? This butler character, I like him, but everyone knows to suspect the butler by now.
Ive definitely seen FL's that are all about their fun and don't take the main story-line too seriously just to find the other characters like them more, but this FL is true to doing what she wants and barely following what the system wants which is kinda refreshing. I like the antagonist as the main LI, but I always find myself wanting good partners for everyone involved or possibly for the FL to have a close friend or family member to transmigrate with her for them to be caught up in the drama/romance. I'd like the domineering ML and the antagonist (final boss) as partners, for the OGFL to have personal growth and end up with the gentle psychopath ML since he actually cares about her. Overall I find myself taking everything as seriously as the FL. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
I started reading this when it didn’t have as many chapters and re-reading it as well as many other reincarnation,Isekai, transmigration, or villainess type stories. Some things I noticed right away, the reader actually gets to see a glimpse of what the villainess was like in action before memories from another life or soul comes in. The parents don’t treat their children equally, wonder if Kyle’s bio parents were pressured or sold him to FL’s family, the parents are very much minor villains but listen to FL which doesn’t make them the worst of the worst. It’s enjoyable seeing FL discover her happiness and for those around her to see what was hidden away.
I read a lot of comments before reading, I still really like the villainess isekai stories so I read through the torturous moments. And what I realize is I’ve seen quite a few where they are the cause of their own suffering at times with the dedication to a doomed fate. What I like is when they take matters into their own hands, couldn’t they exhaust every resource, train, and protect what they love instead of stating over and over again this for the best. While suffering in silence, I’d go down fighting since surely I’m going to make my happiness happen. (￣ε(#￣)Σ
*spoiler/rant*
I glanced over some later chapters and wondered why couldn’t they stick with the villainess and the ML prince being each other’s true one like the Otome and bring problems from there? I just think there was some real potential that missed…but I’ll still read and complain since I’m a glutton for punishment. (●￣(ｴ)￣●)
Just me ranting...
The fact that the FL already played through so many endings is amazing and her willingness to play yet another so soon. I wouldn't have the patience or attention span, then she tried the genuinely nice route for awhile to no effect. I love extra/unlock-able/special characters like Nathan I know he's 1000x better than Regis, I hate that his mom died from sheer hopelessness at trying to heal her son. Did his father not attempt to find a cure and support them? The fact that FL rolled up in Nathan's room after be rejected 2x and said I have the cure touch me...I don't know how Id get him to believe me but I wouldn't have thought of that, then they have sex due to an aphrodisiac...like what?!? (It was consensual and interesting). I didn't like the contract marriage yet again, can't we date with serious consideration for marriage, maybe start off engaged and get to know each other? change it up a little...Oh well I like it.(〜￣△￣)〜
Spoiler and ranting ahead…
I think the plot is interesting, the FL has some strange incurable disease and knows when she’ll die and the OGML was written as a gentle knight that is “always” caring towards others even over his own needs/wants. When I read the title and summary I thought the FL would treat him terribly out of grief/anger that she was about to die after being transported to another world, slowly his morality would erode and he’d become more villainous. Nope, turns out his parents did some preventive conditioning so that he wouldn’t become I guess someone who treated everyone as an enemy with his guard-up or a sociopath. OGML has repressed his emotions/thoughts to the point where he ain’t sure what he wants nor if he has any aspirations. The OGFL had a rose-glass tinted love story with the OGML without getting to the root of who he was…at least the FL whose doomed to die realizes his words don’t match his feels. The people the OGML helps also are unappreciative and seem wasteful, they’d be at a loss for sure if he is true to his repressed self or can no longer maintain his conditioning. It made me sad that no one wants his true self but the FL, but like he said since she’s given up what will he do? I’m thinking he’ll offer someone else’s life/magic to cure her if her family wasn’t able to find one. I find his mask of “gentle knight” much more interesting then him actually being one.
I like some aspects of this storyline, her initial conviction to change her doomed fate and change the way people see her. FL does well with the knowledge she has from the OG novel, but what gets so frustrating is how there are obvious changes and there’s still thoughts about the same things happening out of nowhere. Like this is your reality now get it through your thick skull! ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
Ch. 8 was *chef’s kiss* love how she stood up for her people and was yet again attempting her “villainess divorce scheme.” ヾ(☆▽☆)
*spoiler*
Ch 14 explains POV of emperor and honestly even though the OGFL was written as frugal and sweet. She never stood up for the empress or challenged the emperor on her mistreatment, so like him she always has ulterior motives. However, it interest me this whole falling in love for the possible first time, he liked OGFL but I don’t know if he loved her. It seems he’s truly attracted to someone who doesn’t just do what he says and is just a good empress, but one that challenges and within reason does what she wants, throw a dash of strategy in. #－.－) still makes me sad about the OG Robella.
Okay hear me out, what if she did die in the original story but it wasn't the way that the story was written, what if it was a high priest that killed her, and in order to hide his crime by some weird power, he wrote the story in a way that made it seem like it was the emperor's fault and that he was the one that caused her death? Because he's trying to manipulate the story for some reason? What if, the real story was that she had died and was reborn in the real world and lived her life as you know, a regular person, where she gained herself worth and knowledge and became somebody who wasn't going to be pushed around anymore, then she is returned to wear her soul originated from? So now, she is back to the beginning but as I said, she doesn't have memories of her originally being there, just what she's read, and what she may have read in the story may have been manipulated by the priest and it might not be 100% authentic. For some reason they're stuck in some kind of time Loop or something. So Hear Me out, what if the emperor was also manipulated? Like this priest guy is not what he seems. What if this priest guy, now this is where it's going to get confusing but I'm just guessing here because I have not read the novel or anything like that. But what if this priest guy has been looking for this reincarnated soul, and he needs her because, he thinks that she belongs to him or something? He just doesn't know that she's the reincarnated soul but he's starting to get suspicious and he realizes that she could either give him power or dismantle his own world that he is manipulating? I know this is a long answer but I just get the feeling that this priest guy may be more than what he seems and that rubella is not just some ordinary soul. So the emperor in the story, hadn't done those things to the original empress, it was just written that way and he has no idea what had happened in the past life or something?
Your deductions make sense. I’ve definitely seen a soul go temporarily to another world just to return to its origin world. The high priest mentioned regression, so something keeps going wrong and the empress can’t be in the picture. I think based on his overall feel that he may be a god, powerful demon, maybe he really is making a major sacrifice to a dark deity, I’m just unsure why these puppet rulers are needed. I definitely didn’t see him being the main antagonist and the FL signing a contract with, she really has no power on her own. I do wonder how it’ll all work out.(Side note :I really want the the duke to be able to raise his son, what’s the orphanage like, on some level he must want to live with his dad even if people are cruel)