Just a little disappointed/spoiler
I like how for one partner the FL is possibly the best female role-model he's had since he's used to dating older women who use him for his youth and don't actually care about him. But in this chapter and before its clear he's mischievous and has some rivalry with his best-friend, her second partner may not be in despair about FL missing his sport competitions, but they mean a lot to him and the fact that she believes in him. I knew that massage would lead to lots of sex that meant missing one of the sports competitions, so why not tell him after even if he give puppy dog eyes.
Always gets me interested but the slow changes familial ties/bonds towards better is touching and makes even more likely to stay
What does handsome smell like? This made me laugh but contemplate as well...(⌒▽⌒). At the beginning, I realize just how common child neglect/abuse is in ancient times being that there were no rules in regards to children's rights or welfare. The cycle of poor to non-existent role-models continues and the stupidity I find in illegitimacy often baffles me. I get that "word is law" to those who have power but these children have nothing to do with their birth, their moms may not have any say and most likely have no option for birth control, and why was it never considered that royal/nobel families who get educated need to know something about parenting or children-rearing if they're expected to have heirs, especially when they are so young and lacking in knowledge or affection themselves as children.
The beginning started with the FL wanting to know something no one else was as worried about when reading the main storyline. Did the OGFL love the ML? What was the abyss she was doomed to suffer in at the hand of the person she brainwashed? We all know inquiry into any character may mean you get transported to that world.
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She got more than she bargained for, but as I read more (the initial chapters) she’s tormented by her own family and wanted to steal affection, someone whose very existence relied on her for semblance of any comfort, then that person would end her. There’s in-depth parts in this. Both the OGFL and ML were disregarded. When there’s abuse like this I just hope for healing for the victims and for them make sense of the world.
Ch. 8 was *chef’s kiss* love how she stood up for her people and was yet again attempting her “villainess divorce scheme.” ヾ(☆▽☆)
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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)
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 like the gender-swap, and think this could very well had went on longer with Ruble being one of the best red riding hoods around…he’s so hot. This story really grabs your attention in more ways than one.
Just some questions/thoughts
How do people become knights in this world, what was the spirit that brought her, are there other wolves? How was Kamui not influenced by Ruble’s sexy allure, usually that’s the first thing people notice…and she was so desperate to get home she couldn’t strategize at the least. If you want a person to lower their guard how bout taking a long break from stealing something they keep a close watch on. I’d probably lose track of going home in my attempts to win the steal the hood, then somehow I’d want to steal a heart. I know it’s a serious crime…lol（￣へ￣）