This ch shows that Ines still has freewill which is an important aspect of human freedom. Ines has always chosen her own husbands. In the case of Emiliano, this ch shows she was warned that her path will lead to doom but she freely CHOSE to ignore the warning. Since freewill is important, the Apostle will not “force” her on the correct path. In the ch Anastasio even says:
THERE ARE ALSO CHILDREN WHOM I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OVER.
I prefer the novel’s statement where Anastasio says “Sometimes there are children who do not do as I wish”.
It shows more clearly that he wants to help them but he also respects their freewill. So all he can do is warn those who are on the wrong path and pray they heed his words. It’s not like the Apostle delights in Ines’s suffering. If he didn’t care, why give her a chance to live again so she can fulfill her true path of happiness?
About her misaligned lives, the Apostle can see the future. So when he warns her he already sees the things she will suffer. It’s not the first time he has warned her either. Ines has never heeded his warnings and due to this, she fell into the crown prince’s hands. In contrast, just like he can see her future of doom in her misaligned lives, he can also see the future of who is the person who will bring her blessings and happiness on her true path of destiny.
The ch begins with Ines remembering Rogelio was the priest who presided over her vows with Emiliano. She and Emiliano used the fake names Juana and Alejandro. (Juana is Ines’s waiting lady and Alejandro is her favorite horse) Previously she had forgotten the warning the priest gave her at the time. She had heard a voice in her head warning her that her path was not the one God had planned for her and she will eventually end up committing sin again (suicide probably since it’s Catholicism). The priest adds that perhaps this suffering is part of her destiny in the end.
Switch to present day, Ines eventually remembers Rogelio’s true name is Anastasio. Anastasio is the Apostle of Resurrection. Ines begins to remember various memories of the times she met Anastasio. She remembers she met him in the current life as a child who almost fell off a hillside carelessly. She also saw him as a martyr when she was the crown princess who was drunk almost every day if not every day.
Anastasio is responsible for overseeing the fates of people. That’s why he says:
SOMETIMES, THERE ARE CHILDREN LIKE YOU WHO STRUGGLE TO RETURN TO THEIR DESTINED PATHS.....NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY REPEAT THEIR MISALIGNED LIVES. (Probably why the novel author purposely named the manhwa THE Broken Ring)
Anastasio commends Ines for making a good choice this time. After he says this, only then she receives the memory of Anastasio reciting scripture over her death bed with Alondra and Alfonso bowing their heads in reverence. Notice she’s still young. All her other deaths were suicide yet here she is dying in her bedroom in Calztela from obvious sickness.
It’s sad the manhwa left out Ines’s full reaction to hearing Carcel was attacked in their room. I’m dropping a rough translation of her reaction from the Korean novel here:
“…l'm so angry. Escalante... this stupid Escalante......"
As such, her affection and anger seethed as if they were going to explode. She wanted to hug him tightly as if strangling him with her awful temper. She wanted to kiss his whole face right away, and bite his lips until they bled. She wanted to take off his clothes and see where he was injured, and even though she wanted to cry, she wanted to harass him in disgust. She wanted to ride right away to Calztela and slap his handsome face. Then grab him by the collar, climb on him and show him who was his master, his wife…
Then she felt like she would cry again like an idiot. With tears streaming down her face. Who was he to make her like this?
'Oh. How new and stupid that would be.'
She imagined the face that would look up at her as she cried blankly. In the end, he would laugh awkwardly, and while laughing, his eyes would be distorted... He would kiss her whole face and tell her not to cry. Cárcel Escalante, who had no pride, and would apologize for his mistakes when he had done nothing wrong.
For anyone wondering, the character at the end of ep94 is Anastasio. Ines calls him Rogelio because in one timeline that was his name. His true name is Anastasio. He is the Apostle of God. He’s also known as the Apostle of Resurrection. He’s tied to the correction of fate and therefore repeated lives. So he overseas the fate of people. In this ep Ines reacts instinctively to him almost like she’s helplessly drawn to call out to him. Maybe because earlier in the chapter she was pondering on the fact that she keeps trying to escape Oscar and it’s like a cursed life.
Guys, Oscar is not all powerful. He cannot force Ines to be his mistress. If he could’ve compelled Ines to marry him, Ines wouldn’t be married to Carcel but him instead. He can plot all he wants but he cannot force Ines.
First, Ines will not allow herself to be forced by Oscar.
Second, Carcel will not allow his wife to fall into Oscar’s hands
Third, Carcel’s father, who is Oscar’s biggest political supporter, would not allow it. Oscar might think he would but he would not.
Fourth, Ines’s father would never allow it.
The think it's more about undertone. If he succeed in killing Carcel, he would then always be near Ines in every possible occasion, then he would try to summon her to the palace for whatever reason and lastly he would spread the rumors about her being his mistress while pretending he's merely jesting to the point everyone believes that she is.
Of course if that scenario happened like you said Ines and her family would not allow it but Oscar is powerful enough for it to be a possibility
Luciano. The crown prince hates Luciano the most and fears him the most. That’s another reason why it’s great Carcel chose her brother to protect her whenever he cannot be there to protect her himself.
Ch 84: Oscar says she has always been like this when referring to Ines. Why would he say this when everyone in Mendoza is shocked by how much Ines has changed since she returned from Mendoza? It’s a big hint the author is giving readers that Oscar has memories. The entire Mendoza arc is to highlight how much Carcel’s love has impacted Ines to the point that she’s glowing. No one has seen her like this in this timeline especially Oscar.
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_broken_ring_this_marriage_will_fail_anyway/uu/br_chapter-234849/pg-39/
Spoiler
Also, he has memories of ALL timelines. Look forward to the future reveal and how everything fits together. Readers will understand why the story is called The Broken Ring.
I just love that Cárcel continues to open the path for Ines to regain all the things she lost ever since she gave them up for the crown prince in the timeline she married him and became crown princess as shown in ep62, page 18.
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_broken_ring_this_marriage_will_fail_anyway/uu/br_chapter-200994/pg-18/
First, she’s surrounded by sincere love and care in Calztela. That’s something she admits she’s never experienced before in any previous timeline.
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_broken_ring_this_marriage_will_fail_anyway/uu/nml_chapter-42/pg-6/
Second, she began to do her favorite hobbies again like horseback riding and hunting during the hunting trip. But before that, she was finally able to remember her former self and how she used to be before the crown prince destroyed her life.
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_broken_ring_this_marriage_will_fail_anyway/uu/br_chapter-204918/pg-16/
Third, she’s bonding with her MIL who’s very kind to her and in some ways acts like a mother to her.
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_broken_ring_this_marriage_will_fail_anyway/uu/br_chapter-222148/pg-32/
Fourth, because of Carcel’s influence on her, she invited her brother to hunt in Calztela.
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_broken_ring_this_marriage_will_fail_anyway/uu/br_chapter-232122/pg-37/
Fifth, Carcel asked her brother to accompany her to the Formente match in his stead which created a situation where for the first time both brother and sister will have to spend more time together. https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_broken_ring_this_marriage_will_fail_anyway/uu/br_chapter-244386/pg-46/
We already know Ines has memories because she committed suicide. We know this is most likely the case because she committed suicide twice and both times she regressed 10 years with memories. Then why do some characters have memories and some don’t? There is only one other way to get memories and it will be explained in Bilbao in the cathedral of the archbishop. However, it means that other characters either committed suicide and it hasn’t been revealed yet or they gained memories through the other method. Carcel is the only anomaly because it’s a fact that he didn’t have memories so he falls outside the criteria for memories.
Another thing, God did not make Ines suffer. Ines suffered because of her choices. Later it will be revealed that her suffering is partly because of the other method and the Apostle even encouraged her to think differently and she said she will bear the consequences. The Apostle even tried another way to overrule her stance but it didn’t work. Human beings have the freedom to obey or disobey.That’s their freewill. Ines always chooses her own way and Ines never ever blames anyone else for her suffering. She knows she chose a bastard that ruined her life then a random stranger (ch 94) whom she blames herself for ruining. She doesn’t blame Anastasio or God in any way because all of her choices were her own.