I've read the novel and
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Yuri is NOT bad or sketchy. Actually, much like the MC, Yuri is also aware this is a story. But not because she transmigrated. Actually, apparently Yuri re-lives the story over and over again (apparently everytime a new reader reads the story she lives the whole thing again). She actually HATES all the MLs because they're such trash but she doesn't have any power to change the story. No matter what she does she always ends up being forced to be with the trash prince and has not agency or freedom to decide her own life.
Enter Melissa! Unlike her, Melissa is able to change the story and also protects her from the obsessive MLs in various ways. (It is ESPECIALLY hilarious how she stops her brother) Because of Melissa, the story changes and Yuri starts to have hope that she doesn't have to keep living out this predetermined plot where she's forced together with some scummy dude and has no agency.
In the original story, there's a final boss villain who hates one of the trash MLs and so kidnaps Yuri because the ML loves her. She is always rescued from the villain by the prince and then they get married. Towards the end of the novel she does indeed end up getting kidnapped by the villain, even though it shouldn't have happened based on how things have changed. The trash prince shows up to save her just like in the original story and Yuri thinks "so nothing can be changed after all".
But the trash prince is defeated by the villain and then Melissa shows up instead and is the one who saves Yuri! Yuri is so happy that she cries. At the end, Yuri is finally able to choose her own path. She cuts her hair and decides to become a knight.
I read it on kakao. I can give you the link, but it's not in english and you have to pay for the chapters.
Nope, no english translations yet. I had to use google translate to read it. But hopefully some group will pick it up now that the webtoon has gotten so popular!
Poor Serenia! I'm so glad they didn't make her a villain. I hope that even if the story drags out this misunderstanding about who the Duke loves, she and the MC become friends soon.
Also I have the sinking fear that those romance novels have tsundere type male leads and it's just gonna cause more misunderstandings with our MC when he tries to imitate them
I started reading this manga when I was in middle school. I have a Masters degree, a husband, and a daughter now and yet THE MAIN LEADS STILL HAVENT EVEN KISSED YET!?
Lol wish this it’s me
They already kissed.
SPOILERS
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Although this is one of those Villainess stories it's not a reincarnation or transmigration, the MC and her family are just misunderstood. The MC is Diana Crestor, the daughter of a Duke. Her father is known as the 'evil emperor' and the Crestor family are known for being very powerful and are rumored to be a manipulative force that controls the throne and the empire from behind. In reality the Crestor family are wise, clever, and loyal (they are in charge of a huge spy network that collects information about threats to the crown and kingdom) but the family members all inherit very fierce and 'evil' facial features that cause them to be misunderstood. (Yea its one of those).
Anyway, Diana is the highest ranking concubine of the new young king. The king has a strong sense of justice, but he's also very gullible and easily deceived, which is why he so readily believes the rumors about Diana and the Crestor family and hates her. The story revolves around he struggle against the other concubines and also, more importantly, the nobles who want to manipulate the king. Eventually the king realizes that Diana is a good person and comes to trust her and she helps him become a more knowledgable, wiser ruler. They become good friends and he feels really bad about misjudging her in the beginning and even has his close aides who were rude to her previously kneel down and apologize.
The king isn't the ML though! The ML is an assassin names Kai (the guy in the last page) who was sent to kill Diana. He ends up discovering her true personality though and a falls in love with her and so ends up protecting and helping her instead.
There's also Sheila, who is the one who would be the "Female Lead" to Diana's "Villainess" in an ordinary shoujo manga. She's the usual poor but gentle baron's daughter who was sold into the king's harem because of her family's financial problems. She meets Diana and actually realizes Diana's true nature from the first meeting and really likes and trusts her. Sheila is the one who ends up with the King in the end, although she and Diana are so close and affectionate with each other that it's practically yuri. Literally! In the epilogue Dee tells Sheila that if the King is ever unfaithful then she'll steal Sheila away and make her the happiest in the world and Sheila is like "If Diana gives me that, then ..." and then they both sigh regretfully over the fact that current law doesn't allow homosexual marriage.
In the end, Diana stays in the palace for a long while as the concubine because she's the only one with the power to oppress another evil rival concubine, The Peony, (if she leaves Sheila and the King wouldn't be able to hold their own against the other concubine because she's too clever/her family is too influential) but it's implied that once things have stabilized she's going to run away with the assassin to see the world (she apologizes for making him wait but he tells her that no matter how long, even if its forever, he'll stay by her side and protect her because she's an existence he can't live without). Afterwords the history books end up referring to the era of peace and prosperity in the kingdom as Diana's Era.
ahhh what a cute story???
glad the guys dont seem to be a holes here cause I was getting bad vibes about most of them already (plus doesnt help that I think the artist for the comic adaption here also worked on Anata no Danna Uwaki Shitemasu yo where the hero is a cheating simp)
yay for cute villainess and heroines!!
Thank u. Bless your soul
From what I got from that though is the fact that they did misunderstood the FL and treated her badly in the beginning but changes after that. So technically, they are "aholes" only in the beginning. So beware!
that's totally fine as long as they develop! ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
It's kind of frustrating the rude way the king treats her at first, but you come to realize that he wants to be a good king and has strong morals, but he's just too straightforward and simple minded and doesn't understand the intrigues and complexities of politics and the kingdom. Also Diana is use to it / really strong / knows the King is being used by other people so it never really bothers her. Plus her family is so influential, there's nothing the king can really do to her other than be rude. Her attitude is more like "I see he getting blinded by the conniving nobles, I better make him get his shit together or the kingdom will be in trouble". She feels bad that some of the maids and servants are scared of her, but as far as other nobles go she doesn't care if they like her or not and also uses her reputation to her advantage.
Once he realizes the truth and his own ignorance he feels really guilty and does his best to make it up to her / is very respectful and humble and trusts and listens to her advice in everything. She and her dad even end up having to force him to take breaks from working so hard and he tells our MC that he has to work hard so that he can be more like her: "If I forget about you, I'll go back to the selfish and arrogant old days." He's a good guy in the long run!
And the assassin ML is just totally devoted and loyal to her pretty much from the beginning since he learns her true nature early on. Even when he thinks she might be in love with the king (after they become friends a lot of people think that the king and Diana are in love bc they're so close) and be a real married couple with him, he still plans to continue protecting her forever no matter what. One time he tells her that even if she didn't need him and could defend herself, he would still stay.
The Villainess and the heroine are seriously so cute. Sheila sees her goodness immediately so there isn't any bad treatment there at all. And all the other characters acknowledge how close they are. Even the king, when he was confessing to Sheila, was like "I know you like Diana more than me" lol!
Wow! INTERESTING! Than you
So Kai and Diana end up together? they married? ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ
Thank You very much for the spoiler :)
Congratulations, you make me don't wanna read this manga anymore#－.－)
I mean it is kind of ur fault for reading the spoiler, they did warn u ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Lol I love spoilers.. Thank you for that
Is there a link for the novel?
The only thing I needed to know to get me sticking to this story was MC and the "heroine" being friends to the point where they'd get married if the law allowed it
Why Diana's era? Isn't it supposedly the king's era? ?_?
I think I'm gonna stick with this. The way you said it makes me want to read this till the end. Thanks (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
its realistic but ugggg sheila and diana would make such a good couple
SPOILERS FOR THIS ARC AND NEXT
READ AT YOUR OWN RISK
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So as usual, our Su Luxia unmasks the white lotus while building up her own reputation and standing. In the end, it's revealed to the sect that the novel's FL was colluding with the demon (she's one of those white lotus FLs who can't say no to the secondary ML and screams 'don't hurt him' even if he's done terrible things and murdered innocent people). She ends up being cast out after her actions get a bunch of sect disciples killed and later she's stabbed by the novel's ML. As for the ML, turns out he's a huge creeper! He figures out that Su Luxia is from a different world and wants to follow her. Su Luxia kills herself since (a) her mission is over and (b) she wants nothing to do with this creep. ML ends up preserving her body in an ice crystal and is talking to her asking why she chose this path and saying "I know you can hear me. Don't worry, I'll come to where you are soon." Su Luxia and the hamster are watching him on their screen and the hamster gets the major heebie jeebies!
The next arc is a modern fantasy type setting. Su Luxia ends up in the "body" of a supposed evil ghost who was sealed by a clan of ghost fighters. However it turns out that the "evil ghost" was a girl who was murdered by a man because she rejected him. Su Luxia escapes the seal and takes revenge on the murderer, however that turns out to not be a perfect complete of the missions. She goes back again as a good ghost and ends up by the side of the novel's FL, who is a member of the ghost hunter clan. She ends up helping the FL to discover that the clan is actually evil and that the clan leader was working with the ghost king and sacrificing souls. Su Luxia and the Novel FL fight together to defeat the ghost king and the clan leader. Su Luxia's mission is successful with that and she's returning. The Novel FL has fallen for her (FINALLY A YURI-ish MISSION!) and begs to know who/what she is. Su Luxia tells the FL to transcend this world and come find her and leaves behind a bracelet for the FL.
I ship the next arc FL and Su Luxia so much!! wuwuwuw
Where can I find the raw?ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
Thanksヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
Ya know, I was gonna say thank you for giving the link but nvm, cuz I've spent an hour trying to find which chapter I'm supposed to be in.
Omfg i knew it! That kind of face never gave me a good impression! Instincts got me feeling he's a total creep!
I don't understand why people think that her becoming skinny has ANYTHING to do with the husband. Regardless of whether you like or dislike the fact that she isn't still chubby, she definitely isn't doing it to make the husband fall for her. Making the cheating bastard fall back in love with her has NEVER been her goal or the outcome in any of the stories. Everytime so far she's made them regret by taking everything away from them (the emperor lost his life, the actor lost his fame, the vampire because human and ended up poor and miserable). The reason any of them tried to get her back were ONLY because they wanted the things they lost, never because she suddenly became desirable to them. So debate whether or not she should have gotten skinny all you want, but lets not make the mistake of painting it as something she did to appeal to some man.
well she'll maybe in the future make the bad guy fall in love who knows
I highly doubt that. She's way too merciless to do that. She's the type to slowly stab your heart with a rusty, dull, chipped knife that has been left in nitrogen for 4 days and was dunked in alcohol. I know that that's not scientifically impossible, but just think of the feeling. She doesn't do win backs and dumps. She makes them believe they're in charge, they're highly important, and their plans are coming together. Then she rips away at those delusions and stabs them where they fear most, and she does it slowly and calculatingly, so that they have no choice but to watch their world crumble around them with the suffocating helplessness of a deer stuck in headlights.
That's her method of payment.
don't wanna spoil you so i'm not going to say anything but trust me it gets even better plot changes and stuff after this one
Good to know, and thanks for not spoiling!!! I highly appreciate it!!!
no problem happy new year
You too, Happy New Year's!!!!!
I want all those webtoons who do an arrogant, strong, overbearing male lead to take note: this is how you do it while still making your ML likeable and not problematic!!
Amen. (▰˘◡˘▰)
He looks arrogant and all mighty but warm in the inside. The traits of someone majestic and elegant but humble.
Exactly! Yea he can bulldoze over her and makes everyone go along at his pace, but he's never disrespectful or demeaning towards her. It is SO GROSS to me when mangas with the "Alpha Male CEO" type male lead have him hauling the FL around and pinning her down and ignoring when she says no or stop. These authors can't think of a better way to make their ML masculine and "wild" than to have him sexually assault and abuse the FL?
Its because a lot of readers want a possesive ml so authors do that. But not all of us like it or see it possesive but abusive. Like for example a ml can be possessive of his parter by touching her (romantically not the other way). He can be arrogant but with other qualities that do not make him a monster. Like this one, he is just arrogant, confident, elegant and al mighty but he is portrated as a human. He seems naive sometimes and even funny. You can look like a million dollars because of how you stand but you can also be humble in the inside.
My kind of arrogant ML tbh. I’d rather have guys like him than the usual cliche CEO type of dude.
I love that this story made Gracie (the female lead of the original novel) a good, strong, admirable character. So many of these reincarnated-into-a-novel stories feel the need to turn the original FL into a villainous or throw-away character in order to elevate the main character. It's great that you can still see how and why Gracie would be the FL of the original novel and there isn't the need to put her down to make our Canaria look good. I also love the relationship developing between Gracie and Canaria. I hope Gracie takes her words to heart and fights to be the heir to the dukedom! Then she can back her new bff Canaria becoming queen >:)
I haven't even started reading yet, but I am so here for all these thirsty af comments XD
The duke supposedly read all those romance novels and yet not ONE of them made him realize that maybe being super close with another woman who lives in your home might cause some misunderstandings for your fiance!?!???
Man,I haven’t thought of that. my god like for real he didn’t explain why the hell hes all close to Serena. I mean they even went on a ball together. Like how the hell do you not misunderstand. Even the maids think Serena will be his future wife/his true love, and she freaking works there. Poor mc, she accepted the fact that she is literally cheated on (tho she isn’t actually bc ml is a good guy but shes still so calm because she doesn’t want to upset her family) and some old guy teacher told her she is gonna get killed in the future, then some weird guy harassed her in her sleep and then her incompetent fiance is trying to ?court her? by reading some weird ass novels, and then the aide is serving some other woman and 1st thing when she enters the servants want to kick her out, my god how stressful.
The only explanation I have..
The Duke didn't even think Serenia as a woman. At most, she's his master. Damn that sounds sad on another level (￣∇￣")
omg big brain moment HAHAHAHAHA