cookychims May 21, 2025 4:40 am

How do I even start with the spoilers for this one. Also, it's been awhile since I've finished reading the novel so I don't remember a the details.

1. Evelyn is a fake saintess. As for her motive, she's actually just a commoner (and an orphan) who went to the capital and saw the empress and thought to herself that if she was the empress, everyone would love her and she would have everything she ever wanted.

2. How did she become a "fake" saintess?

In both timelines (the first one where the world got destroyed and the current one), it was basically the same thing. She became orphaned and was sort of adopted by Selene (Empress' maid) and her mom. When Selene's mom died, they went to the capital.

In the first timeline, I think the moms death was an accident or a of natural cause (?) but in the second timeline, she deliberately killed the mom and Selene. Selene survived but lost her memories that's how she then met the empress and became her maid.

On the first timeline, Eveleyn found out that Selene was the daughter of a nun and a priest. Yes, the priest in question is the current high priest. The reason they went to the capital was to be closer to Selene's father.

Selene had no plans of telling the priest the truth about her birth but Evelyn thought differently. At this point, Evelyn was sort of at her breaking point. She was being treated like shit because she was poor and a commoner and was exhausted and desperate. So she deviced a plan and stole Selene's identity. (i don't remember what she did to Selene in the first timeline though).

She went to the high priest, introduced herself as his daughter, gave some evidence she stole from Selene, and threatened the high priest to make her the saintess. She thought that if the high priest says that there's a new prophecy and a new saintess, she would become an empress and get everything that she wanted - money, power, love. However, the emperor turned his back on the prophecy and declared he would only ever be with Anastasia.

This part is based on the first timeline. Evelyn threatened the high priest to use dark magic to summon a demon. She mad a Contract with the demon and asked it to threaten the empire in hopes that in doing so, the people wod pressure the emperor to marry her. But again, in the first timeline, the emperor instead went to war to protect his empire and died, empress committed suicide, and the people threw a coup and decided they would kill all the priests and the saintess. The people believe the goddess turned her back on them so why should they continue to worship a goddess that is killing them?

Well, Evelyn now admits she fucked up. She then told the demon that if given the chance to do everything again, she was confident she would succeed in becoming empress.

And that is how we get to the second timeline - the current one.

In the current one she changed a few things. She took on a more active role to try and ruin the empress. Remember the sister-in-law and the Empress' friend? She also blackmailed Count Hazel so that he would adopt her. And then, to make her validity as saintess stronger, she had the demon or the high priest, remove the saintess mark on Anastasia. She then used an artifact that would channel the priests divine power to her- this is how she is able to use divine power. And this is why people easily believed she was the saintess and the reason why Anastasia also believed she was the real one.

3. How is she exposed as a fake?

After Anastasia leaves the empire, she goes to live in a very remote town. Not sure how, but I think it's a combination of her praying to the goddess and also being far from the capital that made the saintess tattoo/mark reappear. She also heard the goddess' voice when she was praying (i think) and so she then realized that no, I'm not a fake, I'm actually the real saintess. So she goes back to the capital to try and expose everything.

She was away for quite sometime, I think it was a few weeks to a few months. All this time, emperor was being pressured to marry the saintess and fill the empress' empty seat but my boi was UNMOVING.

When Anastasia came back, she had a very emotional reunion with the emperor. They then basically told each other that they both heard the goddess' voice and believes that Evelyn is a fake.

In the coming days, Anastasia confronted the high priest. The high priest, feeling guilty and also knowing he had nowhere to go, decided to confess to everything. He was going to talk with the Empress. However, Evelyn found him first. They had a huge confrontation and Evelyn killed him. The empress was then framed for the high priests death. Evelyn thought this was a good thing, now the high priest was dead (no one will know their connection or know that the prophecy is fake) and everyone would probably assume the empress killed him since she would have a motive. However, most people believed the empress wouldn't be dumb enough to kill the high priest knowing she would be the first to be suspected.

After the high priests death, it was Count Hazel who was pressure to confess about everything. The emperor also was able to uncover information about the nun the high priest got pregnant. He knew about the fire that would caused the death of the nun and the child. They believed that Evelyn was not only a fake saintess but also that she was most likely not even the daughter of the high priest.

Evelyn then got a bit reckless and made some dumb decisions that ruined her good image.
That, coupled with Count Hazel's testimony that Evelyn blackmailed him and that before the debutant ball, the maids never saw the goddess mark on Evelyn's skin, and then the urging of the emperor and empress to try and purify Evelyn because they were suspicious that she was contracted with a demon - was the reason everyone found out that everything was just a lie.

Overall, a nice story. If I had one issue, it was never really explained if this was a book (like Anastasia a mentioned) or if she just relived her life a couple of times and the book that she though she read might have been just one of the many timelines. It was never explained why Anastasia was evil before she remembers about the book. What was the book even? If Anastasia is the real saintess, then doesn't that mean the book was wrong? So many questions that were never answered in the end.

I think I missed a few things but I think I've convered most of the major stuff that happens in the later part of the book.

cookychims May 16, 2025 6:33 am

I'm so excited for Almond and Gum's stream... It will be funny and wholesome at the same time based on the novel

cookychims April 24, 2025 11:38 pm

That's JJP. The reason why she doesn't talk in stream is to hide she's a girl. She has the same Condition as almond which is why she had to stop steaming. She has it worse though. While almond has an issue with one arm, JJP can't use both her legs.


Also, JJP looks a lot like Almond's first love who died because of an AI operated car incident. JJP and Almond will get to know each other because they will have the same doctor.

    Lin April 25, 2025 3:32 am

    wait so there's gonna be a romance?

    cookychims April 25, 2025 10:44 am
    wait so there's gonna be a romance? Lin

    Mmm that I can't answer. Honestly the novel is too long and it's still being translated until now. They are acquaintances but so far there is no romance though I wouldn't be surprised if there is going to be a development in the future.

    Rhian Ray April 25, 2025 12:50 pm

    Just asking how did JJP have a record in fantasia was it? idk, she's unable to use both her legs so how was she able to set a record? Obviously it's the capsule but what I'm saying is, like was she interviewed like Almond? But that's like revealing she's a girl so? How?

    Roz59 April 25, 2025 1:36 pm
    wait so there's gonna be a romance? Lin

    There is a little bit of romance between other characters in the story. In addition, Almond does have relationships with NPCs in the games he plays, and I think at least one acquaintance who has a crush on him. However, he's more focused on gaming than romance.

    cookychims April 25, 2025 2:55 pm
    Just asking how did JJP have a record in fantasia was it? idk, she's unable to use both her legs so how was she able to set a record? Obviously it's the capsule but what I'm saying is, like was she interviewed... Rhian Ray

    Mmm so similar to the explanation of the doctor, she can play because it is virtual reality. But again, it makes her brain work more than it should trying to move limbs that shouldn't work.

    As for interviews, I don't remember much if the novel regarding jjp because she wasn't really a big topic in the chapters I've read but she did live a life if anonymity. I think she rarely if ever did interviews and only a handful of people knows about her being a woman. And the reason she's able to keep her secret underwraos is because girlie is fucking rich like golden spoon rich.

    Rhian Ray April 25, 2025 3:39 pm
    Mmm so similar to the explanation of the doctor, she can play because it is virtual reality. But again, it makes her brain work more than it should trying to move limbs that shouldn't work.As for interviews, I ... cookychims

    Ohhhh, I get it. Thanks! ლ(´ڡ`ლ)

    Roz59 April 25, 2025 9:51 pm
    Ohhhh, I get it. Thanks! ლ(´ڡ`ლ) Rhian Ray

    I think she also dressed up like a guy, and she probably requested to do a simple interview where she doesn't have to speak much if at all.

cookychims April 10, 2025 12:32 pm

Big bro was living so lowkey nobody knew he was a chaebol

    sechan April 10, 2025 3:55 pm

    Title: The chaebol son is living lowkey ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭

    Hokipoki April 11, 2025 3:56 am

    Well they didn’t grow up super rich, it’s more recent that his father’s business took off. That’s mostly due to MC’s influence and wealth too.

    Lope April 13, 2025 7:48 am
    Well they didn’t grow up super rich, it’s more recent that his father’s business took off. That’s mostly due to MC’s influence and wealth too. Hokipoki

    He could acted mighty by just having a grandpa that owned super company, despite not living in luxury (I don't think he isn't living in luxury, tho. He's already privileged by everything such as study music abroad)

    But bro raised well. Wealth isn't everything. His personality isn't rotten either. So he's really fine living low key.

cookychims April 1, 2025 12:44 am

Yall better stream that MV. We need to make it trend to No 1... Make sure it hits 50M in one day

    Picky Reader April 2, 2025 4:56 am

    i'd be streaming with all my family's phones tabs and laptops fr testar deserves that!!!

cookychims March 27, 2025 5:34 pm

Melting Point and Dash really feeding my bl sports manhwa cravings...they have such similar vibes as well. Older bottom who is pretty dense and younger top who has been downbad for years

cookychims March 27, 2025 2:24 am

Lmao... Almost forgot he had a girlfriend. At least we know that they are doing pretty well even if we haven't seen her in so many chapters

cookychims March 20, 2025 6:39 am

I rarely say this but I wish the side stories would go on forever... I'd love to read about them just being domestic.

Alright, time to reread for the nth time coz I never want to let them go

cookychims March 15, 2025 2:26 pm

I thought they were already living together and he was gonna propose

cookychims March 14, 2025 10:29 am

Should have waited for chapter 69 or 70 How am I going to survive until the next chapters are uploaded???

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