..but the MC seems naive as hell and easy to scam.
Merrick might deceive her about something not too horrible but why isn’t she suspicious at all about this guy? The whole suave act until he got her in bed and then he pulled out the “seduced virgin” act is already suspicious. Then him keeping secrets about his family, him disregarding her wishes of keeping their liaison quiet in the earlier chapters, him vanishing into thin air without even writing her a letter etc. Why isn’t the MC at least a little turned off here?
Now this “nephew” is putting the moves on her sister so bluntly?
And then she doesn’t even bat an eyelash when he mentioned he promised his hand in marriage to some other girl already. And I know people are speculating here that it’s Cinderella he’s talking about but I don’t think so at all.
He said there is an betrothal agreement but that he would like to marry a woman he loves. And the MC who is the head of the household wasn’t approached about any betrothal agreement. So it’s not Cinderella. And about him wanting to marry a woman he loves, he probably was talking about his little puppy crush he has on Cinderella where he invades her space and kisses her without even knowing if his “feelings” are reciprocated.
This rather disgusts me.
What disgusts me even more is the MC’s nonchalant reaction to this after having been witness to Cinderella fending off this guy by slapping him.
But everything is cool after Cinderella’s comments convince MC that she liked it. The hell?
And then we find out during a throwaway thought of MC that the empire practices Polygamy.
And this bird brain doesn’t have any lightbulb moment here that all these secrets of Merrick, him being on birth control (or whatever), his quick departure without ever sending her a message etc. could actually be because this guy might actually be married already? No suspicion at all?
She just excepts him not explaining things. She excepts him not marrying her because of some bs family issues? I’m sorry but she is either dumb or so desperate for love that she doesn’t care where she gets it from. Which would be interesting but this story doesn’t show this. Everything is just bliss and butterflies here.
There is a difference between trusting your partner and being a fool in love.
The difference is that a fool in love ignores the obvious red flags and just accepts whatever dumb explanation there is for their partner keeping secrets from them. They come up with excuses and compare their similarities to convince themselves that everything is fine.
Lol sorry for this rant but it’s weird seeing the MC being portrayed as being adept in social situations and dealing with her property but when it comes to Merrick, she is blind and deaf to all his bs.
This also seems to extend to his family as well. His “nephew” harassing her sister, stringing her along just to drop the bomb of him getting engaged soon and seemingly not even being aware how this would sound and come across to the girl he put the moves on, seems to be socially acceptable here for some reason. And MC is taking this despicably well.
Even if the MC is someone who doesn’t care if she sleeps with a man she’s not married to, wouldn’t she still be pissed at some guy who is more or less “courting” her sister and then just drops the “I will get betrothed soon” bomb after all this occurred? Something that obviously hurt her sister deeply.
I’m expecting something big coming up because this is getting slowly but surely stale.
Right now this is just Gossip girl in costume and not some historical fantasy. People just bang around however they see fit here, without worry of pregnancy, social repercussions or being left behind in disgrace.
They could have set this in modern times and there wouldn’t be a difference in how they act. ┑(￣Д ￣)┍
Oh no.. oh gawd what if she is being set up as the booty call....
Merrick's actions is a red flag for me,JUST FOR ME.
I don't have a good feeling about him from the second time they met(〜￣△￣)〜
Lol, honestly at this point it’s rather deserved.
I just think the author is turning the OP more and more into a simpleton and it’s just not cute.
Honestly I expected him to be some sort of Villain as soon as he appeared. He has those slanted eyes and self satisfied expression when looked at the MC like she’s the next batch in his belt during their first meeting that I thought he was up to something.
I don’t know, the whole first part of the story about him popping up and zeroing in on the MC immediately for apparently no reason, other then her kind of snubbing him, rubbed me the wrong kind of way.
He came onto her like he’s done this sort of thing a million times before and after the deed is done acts like she seduced him and how he was a virgin. And she buys it like an idiot, forgetting about how he seduced her, the inexperienced virgin. This story is all over the place and focuses on boring things while ignoring the elephant in the room. Merrick being a liar. Even if it’s just by omission, he’s still a liar. I don’t like him but I can’t stand the MC anymore because she’s such a fool when it comes to him ┑(￣Д ￣)┍
She's a fool I agree with you ╥﹏╥
This GODDAMN feeling,GOD IM FRUSTRATED NOW IM THINKING THAT THE FIRST TIME THEY MET IS ALREADY PLANNED ╥﹏╥
98% over 100% im fucking right with this bad feeling for that Merrick guy (︶︿︶)＝凸
Lol. The whole time when I see the MC explain away his behavior or suspicious circumstances I just roll my eyes but now I’m getting more and more pissed off at this idiocy from her (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
And yes, this nagging feeling in the back of my mind, and obviously yours, is driving me up the wall.
You remember this Howl lookalike prince that talked about how his grandmother wanted him to marry the MC or something and how strangely he is connected to Merrick? To me it looks like Merrick had the same or similar reasons to approach the MC like this.
And he got to her first in every way except for putting a ring on it. I doubt he actually plans to marry her. Let’s think about it realistically and let’s forget about this historical setting which would make an illicit affair between people that aren’t married a huge scandal that would ruin her.
He went to the ball, he zeroed in on her, she snubbed him by presenting her sister as a dancing partner to him. He got annoyed by this, approached her, seduced her (I think she was drunk) and he got her right away. That’s a one night stand in my book. He had no other reason to approach her again, unless there is something else he wants. And I doubt it’s love. To me it looks like he only slept with her to butter her up and I’m speculating that he didn’t even count on her giving in so quickly like some barmaid. But he certainly enjoys the side benefit of bedding her.
He even got her to let him move in and financially help out. She is being slowly made dependent on this dude and she’s too blind to see it!
The thing to me is that Merrick kept who he is and everything about his life back in the empire a secret to the MC. But now he suddenly starts inviting his “nephew”, without caring if he would tell some secrets about him to the MC? If it doesn’t matter all of a sudden, why is he lying and why does he get uncomfortable whenever the MC starts asking him private questions? He’s hiding something big.
And I don’t know but I’m slowly starting to think that the loose lipped “nephew” was invited to give the MC this sob story about how Merrick was forced to kill a family member on purpose. And won’t you believe it, the MC is sympathizing with Merrick even more after hearing about this secondhand story.
I might be wrong but this story is all wrong, from them getting together so soon, no build up, him keeping quiet about his family and life, her excepting all the suspicious things about him that aren’t even really presented by the author as all too suspicious. It’s just glossed over. If at least we had the sisters , especially Cinderella take note of there being something off with Merrick and telling her sister, then I might think that the MC’s blindness to Merrick was part of the plot. But everything is just roses and daisies whenever it involves Merrick. Everything is easily resolved. Like the time she was mad at him for vanishing and not writing. He tells her some bs story, she swallows it immediately and they have sex (if I recall this correctly).
Sorry for the rant but this MC is making this story tedious, and from how the artist/author presented this story, it’s not even certain if Merrick has some villainous secret or if there is just a lame bs reason for him not being able to marry her or even to divulge his identity to her. Simply frustrating!! (╬￣皿￣)凸
I’m not annoyed with the ml not much giving a fig about the MC. He basically was just a boyfriend of a friend of his who then accused him of spreading rumors about his sexuality. I would be miffed about this as well.
So I can’t fault him for that.
But honestly he is an a-hole with all these extra demands he expects from the MC. And the MC was right about the bike’s theft should be the responsibility of the company. I feel like the ML is not really expecting him to pay anything back but the constant teasing is starting to annoy me. It doesn’t even seem like it’s benign teasing either because it always puts the MC in an uncomfortable situation. Like the last chapter where the ML wanted MC to come out in the middle of the night to ride on a bike with him. The hell?
And then he just rode himself home, leaving MC to fend for himself, having to shell out money for a taxi.
The thing is the ML is chill about everything that’s why it might be easy to overlook how malignant he actually comes across in regards to his treatment of MC. This guy goes out of his way to belittle and inconvenience him.
Don’t get me wrong MC comes across as a little aggravating from time to time. Like the half assed confrontation after finding out the ML is his superior at work. Or even his preconceived notions about the ML.
But the uneven power balance here where the MC has to swallow the ML’s bs because he can’t afford to lose his job leaves a nasty taste in my mouth.
And the ML also seems manipulative in a way. An example is the “cute” comment. The MC asks him if he thinks he is cute, which was an uncalled for question and rather embarrassing. So the ML asking him if he is on drugs doesn’t come out of nowhere. But honestly what is the MC supposed to think to constantly have to endure what looks like some juvenile “pulling pigtails” regime by the ML?
And why, after commenting about how the MC must be on drugs to ask if he thinks he is cute, would this guy later turn around and tell him that not just his feet are cute but his mouth (verbally) is cute as well?
It’s like he wants to put the MC off balance here.
This douchebag more or less Harasses the MC with his “ after work” demands and when confronted as to why, insults the MC. And then he turns around and tells him he’s cute.
In a way this reminds me a little of people who enjoy playing mind games to shake the self confidence of their targets. And when it’s on the bottom they sweep in to pick up the pieces.
I don’t trust the ML and don’t get the goal he is trying to accomplish with the MC here. It doesn’t feel like he likes him and is simply socially awkward, so acts like a bully or something. He seems bored and the MC an amusing distraction from whatever goes on in his personal life.
I enjoy this so far but I want to know what the ML’s deal is here.
MC’s ex bf is (was?) the ML’s friend, so I wonder if the ex told him lies about the MC?
Eh, but the ml is definitely socially awkward, remember how in chapter 13 the mc remembers how in their university days, the ml would make fellow students angry by casually calling their designs "trash" to their facet and not seeming to care about their anger because he was an "outsider"? I did think that meant the ml was socially inept despite being a talented genius, and I thought the comments he made during the bike ride in chapter 21, about the "grape" he had failed to get, were obviously about the mc... So, the ml IS a complete jerk and a bit of a childish bully (enough to be irritating, but not so much that it's unbearable), but that is precisely what makes him a complete social inept in my book. He needs to outgrow that ridiculously childish side of him.
You certainly do have a point about the “sour grapes” comment and how this subtly hints at an interest and I agree, he is socially inept in regards to the MC and the faceless students from University times. But honestly if I see someone who goes out of his way to confront other people about how their designs suck, that’s just being an asshole and not someone who is merely blunt and truthful. So I can’t really sympathize with these messed up “flirting” attempts because I don’t see his behavior towards the MC coming from a place of weakness (social awkwardness) but from a place of something akin to sadistic enjoyment.
I wouldn’t be surprised if in the end it would come out the ML was really awkward and somehow in love with the MC but from what I’ve seen, it just doesn’t look that way.
Don’t get me wrong, the ML being a prick to the MC without actually sexually harassing him is something I enjoy. Because too may webtoons/mangas have the theme of some guy going all out with treating an MC like crap and at the same time feeling him up non consensually. So it’s a breath of fresh air for the ML to not go this route.
He’s still an asshole though and I don’t know how he was able to be in a longterm relationship with that woman the MC mentioned. Unless the ML didn’t behave this way towards her. And if so, him making the MC jump through hoops is a conscious decision.
And that makes me wonder if he sees the MC as someone who is below him. As someone who is pathetic and doesn’t deserve respect.
And if so I’m wondering if this and the fact that he’s sexually interested in the MC (speculation) is leading to some hang ups and that’s why he treats him like this.
And honestly the MC was in a relationship where he acted pathetically submissive. And the ML probably knew this as well.
Maybe he was disgusted with such behavior?
I know that the ML is portrayed as being “blunt” and I would understand him being angry after being accused of being the culprit. But honestly him telling the MC to take the shunning of society and future dim job prospects as life experience betrays a level of indifferent malice I’m not comfortable with.
He has to proof himself and I’m slowly getting the vibe that this may not happen. What i suspect is that the MC will find out things about the ML that make it clear he wasn’t the culprit and then he will feel guilty while the ML can just continue to sit on his high horse. I hope I’m wrong though (〜￣△￣)〜
I agree with you, but just a quick comment. The way the Yeo Won told Seok Yeon that his mouth was cute (verbally) wasn't actually the same meaning as in English. In Korea, it's a very sarcastic way of telling someone they are being too mouthy.
Thanks for the clarification on this. Him telling the MC what he spouts is cute came out of nowhere to me because anything else he did and said didn’t really hint at any kind of romantic interest. It felt especially off putting after he rebuffed the MC with his “are you on drugs” comment about asking him if he thought the MC was cute. So I suppose the real translation would be that he thinks the MC is cheeky. But what did the ML say about his feet then? Did he even mention his feet at all? In the translation he said his feet are as cute as his mouth. So what did he actually say? Sorry to bother you about this but I would really like to know (⌒▽⌒)
I wouldn't be able to tell you if Yeo Wong actually mentioned Seok Yeon's feet at all since I haven't read the raws. But even if he did say exactly what the translation said he said, it's not as strange as it sounds.
Also, the "Are you doing drugs?" part can also sound super rude and super harsh. I can't explain it that well, and he technically did rebuff Seok Yeon, but at the same time it was a sort of sarcastic and not cruel. Sorry I can't explain it any better.
I think it's related to that previous chapter when the mc's boyish coworker noticed his feet and made him try on some female shoe samples, which the mc forgot to take off when he went to the ML's office. The ML noticed and stopped him from unwittingly wearing those out of the building and to the branch store... I guess the mc might've told him then about his coworker's fixation with his "cute" feet..
I think it was Seok Yeon who first asked him that in a bout of sarcasm, it was in that chapter where the mc woke up with an IV after he got sick and accused the ML of conducting an "illegal medical practice". (≧∀≦)
..but I would really get a kick out of Millard falling in love with the MC (づ￣ ³￣)づ
The ML seems to already show signs of jealousy during the MC‘s and Millards intense stare down. I can only imagine how much more jealous he would become if Millard and MC would bond over their adoration over the Little Princess. ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
So all of a sudden we find out, like 30 chapters later, that the ml loved Cayenna once upon a time? When was that supposed to have taken place? Why wasn’t this info part of the chapters that illuminated Cayenna’s relationship with him? This comes strangely out of nowhere. Seems like a last minute attempt to justify the ml suddenly falling all over her. Which is annoying, especially coupled with those chibi-fied drawings of him. Like a child begging for a pet’s attention after he abandoned it, but got pissed that the pet lives well without him. Ugh
It also makes him look like a self absorbed asshole.
So he loved her as a youth, and when she fell in love and showed him her heart openly, he became disgusted with her display of affection. And he fell out of love over her loving him. ┑(￣Д ￣)┍
That doesn’t make too much sense, unless he fell in lust with her looks, him admiring her from afar, building up some fantasy of who she is (probably imagined some benevolent ice Queen), and when she started to return his “affection” it shattered his fantasy. It made her human. A person of flesh and blood with emotions of giddy love and lust. It killed the mystery.
I’m sorry but this guy never loved her like she’s a real person. He admired a weird, sexless and untouchable ideal. And as soon as she reciprocated his “love”, it vanished into thin air.
And now he’s all bothered that she’s over him. How she acts now, must be closer to how he imagined her years ago. A benevolent ice Queen, uninterested in him. And that drives his ego nuts and makes him once again lust after her.
So what’s going to happen if she once again starts to reciprocate? If she once again starts looking at him giddy with love/lust? If she once again wants to touch his damn arm? Is he going to turn cold again because he can’t stand her showing normal affection to someone who already claimed to love her? Hell no!
It annoys the hell out of me how he suddenly asks if she doesn’t like him anymore. What kind of egocentric question is this? Did he forget that he treated her like shit when she showed her love openly? And now, after she sincerely promised not to bother him anymore about this (because she accepted that it wouldn’t happen and because it made him uncomfortable), to establish a working partnership to get him what he supposedly wants and her what she feels she can realistically achieve, him asking her like a little kid if she really doesn’t love him anymore is angering in a way.
And it’s a little funny to me how he remembers not liking her touch, but now he’s always trying to grab her gloved hand. Hypocrite much?
Cayenna needs to get the hell out of there. She’s surrounded by emotionally unavailable and damaged guys.
I LOVE THIS COMMENT!!
My my, so true, I usually love isekais because they showcase the eventual ML to love the person for their personality, aka beyond the appearance, but the setting here is different.
Usually the FL tries to break off a side character, here instead it's a ML, ant the guy you are super right, changed his mind maaaany time before.
It's just an excuse and although I love the persona of the FL, it's a weird justification and the art changing made me go meh
purr... a queen with insight!!!
I also love this comment, really bring things to perspective. Also, I'm almost certain the author did that unknowingly...
Hi I thought it was weird too so I went to read the RAW and I believe it was a translation error. It says to my understanding that "Raphaelo was the princess's unrequited first love for a long time" they mustve translated the opposite by accident
can I have raw link plsss???
Omg. I hope they fix this. It was so weird reading about how he loved her in the past, because it just didn’t make any sense. (〜￣△￣)〜
The duke can’t win at all. When he was talking about beauty not mattering only what’s on the inside, this guy was obviously talking about something personal that happened to him where he was reduced to only his looks. He wasn’t thinking to insult anyone here. It looked like he also tried to let Yuri know that he doesn’t care too much about beauty himself, because she seemed to be unhappy about not being able to look handsome and had to put a lot of effort into her appearance. And he was trying to amateurly cheer Yuri up and ingratiate himself with her. But he also completely forgot that Yuri is a tailor, so it could have been taken as an insult.
Honestly Yuri exploding like that seems to be less about her work, but more about him touching a sore spot with “a vagabond in fine clothing makes him no less a vagabond”.
This is a direct (but unintentional) attack on her. She’s a woman, donning on the clothes of a man and pretending to be one. In that society women are seen as having to be wives and mothers. Any other aspirations are unavailable to them because they are living in a “classic” patriarchal society.
So to Yuri’s ears, especially hearing this from the man she’s developing a soft spot for, it basically sounds like “it doesn’t matter what you accomplish, you will always be a woman. And the fact that you are a woman will most likely lead to you losing everything when the truth is discovered”.
This was a scene of misunderstanding and talking past each other. And yes, Yuri overreacted, but this certainly shows us that her living this lie is slowly getting to her. And anything that sounds remotely like an attack to her secret and hiding who she is, leads to her becoming very angry.
I don’t know but I’m getting a “scheming villain” vibe from Merrick.
Seems like his interest was partly peaked by MC snubbing him and because she made her sister dance with him, while he thought she was talking about herself. Which doesn’t mean he’s a villain or anything.
I think part of my impression comes from his looks. Slanted eyes, evil grin and those eyebrows are just villainous lol.
But still, I don’t think this is the main reason for him to chase after her and might have something to do with her being the owner of the Winchester estate. What heightens this suspicion is that in a later chapter prince Kyle was reminiscing about how his grandmother was right about MC being the perfect match. And if Merrick is his brother, that means he approached her for the same reason, and not because he’s really smitten with her.
Anyways, his first suspicious actions imo were where he seduced MC masterfully, just for him to claim later that he was a virgin. That’s obviously a lie, but can still be excused with “love at first sight”webtoon logic and the “I lied to make you feel sorry for me and not abandon me” trope.
But even then he manipulates Mc and makes himself look like some victim. Blushing and all sad eyed, which is a huge juxtaposition from the night of the ball where he was all suave and confident. Virginity doesn’t seem to be much of a deal in their world for some reason because MC is completely relaxed about having a casual sexual encounter. Her being scared of becoming pregnant is not even a concern to her. Merrick just casually brings up how he’s “tied” to prevent pregnancy, even though Mc never asked about it. (And that’s weird as hell already).
I wonder if that is a lie to make her relax and give into him so he can impregnate her in order to “win” over prince Kyle or something.
Whenever MC asks him something personal it looks like he’s lying. Like when he claimed he’s single. Or when he said he will stay if she wants him to, but that turns out to be a lie. Something I don’t think he could have helped but I think this might be a sign to let us know he has secrets and might only be stringing Mc along? In all that time he couldn’t even write one letter? I think he also lied about what he does for a living, or at least downplayed it. Which I understand if this is some kind of “ In truth I’m a prince” trope.
But the first promise he made to her he already broke. He told some random noble girl that he and MC are in a relationship after MC told him to keep their liaison quiet.
He wants to know details about her property and when called out he deflects by saying he aims for her heart. And I think that’s the truth. But not really because he loves her but for other yet unknown reasons. I could be wrong but I don’t trust that Merrick’s only secret is that he’s some prince from the empire.
He is mightily invested in saving the Winchester residence from ruin, which is a little weird to me. Why would he push for this so hard for a woman he simply has an affair with? He’s not even really courting her. He says he will marry her but that his relationship with his family is complicated. Then why try to pull her in his sex web from the get go if it’s not certain that he could actually marry her?
During his return the phrases he uses to win her back are just too cringe and over the top, and don’t really fit his actions. “Apple of his eye”, “her existence is what he needs to live”, “he yearned for her greatly”. Why do I not believe that?
And now over the fight with her mother, she invited a wolf into her house.
I might be wrong but I don’t trust this dude. (〜￣△￣)〜
I completely agree with everything that you said. Like I honestly thinks that he has some ulterior motive beside the reason of loving her. His first appearance personality at the ball is completely different than how he behaves after having a one night stand with her. And those letters with the corny pick up lines is just totally over the top.
His change of expression came so out of nowhere, it was a little scary. He turns from “Batman villain”
into “puppy dog love you lots” right after they had sex. It’s messed up.
I also noticed that during his over the top cringe lines, he doesn’t look at her. He hugs her from behind and you can’t see his face. Maybe that’s a sign by the artist that there is something off about him. Like if he looked at her while saying it, he wouldn’t be able to keep a straight face.
What creeps me out is that empty smile he looks at MC with whenever he answers her questions about something concerning his personal life.
This “romance” between them is just sailing too smoothly to be real.
I get the feeling that Merrick and his (brother?) Kyle are competing over who can snare her first.
And the only reason he keeps a low profile about his relationship with MC is to get a head start over Kyle.
If she would end up pregnant I could imagine Merrick’s facade slowly crumbling and shoving his “triumph” right in Kyle’s face.
I like MC but she’s naive as hell. She is satisfied with his vague answers and Insta personality change, and even though she calls him out on certain things, or has thoughts about him lying to her, she rents her residence out to him. Love is blind huh?!
The Queen is mightily self reassured of her own charms, isn’t she? And this fits with a person who incited a rebellion and conquered a kingdom and other countries. I like how the Queen is presented, but that doesn’t mean that she’s a very likable character imo. Especially with what she was sprouting in chapter 53. She is a person who wants her cake and eat it too. She wants it all but is in no way shape or form willing to compromise. I think the only concession she made is being ready to have a child herself to keep the bloodline going.
I understand why she doesn’t want to marry. She conquered an extremely patriarchal kingdom and as a woman to boot, which is an unbelievable accomplishment. I’m not surprised that she doesn’t want to share her power with a husband.
But I think she has a habit of judging people’s character and their intentions prematurely. Like she does with Yuri. Or this old adviser who wants her to marry. Everyone is bending to her Will and that seems to be inflating her ego a little bit. But she also has to continuously demonstrate her power against courtiers who question her legitimacy. So I understand why she is this way.
I don’t know how she wants to make it work with having a bastard child in the future. Especially seeing Aenon grow up being treated like garbage for it. She might have all the power now but if she dies prematurely, leaving a child behind, there is no guarantee that this child would be the next king/queen in a kingdom that still wants to hold on to their old traditions.
Sometimes I feel that the Queen and Aenon come off to other aristocrats like children playing a big political game, being out for vengeance without much of a clue how to hold that power for future generations. And that just doesn’t incite trust, only fear and uncertainty.
The Queen doesn’t want to marry. Her second in command doesn’t want to marry either. Now she’s scheming to have a bastard child with her tailor.
She was only able to overthrow the kingdom with the support of powerful people because the last king was a tyrant. She should think about what happens when people grow tired of their leaders willful behavior.
Don’t get me wrong, she’s an interesting character but very flawed. As is everyone in this webtoon. That’s why it is so good.
I just hope that Aenon will find his own goal in the future independent of wanting to be the Queens faithful dog. He grew up being an outsider, so held on to the person that gave him hope. I can’t wait for the moment he has to make a decision.
And honestly, I don’t think the Queen will be all to enthused about finding out that Yuri is a girl. She would probably admire the guts it took, but from a political standpoint, it would show weakness if she didn’t do anything to punish Yuri for pretending to be a man. I suspect that this is what it’s building up to. And for Aenon to take a stance against the Queen in favor of Yuri.
I just read the first sentence, clicked see more, and scrolled down. And I fully agree on what ever tf you said :)
omg you deadass wrote an essay
I'm not the only one e hahah (≧∀≦)
Said wheres the essay and here it was ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄
Lol (●￣(ｴ)￣●)
I do that quite often (づ￣ ³￣)づ
Not my first either (￣∇￣")
...that she can’t please everyone. But I like that they kept this detail. MC is from a world where she’s just one of many. She wasn’t raised as an aristocrat, so she doesn’t feel the entitlement to not care about mere maids gossiping. For her, they are equals, people with thoughts and feelings, so it bothers her immensely how she is perceived by them. She put herself in a precarious situation from the get go (best option), pretending to be the child’s mother. A child that came to be because of an illicit affair. So I’m not surprised that people are gossiping about her “morals”. Especially with Rüdiger paying extra attention to her. And for a cold man who never showed interest in anyone to gift an unwed woman jewelry like this, sends the message that there is something going on. And because he’s a respectable aristocrat with a flawless reputation, and she a stranger, a woman who had a child out of wedlock, all the fault will be heaped upon her by the staff. It bothers me that Rüdiger doesn’t seem to care how he makes her look like some floozy with his extra attentions and ambiguous comments in front of the servants. I’m not angry about the maids gossiping, I’m annoyed with Rüdiger for (unintentionally) stirring up the fire unnecessarily against a woman who has no power to defend herself. Of course he could fire the servants but what message would that send? It would cause even more gossip that would spread outside of the castle.
I also understand Rüdiger. Not because of MC’s musing about him not caring what other people think because he was mistreated as a child. But because he is an aristocrat. He doesn’t see servants at the same level as him, so he doesn’t care. So he also doesn’t understand why MC cares. But also because MC didn’t make it clear that the gossip was only focusing on her about what a whore she is. If she told him verbatim what was said, I can imagine he would be upset as well. I’m also annoyed how he doesn’t care about MC’s boundaries. All this “why???” is annoying the hell out of me. Just accept that she feels uncomfortable. And it was made obvious that she doesn’t just feel uncomfortable because of the gossip his behavior causes, but also because his “chummy” behavior towards her makes her uncomfortable in itself.
He is presented as not being able to read social cues but that’s not really an excuse to downplay her concerns about his actions towards her. Dude needs to chill and stop treating her like he’s trying to woo her if that his not his intention.
thank you for your ted talk. i appreciated this XD
I don’t think Keisuke really loves Akane. Akane has been pretending to be someone he’s not. So where did Keisuke feelings for him suddenly spark from if he doesn’t know his real personality? I think it’s more about Keisuke feeling pity but also feels flattered that Akane would do such a thing for him.
Some people mentioned that they don’t think Keisuke ever loved Mei either, but honestly I think he actually did. Just because Mei was the one asking him out doesn’t mean Keisuke’s feelings were disingenuous. If he wasn’t in love with Mei then he would have never fallen into the “Mei is still alive” delusion Akane presented to him. He wouldn’t have enjoyed it so much if he didn’t love Mei.
I feel sorry for Akane as well. He might have had a crush on Keisuke, but I think he’s so ridden with guilt over causing his brother’s death and subsequently taking Keisuke’s lover away from him, that it’s not really about love but more about taking away the pain he caused Keisuke.
This relationship is doomed imo and highly dysfunctional. They shouldn’t end up with each other.
Keisuke might talk about letting Mei go but he would always see him when looking upon Akane. Akane already felt that way and this won’t vanish after one blunt talk.
This is quite an interesting premise but I would also like to know what’s going on in the killer’s mind. Why did he exactly choose the MC to bestow his own brand of love onto?
Because he played his twisted game so well? Or did he know him before this?
I really hope they bust this guy and I hope the MC’s friend won’t be killed.
The only thing that’s starting to be a little grating here is how easily this dude kidnaps this cop and probably killed the other one out in the open. That’s rather unhinged behavior and would lead quickly to him getting caught. But here he probably won’t, which is aggravating to me.
What’s also annoying is that conveniently the video footage guy being a psycho himself who’s keeping the video footage for himself to what? Enjoy? Planning to blackmail the author? Wanting the killer to love him? What are the odds for the MC to run into 2 psychos so quickly? ╮(￣▽￣)╭