this feels kinda random. she already had a business, now suddenly she needs a cafe too? does every transmigrator have to start a culinary business? sigh. if i forgot some plot point that logically led to this, please let me know.
I feel so bad for the duke. This story would've been so good if she had actually had some common sense and would've approached this with the attitude of protecting the duke from whoever is trying to frame him.
Alternatively, if the author really just wanted to write a silly dynamic between her and the duke, then she should've been a true crime junkie instead of a legal expert. The fact that she makes so many grievous and obvious mistakes despite being a prosecutor breaks all immersion.
This is a good example to authors in the sense of what not to do. If you're going to write a character that's supposed to be intelligent or educated, you'll have to do some research to SHOW the character making intelligent choices, not just telling the reader "this person is smart (trust me bro)". This main charcater doesn't understand anything about the law or the logic behind prosecution, she barely even has common sense. Her intelligence only exists in comparison to complete idiots (her siblings), or when she needs to suddenly have magical knowledge or skills (economical advice, gambling???) to look cool so other characters will worship her.
this story is dumb as hell but that's why i love it lmao. so silly. no problems, just dumbass shenanigans and vibes. everyone is so unserious, i can never get fully worried about how things turn out. so stress-free ahhh i wish i could live my life so sillyly like this~ this is the true head-empty lifestyle
highfive if you come here every update just to read the comments to find out if the high-stress final arc is done before you keep reading!!
nah i can't even be mad about the pace, watching her seethe was so fucking funny
at chapter 14 rn and kinda hoping the prince and the blonde guy end both being her lovers. like they've got the vibes~ but damn, this got cancelled?
Unbothered, as she should be. Why would her position change from this? She wasn't adopted to replace a "real" daughter, the duke didn't even know he had one. Her mother married the duke legitimately and she and her brother were adopted as a result. The new daughter's appearance doesn't dissolve the duke's second marriage, so it also has no impact on our girl's position.
In conclusion, those noble girls are dumb as bricks. If you're gonna try to verbally humiliate someone, make sure it at least makes sense.
oh i should've let this marinate.... how will I last until the next update...
Rashta deserves a bad ending. She never valued the life of anyone but herself. Even now, she deludes herself by claiming she wishes the Iskuas were her parents - but she only feels this way because she likes what SHE gets out of them. She didn't care how THEY felt, missing their child. She didn't care that she was making them harm someone they loved. Her greatest flaw isn't that she's stupid and easy to manipulate by political enemies, it's that whenever she gets any measure of power, she uses it to be needlessly cruel. She's a victim of horrible things and it's affected the choices she makes, yes, but a line has to be drawn somewhere. Multiple murders are not in fact excused by PTSD.
That said, the fact that her cruelty became overshadowed by her stupidity in the end is a disservice to her character. It's hard to hold her accountable for the choices she made when somebody else is responsible for giving her all the worst choices. It would've been much more satisfying if she herself wanted to callously manipulate Ergi, and Ergi turned the tables on her and exposed the level of cruelty she was already comfortable with. Instead she became more and more helpless and weak, and therefore not ultimately responsible for the choices she made. I don't think her ending is actually unjust, but I understand why it FEELS like it is.
But you know whose ending is unjust? Sovieshu. A shining example of a man who made everything worse for everyone, despite having all the power and all possible options. He deserves much worse than just Being Sad over losing Navier and Being Embarrassed over Rashta. His daughter isn't his own, but he can still raise her with love. He has his empire, status, wealth, and the Western Empire has even stopped bullying their mages. As the catalyst for this whole fiasco, he was not punished nearly enough. Justice for Sovieshu! Guillotine for Sovieshu!
i like want them to get back together, but at the same time i love seeing him suffer and i hope to see more of it. i KNOW she loves him and they'll probably be happy together in the end, but i also NEED him to hurt as much as possible before we get to that point haha.
dang, the pacing on the last 30 chapters went full Nightcore. I honestly don't have a problem with her getting together with the prince (though I also liked the redhead best and green-hair second-best). But we should've seen her actually separate him mentally from the first version of him. And we should've seen more of him *knowing* what he did in the other life, and reacting to it. There wasn't enough closure, for her or for the readers.
Also is it just me or did the dresses all get really hideous suddenly. I thought Jieun was supposed to be effortlessly taking control of society, so why is she dressing in puke green or wearing the most clashing over-the-top accessories ever. It's not just her either, wth was Aristia wearing for her coming-of-age party?? That pink was just terrible on her. The cut did her no favours either.
If it's true that the author rushed the ending bc they were getting so much hate for this comic, then by god, I wish all the banes of the world on the people responsible for sending the hate to them. Making the author wrap it up in this way, like it's better now? The plot beats were fine and could've been great with enough time to build naturally. Now the haters have ruined it for everyone. Wishing healing and happiness to the author despite everything.
good lord, this guy is HOARDING green flags. what a breath of fresh air.
goddamn i skipped forward bc i knew that fuckass king would annoy me and seems like he's still not dealt with. someone please let me know when he's neutralized.
cesare i understand you're going through a lot and you've got your own plans and ideas but pls understand you're turning us all into children of divorce here, GIVE HER A CRUMB, WE NEED THIS
the soft look in his eyes this chapter will sustain me until the next one, pls don't let my waiting be for naught
She did approach him because of his status in the first place, but it's not crucial to her. Ilya's smart and resourceful, and she has her whole family on her side in this - if she puts her mind to it, she can end this engagement in some other way.
Rather, Karhan not being the heir solves a much bigger problem down the line - their marriage and Ilya's inheritance. She said she wants to be her own family's heir, she wouldn't be able to do that if she has to marry into Karhan's family. If they married, Ilya's family would either be led by her brother, or be absorbed into the ducal family and disappear.
This isn't a problem for her currently because she doesn't plan to actually marry him yet, and nobody else knows she wants to inherit her family and therefore doesn't question their relationship. But we know how these things go - once she realizes she's fallen for him for real, she's probably gonna wanna marry him, and him being the heir would force her to choose between her family and his.