Infinite Mage,
The beginning after the end,
The World’S Best Engineer, and
Trash of the Court’s Family
Dungeon Reset,
Life of a Magic Academy Mage,
Trash of the Count's Family, and
A Hero Who Is Good At Everything
Summary made me think of the manhwa, “let it be”
“ Three years ago, Seoyoon broke up with her boyfriend of 10 years, Noah. Her past relationship left her traumatized, unable and unwilling to go through such an experience again. But Noah, even after breaking up with her, stills loves her and wants them to get back together. Finding comfort in Seoyoon’s voice, he calls her all the time. Because of a promise she made to him, Seoyoon feels obliged to answer his calls. However, now that she’s in a relationship with Seok-hee, the most popular actor under their company, she starts to wonder if it’s the right thing to do. Seok-hee is head over heels in love with her and wants to get more serious. Tempted to move on from the pain and Noah, Seoyoon starts to consider accepting his affections. But it won’t be an smooth journey for them. Follow their trials and growth in this heartwarming romance.
(completed on official site)”
Chapter 19 so far;
Bit of a waste for her to pair up with a simpleton, how much depth could a relationship have with that amount of imbalance / disparity? Eh, “bit of a waste” being a severe understatement.
Also, she’s seen all sorts of people in her past life and new life (the basic fact that people are inherently selfish, genuine altruism is non-existent), I doubt she’d be shy / blushing over the actions of a 1-dimensional shallow / naïve, emotionally immature, idealist fellow who’s still viewing the world behind a rose tint in simplified terms.
Which –I suspect– would be akin to an adult falling for a child; superficial / disingenuous unless they were on the same pace / wavelength (unrealistic). That’s just silly, contradicts her character profile (astute, rational, methodical, matured through experience 28+15 years?).
“As long as they’re happy”, right? Lol yeah, ok, fine. Still a waste though.
She’s probably better off with someone like Owen since he’d be the sort of person to complete the 2nd half of her sentence; at least equipped with the capacity to truly understand her on a much deeper connection. Just imagine.. the 2 of them playing chess, or escape room. Just imagine… the banter between the 2.
Can’t see how her relationship with grand duke rexid could be anything other than fleeting, surface level impulse. Friends maybe, but it’s unrealistic for someone like her to be attracted to someone like him ╮(￣▽￣)╭
He’s so tactless, it’s not even cute lol unsuitable to be in a position of power. Competent Owen’s probably the one keeping everything running smoothly; Shadow proxy grand duke.
Chapter 24—duke’s a genuine idiot and it’s not even endearing kingdom’s doomed if somebody like that takes reign. Poor thing, Owen’s doing all the work . Best thing the duke can do is be the sword of a worthy ruler. And competent Owen’s better off being the leader of information guild or assassin guild.
Chapter 39—it’s painful watching smart characters paired with idiots. As far as I can tell, the attraction is based on lust. The chemistry is so much better between Owen and Rosica
ML’s worse than the MCs in shōnen. Somebody THAT idiotic at 25 years old shouldn’t be in a position of power / influence.
I can’t continue. Have fun, everyone. Lol
THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING MY TRUTH. I litterally hate the ml lol i skip whenever his dumb ass appears to CRY LIKE A FUCKING BRAT whenever the FL is doing all the work omfg this story is so lucky they dont deserve the art
lol I know, right. It’s actually the only story/plot thus far I’ve ever been triggered/rage-baited by. It reminds me of weaponised incompetence as well. Like… did he not have private tutors growing up?! Ugh.
LITTERALLY like he doesn't even deserve to be the emperor
this is sooooooooooo funny pls xD *dies*
So . Unbelievably . Good :’D particularly fun when you’re familiar with the technical aspect of the modern solutions he’s applying
Loving the solutions, humour, antics, banter, the dynamic between Lloyd and Xavier/javier
Reminds me a little of, “Dungeon Reset”, and "Dr. Stone" overall.
The darkened/evil expression reminds me of Yagami Light in Death Note lol
Reminds me of, “The men who come to my bed” in the sense where it portrays a realistic snippet of human behaviour / nature at its core; retrospection and all.
Felt the resemblance, but different authors apparently(?)
Omg I love the passive aggressive humour + references ε=ε=(ノ≧∇≦)ノ
Been such a pleasant read
Cromwell’s & Jenon’s passive reactions are soooooooooo fun to read as well xD
(chapter 10 so far)
So….. exiled prince’s doing this because her father snubbed him, right? Her father snubbed him because —he’s a selfish greedy shallow human being who views his daughters as assets— power dynamic resides with queen and the other prince right?
Exiled prince seems amused by FL’s naivety + trying to ruin it for her father, queen, other prince so far, but not in a way that would break her (her own father already did that).
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Needless to say, this obviously isn’t your sweet fluffy altruistic love story.
Other examples of non-(sweet fluffy altruistic love story) :
- Failed To Abandon The Villain
- The men who come to my bed
Words of encouragement amidst sea of haters to anyone involved with translating / uploading / author:
Am (hoping for / looking forward to) a cleverly constructed turning point/unfolding twist.
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SPECULATION :
If you think about human nature…. Am guessing igniting her sexual curiosity will make her feel as though it fills the emptiness she’s always felt from lack of social interaction/warmth/love (her father’s conditioning).
Everybody who gets close to her are snuffed out, so when this exiled prince proves otherwise; won’t be killed straightforwardly/easily due to political circumstances, strong enough to survive ploys (I imagine he’ll be smug about it + smirk as he reassures her with that superficial/player’s charm, “I won’t die”).
I’m guessing she will view him with newfound hope, as the one and only person she can be close to (bc he won’t get snuffed out) thus becoming very dependent & attached to him akin to animal imprinting? (Hmmm.. Maybe that’s how he’ll fall for her.. if she’s portrayed as this amusing curious naive straightforward endearing hatchling with no sense of danger, following/believing everything he says with twinkling innocent eyes)
As the lesser evil, he’ll steal/free her from her greedy father, overthrow queen / other prince, take the throne.. but how exactly will she live as queen? Depth or shallow? I won’t know until her character develops
Am guessing the effects of orgasms will feel like a potent drug to her due to limitations of “allowed” activities in her life that would induce “reward” hormones (i.e serotonin, dopamine, endorphins, oxytocin). I mean, if she was allowed horse riding, exercise, painting, music, pet animals… would the introduction of sexual pleasures still be as addictive to her? Reckon she’d have at least some resistance then, as opposed to when she’d been completely starved of affection (aside from 1 maid, and sister—both dead).
People who’ve read raws / novel / ahead, how far off am I? lol
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Am VERY CURIOUS how all of this will unfold, also her character development:
(1) at which point will he fall for her?
—(a) what would've been the decisive factor?
(2) will he admit/confess at some point having had manipulative intentions?
—(a) how introspective/guilty will he be?
—(b) will he redeem himself? how would he redeem himself?
(3) how will she develop as a person?
—(a) will she mature as a person?
—(b) or will she become bold / quirky / wilful instead, due to unusual circumstances?
The introductory setup seems bit similar to Savage Castle’s but character development will probably branch out differently. Hmmmmmmmmm will be boring if she’s simply immature or simply matures over time though.
I vote for, “acceptable eccentric quirky mix due to unusual circumstances”. Unleash 300% at first taste of freedom because she’s been caged all her life; go completely wild (but not vile), unconventional, free spirit. If ultimately no harm was done—after her character development / realisation—I’d like to see her playfully punish (tease/smut/whatever) him for the trickery + manipulative intentions he harboured at one point.
The simplest solution to save the story would be to introduce a different ML.
* We shall see if this comment ages terribly *
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(Chapter 16, raws > Google image translate)
Ok lol there’s another guy. Carlix might just be a phase, guys.
Ella's probably an orphan the duke picked up to use as a political asset; a guess based off of chapter 16, page 93-95.
And Licht (another orphan) probably offered himself so he could follow her. If it was Indentured servitude (serfdom >>> Ministerialis?), he probably has no/little savings and no power aside from physical swordsmen skills.
A darker scenario (another guess) would be the duke assassinated her parents because he wanted to own her/golden hair as a political asset.
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(Chapter 21, raws > Google image translate)
Or not.. they’re doing it
RAWS:
mangaforfree
oktoon (japan/korea only)
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ok new speculation, maybe exiled prince frees her, expose the dead sister marriage setup, fake marriage with FL in order to claim the throne BUT she doesn't live in the palace because it doesn't suit her, so Carlix and FL end up using each other, go their separate ways (i mean, if all he wanted was to reclaim the throne; surely he would let her go out of guilt if he came to love her?) and FL ends up with that other guy living freely with the eccentric quirky character development, after Carlix crushes duke out of resentment or whatever; thus other guy's freedom from whatever probably-unfair contract with the duke.
well then, back to anticipating the turning point
Wouldn’t the height difference be a dead giveaway?
Unless she faked the height whilst at the academy… (magic or lifts in the boots) it would seem as though Liam suddenly grew taller if he’s within arm’s length from the persus group?
I mean, she looks like she’s 5cm shorter than Liam whilst on heels.. so… that’s probably 3 inch / 7.62cm, +5cm = 12 cm difference between the twins?
If Liam’s boots has a thick sole/low heel of 1.5cm, then there’s probably about 10.5cm difference between the twins barefoot?
EDIT: Chapter 36
Oh… he noticed lol.