i cam sniff the easily preventable misunderstanding of them marrying bc of this "bed scene" but the ml has no brain so he didn't recognize her and the fl never told him "remember when we shared cookies together when we were younger" and thus th ml will tell her "i might have married you, but i love someone else" and she, being the tyipical fl with no self esteem, will think "well, this is the end of my first love. but I'll stay by his side and support him" and then they'll take 30 to 150 chapters to learn the truth and meanwhile the ml will slowly fall in love with her "eventho she's not my first love" and feel like he betrayed his first love eventho it's her and the fl will go from "I'll give up on my feeling" to "why do i feel like this" and finally "i fell in love with him" and throughout this whole stupid ass romance drama, they'll fight against outside powers that hate him or her

I'm sorry but the people around the fl who knows she's not powerless but actually loved by spirit and super powerful but keeps her in the dark for whatever reasons cannot be considered as trustworthy people at all. i hate that kind of "misunderstanding" where everyone knows what's going but the one concerned but they keep them in the dark even tho it's the source of their suffering.

i will be dropping this

can mls stop speaking in riddles? tf is "the one with the mist divine power"? how would you even know if it's actually saki or not?

i like neither the fl, neiher the ml, neither the prince, neither maria. they're all over the place, make no sense wahtsoever and it seems like the author doesn't know how to write

all this bc the fl's mother didn't want to die in front of him, without thinking that he'd take it as a betrayal (also how can she just slice him up like tofu like that?) and that she'll leave her daughter in a hostile environment after her death and that he'll hate her and their daughter.

honestly, the father is trash, but the bigger idiot and trashier one is the mother. she's actually brainless. what did she think? that he'd understand where she's coming from and still believe in her love after she sliced him up? that he'll love their daughter regardless of how he thinks of her? she's insane and she can't even respond to her sins bc she's dead.

honestly, the ml may be absolutely pathetic, but at least he's not neglectful for long, he's not downright abusive, he put an end to his previous relationship as soon as he got married, he can actually recognize his feelings, he accepts his flaws and strives to be better (just started to be better lol), he's honest with the fl and he's pitifully cute.

the fl is so competent that it would make no sense for her to have a perfect and as competent husband, having a pathetic wet dog of a husband to tame seems perfect for her lol.

I'm sorry, but wearing a plain ill fitting dress to a party will make her stand out just as much as wearing the most extravagant dress ever.

I'm sick and tired of fl purposely not putting effort in their appearance in an attempt to not apear vain but that makes them appear clueless instead. not a cute look. especially when it comes to combat type fl. who says a girl blessed by the gorilla god can't be a girly girl?

story seems promising but the fact that he sleeps in his day clothes that have metal ornaments on them took me right out of the immersion

i wish japan (korea and china too) would move on from the naive, so humble she insults herself bc of her lower than hell self esteem that makes it so she accepts horrible treatments and thinks the worst of people in an almost insulting way. bc it's not cute, it's not endearing, it's pathetic and painful to watch

can we please stop having mc jump through the most convoluted hopps to come to the most stupid conclusions?

she saw a future where she has a child with someone and thinks "i must get him to make a child with him asap, proposing a contractual pregnancy and ruining my honor and reputation as a lady" and not "so wecll end up married. maybe we'll fall in love in the future"

and I'm so sick and tired of fls being unaware of the obvious feelings the ml has for her, bc of how childishly he behaves, but everyone else who has eyes and is aware keeps her in the dark.

"I'm not a quickwitted fl" yeah you didn't have to tell us, you're as dumb as a rock

c'est une pepite omg the absolute perfection

can someone please pick it up, the raws are at chapter 41 right now

she's so childish, in french we say "elle se fait balader" she let's herself be strung along woth wtv without ever being honest. if there's one time to be completely honest and say everything you kept in your heart, it's when breaking up.

can't she just grow some balls and clearly say "i heard what you said said about our marriage and me being a burden to you last year and as i was in love with you, it broke my heart. it'll be more effective than any logical reason to divorce

how can you claim she's clever and well read and show how stpuid and foolish she is in the same breath.

like even if she's not actually a villainess and doesn't have a bad bone in her. it doesn't take a genius to know that saying "I'm a villainess" convinces no one and that no bad person will ever proudly/smugly say they're a bad person like that.

she acts like a child playing house, having to state her role so that others and herself don't forget

the harlequin ml always have the most bs reasoning "i saw my mom fall apart bc she wasn't loved so I'll never love anyone and treat women even worse than my father treated my mom, bc somehow what i retained from my parents marriage is that love doesn't exist and not that the lack of love destroyed them"

how can you claim she's clever and well read and show how stpuid and foolish she is in the same breath.

like even if she's not actually a villainess and doesn't have a bad bone in her. it doesn't take a genius to know that saying "I'm a villainess" convinces no one and that no bad person will ever proudly/smugly say they're a bad person like that.

she acts like a child playing house, having to state her role so that others and herself don't forget

ah yes, a woman who slowly kills herself (bc letting yourself die is killing yourself at some point) by fear of bothering others and the status quo

the heros becoming the greatest villains bc they never got recognized kinda like that one webtoon return of the hero or something is a great plot

sugsgloss created a topic of Duchess in Ruins

why did i take so long to read this webtoon? it's magnificent and gut wrenching.

also, who else was struck from the start by how similar laslo and the emperor look? even more so after his little makeover