What type of love does Philip have for Anthea? I believe it might be possessive and obsessive but it feels like smth a little more than that since he didn’t rape her and looked genuinely hurt by her death. If it was simply possessiveness and obsession then I see no reason for him to not rape her, yknow? Since he’s alr such garbage. Unless he wanted to feel the accomplishment of finally winning her heart or smth, but it looked like he was genuinely happy when it sounded like she might’ve accepted him. Bro doesn’t even realize that what he is doing is wrong
He’s greedy, he wants her all to himself. At least he’s aware that if he did rape her she’d loathe him even more than she currently does. Doesn’t mean he’s a good person though cause he’s willing to destroy everyone and everything around the poor girl.
(Honestly if the feelings were mutual their story would probably be something like preventing the duke from being an evil tyrant.)
SPOILERS
Assuming that Isaac is actually the murderer (I don’t rlly think that but let’s just assume~). I’m going to act like the murderer side of him is a split personality he didn’t know about, born from the torture he had to go through for the past 30 years. How is it that when Isaac was on lockdown at Leo’s mansion, he couldn’t escape, but apparently the split personality could go in and out of the mansion to commit more murders without getting caught????
…I wrote WAY more than this but mangago refused to remember everything I typed so imma try one more time and if it doesn’t work then fuck it
Also how is that his appearance changed so much from our beautiful, cute and handsome Isaac to some murderer that has a double chin, looks haggard, dehydrated and hungry? Did I mention the double chin? He can’t possibly be hungry when he being fed by Madam Giselle. They even said that he got smaller when he first stayed at the mansion meaning that he hasn’t been drinking blood but I believe murders were still happening. He refused to drink anyone else’s blood but Madame Giselle’s. Also where tf did he find a coat for his split personality? Where he be hiding it when he just got outta jail. Not to mention he also seems to know the forest better than anyone as if he has lived in it for years…but he hasn’t soooo the math ain’t mathin.
Also our Mc still seemed compassionate towards Isaac when she found out he was the murderer but suddenly when Isaac ran away after he came to the realization that he was the murderer, she chose to kill him…heartlessly at that
It still didn’t get it all…I know I said fuck it but… last try lmao
Also what’s up with that epilogue??? Are the two personalities completely split into different people now or smth? It seems like mini Isaac can go in the sun tho? Or was the murderer and Isaac two different people this whole time? IDK Bro this ending just makes me angry, where the hell is the explanation?!
If he was the murderer, it does make it understandable that her husband ended up more mangled than the last victims tho, but still-
The fact that he’s murderer would also explain why he didn’t want to leave his cell since he didn’t want to hurt ppl.
I lowkey thought the murderer might be someone Leo used to know and take care of but they turned on him and that’s why he’s so cold. I also thought he was a mastermind and had some grand evil plan but I guess not Also wtf happened to Bluebell and Anne I was looking forward to it! ;-; I was also looking forward to the NON EXISTENT HAPPY ENDING If I knew it would end like this, I wouldn’t have read it. Why does this still have a 9.1 rating?! All the comments r about how much they hate the ending XD
Also, am I the only who thought Madame Giselle’s blood would be special considering it’s the goddamn title (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
EXACTLY. She prob shot him cuz it turns out he’s the bad guy and if he stayed alive there would prob be more murders. But it’s like, he would’ve died anyways since it looked like he was planning to stay in the sun…mb she was granting him a mercy by giving him a quick death? BUT SHE DIDNT EVEN CRY THO OR LOOK SAD WTF She just looked emotionless which is such a switch up since she looked worried about him only a couple secs ago even after finding out her was the murderer, idk mb the truth hadn’t rlly set in yet but it’s impossible for her to suddenly stop loving him, she would’ve at least cried or on the brink of tears from the feeling of betrayal or knowing that she could never have a happy ending w him or whatever. I’m not crazy right? Ugh this ending is just ( ̄ε(# ̄)Σ
Is Maribelle and Ethelred (ml) blood related in any way? Cuz Vy is Maribelle’s cousin and ml’s aunt is Vy’s mother soooo r they like distant cousins twice removed or smth like that? I don’t mind it since it’s a historical and was allowed back then but I was just curious if I missed smth or not?
Arinelle and Maribelle are cousins, Their fathers are brothers. Vy is their cousin because their fathers are relatives. They are Edenbarre.
Vy and Ethelred are also cousins, because Vy's mother and Ethelred's father are siblings.
So Vy is related to them separately by his father and mother. So NO, Ethelred and Maribelle are not related to each other.
70 dam wasn’t expecting it to end at such an overwhelming cliffhanger ;-;
anyways in ch 57 how the heck did she suddenly become a maiden in need of help? She’s stronger than two men combined so how is she cowering at one man with a tiny ass knife? Did the author forget that she used to be a knight? And that she was able to carry a vase that took two men to carry? And that she subdued one man earlier very easily? She’s supposed to be a very experienced knight but she can’t defend against that? Sigh I understand when other fl can’t protect themselves since they were never taught how to, but she was :<
Anyways this cp is cute, I wonder how the arrival of the fl will affect the empire and hopefully won’t affect their relationship. In fact I hope that they r good friends. :3 A representative of god wouldn’t be evil right? Right?! ( ̄∇ ̄")
I just wanna say… HOW DOES ANYONE POSSIBLY THINK THAT THIS MUST BE THEIR SECOND LIFE AS AN OPTION? IM JUST SAYING! If this was any other person they’d simply think “oh they r overconfident cuz the r a fool” or that “their overconfidence will be there downfall” or find some other reason as to why they r so confident. NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS IS SOMEONE GONNA THINK “oh she’s so confident, almost as if it’s her second life.” =_= even if anyone was even to REMOTELY think that, they’d just brush it off as impossible, not actually think it’s a possibility. I DONT CARE HOW SMART OR DEVOTED TO GOD U R, THAT IS SIMPLY NOT CROSSING UR MIND. :/ ahem sorry, just had to get that off my chest cuz it was bothering. It might just be a plot device in order for the cardinal and the mc to have a chance to work tgthr instead of being enemies but I just feel like that was so out of place. But ofc, this is a fantasy afterall so I’ll just accept it now that I’ve finished my rant~
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While I would normally agree with you, this is the one case where the author has made me feels it's a believable conclusion. If we're talking abt the Cardinal, we can't use logic; he lives his whole life based on the fact *God has given him another chance at life.* To him, he has died once and has been brought back by God Himself-- and although this seems mostly metaphorical, to him it is very much literal; he's a very cunning, intelligent guy but his religiousness and absolute belief in God comes first and foremost in regards to his character. And, who knows? Maybe it WAS divine intervention. IDK where the author is taking this.
But besides that (the Cardinal's belief as to what happened to him), I think it's because Shuri is not *only* overly confident, but also mostly correct, and truly someone that changed completely from one day to the other. Everyone notes on how she was "trembling" one day, but taking complete control of her life the other. It really is more "out of the blue" than you'd think possible, too, given her age.
I understand where you are coming from but I still don’t believe that he would think that this is her second life. Like mb “god or someone helped her” or “she can see the future” or smth like that, but I doubt he’s thinking “this is her second life”. The Cardinal didn’t go back in time like she did. He was simply saved from drowning (mb by god or it could’ve totally been by a character who is involved in the story which would be a nice twist >:3 ). Anyways that’s why even tho he had “a second chance at life”, it is no where near the same as her “second chance at life” which is why I believe that he wouldn’t of thought of that possibility even with his deep faith. Does that make sense? ( ̄∇ ̄")
That makes sense, but didn’t the Cardinal only know that it was Shuri’s second life after she told him in the confession booth? I thought the Cardinal knew that she went through divine intervention but wasn’t sure what exactly it was, only that she suddenly became a different person.
Technically yeah, that's when he got the confirmation it was her second life, but the way he talked about her (how she'd changed and etc) was as if he suspected as much, or suspected something similar. Iirc he says something about how "it seems she's lived through this before", or "knew what was going to happen", or something?? But at that point it was in pure speculation, ofc. He definetely believed she had been "touched by God" and "given a second chance" like he had, but the exact way that happened was largely speculation on his part; the way I interpret it is that his way of pushing his own narrative (what he thinks happened with himself) onto Shuri is what makes him be able to suspect this.
But depending on how this is expanded upon in future chapters I may be proven wrong tho lol
I like seeing a different opinion! This discussion gave me a new perspective on Cardinal’s character. So, thank you for replying to my og post! (=・ω・=)