What a riot! I didn't stop smiling even til the end notes HAHAHAHA And I totally agree, Felix tops Claude. Full stop. What I'm on the fence is if Mr. White tops or is it Dark!Claude who'll do the plowing? I mean, Mr. White certainly gives off the feeling that he'll be good at it ya know???? Especially when he has his glasses on. My gosh I'm not even that gay for fictional characters but if I were I'd say fuck me immediately HAHAHAHA
I mean, can we just relish in the fact that unlike so many other manhwas out there that in this kind of situation would have hid the truth from the girls, the boys did not do it and actively told them what's happening. Well, they will hide it in the end ofc (from Dannie, bcs of the accident/ attempted homicide) but up to a point Dannie is supplied with info of what they're actually doing. It's glorious to see a friend group like this these days.
Spoilers...
Tia y Carsein ( + that one dude I don't know the name of) is ambushed OTW home from the estate of the preggy foreign princess. The assassins were trying to kill Tia, one gets a lucky shot in and Carsein gets injured protecting Tia. Thing is, he almost loses his eyes if not for the High Priest (or whatever he is called) healing him. Just thought you peeps deserve a heads up. Bcs boi, was I almost crying at the thought of Carsein losing his eyesight.
Oh! And apparently, as clueless as Tia seems to be to the fact that Carsein is sort of maybe not really but yes trying to (subtly? but maybe not) court her, she does know and by the Gods she still chooses to pursue Ruvel in the end. Sad.
but isn't it sad? That he got the port name wrong EXACTLY bcs he's like Orochi and the traitorous bitchass shitty artist? ONLY in the sense that he fully doesn't know Wano anymore; once bcs of the time travel thing, and twice bcs since coming to the present, he's spent the majority of his time outside of it, and when he was in Wano, he was busy trying to coordinate a rapidly falling apart plan. I mean, kudos to Denjuro and all, but I think it's just sad in the end.
I mean, girl power and all but I can't stomach how she made the engagement happen. Regan OBVIOUSLY does not like her at all, and yet he's being bullied into a marriage he does not want, all for the selfishness of the FL. And she is, such self-centeredness is so appalling, nvm that she is "helping him get funds for his business". To be sure, such characteristics ARE the point of IRL nobles but dear God someone help people understand that bullying someone into marrying you is not at all what Female Empowerment should be.
Well, we read lots of stories about those times and about how women were forced to marry. It's part of history ( and still practiced in some countries) and also a romance story trope. This has reversed it, and I think it's fun. Ofc, I expect him to fall in love with her, that's why this is also fun, I don't think he will be miserable.
Reversed it? Are you talking about how proactive the FL is at breaking her engagement? If so, yes it does. But that is exactly my point. Her proactiveness means that she's bullying someone to marry her, kinda like how the King of Severus was previously using his country to force her to marry him. It's entirely typical of nobles, ofc, and even I am curious why I'm so angry over this but I am so yeah I think I'm gonna stop reading this. Hats off to you peeps who will continue to do so tho. Have fun~
Yes, most of the time I have trouble reading a story where the character I identify with does things that goes against my personal conscience. I suspect that is happening with you. I think, because already with this trope ,( forced marriage/contract marriage ) is something I enjoy reading because in the romance genre it's just a way to force two people together who wouldn't otherwise be together, and they fall in love in spite of it, so I can be along for the ride:) . In this case, and in the time period, she doesn't have a lot of choices to control her own fate. Even her brother smacks her around if she doesn't do what the family wants. Without judgement, I would say the ML 's life will improve when he is with her, so I don't feel sorry for him. But I understand, I hate reading stories where there is cheating, or lying, or even drug use. We all have things that aren't worth it and take it out of the fun category for us personally:)
SPOILER
As per one of the latest translated chapters of the novel, Ruda is IN FACT a female. Dannie was correct all along and all of us are idiots for not believing in her. Amen.
As I said...
in one of the recent novel chapters, Ru Da is confirmed as female. I didn't pull that info out of thin air. Ru Da had a teeny tiny POV wherein she was notably referred as a "she", not a "he". Go read before you say anything. Here's the link to the chaoter if you're so lazy, you can't even bother to search for it: (remove the spaces obviously)
http s://wuxia world. site/novel/ the-law-of-webnovels/ chapter-212/
For a long time now, I've hated Ruvel as the ML so damn much, but now I don't (he's different this timeline afterall). BUT I would still like it if Carsein becomes the ML. See, people are so touchy with the parallel universe / time travel thing, saying insulting things like, Ruvel is not the same person from the 1st timeline, Tia should move on bcs he's not the same one from her memories, etc.; And see, I agree with the moving on part but not with still loving him back. Even if Ruvel is not the same, the memories Tia has of the cruelty of Ruvel is still there. I find it so insulting that people are willing to sweep it under the rug just bcs Ruvel went through hardships as well, completely undermining the fact that as far as Tia is concerned in the first TL, her baby died bcs of Ruvel, Ruvel cheated on her, she was insulted by people bcs of Ruvel, Ruvel killed her father, she died seeing him looking down at her; tho I get it, Tia does not want to relive those memories, yada yada yada but come on, it would be nice for a BIT MORE RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT SHE SUFFERED SO MUCH BCS OF RUVEL. But no, the author and the readers have already swept it under the rug, second chances and all. Basically, tldr I'd like it if Tia gets more a backbone in her to kick everyone who insulted her even just once with the help of Carsein, who's been nothing but supportive of her life choices. But no, we'll get a Prince who imposes himself on her (even after reading her letter to Allendis) till the end. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Me too. When I first started reading the first few chapters, and believe me, I was here from the start, I thought that Tia would take the power for herself and make the Empire prosperous. But no, we get none of that and instead gets a Passive Tia who has power but is ultimately reluctant and unable use it fully. Such a shame.
I know, I feel the same way. Since the author decided to ship the prince with Tia from the very beginning, the story is what it is ┑( ̄Д  ̄)┍
Actually, I feel there were many chances where Tia could have manipulated the situation and break the engagement. Ex: the time when she hears Vitas voice, she could have made use of the situation and make a fake prophecy which would include Jieun. And then figure out the rest of the problems. Since the past events are still fresh in her mind, wouldn’t the normal reaction be to get away as far as possible? ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭ Then again logic is just thrown out the window(〜 ̄△ ̄)〜
P.S: we can take Lucia as an example. The FL in the manga made use of her knowledge about the future and changed her fate, even she was dealt with a horrible future during her first life and went through many trials just to try and survive to live in peace.
Which is why I feel Tia could have put in a bit more effort in changing her ‘fate’ if she truly didn’t want to be the empress. Perhaps the author wanted to show that despite the horrible treatment she faced, she is still running on the lingering feelings towards the prince.
Which, I think is not right, seeing as Tia could be a strong, independent wamen without falling into the lady in love trope. The author keeps on saying that Tia's doing what she can to survive but I think the fuck not. The asshat princess is right, Tia keeps on giving mixed signals. Tia wants to break off the engagement but she still ya know stays by the Prince's side. Honestly, as much as I love this, I don't like the character building of the story at all.
I've been reading this from almost the start and still enjoy this to this day, but hot damn is Ria selfish in these latest chapters. She's okay with her father dragging his army everywhere just to search for her; people could die because of her, livelihoods will have been lost bcs of her. bcs even though the manhwa glosses over it, the emperor IS dragging his army everywhere and that will always have a casualty bcs it's basically an invasion. Let's see her be an Empress when the folks inevitably still remember her as that one princess who was so selfish she ran away and let the emperor wreck havoc everywhere as he was looking for her. And, she's even dragging the white haired dude with her SELFISH desire of running away from problems she's had a hand in creating. Tsk tsk.
The Prince will not ask for annulment of their engagement. But why? I read back and noticed that AFTER meeting Princess Yuriwhatchamacallit, he did not have any thoughts to end their engagement. Even when Luze was asking him, he did not deny it or affirm that he wants to end it. Sure, he does not like her romantically (as she doesn't like him romantically as well) but I think the reason is because he's grown to think that she is turning out to be sort of maybe a friend. And really, being friends with your political marriage partner is better than not having any feelings after all. It explains why he's disgusted with kissing her hand, because they're not really "friends" by the conventional meaning of the word so why shouldn't he be disgusted? Ofc, some of the disgust must stem from the fact that he does not want to get married and kissing the hand of his "fiance" might mean to show that he's already accepting his fate. He's sixteen yrs old, being contrary is ofc par for the course even if he's somewhat mature for his age.
Cheese mints, meant to like this-
"cheese mints"