Ok so my theory is, without reading spoilers so I may be talking out of my a$$. That Wilhelm is also a returner, he has all his memories from their previous life (as we can see he remembers the abusive princess) BUT that he's actually the one that caused the jump back in time. So in previous life he was under the Crown Prince's thumb and being abused by the crown princess. He then meets Reinheart and is infatuated with her, and wonders what if he'd met her first? He finds a way to turn back time and lucky him she actually ends up in his region when he's still young this time. So when he meets her and is a child he's actually the Will of the past and remembers her, and sitks to her for dear life. He doesn't know she remembers as well though. Basically he's one obsessive, determined guy.
ppl in the comments saying it's weird because he was like a child when she met him and that if this was reversed it would be creepy and that she should be with Dietrich (who is currently dead) when the relationship between her and Dietrich is EXACTLY the one between her and Willhelm gender reversed, which is why he had turned her down. Stop and think about the things you say, for a moment.
just in case a reminder that you can't build up a resistance to most poisons (I'd like to say all but I don't know all poisons) if you take small doses of arsenic you might not die right away (unlikely) but if you keep taking them something bad will definitely happen, either kidney or liver or some other organ failure or you'll go crazy like Picasso or Nero...
I like how it started off like Cinderella, but it's turning more into Little Women
I love how there's a positive spin on stepmothers and women who marry into a ready-made family, without being resented against or being the villain to some kids story. There are so many families today, where Women Marry into them but being a stepmother becomes a vilified label. I would love for a story to be about the positivity in being a stepmother and positive enlightenment. It's always negative about it and yet there are so many women that fall in love and marry men who already have children, that don't deserve that kind of negative stereotype or being seen in such a light. There are a lot of stepmothers who are kind, considerate and love to share the love of their children. I would love to be able to be a stepmother to these girls. They seem so fun and it shows, when you put aside bloodline, found family and stuff families can be just as close as genetic ones
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Yes , you are spot on how I felt. Little woman's quite close