As someone who read the novel 3 times, I don’t really get the comment’s section argument & hate ??
Maybe I was already influenced by the novel story pacing, but this manhwa doesn’t deserve the hate guys
— The original novel is written in Hestia’s POV, if Kael seems passive, it’s probably because on the early chapters the manhwa PICKED UP how it’s written in the novel : Passive & expressionless Kael, & that in hestia’s POV she believes kael doesn’t seems to care about her
(that’s why I think they changed the manhwa story a little bit. So Manhwa reader can see more Kael’s POV too)
— In the novel Hestia never explicitely said she loves Kael in romantic way. The manhwa made Hestia looks jealous romantically when Kael & Diana met, but in the novel it’s hinted she’s more HORRIFIED (of the flow of the story)
— Plus in the novel, for a long time Kael is actually confused with Hestia, “he feels like Hestia truly cares about him but it’s not quite like love” because Hestia is actually FANGIRLING!! She doesn’t see Kael as equal romantic partner, she sees herself as HIS SLAVE!!
She feels like she doesn’t belong in this world and need a sense of purpose : Having (unwanted) revenge for her beloved bias/delerict love!!
— Pls also take into consideration that Kael & Helios doesn’t realize until later chapter that Hestia’s initial plan is to crush Diana… Heli thought she wants fame etc, and Kael just lets hestia do whatever which unexpectedly benefit him but also crushed Diana
— So in Kael’s defense why he seems so slow & passive : he need to unpack & heal from the trauma in the early chapters, trying to understand Hestia’s action, trying to move on to this other person (Hestia), but also getting confused that Hestia never truly open up to him
People said he’a passive but personally, if he move on too soon, I wouldn’t like it
I personally find the flow of events pretty normal as well given both characters situation and personality (thanks for confirming it though makes things much clearer cos I was doubting myself lol).
i agree with flare and u, i personally like this flow and i will continue to ignore all hate comments lol. i love the story as it is growing
People seems to want more revenge & activeness from the Male Leads but if people put it in perspective:
— Diana is not evil EVIL. She just have narrow minded, sense of arrogance that she’s righteous. And she doesn’t care that she hurts others as long as she’s right. This is what Hestia wants to correct/revenge on.
— Hestia is ready to get messy, but Heli stopped her. In the next chapters, Kael finally stood up (probably just wanted to support whatever Hestia does without knowing her goal)
— Heli put a stop on Hestia involving the temple because it will got too messy + He promised the emperor that he will protect Diana
— even Hestia feels disgusted when Kael got involved in her “revenge”, because she just wants Kael to sit back and be HEALED
— Kael, after taking the initiative to go against the temple & Diana, were PERSUADED by Heli to take back the accusation. Probably revealing that Hestia actions were revenge against Diana for him, but Kael truly doesn’t want anything to do with Diana anymore, not even revenge.
— Kael never wanted revenge or whatever. He just wants to be happy with Hestia. That’s why he agreed to take back the accuse & persuade Hestia to move to the North
— Hestia wants Diana to realizes her wrongs & change her way quickly. But Diana’s pride won’t let her.
— Heli wanted to protect Diana, but he needs to clean up Diana’s mess everytime, he slowly lose his patience & jealous that Kael has someone who supports him
Oh my candy jorge my eyes just got clensed daddy jorge
But why was he gone again???? I thought he’s dead or something
He had to return to his family. Duke Per is his nephew. He forced his uncle to return by acting as the family head. I don’t remember the exact confrontation. But he was somehow leveraging the ml and fl against his uncle coming back to Jorge chose to leave them to protect them from his nephew.
I reread it again after marinating it. Tbh, FL has a justification for not trusting the ML because the first time they met & how they got engaged was more like a soft blackmail, plus she keep getting attacked after engagement because HIS enemies, If that was me my nervous system would blow up before anything else
- Right until the failed escape, the ML doesn’t really do much to gain FL’s full trust with the already trust issues she has.
- She also got swayed with bare minimum (him saying sweet nothings, tending her swollen feet, getting injured from horse riding protecting FL.)
- Like ok it’s sweet !! but your girlie’s neck here got slashed, she keeps getting targeted ON TOP of getting soft-blackmailed to get engaged and do stuff for him & shut up about ML’s murdering the count
- tbh her flight response was so useless & anti-climatic hahaha
Her flight response was useless is precisely why she comes off as dumb. She has no opinions of her own apart from wanting to run away for some reason just like other isekai FLs.
She didn't even had a concrete plan and would have failed faster if not for that old lady helping her. She knew 80% of people in the empure were blonde and she as a black haired person was a minority until they were looking for a black haired girl at the gate. She also never bothered usig a guise while selling the holy water then wondered if Arsen had found out it was her.
Anyone who knew Arsen knew he had changed and treated her differently. She being the closest couldn't try to even get to know the person she was about/supposed to marry. Didn't even bother observing him as an enemy. And this ia a recurring theme in most isekais, FLs just treat people like characters and not people which is kind of upsetting tbh. Arsen from time to time tried to communicate, she would rather deflect or lie than have a conversation with him.
Yes, her bias is justified but her treatment is not. She knew she landed in an age where killing others is a common thing but she keeps trying to judge him and only him by those standards.
Accidental downvote.
For real though, the blackmail thing put him in my black books. It would have been better for me if she had succeeded in getting away from him. Or at the very least if she'd gotten mad at him rather than just resigning herself.
And I will be in denial for at least a little while….
His dad’s smile when his own son is flinching from fear is TRIGGERINGGGG I almost throw my phone away
Omg I thought it’s ended…. 11 years MY GOD… personally I read this in 2015-16 so 9 years ago OMG
OH MY GOOOOD I’M SO HAPPY WITH THEM THEIR CHARACTER THE STORY THE PACING EVERYTHING IS PERFECT
The way Carcel just healed a part of current Ines each time bawls me
That’s a beautiful observation.
I love babies & the story but it TRIGGERS my female rage so bad why only women?? I don’t give a shit if he’s the best husband in the world, why only women suffer? Nothing men do is ever close to enough and they need to at least have self awareness that they’re not doing shit
I honestly know how to respond to this I mean, the guy did suffer in a sense, the only thing that bothered me was how badly of men he was talking about, even if I’m some senses it was true. Men and women suffer — even if it’s differently. Like — The Wife suffered in protecting and carrying their baby, all worth it in the end . The guy — idk, he showed his support to her, we would not see how he suffered at all since this was only 10 chapters focused on the wife ( ). We won’t see how they suffer even after this. IDKKKK! I just love it either way. If you wanna see a guy suffer through birth either read those ABO Yaoi whatever mangas or watch a documentary on Sea Horses since male seahorses give birth to a thousand babies at a time
That’s not even close to what I’m saying but ok
Lmao those sea horse births are pretty hardcore
The are way too hardcore I literally saw it live once and I felt bad for the poor dude.