BBYW Vol. 1 Chapter 8
Chapter 8 – We Met in a Fairytale
【POV : Selena Nommes】
Today is my wedding day.
I was sitting by myself in the bride’s waiting room.
There was no one else in the room. The maids left as soon as they finished helping me don the dress.
The dress I was wearing was the same one my mother wore for her wedding.
Ever since I was a child, I always dreamed of wearing my mother’s dress for my own wedding.
Several years after that, my dream had finally come true.
My heart, however, was mired in deep, dark sadness.
“Why did things turn out like this…?”
I was supposed to be happy.
To be celebrated by everyone, to become one with the person I loved, to reach a happy ending like in the fairytales.
However, reality was different.
More than half of the invitation letters I sent to my friends and acquaintances were returned to the sender, the seal still unbroken.
Even the maids who made preparations for the ceremony looked like they were just putting up a front and did not wish me well from their hearts.
“Where did I go wrong…?”
The answer to that question was clear, but my heart refused to accept it.
What did I do wrong? Where did I stray off the right path?
I recalled my life until now.
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Ever since I was a little girl, I always wanted to become a princess.
A princess just like in the picture books my late mother read to me.
My mother was crippled by sickness even before she gave birth to me. As long as I could remember, she was confined to her bed.
Father desperately sought a cure for her, desperate enough to even borrow money from Lord Maxwell, but could not find anything in the end.
I loved my mother and often slipped inside her bed, begging her to read me stories. Thinking about it now, that might have worsened her condition…but mother always listened to my requests, even when she was feeling worse than usual.
“Don’t worry, Selena, one day a prince will come for you…”
My mother used to tell me that every time she finished reading a picture book, patting my head.
The words “don’t worry”…were what my mother said to convince herself, maybe.
Mother probably felt she wouldn’t live the day to see me grow up, so she said that to dispel her worries about my future.
Sometime after my mother’s death, a man claiming to be my older brother came to the house. Father had sired a child with another woman.
“You’re Selena, right? Nice to meet you.”
“…I don’t know you!!”
“Eh? Ah, wait!”
I always avoided my brother.
I couldn’t believe father had cheated on mother, nor could I ever forgive him. I couldn’t accept the existence of my brother.
Even if the decision came from my father’s position as head of the family, as my sickly mother could not give birth to a male heir.
Even if my mother was aware of my father’s infidelity and gave her permission.
I could never forgive them.
Not my father, nor my brother.
Then it happened — father arranged a fiance for me.
“Cheers Selena: I have the perfect fiance for you.”
I was thirteen when I became engaged.
He was the successor of the house of Margrave Maxwell — Lord Dyngir.
“I’m Dyngir Maxwell. Nice to meet you.”
Lord Dyngir introduced himself in this friendly way.
At first, I planned to act disrespectfully towards my fiance, in order to shame my father.
The moment I saw lord Dyngir’s face, however, such thoughts completely vanished from my head.
“Eek…..!!”
“What’s wrong?”
The first thing I felt when I saw Lord Dyngir’s face was fear.
At first glance, Lord Dyngir looked like a friendly, quiet young man. But I couldn’t shake the feeling that something unfathomable, something more beast than human, was hiding inside him.
Yes, something like the dragon that kidnaps the princess in the fairytales…
(What was the name of that terrible dragon…? All black, as large as a mountain…the name of the dragon sent chills down your spine just by saying it…)
I didn’t know why I felt like that, but it might have been because of my mother’s blood. Mother was a priestess in the royal capital’s sanctuary until she married my father.
“Lord Dyngir has taken the enemy commander’s head in the last battle with the empire!”
Father talked about Lord Dyngir’s military exploits, to explain what an incredible person he was.
Who would start liking a person because they heard how they killed other people, I wondered.
My days of despair started like that.
Lord Dyngir was apparently aware that just looking at him scared me witless, so he tried to gain my favor by sending me flowers and other gifts any chance he had.
To me, however, it looked like the evil dragon was just saying sweet words to lure the prey closer.
Father and even my brother tried to help me and Lord Dyngir grow closer, but their actions always had the opposite effect: I hated them both, after all.
The relationship between Lord Dyngir and I never improved. Eventually, the day came when we would go to the royal capital and enroll in the royal academy.
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That day was simply unforgettable.
On the day of my birthday, I visited the academy’s rear flower garden.
The academy had a flower garden both in the inner and rear courtyards, but most students visited the inner courtyard’s flower garden, as it was larger and close to the academy buildings.
Few people ever visited the rear garden, so it was perfect to think about things on my own.
“Phew…what should I do with this…?”
I sat on a bench, with a birthday gift I received from my fiance in my hands. It was a silver bracelet adorned with emerald gems, the same color as my eyes.
“…it’s so pretty. Why does he send me such beautiful things, every time…”
Lord Dyngir’s presents were always exquisite.
If only he sent something completely inappropriate, I could just throw it away…but his presents always matched my tastes so perfectly, so I ended up accepting them every time.
How does Lord Dyngir know my tastes so well…? I was terrified just thinking about it.
“…one more year…”
The following year, Lord Dyngir and I would graduate from the academy. I would then become Lord Dyngir’s bride.
I was scared to death of that day.
I didn’t want to be with him even for one second…how could I ever spend my life at his side?
“Uuh….”
Tears started falling naturally, trailing on my cheeks and dripping on the bracelet.
“Ah…!!”
“….eh?”
I heard someone’s surprised voice and raised my head, finding a man standing there.
Hair shining like gold, pearly white skin. Eyes as blue as the sky. A noble young man, just like a prince from the fairytales.
He was the kingdom’s crown prince, Sullivan Lamperouge.
“I apologize if I bothered you. I didn’t think anyone except me ever visited this garden, you see.”
“N-no, I must apologize instead…!”
I hurriedly stood up from the bench, but before I could, Sullivan’s handkerchief was gently caressing my cheeks.
“Ah…”
“Please, sit down. It is a gentleman’s duty to wipe a woman’s tears.”
“T-that’s…”
I timidly lowered my eyes, but Lord Sullivan smiled softly and continued wiping my tears.
Before I realized it, I had already stopped crying. My heart beat like crazy instead.
Who would ever think that a low class noble like me could ever have the chance to speak with the prince?
“When I saw you, I thought a flower fairy had come to this garden.”
“Eeh….!?”
I ended up shouting in response to Lord Sullivan’s words.
I hurriedly apologized for my bad manners, but Lord Sullivan’s warm smile made me forget everything.
“I’m the same as you, actually. When cruel things happen to me and I feel like crying, I always come to this place.”
“Cruel things…?”
I couldn’t believe such a perfect-looking prince had any troubles.
“You see, actually…”
Lord Sullivan then started talking. Surprisingly, his worries were very similar to mine.
Lord Sullivan also suffered because of the person he was engaged to.
Lord Sullivan’s fiancee, Lady Marianne, was a young lady that could be said to be without fault. She was very proud, however, and looked down on other students, as she was going to be the future queen.
“She does not wish to become my wife: all she wants is to be enthroned as queen, to rule over this country. She is just using me for that end, there is no love between us.”
“Oh my…that is horrible! Lord Sullivan, you are such a gentle, wonderful person, and yet…why are you forced to marry such a person!?”
“You are the only person who ever said something like that to me…Marianne is…yes, like one of those evil witches from the fairytales.”
Those words made me feel even closer to him.
A perfect fairytale prince, with the same problems as me.
For some reason, it made me really happy.
When I revealed my own troubles Lord Sullivan consoled me kindly.
“I see, we are the same, aren’t we.”
“Yes…”
That was how I met Lord Sullivan.
That day onwards, our relationship progressed at a fast pace.
(My prince finally came for me…)
This prince will surely slay the evil dragon and save me, or so I fully believed.
I believed that there was no way the prince would lose to the dragon, even though I had no proof.
Lord Sullivan and I continued to meet secretly in the rear flower garden, deepening our relationship.
When we were together, I could feel at peace. A feeling of pure bliss, something I had not felt since my mother died, filled my heart.
Our forbidden love, hidden from our fiances, burned brighter the more we saw each other, and eventually passed the point of no return.
Lord Sullivan invited me to one of his residences. I went there, avoiding being seen by anyone, and we became one.
“Selena, I want you to marry me.”
On the bed, embraced by Sullivan, tears flowed from my eyes.
His arms, as warm as the sun, filled my body with comfort. His gentle words thawed my frozen heart.
Lord Sullivan caressed my head as I wept uncontrollably. Surrounded by his warmth, I replied.
“…gladly, my prince.”
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Eventually — the fated day came.
My noble prince set out to slay the evil dragon.
“Dyngir Maxwell!! I hereby declare your engagement to Selena void!!”
Lord Sullivan so announced to Lord Dyngir.
Lord Dyngir expounded on how breaking an engagement was something unjust, but Lord Sullivan faced him without fear. He was just like a brave hero armed with his holy sword.
His forceful words dispelled all fear from my heart. I never thought I could ever see the day when I could speak my true feelings to my terrifying fiance.
“…the cancellation of the engagement is accepted, for the time being. We shall contact the royal house officially in the near future.”
When I heard Lord Dyngir’s words, tears of happiness started streaming down my cheeks.
I was finally released from the grip of that monster of a man, I was free at last.
“Selena!”
“Lord Sullivan…I am so happy…!”
We embraced each other, without regard for the people watching. The garden was crowded, everyone was looking at us. But it mattered little to me.
“I will bring you happiness, Selena. I will never let you go…never.”
“Lord Sullivan…Lord Sullivan…I love you, Lord Sullivan…!!”
It all felt like a dream, like the ending of our fairytale.
The evil dragon had fallen before the brave prince and the princess was rescued.
The two became one and lived happily ever after.
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The time of bliss, which I thought would last forever, ended immediately instead.
“…so? Is that all you have to say? Lord Sullivan?”
“Ah…no…I…”
We were overjoyed by Lord Dyngir’s unexpectedly quick acceptance of the broken engagement, but it did not last long: words as chilling as cold water rained upon us.
Lord Sullivan’s fiancee, Lady Marianne Rosais. Before her, Lord Sullivan, who was a noble fairytale prince just moments ago, faltered and wavered.
Lady Marianne, surrounded by people — probably her servants — looked down at the fearful Lord Sullivan from her seat, as if she was utterly bored.
I had heard from Lord Sullivan about Lady Marianne’s awful personality, but I did not expect her to be such a harsh person.
Lord Sullivan accused Lady Marianne of mistreating me, pointing out the rumors that she made secret connections with the empire and more.
I had never heard such rumors, nor was I ever treated badly by her. It was my first time meeting Lady Marianne, after all.
I was surprised and looked at Lord Sullivan, but he did not spare a glance at me.
“I am afraid all of this is simply ridiculous. Did I make secret connections with the empire? Do you have any evidence?”
There was no evidence, of course: Lord Sullivan’s excuses were all made on the spot. It was clear that there was no truth in them.
Lady Marianne sighed helplessly, then started preaching endlessly about how Lord Sullivan’s conduct was unfit for his title of the crown prince.
When Lord Sullivan was completely devastated, Lady Marianne said her last words.
“You wish to annulour engagement, yes? That is fine. Let our relationship end here and now.”
Lord Sullivan’s expression turned brighter. The words that followed, however, froze it again.
“I shall duly inform my father, the chancellor. About Lord Sullivan’s infidelity and your false accusations towards me as well. Rest assured I shall spare no details. Please prepare to receive a fitting punishment for your actions. I trust you do not believe you will be king without the support of house Rosais, yes?”
“Ah…er…t-that’s…”
Lord Sullivan was visibly shaken and could not speak clearly.
My beloved prince was troubled and cornered, so I overcame my fear and managed to speak.
“L-Lady Marianne! Lord Sullivan is the crown prince!! Your words overstep your bounds!!”
“Do you know who you are talking to? Those of lower rank should not speak to those of higher rank, as the unspoken rule of high society goes. Shame on you, you miserable daughter of a baron!”
Whipped by Lady Marianne’s harsh words, I shook in anger.
(She’s really an evil witch…just like Lord Sullivan said…)
“I-I am Lord Sullivan’s lover…”
“Ah, you’re the mistress. How filthy.”
“F-filthy…? No, that’s…”
“I would have cared nothing about whatever you two did after my engagement with His Highness was broken. Until proper procedures are taken, however, we are engaged. I have no ears to be soiled by the words of a woman who would lust after an engaged man. Do not speak another word, if you please.”
“H-how can you say something so cruel…? What did I ever do to you…?”
“What did you do? Well, I suppose you should tell me where you went in the evening two days ago. You left a request to spend the night outside the dormitory, did you not?”
“Ah….”
Lady Marianne’s words left me frozen too. It was the day Lord Sullivan and I became one for the first time.
“Did you perhaps take me for an ignorant fool? Margrave Maxwell’s heir was unaware of your relationship, apparently, but that is only because he only exhibited the least possible interest in your affairs. Did you really think your childish attempts to conceal your tryst would deceive the eyes of house Rosais?”
“Ah, I…that’s…but…”
“I planned to overlook everything if it was meant to be a trifle, but now that things turned out like this, I will have no mercy. I have enough evidence for your infidelity, which I shall submit to the attention of His Majesty the King. How long will His Majesty protect you before He must abandon you? That will be something to see.”
Lord Sullivan and I were both too shocked to move.
Our relationship was exposed since who knows when. We had been found out, just left alone.
“If you will excuse me, then…oh, and…goodbye, my former fiance.”
“W-wait…!!”
“Oh no, I shan’t do that. I have no duty to obey your words anymore.”
Lord Sullivan attempted to cling to Lady Marianne nonetheless, but her servants stopped him.
Lady Marianne thus left, her graceful manners never leaving her person even a moment.
Her noble and proud silhouette made me think for a moment that she was the perfect image of a queen.
Worried, I took Lord Sullivan’s hand.
The hand that caressed my head so gently when we were in bed together was now trembling ever so slightly.
“Lord Sullivan…”
“It’s all right, don’t worry. Selena…I’ll protect you no matter what. Father will never abandon me…so don’t worry…”
“……….”
Lord Sullivan’s face was stretched thin, his eyes wide open and bloodshot. He talked as if he wanted to convince himself more than me.
The noble prince that bravely faced off Lord Dyngir was completely gone, leaving a husk filled with worry, fear, and traces of regret.
He was a fairytale prince no more, but a very realistic figure of a man driven to desperation.
My heart, on the other hand, was filled with concern for a future I could not predict anymore.
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What awaited us next was fall after fall.
Before we could do anything, Lord Sullivan was removed from the royal register and forced to marry into the Nommes house.
Father and brother condemned Lord Sullivan and me: because of us, Margrave Maxwell now viewed the Nommes with disfavor.
After marrying into my family, Lord Sullivan was at first confident that he would soon return to the royal family and sent many letters to His Majesty the King and his friends among powerful nobles in the royal capital.
However, Lord Sullivan gradually grew irritated by the fact that no reply ever came and eventually started yelling at me.
The gentle prince was nowhere to be seen. No, maybe this was Lord Sullivan’s true self.
『If only you didn’t exist』
I pretended not to notice glimmers of such feelings in Lord Sullivan’s eyes and continued living while interacting with my father and brother as little as possible.
Then today eventually came — I was going to become Lord Sullivan’s bride.
The bride of a man who lost everything.
A bride not blessed by her family, friends, or anyone else.
“Lady Selena, the preparations for the ceremony are complete. This way, please.”
“…yes, I’m coming.”
I replied to the maid who came to call me and stood up from my chair.
The beautiful dress left by my beloved mother. The pure white dress I dreamed of wearing now seemed soiled by invisible, indescribable stains.
She was being unfair yes but you have to remember she was only a kid when he came
Honestly if she had just hated her father and maybe startdd to build a relationship with her brother the future could have been much better. But since her mother died no one told her what she was doing was unfair and let it consume her.
Then her father arranging an engament too a man who was just like him and would have affairs.
Did you not see the way your daughter hates you for infeiditliy? Is that really a good idea??
Glad that the father got disgraced too. He let things go on as they did
Thing is, she wasn’t ever told of Dyngir’s libido and aggressive playboy ways by her father or anyone else. There’s the fact that it was mentioned in Ch2 that she and Sullivan could have confronted him on him having many mistresses and could have forced him to pay up for any emotional damages and break the engagement, but neither Sullivan or Selena were told by other nobles. If anything, she doesn’t realize that her fiance is quite the horn dog, and only knew him as dangerously strong. I guess it could be a sign of how weak and wary she really is; that’s she’s able to still pick up on his violence even when he suppresses it for civility’s sake.
Another thing is that while Dyngir himself admits he’s a bastard, he did attempt to sincerely woo her with things that actually complemented her. He knew her tastes and preferences enough to try for jewelry and accessories that would be to her liking. Sure, part of it was just wanting to weaken her before he breaks her completely on their wedding night (he himself admitting such in Ch2), but he was at least serious enough to try and at least get her to open up to him. He just didn’t expect she’d be so sensitive to his natural violence and remain on guard. Or that she’d be as secretly rebellious as she was.
As for her father, he himself was close with the Margravate; relying on them to help protect his territory in exchange for some increased taxes. Of course he’d want to continue that relationship by marrying off his daughter to the successor and placing his competent son as successor to his Barony. His only disgrace is having to take in the royal SOB and place him as successor, and having to beg for mercy and apology for his daughter’s (and stupid son-in-law’s) actions. It maybe be though that the Baron doesn’t mind the collapse of his Barony; his only reliable son Cray is now likely to work directly with Dyngir; maybe even get a fresh Baron rank if he proves his worth, while his daughter and son-in-law are likely to drive the barony to ruin (thus freeing up a rank that can be shifted to Cray).
Medical society? That’s an interesting choice of words.
Also, you’re pitying this girl just because she’s a woman?
Now, that’d only mean one thing: you’re either simp or a girl.
>Also, you’re pitying this girl just because she’s a woman?
Now, that’d only mean one thing: you’re either simp or a girl.
My apologies, you were a keyboard warrior all along.
“Why yes I unironically use buzzwords from 5 years ago, How could you tell?
I think marianne have bad impression on Dyngir, due to his lustful action of having his way with multiple women either they consent or not ” The enemy of women” So to speak..
She may impress on his quick witness and judgement, they probably create mutual corporative relationship with each other since both are on the same level.
I don’t think they will have a romance or perhaps they will confront each other in the future.. The dragon vs the witch I kinda like that.
However right now they don’t have any reason to make a move, but due to the lost of the crown prince, the succession war has started… The other prince will most likely be also the incompitant/ perhaps the cunning type, along with the enemy empire movement, the questionable authority of the royal family and other family having their power fully charged. It won’t be long
There’s also the 2nd prince so no succession war
i have seen vilainess describe the otome game protag as “her head is filled with flowers ” but holy crap this girl takes it to another lv can tie her to a train and say its a merry go round and she would believe it
yeah. political marriages are shit but they have to take the appropriate actions for these.
Thats a result of political marriages. There is no “love” in it. While I can’t say they were both innocent, its was definitely a fault of the parents as well. Idk how common political marriages are back then but it must suck, being forced to marry. Not saying they’re not guilty though as they could have taken more steps like apologizing properly. In the end, they fucked themselves up.
Political marriages aren’t necessarily good or bad, they’re usually a means to an end and they are what you make them to be.
What they did bad was :
1) They actually cheated (this could be considered okay, as long as they’re actually good at hiding it, which they were to some degree, as the ones who knew didn’t care to expose them at that time)
2) They decided to break both political marriages , which frankly, could’ve caused a civil war if the margraves and duke families wanted to, to regain their honor and revenge.
3) The prince decided to unilaterally decide / demand that a margrave’s heir’s marriage be null and void, to claim his bride for himself. If a royalty is willing to do that to a margrave’s heir, who’s to say any other royalty wouldn’t do the same to just about any other person in the entire nation ? Who the hell would willingly serve the nation, if the royals are able to just ‘I like your spouse / fiancee, they’re mine now’ . Civil war wouldn’t be off the table just for that either.
4) They publicly admitted to having cheated, breaking the vows etc. Honor and trust is a pretty big thing, and they just publicly dishonored the margrave family (who’s pretty close with the other margraves) and the ducal family (who’s the chancellor). Basically, they angered the leaders of all major military forces and the bureaucrats at the same time. Civil war or a revolt wouldn’t be off the table.
So basically, sure they could do some more things to make the situation even worse, but… if the situation wouldn’t be taken care of , the only reason the royal family would still be alive and in actual power would be because the four margrave and duke families decided to spare them.
Of course they would break their vows. They are reluctant in the first place. Also, you said trust and honor but Dyngir was cheating with a lot of women. He didn’t try to hide it and everyone knows about it. It is said that polygamy isn’t illegal but it is looked down upon. Not all rational decisions cause you happiness. They would have been married, but not happy with their relationship. I can agree with what you said about the political stuff though. They could have cause a political discord, bringing the kingdom to ruin. It’s just the way they did the divorce and shame their partners were bad.
In truth, arrange marriages was the most common type of marriage for the majority of humans back in those times. It was not looked down upon or vilified as much as duringher current times.
In fact, even if the couples might not have met beforehand, most individuals would still learn how to nurture love after their marriage or become good friends instead……Arranged marriages would often last longer and have greater stability.
This is because the couples would have nurtured a marriage with slow/simmered and steady love (instead of quick and passionate love)…..However, this is according to the multiple countries and religions who still practice arranged marriages.
……Well, that info dump should answer a bit about arranged marriages…….Even if everyone forgot about the obligations and duties (in a time when human rights and parental obligations probably meant nothing), Selena and Sullivan would still have poor justification in their actions. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes, arranged marriage can be good if you aren’t in relationship with someone else at the same time
Just started reading. Hope you changed your mind about this situation as its been a year. Its not because of political marriages.
The literal cause of this situation is because of two spoiled kids that didn’t listen to anyone and believed in fairytales. If the prince acted as he should in his standing or position, this would not have happen. If the little girl didn’t base her life off a fairytale then she would not be so foolish.
You know yeah, I changed my opinion about it. Looking back at it, it was kind of “ideal” or unrealistic.
Dyngir sleeping around was one thing, but that was either prostitutes or servants / mistresses /lovers, it’s a different thing from someone who’s also noble and engaged. And it’s not like everyone knew of it, the ducal family , his own family and maybe his fiancee’s father are mentioned to have known, not really everyone. And he didn’t force any lower nobles to give him their women, he was… a romantic scoundrel of sorts.
And in the previous chapters, it is mentioned several times in various forms that, angering the margrave families has been the reason why other kings have… not been kings anymore. Not to mention angering the bureaucrats at the same time as well.
Had they actually stopped to consider the situation and possibly even tried to get evidence of Dyngir’s sleeping around, they might’ve gotten him to give up the engagement , which would lessen the impact of that, but that would still leave the prince’s engagement to be dealt with, which is the sole reason he was the crown prince.
But no. Instead of actually trying to do anything the smart way, they went for almost the dumbest way possible. Frankly, doing it any worse in the sense of relations to the nobles would’ve required a lot more effort, which they seemed… incapable of.
I agree with you. I’m just saying everyone in the situation is guilty of something. Aside from the Rosais daughter, pretty much everyone else is guilty.
Well the both of them are airhead so they suit each other, their parents missed on their education.
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So… they were unhappy with their political marriages, because their fiancees excelled in those areas they had been taught and expected to excel in, and knew it was a political marriage to begin with, therefore having no real love to begin with?
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They had either been brought up solely on fairy tale stories, or been spoilt to idiocy, or just simply failed to realize what an actual political marriage means.
I mean, the prince’s fiancee had more or less been okay with him having concubines / mistresses, as long as he keeps somewhat secret about it, whereas Dyngir had no expectations whatsoever after their first meeting, and probably thought she’d fight back on their wedding night and accuse him of rape or something like that.
So, neither marriages would’ve been really happy in the first place, because of a serious mismatch of personalities.
This reasoning ironically sounds similar to the one in Fate Stay Night UBW Abridged. After all, Caster’s Master was also mad that Caster was good at being a Caster. 🤣🤣🤣
Sullivan and Selena didn’t put much thought in their actions. 🤣🤣
And so the “princess” woke up from her dream.
Thank you.
What a pathetic bitch.
Princess? Princess my ass.
Thanks for the chappy!
I’m hoping this is just the start of a nice kingdom management series and not a 1-off volume. At least for another 2-3 volumes; if only to see a bit of the long-term effects and if Dyngir adds any more to his harem. I could probably see him being set up to be engaged to Marianne, his military strength combined with her political acumen would make for a pretty vicious team. And since she doesn’t mind second wives or mistresses, Dyngir can bring along his whole harem.
Back to, I think she was being quite unfair with her brother. True, Cray was born before Selena, making it likely that the affair was before or during her mother’s marriage, but her mother did acknowledge the affair since she knew she wouldn’t be able to bear another child. Yet Selena still holds her father’s actions against her brother. And as a result, she let this private hatred simmer and warp her future. I don’t pity her the least. If anything, I could see her actually letting herself become another mistress under Dyngir, either behind her husband’s back after all that abuse, or if her husband does something supremely stupid and dies from it, since she can only marry lower, or just accept becoming a mistress to someone of rank.
That’s what Sullivan looks like? His hair looks stupid.
Anyway I don’t pity Selena. If she and the idiot prince could have just kept it in their pants and kept their relationship at just the courtship stage instead of sleeping together before bringing up Dyngir’s own infidelity and use it to break off their engagement then the public wouldn’t have turned on them and Dyngir would be the one that would get in trouble. Dyngir himself even says so.
The best ending Selena can even have now is if her father forces her into a convent because Sullivan is beginning to blame her for him losing his position as crown prince and will probably try and take out his frustrations on her.
Meanwhile I see that Marianne is fine with mistresses and concubines so I’m guessing that means she’ll end up in Dyngir’s harem probably as the legal wife.
I think the author added in the part of marrianne being cool with mistresses and concubines so he could justify her being part of MCs harem in the future
Cause her actions up till now seem the opposite. Even the MC noted she wouldnt be cool with the CP having a mistress when the engament was broken off
Way her be cummy chummy with the other harmettes after accusing Selena of lusting after an engaged man
Ah medical society. A cesspool of hypocrisy. Its make me belive that the countless plauges that struck them were karma
Selena’s life was destined to be shit the moment she was born as a women in that world. Cant do anything about that
I REALLY want to feel sorry for her, but I can’t. I just can’t, she brought this on herself. If only she could’ve separated reality from fairy tales… things might have gone different? Oh well.
Yeah, starting this chapter was just sad, but with every paragraph it was twisting towards discomfort. It’s like a vortex of stupidity.
So it’s the idiot vs the Asshole?
Well she’s maybe a thot and dumb but I’m sure Dyngir would do something to take her back asmeat toy . After all, he’s a bastard lol. He will making his enemies life miserable as much as possible.
Ouch………….😬
That guy said it right in the first POV change chapter, just instead of three, this Baron should’ve been tacked on too
Lmao, i had doubts b4, but after reading this chapter….im glad this stupid girl isn’t our MCs wife lol.. A ruthless MC should have a equally Badass wife…not this type of shitty retarded girl who’s living in a dream..she doesn’t even know the difference between Murder and duty…haha.. now .Suffer stupid girl
What a worthless girl
btw that stain is call reality with a side of common sense
👌👌
Apart from battles this novel is very satisfying. Complete revange, smart protagonist and utterly stupid, naive idiots getting their just “rewards” for confusing reality with a fairy tale. Good, very good.
Thanks for chapter
damn
wish I could care
What a dumb hoe.
Both of them are so childish…
I know right? Wtf. 😂😂😂
She could still ask to become a nun, it sucks, but its better than marriage
Hahahahahahaaha lmaooooooo. You reap what you sow wench. I love this chapter very much!
What a naive delusional idiot she was.
I feel like I’m gonna puke🤮🤮, WTH’s wrong with that woman head??? I her head is only filled flowerbeds, to much sugars or what?
What a fck##g dumb, naive ,and cheap women,,,princess???princess my ass…
Disgusting 🤢🤢🤮🤮
Brings out my inner sadistic nature
The villainess is the best, as always! I will never get tired of subverted otome games’ plot.
Que satisfação, aspira
such a good chapter! Thank you for translating this light novel
She’s delusional as well, i felt pity for her first but meh …
Not to mention in ancient times warriors were considered more ideal partners, the prince looks kinda fugly too …what’s with
That haircut 😂
I don’t like this woman. She is dishonest and plays victim.
A immature bitch in a cruel fucking world how awful, well they deserve it.
I don’t care about her to be honest. The introduction of her story is sad because of the tragedy of her mother, so if anything I feel bad for her mother and father, who even went and make himself with a debt for his dying wife.
Thank you for the chapter 🙏
So basicaly dumb met dumber, and in a pretty realistic noble setting they realised life is not a fairytale.
LOL
A bitch and hoe who never *try* to understand belong to the street
Selena being an idiot definitely made things worse for her, but she was in a rough spot either way with her circumstances. Her life sucks now, but getting married to the guy who has rape for breakfast probably wouldn't have been great for her either.