Wow this is definitely a standout in time reversal revenge stories. It really feels like Jaina earns her achievements through growth and cleverness, rather than just having everything easily go right since she knows the future. She is still the same person as in her first life, just changed, and struggling through her trauma for justice and survival. Her development makes sense.
Spoilers as of chapter 138
At first I kind of felt bad for the second prince being given the love potion. He might not have been a great person, but other than being a playboy, he wasn’t such a degenerate that he deserved to be destroyed like that. In the first life he genuinely believed their house were traitors and merely acted accordingly. However, it all came down to his mother the queen’s malicious greed. She plotted to annihilate house Belcheter even though they had no inclination of being her (or the second prince’s) rival or enemy. They were neutral in a succession that had no other qualified competitors. That decision sealed her son’s fate as soon as it became life or death to deal with her. If not for that, she and her son may have been left unscathed. Angela was always the primary target, but her actions were nothing short of attempted murder.
I do feel really bad for Cassel. He was enchanted and helpless in his first life. There’s nothing he could have done to protect himself or maintain his sense of morality. The potion destroyed him, but Jaina’s trauma is far too great to overcome the memories of it even though she knows it wasn’t his fault. It’s just such a sad situation because he is such a kind person who genuinely loves Jaina and doesn’t understand why she suddenly looks at him like that.
I think the easiest way to dispose of Angela will be to give the king the recording between her and Rona. He has the resources to find or train a Laurelian translator. It proves what she planned to do to the prince from the beginning, the fact that she had the means to wield such magic, and would give a lot of context to the prince’s sudden shift in behavior. It also exonerates Jaina of potential wrongdoing because they admit to drugging her with a different mind altering potion. She can make an excuse for why she made the recording and just say it slipped her mind and she didn’t realize the recording’s significance until she learned Laurelian much later. That would seal Angela’s fate in the most dramatic way possible. Even if they were eventually able to find a cure, it would be difficult for the second prince to repair his broken faction or recoup his reputation.
Wow this is definitely a standout in time reversal revenge stories. It really feels like Jaina earns her achievements through growth and cleverness, rather than just having everything easily go right since she knows the future. She is still the same person as in her first life, just changed, and struggling through her trauma for justice and survival. Her development makes sense.
Spoilers as of chapter 138
At first I kind of felt bad for the second prince being given the love potion. He might not have been a great person, but other than being a playboy, he wasn’t such a degenerate that he deserved to be destroyed like that. In the first life he genuinely believed their house were traitors and merely acted accordingly. However, it all came down to his mother the queen’s malicious greed. She plotted to annihilate house Belcheter even though they had no inclination of being her (or the second prince’s) rival or enemy. They were neutral in a succession that had no other qualified competitors. That decision sealed her son’s fate as soon as it became life or death to deal with her. If not for that, she and her son may have been left unscathed. Angela was always the primary target, but her actions were nothing short of attempted murder.
I do feel really bad for Cassel. He was enchanted and helpless in his first life. There’s nothing he could have done to protect himself or maintain his sense of morality. The potion destroyed him, but Jaina’s trauma is far too great to overcome the memories of it even though she knows it wasn’t his fault. It’s just such a sad situation because he is such a kind person who genuinely loves Jaina and doesn’t understand why she suddenly looks at him like that.
I think the easiest way to dispose of Angela will be to give the king the recording between her and Rona. He has the resources to find or train a Laurelian translator. It proves what she planned to do to the prince from the beginning, the fact that she had the means to wield such magic, and would give a lot of context to the prince’s sudden shift in behavior. It also exonerates Jaina of potential wrongdoing because they admit to drugging her with a different mind altering potion. She can make an excuse for why she made the recording and just say it slipped her mind and she didn’t realize the recording’s significance until she learned Laurelian much later. That would seal Angela’s fate in the most dramatic way possible. Even if they were eventually able to find a cure, it would be difficult for the second prince to repair his broken faction or recoup his reputation.