Aaaa shoot I forgot to erase something, skip the paragraph after I say "the comment leaves Keitha confused but she brushes it off"
SPOILERS CONTINUED I DIDNT REALIZE THERE WAS A WORD LIMIT IN POSTS:
Keitha comes across a diary of Seyards that says about how he wants his brother dead (probably because of unfairness on how he's stuck in a monastery but yknow) and this greatly unnerves her.
Seyard and Keitha sleep together sometime, they also go to a very gorgeous villa to spend time together
Daniel ig like assembles the avengers of witnesses or whatever and they force their way into meeting Keitha. One is a monk from the monastery who is beside himself and confesses to Keitha about how he overheard Seyard and O plan to kill his brother Visherk. A count is also there saying Seyard is sus. Keitha immediately asks if they have any physical evidence and none of them do. She is alarmed but thinks back to Seyards words and decides to trust him, kicking everyone out.
Seyard does some casual cryptic shit
While wandering, Keitha comes across an old painting of Visherk. This causes her to get a flashback to the first time she encountered him, which she forgot about. She first met him at a teaparty of the Princess's for an introduction to her engagement partner, Visherk. Keitha feels really sick but goes there in her fav dress that she hadn't worn yet that was a gift from Daniel. Keitha automatically dislikes Visherk thinking he seems cold and just like her father. When she was gushing about the dress from Daniel Visherk walks over and "accidentally" spills his wine on her dress. Keitha gets very shaken up and Visherk, very nonchalantly apologizes and offers to get her a replacement. Keitha says it's fine and leaves the party early. Later on, she gets sent a dress from him, with the exact same design, but in red.
I don't quite remember the exact reason, but all the suspicions eventually pile up and Keitha enters the forbidden room while Seyard is away for business. She finds it to be empty, except for one colorful scarf. It was her childhood scarf from her mom that she lost and on the other side there is a splotch of blood. She faints from shock, exhaustion, and confusion and gets a flashback
When Keitha was a child, she ran away from home to find her beloved cat. She gets chased after by a man bc she's in fancy clothes and an expressionless boy a few years older than her with red hair stops him. She begs him to help her find her cat cause he seems smart and after some initial refusal, he eventually concedes. They search for a long time for the cat and see a pretty villa that Keitha compliments. They come across an old lady who tells them the street cat "went on a journey that all cats do" which the boy knows is bs. Keitha doesn't and tells him they can go home but she just wishes she could've said goodbye to the cat one last time. The boy and Keitha tell eachother their names (you dont know his name still for a lil). The boy then finds the missing cat in an alley, gathers it in his arms, and brings it to Keitha telling her she can say goodbye. Except the cat is dead (most likely from other street animals). Keitha has a meltdown seeing her cat dead but the boy doesn't understand and keeps bringing it closer to her. This causes a commotion and Daniel, who also ran away but to play with some friends, comes across the two. He threatens the boy and takes the still distraught Keitha back home. The boy frozen standing with the dead cat in his arms. (Keitha dropped her scarf unknowingly in her misery over the cat)
Keitha wakes up on the floor in the room. I won't be able to describe this scene in the absolute suspense this is but I will do my best. Seyard is at the door. He's calm and tells her she can ask anything she wants. Keitha is greatly confused how he could be in this exact room when he was supposed to be somewhere else far away and doesnt seem betrayed at all. She comes to a conclusion, he was testing her this whole time. Seyard confesses that this was all for her to recall their first meeting and she realizes he's Visherk, which he confirms. (I'm going to separate the twins from now in with "r!Seyard" being the real one and just "Seyard" being Visherk).
Seyard took on his brother's indentity solely to be with Keitha. He orchestrated their first meeting because he knew Keitha instinctively didn't like Visherk because of the lingering resentment from her trauma with the cat. He staged it all like a play. The Brother and Count sharing their suspicions with Keitha were in on it too so it'd make her want to go in the room more. It wasn't a coincidence that Seyard sponsored Gabriel, he did so to threaten Princess Arta with his knowledge of their relationship so Arta wouldn't harass Keitha anymore. The villa they traveled to had the exact same design as the one she complimented in her childhood. It now made sense why a supposed man "raised in a monastery" could take over a duchy so easily. However, Seyard claims to have never meant to deceive Keitha, which leaves her even more confused.
Keitha asks if he really killed his brother and Seyard says it's because of self defense and he had to regrettably kill him. Seyard then drugs Keitha with a sleeping pill in her tea and she passes out. You then learn in his flashback it wasn't really self defense. R!Seyard was begging for his life bc Visherk was lying in wait already knowing r!Seyards plot to kill him. Visherk kills him anyways.
Keitha wakes up and immediately understands that she got fucking drugged and accuses him but Seyards all like sowwy ily so much I'm so glad you know everything now i can show my full extent of my love. She also figures that she now can't really trust Seyard at all and doubts his lie of self defense.
Keitha starts to plan to run away, and behaves more closed off and in shock. Seyard thinks she'll eventually get over it and they'll be happy ever after again. She tries to hint at her father that Seyard isn't what he seems and her father reveals to her that Daniel is in jail for royal conspiracy and is probably going to be executed. Both Keitha and her father know Daniel was set up (guess who?) but her father doesn't care and still wants her to get married anyways.
When hope was nearly lost since Keitha didn't have enough of her own money to run away, Hazel turns up wishing to give Keitha a large amount of the reward money from selling out Daniel. Keitha accepts it but asks Hazel how she was able to cut Daniel off even though she loved him. Hazel answers that Daniel did it first by harboring an "an obsession with something he couldn't have" aka Keitha (mirroring Keitha and Seyard)
Keitha starts to lose hope of leaving because she doesn't have anyone to help her but at a party she comes across a noblewoman who's in charge of a trading company named Manoa who sees Keitha as a kindered spirit. Keitha requests help to escape since she has no one else to turn to and Manoa tells her a plan. However the only time she can escape on boat as the dawn of their wedding ceremony.
Keitha abruptly changes her behavior towards Seyard so he wouldn't suspect anything, going on dates and sleeping with him. She successfully does flee but runs into her nanny and they have a sorrowful farewell, the nanny wishing Keitha would've told her more about her woes. She makes it onto the ship and meets the captain? head guy? Named Gale. He gives her a gun from Manoa and teaches her how to use it and tells her to not hesitate to pull the trigger. Later, Keitha cuts her hair off.
Seyard is left alone at the wedding, his estate and Keitha's dad's in a frenzy searching for her. Seyard seems eerily calm and confident, knowing he'll get Keitha back no matter what.
Keitha arrives safely in another countries small village and she lives happily with a woman named Mana and her daughter, Daisy, who don't really know anything about her situation. Gale visits monthly/weekly to check in and give gifts. He also shares information that Seyard and her father are saying that Keitha fell ill but the public has thousands of other theories ofc in contradiction to that.
Gale and Keitha learn that Seyard is sneaking around asking literally every person Keitha talked to if they know where she is. Unbeknownst to them Seyard actually has an informant tracking Gale literally just bc he gave Seyard "a bad look" when Seyard went to question Manoa and that Gale went to one of Keitha's favorite sweet shops.
Keitha finds she's pregnant and Gale offers her to get an abortion. She decides not to bc she's always wanted a family and even if her kid might look and act like her abuser at first she can raise them with love and care and they'll end up differently (it's really sweet how she puts it).
Gale is very supportive and gives Keitha a ton of herbs and books for pregnancy and makes sure to have her visit a doctor even tho it could be dangerous.
Keitha worries that Mana will kick her out now knowing she's pregnant but instead she tells Keitha (cause she highkey ships Keitha and Gale) that Keitha should say that Gale is the father of the baby so Keitha doesn't have to face scrutiny from the villagers like the she did for being a single mother. They don't have to pretend to be married or anything tho. This makes Keitha really happy to know that she has people to support her and that she won't be kicked out.
Keitha thinks Gale is going to say no but Mana is like he'll definitely say yes . And when Keitha does ask, Gale immediately agrees to let Keitha say he's the father lmao.
Keitha and Gale find they have to move locations because a suspicious man is lurking around the village and Keitha has to say goodbye (it's so sad) but Seyard is already there stalking them (he's so scary).
Gale and Keitha move to a nearby city but Seyard tricks Keitha into opening the door by using Gale's secret knock. Now Seyard isn't exactly an angry, betrayed character. He is instead very manipulative and knows how to play emotions correctly. He gets into her room and while he's asking for Keitha to come back a knock is at the door but from Gale.
Seyard tells her to answer the door and she does a smidge and Gale thinks she's hiding from him bc of an awkward interaction the night before. He says her suspicions are right and he confesses his love for her and says she doesnt have to reciprocate he just wants to help her and her future kid be happy (their build up is actually pretty sweet, he's very devoted but not in a creepy way like Seyard) (Keitha btw did suspect his feelings but wasnt really ready for anything cause she's still coping from Seyard and her leftover feelings). She tries to get him to stop talking cause Gale doesn't know Seyard is in the room but Gale leaves to give Keitha some alone time.
Seyard doesn't really react to any of that but does figure out Keitha is pregnant. He continues visiting for days basically lovebombing her wanting her to come back and Keitha knows that it's almost impossible to escape from him now. She gives up, mentally and physically exhausted from her pregnancy and Seyard, and agrees to go back with him. But makes him agree to not harm Gale and the family she was previously staying with (she knows Seyard would most def try to get rid of Gale slyly especially now that he knows Gale likes Keitha).
While traveling on their way back, Seyard makes Keitha join him to see a performance. Gabriel is there performing on his violin. However, Keitha is too ashamed to go talk to him since she didn't successfully run away from her abuser like he did and she feels like a hypocrite. I believe Arta also is now in a relationship with another performer? I kinda skimmed that part sorry.
They stay at a hotel and when Keitha is alone in the room she hears Gale's secret knock at the door!!! And now I'm left on a cliffhanger again like you guys waiting for the rest of the chapters to be translated.
Wait I'm so messy ignore this comment I figured out how to edit posts so sorry girlies
I hope you'll continue it when it gets translated
It's funny how on mangago you can edit posts but not replies
Horror, that's exactly where the stupidest trope of "they love each other more than anyone can understand because they had a random boring meeting once when they were toddlers" belongs >:3
idk you, but i love you. tysm for the spoilssss girlypop
Is he ever physically violent with her? (Hitting, sa, ect) Because that's the thing I'm kinda triggered by so i'm scared to keep reading it
The only thing similar is when Seyard was restraining her when being jealous over Gabriel and how Keitha still slept with Seyard while making plans to run away as she didn't want him to suspect anything but other than that, no, there isn't any physical violence, at least not from Keitha's pov. I cannot vouch for Daniel tho as I skipped most of his chapters
Okay thank you!! You are a godsend
Just reading all of this has me locked in even more to the current story like omg…
I will make an update post when the rest of the novel gets translated
I'm actually so sad about this. I was hoping for Seyard to be a good guy and maybe have some sorted past but it went full on drama kinda tragedy. Damn
I'm so sorry yeah it basically turns into a psychological thriller
Thanks for putting the plot for those who wanted to know tho. I'm glad I didn't get my hopes up for a certain plot direction. I've had a lot of that happen lately
Heyyy so since it seems ppl wanted spoilers and some more information I'm just going to copy and paste the og write up I made of the whole plot so ppl don't have to go in that previous thread and read my multiple comments lmao. Here's some more info and backstory and some more context for you guys. It's long as hell tho sorry lol
Seyard and Keitha go on a official date. It's all cute and stuff, he gives her too many gifts, she's ashamed of hers, all that classic stuff I'm sure we're all familiar with. The notable parts are 1. They go to a show and Keitha compliments the violinist, Gabriel and 2. Keitha gives Seyard a handkerchief that she wove his initials into. He makes a face but it quickly changes and he says he's thankful.
Later, for their engagement prep, Keitha finds Seyard hired Gabriel as their violinist for their engagement ceremony and that Seyard is sponsoring him to continue his education in a country focused on music. Keitha also thinks Gabriel has a crush on Seyard.
Yeah, anyways Keitha goes to the princesses teaparty to deliver their engagement invitation to the princess. There's some conflict but it gets to her and the princess opens the invitation to be shocked and suspicious. Keitha can't find anything wrong with the invitation but discards the event as the princess just being upset about their eventual marriage.
Keitha tries to get close to Gabriel out of guilt bc she didn't want to make him play at the ceremony of his unrequited love. Seyard notices this and gets jealous and intimidates Keitha to try to find out what they've been talking about. Keitha says it's Gabriel's personal matters.
During the engagement ceremony, Keitha overhears Gabriel talking to someone saying that he'll have a serious convo about their feelings. Keitha, thinking Gabriel is going to confess his love to Seyard, follows him to his rendezvous. She finds it's actually Gabriel and Princess Arta and that they were secret lovers. Gabriel laments to Arta about how he can't continue bc he wants to be free of this relationship to continue his career and stop their toxicity. Arta responds by threatening and saying "he'll never escape her" and continuously assaults him until he would admit that he'll give up on his plans. Keitha tries to interrupt this to save Gabriel but Seyard pops out of nowhere and holds her back telling Keitha she'd just make the situation more complicated. She agrees.
The next day, Gabriel requests that Seyard find an escape route and refuge where the princess will never find him, even tho it means he can't continue his violinist career. Keitha and Seyard agree and Gabriel gives the parting words of telling Keitha that you always comes first when it comes to love. He successfully departs.
The next day after this the princess arrives unannounced to their abode and looks in all of the rooms saying she's searching for something. Of course, she comes up with nothing and snidely remarks how it's "interesting that both brothers have identical tastes in women". Seyard makes a face but changes the subject and gets her to leave. The comment leaves Keitha confused but she brushes it off.
This is where things get a bit messy cause I was skipping around here sorry .
Seyard and Keitha confess their love to eachother and it's all happy and nice.
On a date of theirs, they go to see a play and Keitha says how she thinks the lovers suspicions were reasonable and even tho the two lovers in it forgive eachother she didn't think the fl's were her fault. Seyard disagrees and tells Keitha that he believes "love and suspicion do not belong together". Keitha really takes this to heart and this theme STICKS AROUND
Keitha gets granted a key from Seyard that unlocks all the rooms to his house. But tells her not to open one door specifically, for any reason. She is suspicious, but respects his privacy(literally the Bluebeard tale)
I'm not sure if this is the same date or not but Seyard and Keitha run into what seems to be an old friend of Seyards from the monastery (I kinda forgot this guy's name and I just remember it starts with an O so I'm just gonna call him "O" lmao) the next day, Keitha sees in the newspaper that a guy matching O's description was stabbed to death, interesting