The greatest purpose of the Bilbao story arc is to explain how the world works and for Carcel to regain his memories. It was not only about Emiliano and Ines but about Carcel learning about Ines from someone who had the opportunity to talk to the Apostle. It also served to show how Carcel helped Ines and Emiliano in the previous timeline which showcased the lengths he would go for Ines. It also showed that Emiliano has basically repaid him for that favor by explaining what he learned from the Apostle. Now he has also asked Carcel for another favor to deliver the fake necklace to Ines with a message of forgiveness. Ines has a lot of guilt over killing her child so perhaps eventually she can forgive herself a little after receiving that message.
Carcel also received a lot of memories so that he can know Ines better, know why there’s a threat to their lives (Oscar attempted to assassinate him and he wasn’t sure of the depth of the reasons why) and he can protect Ines better. If and when Ines one day confide in Carcel as she promised to do when they were at the hunting lodge, she will find a comrade in her story of the past because now Carcel has some of those memories too and she won’t feel utterly alone. One day they will basically be the same in remembering all three timelines until everything is resolved and they can freely live their lives and pile up on new memories over the next decades of their lives.
As far as the length of the Bilbao arc, it’s appropriate because it covers 13 chapters or so and it has a lot of info about the world and religion. The artist and storyteller cut out parts of it to get it down to 6 chapters. Now it’s over and we can finally get back to Ines and Carcel’s love story which has new information and development ahead. We already found out there was a hidden timeline so that needs to be introduced now.
The greatest purpose of the Bilbao story arc is to explain how the world works and for Carcel to regain his memories. It was not only about Emiliano and Ines but about Carcel learning about Ines from someone who had the opportunity to talk to the Apostle. It also served to show how Carcel helped Ines and Emiliano in the previous timeline which showcased the lengths he would go for Ines. It also showed that Emiliano has basically repaid him for that favor by explaining what he learned from the Apostle. Now he has also asked Carcel for another favor to deliver the fake necklace to Ines with a message of forgiveness. Ines has a lot of guilt over killing her child so perhaps eventually she can forgive herself a little after receiving that message.
Carcel also received a lot of memories so that he can know Ines better, know why there’s a threat to their lives (Oscar attempted to assassinate him and he wasn’t sure of the depth of the reasons why) and he can protect Ines better. If and when Ines one day confide in Carcel as she promised to do when they were at the hunting lodge, she will find a comrade in her story of the past because now Carcel has some of those memories too and she won’t feel utterly alone. One day they will basically be the same in remembering all three timelines until everything is resolved and they can freely live their lives and pile up on new memories over the next decades of their lives.
As far as the length of the Bilbao arc, it’s appropriate because it covers 13 chapters or so and it has a lot of info about the world and religion. The artist and storyteller cut out parts of it to get it down to 6 chapters. Now it’s over and we can finally get back to Ines and Carcel’s love story which has new information and development ahead. We already found out there was a hidden timeline so that needs to be introduced now.