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This bitch really thought she did something…girl all you did was give Izek another reason to remove Cardinal Valentino’s head.
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Side note?? I am so SO glad they got such a talented artist to adapt a series that covers such heavy topics properly. They’re doing a fantastic job portraying the characters’ inner thoughts and emotions as well as the general tone of each scene not just through their drawings, but through their colour and lighting choices. I mean, they’re also making the reading experience so much more stressful compared to simply reading the text, but in a good way?? Like if you’re going to drive a metaphorical knife into my heart, do it right. (Also, I gave a detailed summary of the rest of this arc in an earlier post in this thread if you’re stressed and need details).

I feel bad so many of Isidore’s efforts to get her attention seem to be in vain, but how can he not see how suspicious he is? At the same time, I get why Deborah wouldn’t look into it—she doesn’t seem to have the time or interest enough to do so between her family drama, trying to get through school, paying attention to the original plot, her money-making schemes, etc. Plus her suspicion is mostly rooted in: he’s technically not a character in the novel, he’s oddly familiar for someone she’s only just met, and she’s spent enough time with his alter-ego to make subconscious connections. Like, he is legitimately suspicious—he’s secretly an information broker obsessed with money with questionable morals—but she’s not aware of this (yet) and for whatever reason he seems to like her and is helping her out. The fact that he’s deceiving her isn’t great and will probably bite him in the ass, I just hope he realizes this at some point. (I wish I had kept going with the novel but the excessive detail regarding their businesses were too much for me.)

sooooo cute, but man they really need to say the quiet parts out loud (but the fact that the misunderstandings are still funny is a testament to good execution)

Keep forgetting this man is 17 traumatic regressions level of broken, which is just awful.

I’m not kidding, I summarized the whole thing.
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That f*cking b*tch Freya went down and told Izek what happened. Obviously Izek already knows everything about how messed up her brother is, he’s known it since the stable scene with the riding crop without Ruby having to explain. The only reason this arc is so dramatic is because the plot restricted his movement, made him play nice, and forced him out of the picture via the tournament. Also Ruby doesn’t know how much he’s guessed. He asked the others to keep an eye on her but they don’t really understand that they’re seeing isn’t the truth. Until now obviously. The story should really be “How to get everyone who isn’t my husband on my side.” From this point things happen fast. Izek wins the tournament but Ruby is on the edge of her seat during the battle because he takes a lot of damage in the process. The priests played dirty and made the fight needlessly difficult by bringing in the revenant of a cardinal. He gives Ruby the crown afterwards. It’s very sweet. It’s at this point where she realizes she really and truly does love him. Izek goes to find he after but none of them can find her…(hmm I wonder why, foul play?). Knowing they won’t be interrupted, Cezare takes her to a mirror room in the castle to tell her he’s taking her back to Romagna. She drops her act and talks back this time, revealing her true thoughts. He grabs her but she keeps talking. She tells him she hates him and that she truly loves Izek and her new home. The violence continues and he eventually slams her back against the mirrored wall. It shatters. She gets injured but keeps going. Their location is eventually discovered via Lorenzo (Freya’s brother). Izek arrives and immediately attacks Cezare but he has this Holy shield to counter his holy sword and they fight until someone arrives to break them up. Cesare manages to escape in the ensuing chaos and makes it to a departing ship. They can’t go after him because monsters attack the capital in swarms as part of a plot devised by Cesare—his henchman used magic stones to draw them in droves. The frost dragon eventually arrives and attacks the city. Izek goes against orders to meet it and insists they subdue it without killing it because Ruby wouldn’t want that (everyone else think’s he’s insane). Once she wakes up, Ruby learns what happened after she passed out in the mirror room. Ruby knows she’s the only one who can stop the dragon, so she gets up after being treated and has Ellen and Andymion take her to it. She and her other monster friends manage to calm down the dragon and thus Izek gets rescued from Ruby’s lizard boyfriend. Afterwards, there’s a wonderfully soft live scene between Ruby and Izek in which they properly confess and talk. The rest is clean-up. Cezare get’s his punishment in another arc because no, this isn’t the end. ****I reread the novel last month, but my memory isn’t totally perfect, so one or two things might be a little off and/or the manhwa might change things (eg. there are more paladins in the novel, so roles often get redistributed)

from the like almost not-existent spoilers, i’m pretty sure that’s the ML (he’s supposed to have long black hair)

This series is going to drive me insane. I went back to check and HE TOLD HER HE LOVED HER IN THE FIRST PLACE. They’re only fake dating because she wasn’t sure about how SHE felt (ch.69). It wasn’t that he simply needed to confess, it’s that he did so 35 chapters ago and we just…idk forgot about it?? Somehow. Then we had other characters giving their two cents and making her more confused and the her just misinterpreting things in general bc she’s bad with people but OH MY GODDD. He’s confused because she keeps giving mixed signals without explaining anything. The I like you but you don’t like me so I’m pushing you away makes NO SENSE. (Unless I’m forgetting something but man the frustration)

She kept going on about wanting this to be a romance fantasy yet when the man with the literal power to grant her wishes comes along and falls in love she’s totally oblivious. It’s his own fault, but I find the irony of it all really amusing. Anyway, IT’S FINALLY BACK!! I missed this series so much

i put this on hold a…wow it was quite a while ago, there was less than 50ch i think?? because of spoilers. is it worth it to catch up now? the most recent chapter was really cute

If anyone’s wondering we’re at approximately chapter 96-97 of the novel (or at least in Rain of Snow’s translation) and this is pretty much word for word what happens. I’d add spoilers but honestly it’s hard to spoil the novel without removing most of what makes this story so good. I absolutely recommend checking it out if you want to be spoiled. If you don’t want to read to the end, chapter 110 is a good stopping point. Trust me.