Lmfao they even look alike, Thomas and the Monarch. Good match for a fight
I'm so sad:( I don't want any of them to get hurt anymore
Wouldn't it make more sense for the aunt to only hate the dad? He's the one that married another immediately after his wife's death. Why would she hate the children too, since they're her sister's kids?
probably cause they have his blood
Humans are awkward creatures. The aunt seems like a hot-head, so she probably just indiscriminately hated them all at that point, reason or no. =v= Plus if the stepmother had won her stepdaughters over, no telling the havoc that could be wrought.
The white haired kid is so pretty, just wanna see his face being smashed.
I want to have a bit of hope for him to not be an asshole but that just asks for disappointment
I was thinking the same thing with the ginger haired glasses dude, but then he backed Jinwoo up so I forgave him
It was a beautiful story along with gorgeous artwork. I'm sad it was this short. I actually expected more than 30 chapters, it feels like it ended too soon. I would have liked to see how their lives changed after escaping.
Can this brat shut up for once and not get involved in everyone's bussines they were having a moment there
Does not even one character in this story know how to communicate pls talk with each other, this is torture
Usually, I dislike characters with her personality; bubbly, too energetic, naive and too innocent for their own good, a bit on the dumber side. But surprisingly, I actually like her a lot. She's childish but not in a bad way. She is weak but not weak enough to make her pitiable. For short, she's a mess but I like her for that.
And I absolutely adore how sweet and warm her relationship with the prince feels. The prince is also a great character; finally a "cold" ML that doesn't treat the FL like trash at the beginning.
To be honest, this story feels like the POV of a side character from another story. You know, like the isekais where the MC reincarnate as the villain, Solleia in our case, and our princess would be the clingy lover/concubine of the prince. If the story would have been from Solleia's POV, it would have been one of the "reincarnated as the villain" tropes; we would have liked Solleia and disliked the princess.
Don't know about the last point. Most of the villainous stories are about women that aren't that bad in the first place. Only a few are about one's that did something terrible and even they change their ways when they live again etc. What solleia is doing is objectively evil. Moreover unlike the other clingy side characters our MC isn't secretly a bad person. Technically she didn't even take an proper steps harm the villain. Neither is she secretly a bad person like other concubines.
You'll find a better translation from chapter 82 up to 89 here: https://zeroscans.com/comics/28025-the-monster-duchess-and-contract-princess
Sadly, the latest chapters aren't translated. I don't know if the Scanlators dropped the story or if it's just taking them longer to translate it.
They're so lovely