People really out here ignoring the fact that Reizen was already considerably older than her when they met in her previous life, never mind this one - AND he's a friend of her current self's father! Sure, we may know her true age but if he were to try to get with her, ew, red flags
I get it y'all are tired of the CP route, I get it I really do, but this story isn't giving that feel to it as much since their dynamics together is interesting imo :") either way there's no way I could prefer Reizen when I know these facts, even if I was initially hoping for him
It does seem like the twin is a dude, just looking at how they're drawn compared to MC and Elaine/elf (another gender confuser). I was really hoping for a girl to get added to the cast of main characters,,, I'm not really a fan of reverse harems and their vibes, even if the other male characters won't be romantically interested in MC but still be very attached. Just one other girl is enough, please, then i wouldn't care if all of them are super attached to her I just don't want them all to be men and men only
I could still be wrong on the twin but looking at how their chest is super flat and has no shape (again, compare with MC) + Elaine's reaction I'm pretty sure I'm right.
While I was hoping they wouldn't die, this is the reality of war. We did get to see death flags as readers, but death is often sudden and unexpected. I also think that this was needed to show/remind us just how difficult and brutal this "game" is, and that we can't expect the characters to survive just because they became more important.
I'm fearing that at least one of the higher-ranked characters will die during this battle too, but I really hope not. I'm attached to all of them and it would suck to see any one of them just die like that, but at the same time, I know it'd be another reminder for the characters and us readers that things aren't going to be easy. :(
Spoilers below!!
Alrighty. As of chapter 20, we've met two out of the three - Crown Prince and the merchant/Count. From the beginning, these two were higher on my list as being the true ML, simply for the most common rofan trope - the romantic pairings rarely share similar enough hair colours, never mind the same hair colour. So while I'm still waiting to see how the Tower Master and MC interact, my bets on him are low, as unfortunately both him and current Erne are blonde.
The merchant/Count drew me in initially for being interesting, seemingly dressing up completely different to the rest of the characters/world. I had doubts about him though, as according to the description, he treats Erne (blonde) like a child, and that would be difficult to break. When I read that he knows/is friends with Erne's father, that's when I said nope to him being the true ML. This was only strenghtened when we saw a memory of Erne (redhead) where she met him for the first time when she was a child and he an adult. It DID raise the curiousity in me on how old this man is, is it the art style or could he be some sort of immortal? (Lol) or doe something about being a high-ranker make one age slower? Either way, I reject him as a true ML.
Now, as for the Crown Prince... he definitely seems like the best option so far. He keeps missing - longing for, even - Erne (redhead) after months of her death, to the point of being unable to sleep properly ever since. We've seen him having a really interesting relationship/dynamic with her in the past, and not only that, he was very quick to recognise Erne in her new body when they met. Sure, he hasn't made the complete connection, but I can see him being able to realise it/actually believe the truth of what happened and accept it. Even if he doesn't realise it, it's clear he felt some sort of attraction towards Erne (redhead), possibly as far as loving her to a degree. At the very least, it's something more than "I want this talented individual on my side". Plus I'm a sucker for the trope where everyone is scared of character 1 (for good reasons) yet character 2 keeps messing with/annoying/teasing them (even if they're scared as well). ╮(￣▽￣)╭
Either way, these are just my thoughts and feelings so far on the matter. Really interested to see where this goes though! I am still wondering about how the title is related to the story, the 24h bit feels somewhat unrelated.
Ok so I've been thinking about this from preeetty early on. What if Ella is related to the crown prince? Cousins at least, maybe siblings- twins, even? They both have blond hair, and sure that may not mean anything, but something in my veteran rofan reader senses are tingling lol
I mean, she is pretty mysterious for being stuck in the outskirts, having mysterious items around, as well as being incredibly strong. Ella herself wondered why her character was never mentioned in the story. I think it'd make sense if she was someone super important actually without knowing
And imo it would make the scenes where she's cussing out the crown prince even funnier :"D
Yeah probably, she does feel like banished princess or illegitimate princess
The blond hair makes us think she might be royalty
Mm yep, but something makes me think that at least the prince may not know of her existence? He feels like the type of person to eliminate anyone threatening his succession, so a cousin or an illegitimate child could make sense, as that would be easier to hide from him
Yep, Ella is that trash prince's twin
Reading about so many shitty MLs have put my standards on the lowest of lows, wdym I'm happy to see the emperor is being nice and looking out for her/caring for her BEFORE falling in love with her???
Too bad he has to be a tsundere about it and wants to pretend he doesn't care for her but her powers/help. Hoping he becomes more honest sooon (￣∇￣")
If only the spirit had realised to try to act otherwose and ask Leehan casually to put out the flame, I'm sure out boy would've been able to do it ╮(￣▽￣)╭ though I get his panic since he knows nothing of Leehan, I can imagine him getting upset if he finds out he was worried for nothing and made the contract
That's why he got scammed so easily by the headmaster
Okay, first of all, just beware that going through the novelupdates forum for this series was kind of a chore, as there is a lot of discussion and deep explanations of some of the early chapters of the novel, and there wasn't really any organised spoilers I tend to see a lot of the time. If you want to go read them yourself, go ahead.
Sidenote: I'm using Yehwa's title of Emperor here, don't be confused, I'm still talking about her.
I found two comments mentioning this, so I'd assume this spoiler is true, but take it with a huge grain of salt, as both commentors mention MTL and reading it from a comment elsewhere. According to the spoiler, this story is using the 3rd life trope.
The "og novel" was their first life. The Emperor felt guilty about Sanya's death, thus we get the whole reincarnation thing.
Second life was in modern Korea. Both the Emperor and Sanya were reborn as a single mother and daughter, but the mother ended up dying first.
We finally get to their third life, which is what we've been following so far. I don't know if the Emperor knows this truth or not. The forum seemed to say that no, the two aren't biologically related in this life.
being biologically related would really be questioned because of their similar looks, esp. Sanya looks so different from his father.
Were there also some mentions of the child of the empress that was mentioned in the manhwa?
Not that I could see, if I remember right. Typically the spoiler discussion forums tend to be fairly organised and people will use spoiler covers, but like I mentioned, going through it for this series felt somewhat of a chore considering I needed to read everything/most things to find the spoilers I was looking for. I'm pretty sure I would've mentioned it or remembered if I had seen anything about it, but I can only assume it wasn't considered as important to be mentioned? Ofc, feel free to go check out the forum discussions yourself if you want to make sure.
Thanks for the info. Will also check the site for some spoilers too.
Honestly him still calling Seyeong noona threw me off so much like please why can't you change it to hyung idc what you do in-game, sure that makes sense bc of his avatar, but why do you have to keep doing it irl
Damn, I'm so surprised to see people hate the idea of the dad getting married and Amelia gaining a mum. Literally most of the childcare stories here only include a father and some brothers, having a mum or a close female figure (other than a maid) is so rare in these stories Σ( ￣□￣||)
Idk why exclusively daughter-dad combos are so popular, do so many people have only dad issues (/joking)? I'm gonna admit that I know very well I have parental issues both ways, it's probably why I adore the found family trope or when a MC gets more than one parent/parental figure to dote on them. Especially if it's a woman!! I'm sick and tired of female characters being hostile towards each other, I want more love (no matter what kind) between female characters ╥﹏╥ it's partially why I'm excited for "The Male Lead's Little Lion Daughter" and its future, I remember when the comic first started years ago someone said that we'll eventually get a loving mother figure for Leo as well. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the dad, but again it's so damn rare to have good female characters/with good female relationships in this genre, of course I'd be excited.
So yeah, I'm clearly hoping for another parental figure for Amelia. At least those who drop this bc of such reasons have tons of other options out there, haha :"))
It's not even about romance with the dad, I don't care about that. Hell, I love the idea of a political marriage where instead of a romantic relationship, the couple have a platonic relationship and are just good friends. It's more about the MC getting an older close female character (other than a maid) who she could rely on and be doted by.
Edit: I should specificy that I mean childcare genre where the MC is the child. There are tons where the FMC is the one taking care of a child/children yes, but I'm not referring to those series with this comment.
It's not like I want romance for the dad, I don't care about that. Hell, I love the idea of a political marriage where the couple doesn't have a romantic relationship but are just good friends instead. It's about the FMC getting a close older female character (other than a maid) who she can rely on and be adored by just like the dad.
I like when they also have a mom. Doubke the love. Also it's funny that the comments are like "I'm here for the Daddy-daughter only!" But he's only in like 4 panels a chapter recently and it's mostly about MC doing her thing.