After Carcel heard the gunshot, he left the cabin but put two guards directly outside the cabin to protect Ines who was fast asleep inside. By the end of the hunting trip, Ines has no clue that guards were present on the hunting grounds to protect them. Carcel kept everything like secret protection whose presence didn’t interfere with their couple time.
Wanna hear a gunshot? But after one you won't be alive anymore. :)
Kim ChaCha MTL response about BR manhwa adaptation that casts Ines as purely innocent in the engagement period when it did not in the novel:
Dear fan:
I fully understand what you mean.
But cartoons have limited scenes. That's what might be included.
Perhaps that's why, unlike the novel, Ines' selfish purpose was not emphasized. I am also sad that only carcel has become a bad character unilaterally.
I think they're both flawed people, and they're both bad people. To each other. They are selfish in different ways. Even when they were young, Ines overwhelmingly did. In the past life, too.
So in the early days when the novel was serialized, Ines was also criticized a lot. If carcel is the man who betrayed his fiancee her, Ines is the woman who used her young fiancé.
I think that the two main characters are both imperfect people. And I think they are a perfect couple who can fill in each other's imperfections. No matter who blames them, each other is the best option for them. The journey to show it was my novel.
This is the second time within 7 days certain readers keep complaining about Carcel’s past. I’m not sure what those readers expect from other readers who already got over that. Do they want other readers to persuade them about something they’re determined to be bothered about? Even Ines do not care about Carcel’s past. She said it in ep46 or so and says it throughout the novel. All Ines cares about is the current Carcel and the only time she began to feel uneasy about Carcel and another woman is around ep43 that’s covered in the novel. Manhwa didn’t include it but Ines began to feel uneasy about Carcel having dinner with another woman in their home after she divorces him. Yet, even after that, she still tried to get him to cheat by inviting a crazy woman in the house. She only stops trying after she accepted him during the sick arc. Her jealous side was finally ignited during the dream of the palace. Before marriage and during the first couple months of marriage, she didn’t care. Even then and to the end of the story, she absolutely hates it when Carcel puts himself down about his past.
If readers can’t make their peace with the beginning of this story, maybe they should consider that this story is not for them rather than posting every week about Carcel’s past. Kim ChaCha, the author of this story, has repeatedly said this story is not for everyone and she is not trying to please everyone. She writes purely what she loves for her fans and herself. She has stated this on her Naver blog and on Twitter many times when people send her hateful comments about her female leads and her male leads. Every reader has to decide what story is for them. This one just might not be it. There are plenty of other stories out there with strictly pure male leads. Inés and Carcel aren’t those.
Some readers seem to be confused about this. Perhaps the manhwa is to blame. Not sure what is creating this misunderstanding. Inés already pretty much decided to abandon her divorce plan back in ep59. It wasn’t exactly clear by the wording in the manhwa but the novel part said this:
[The simple idea of leaving as usual, this official residence, people and Cárcel in front of her, all seemed like a distorted picture.
Now there was reality in her thoughts. It was no longer a simple line of words, nor just a feeling of looking down at an empty space on the chess board. This was not the feeling of vaguely looking down at a certain point on a map and choosing her next destination....
‘...It’s me who’s stupid.’]
Notice in the excerpt above she said leaving Carcel and the people in her home now seemed like a distorted picture because there was reality in her thoughts now. From this point of the story, Ines became fully active in returning Cárcel’s romantic overtures. In fact, when Carcel woke up after being sick, she kissed him repeatedly at points during their conversation.
Next we see them sitting one evening in the library and flirting and kissing. We also learn in the novel they’ve been having amorous affairs almost daily. We see Raul and Alfonso observing them in the hallway after Raul spread gossip about Carcel being crazy about his wife. Raul then felt like a fool for doing all that work when Carcel and Ines clearly couldn’t keep their hands off each other. Just from the perspective of the servants in the house, they saw that their masters relationship had grown closer and more expressive.
Then to add even more development, the author had Ines dream a second time about the previous timeline to open her eyes to more facts about Carcel. As usual, because Ines recognizes her husband now, she observed him even closer in the dreams and discovered things she missed about him. That’s the most important point about these dreams. When she woke up, she was sexually aggressive with him and wanted to be even closer with him.
Then later in bed, she began to admit how much her husband has become a safe border to her. How much she’s never lived like this before. How he makes everything alright for her even without knowing it. How her life is peaceful and stable. Then she also decides she doesn’t want to live denying herself anymore and only looking for death. Now she wants to live and do the things she loves like hunting and horseback riding. She wanted to do those things with her husband. She was so moved to tears by her husband’s love and care that in the novel she said she always lived wanting time to pass but she didn’t want that moment with her husband to pass.
Then the story moved on to her receiving a letter from her mother encouraging her to get pregnant. Despite Olga’s outrageous content, Ines agreed that she wanted a child sincerely. She even reminisces about seeing that child run down the hallway and that the child looks more like Carcel than her.
All of the above is so minute compared to the depth of the novel. Not because Ines didn’t say “I don’t want to divorce him anymore” in direct words doesn’t mean it isn’t clear she ditched her divorce plan. It’s clear that she dropped her plan ever since back with the crazy woman incident in their home. Manhwa also left out that she was uneasy the next day because she thought Carcel might still be angry about the incident. She even told herself that it’s no big deal if he fell out of love with her because of the incident. Does that sound like a woman who doesn’t care and still only want a divorce?
Feels like the translation doesn’t do it justice .. I got confused bur I got the gist of it . When is he gonna start remembering btw ?? That will be a whole lot of pain .. I do want to ask though .. will there will be more turbulence in their relationship or it’s gonna be loving with painful past rememberance
Spoiler. It will be amazing
He will begin to remember after Ines goes to Mendoza after their hunting trip. An attempted assassination was made on his life while Ines was away in Mendoza and this triggers his memories.
If you guys already love the way Carcel loves Ines, it only gets better and deeper. For me, I came away from the novel blown away by ‘his’ love. And, because he loves Ines very deeply, he is always on her side no matter any outside turbulence. He is even on her side when she wrongs him. Amazingly, there is not just the known pasts to deal with, there is a hidden past that’s revealed later that shakes Ines. It makes her realize even more just how deeply Carcel loves her. There is really nothing to fear as readers because Carcel always treats Ines well and always chooses to protect and love her. If there is anything bad that happens, they face it together and he always makes sure she’s protected. On the other hand, Ines will develop to the point that she protects Carcel as well. She does everything she could to make sure he’s safe when there are certain circumstances that arise where he could be premeditatedly killed off.
Just reading ur reply made me tear up I can’t wait for their moments together ! I knew her first life isn’t known to her but him remembering is gonna be cherry on top and oh my gosh I cannot wait for this !! Thank u for telling me ! I knew the whole spoiler but this just makes it so much better ⁄(⁄ ⁄·⁄ω⁄·⁄ ⁄)⁄
Hahaha
I see readers are already thinking the new crown princess is an ‘innocent’ girl. Please wait to see more about her. If anything this story should have taught us as readers that not everything is what it seems and it’s probably better not to jump to conclusions. Wait until next episode and hopefully the manhwa will show more about this new character. Granted, it’s in Ines’s pov but it at least gives a glimpse into her experience with the woman who will be crown princess.
Could you spoil us please?
Hmmm. Spoilers about crown princess. Absolutely do not read the spoilers below if you do not want to be majorly spoiled. Please move on if you want to learn who the crown princess is as the story unfolds.
WARNING! Major spoiler. Even Ines does not know yet just how intertwined the crown princess is with her original tragedy.
STOP. DO NOT READ THE SPOILER BELOW IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED BIG TIME.
BEWARE! Huge spoiler below.
She’s not an innocent person at all. She’s been crown princess in two lives before. She is the one who started Ines’s tragedies. She’s hated Ines in all lives since they were kids. Her mentality is very twisted. She the one who first destroyed Ines’s life in the forgotten timeline and that’s why Ines got a second chance to live then her tragedies began with Oscar after the forgotten timeline. So crown princess is actually a villain equal to or just as bad as Oscar.
Hahahaha
The reason why Ines’s mom is so unhinged is because she’s mentally ill. There’s a past story that exists for her. While she and Ines have probably burned too many bridges between them, since Ines remembers two timelines, the fact is the author wrote this story from a human perspective. Her mother is not totally a lost cause. Carcel’s mom will eventually find out how Ines’s mom treated her children and she’ll talk to her about her bad behavior and counsel her on being a better wife, MIL and grandmother. It might be too late for her and Ines but it’s never too late for Ines’s mom and her future daughter-in-law and all the grandkids Ines’s mom will get to babysit. At least Ines can be civil with her mom at some point in the future. Carcel’s family will be a blessing to the Valeztenas.
So in this story, unless people don’t change, they are never written off.
Depth of what? A whatpad fairy tale? Hahaha
Confirming new chapter out. Ines finally learns CP is marrying his fiancée after making her wait many years. Glimpse of new crown princess although she has appeared in a previous ch panel. Mendoza arc is around the corner but before that, the hunting trip that Ines spoke about in ep 65.
What happens during the mendoza arc??
Mendoza arc brief spoilers
- Carcel’s mom, the best mom in this story, is introduced.
- Everyone who sees Ines is shocked by her transformation. Even her waiting lady whom Carcel’s mom summoned from Perez was surprised. Ines is supposed to finally look like she’s blooming when she returns to Mendoza. I can’t see it in the manhwa but definitely in the novel, she’s positively shining and happy and all the nobles gossip about it.
- official introduction of crown princess who is actually the first person who began Ines’s tragedies.
- Re-entry of crown prince and hints to him having his memories
- Crown prince and princess plot to make Ines his mistress
- Ines learns from Carcel’s mom all the bad things that happened to him as a 6 year old kid providing the manhwa doesn’t cut them. These are things that happened because she chose him as his fiancé at 6.
- Ines realizes she never took Carcel’s life seriously so she begins to seriously read his old war letters that were sent to her to familiarize herself with all the dangers he faced when she didn’t think much about his life.
- Carcel begins to regain vague memories of his past lives after an assassination attempt on his life. He remembers the two men in Ines’s past
- Carcel visits Ines in the capital since she sent him a letter saying she missed him. He finds her at a party at the palace where Crown prince couple was trying to coerce her into dancing with the crown prince.
- Ines hears Carcel’s voice, gets up and run into his arms. All the young nobles at the party were all shocked by them. Ines was genuinely happy to see Carcel and the lovers sincerity was on display for all to see.
- Carcel takes Ines home and he starts to have memories of the two men from Ines past again. He asked Ines if she likes him to which she says yes. He’s remembering his unrequited love in the past two lives.
- Ines and Carcel has hot and very wild sex. Ines even tells Carcel he can do whatever he wants to her. She thinks privately to herself that as long as it’s him, it’s okay. Next morning her waiting lady finds her blushing like a teenager when she’s reading the love letter Carcel’s left for her before he returned to Calztela in the early morning hours.
-Waiting lady is pleased that her mistress had hot wild sex with her husband as she retrieves all the torn pieces of clothing off the floor in their bedroom. She commends her mistress for being passionate like a true Perez woman.
- Carcel arranged for Ines’s brother to escort her to a field tournament where the crown prince couple was trying to make it look like Ines will become crown prince mistress. Ines’s tells her brother of the plot. Starting now, Ines and her brother will begin to work together to counter the crown prince couple schemes. Ines also tells her brother how crown princess tried to harm Carcel as a child.
- Ines notices Carcel has a bullet graze on his side. She writes to Raul to find out the truth since Carcel was obviously trying to prevent her from asking questions. Raul writes back and tells her the truth that an assassin appeared in their bedroom in Calztela and tried to kill Carcel when he was asleep.
- Ines is enraged by the news. She even breaks down crying and cursing because Raul told her that Carcel knew about the assassin attempt since the hunting trip and he sent her to Mendoza to his parents because their mansion has knights and security to protect her. Raul also told her how relieved Carcel was that they were only trying to kill him and not her.
-Ines suspects it’s the crown prince that was trying to kill Carcel once again. She starts to curse the crown prince and even vaguely wonders if the crown prince has his memories.
- Ines goes on a shopping spree in the capital to buys lots of guns, weapons and knives for Carcel. Then she adds clothes and jeweled cuffs for him and send them all to Calztela.
- After shopping a shocking event occurs. Ines meets the Angel in this story. He’s a Catholic priest in this timeline. She fears him with good reason. He gives her back forgotten memories after commending her for making the right choice in this timeline.
I think that should do it as an appetizer. lol There is so much more that will happen.
Thank youu
Thank you so much
You're the best, ily
Typo mistake.
The person who harms Carcel when he was 6 is the crown prince. Not the drown princess. Crown princess is younger than Carcel and Ines so she would have been probably a toddler.
Thank you this appetizer was delicious
Sorry to ask but where can you read the novel?
Thank you this appetizer was delicious
Sorry to ask but where can you read the novel?
Thank you this appetizer was delicious (=・ω・=)
Sorry to ask but where can you read the novel?
Thank you!!! Aight that means imma let this manhwa cook for a year or 2 ┗( T﹏T )┛
Joann brief spoilers
-Joann will kill itself
First thing to get out of the way is the fact that the manhwa left out an extremely important detail in the flashback to the time when Luciano found out how terribly Ines was living as crown princess. He said all those things because the crown prince guards were listening to his conversation at the door. Ines realized this during the dream but as usual, this manhwa left out this pertinent detail. This manhwa always does this. It’s like the manhwa team didn’t read the novel and have no idea what crucial details are. *sighs*
Moving on, as usual people are jumping the gun. They don’t wait for revelation when falsely accusing Luciano of not helping Ines in that timeline. In fact, part of the reason Ines killed herself is because she realized her brother was plotting rebellion. One of the reasons she decided to end her own life is because she did not want her family to be dragged down as traitors. Luciano even gave her a bullet and told her to kill the crown prince and if she can’t do it, he will do it because they cannot live in a world with the crown prince. He told his sister he will take responsibility for all of it whether she kills him or he kills him.
After Ines killed herself to prevent the demise of her family, Luciano still got hold of the deposed CP and cut off his limbs one per day. He had him locked up in a dungeon and he would get a doctor to prevent the crown prince from dying just so he could torture him each day.
Even in this current timeline, the only person the crown prince fears is Luciano. Why? Luciano has rebelled against the imperial family in every timeline except this current timeline. He’s like a sleeping lion who when poked, comes out roaring. So he’s practically responsible for Oscar’s death in some way or another in all the previous timelines.
As to readers, it seems they still haven’t learned anything about this story. Even though the manhwa so far has revealed there is a lot of hidden information, people are still jumping to conclusions about what actually happened in the previous timelines. There hasn’t even been full revelation of any timeline.
Oh my God, why would they leave out a CRUCIAL details like this? I never read the novel so I was really set on hating Luciano. This overturns my view on him. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks so much for dropping this comment, never read the novel but I had a feeling the manhwa was leaving something out about the situation. I don't get why they would leave out an incredibly important detail like this, because then it's a complete 180° change from what's currently being presented.
Here is the novel excerpt as the Korean author wrote it. In other words, this is direct translation from the Korean text:
[He was looking at the handprints that remained on his sister's neck and wrist with his sunken eyes with a face already filled with hatred towards his sister's husband, as the crown prince's guards stood by the door monitoring them. (The crown prince left his guards to listen and watch what the siblings were doing and saying. Crown prince knows Luciano is a dangerous man. How? That’s a huge spoiler for those who do not already know how)
Unlike her mouth, which spit out all kinds of resentment and curses just like in her memory, she saw everything that she was blind to before, in her dream.]
The above shows Ines Escalante is now seeing everything that crown princess Ines Valenza didn’t see before in the scene. Later, Ines continue to reveal more and we learn that her brother was dead-set on killing the crown prince. Another thing that readers don’t seem to realize is that this is not a fantasy world where nobles just act without thinking of the implications to their family. Luciano just cannot rebel without first plotting it out.
Thank you very much
This is very important information about Luciano.
Thank you for this spoiler but some of the readers here don't read the novel doesn't know that they leave some important parts like what the first comment said. You can't blame us for hating Luciano and jumping to conclusions since we don't have any information about that important parts as the artist leaves the crucial parts.
Again, thank you for the information about Luciano. It helps a lot. ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
I have been reading novels long enough to know not to jump to conclusions. BR has shown already that a lot of things get revealed as the story progresses. I’m sure many people thought that Carcel was just the third guy when Ines chose him at 6 years old. Manhwa already shows there is a lot hidden about Carcel as it relates to Ines and the story will only continue to reveal a lot more.
Readers insisted before that Ines’s family forced her to marry the crown prince. Then manhwa hunting dream eventually revealed that Ines was the one who chose the crown prince. Manhwa even left out that at a young age, Ines would beg her father to take her to the capital city and when she got there, she would play “hard to get” with the crown prince. It was a mutual relationship. Her family never chose anyone for her in any timeline. None.
Manhwa also obscured the fact that there was dubious consent when Ines first slept with the painter while engaged and three months before her marriage. That drawing of her sitting on top of the painter, with a ‘cold and emotionless face’ while he is crying, only hints at the truth. They were both strangers in that scene and she went to his bedroom in the middle of the night, naked, and dubcon him.
Everything that makes Ines look bad in the novel was discarded or cut from the manhwa. The manhwa team only do not cut her actions that cannot be cut because it will hinder the story.
Well. It's you. But it's different with other people. You can't force them. xD I also read novels, but sometimes, I still can be hasty. And you already read the novel so you know the progress, and what scene was cut off from the story. The flashbacks and some hidden information were kind of jumble and it was confusing since just only tiny bit of them are shown, and not entirely.
Oh they did? Never read anything about that. For me, I know that she was not forced but she wants to be with the crown prince.
I think that it was a mishap on the artist side of how they portray them. I see. The fact that there's a lot missing things in manhwa saddens me. The art is good. They all look good! I do hope that they will fix things and includes everything what was written in the novel.
Even when I read the novel I wasn’t jumping to conclusions. :) I soon realized that everything is not what it seems. :)
The manhwa team obscured a lot of things. Ines was not a good fiancée by any stretch of the imagination to Carcel. Hopefully they won’t cut some of the things that will reveal more about how indifferently she treated Carcel’s life. It’s clear that the team focused more on making Ines look good and they inadvertently made everyone else look like the villain. That’s not how the novel goes. Ines’s bad actions and bad personality were clear from the beginning of the story to the point that Korean readers complained about her. That might be why they whitewash or obscure most of her bad actions and attitude.
Another thing is, they draw her as the most beautiful female and draw all the other females as plain or ugly. In the novel, there were other beautiful women besides Ines and Maria. I have never seen a manhwa draw side characters so plain or ugly.
In the novel, Carcel is the most handsome man with exceptionally good looks. Manhwa doesn’t draw him that way. I remember before the manhwa came out, a Korean novel reader had commented on the novel publisher site that she would hate for the story to get a manhwa because she felt the artist they choose might not be able to capture Carcel’s exceptionally handsome look. Sure enough this artist couldn’t. Carcel is supposed to look handsome on the level of the stares that Isidor in Perks of Villainess gets. Ines always associate him with the sun or light or brightness. She also describes him as ‘the most handsome man in the world without borders’. Drawing aside, the portrayal of his character is trending towards comical when in the novel, Carcel is a more serious guy. He’s a responsible husband, son, brother, heir and military officer.
I see. They changed a lot of things. How sad. I do hope so for the next season! Though I like the art. T.T I can't believe that Carcel is supposed to be extremely handsome. Gawd. He's already handsome, but if they followed the novel I bet I'll die because of him. Such a handsome man. Oh! But does the novel describe Ines as a simple beautiful woman? Not enough to be called most beautiful? Perhaps the artist might be a fan of Ines so they drew Ines and Maria prettier than the others? xD jk
Both Maria and Ines are beautiful. However, there are ladies in Mendoza society who are just as beautiful. If Ines was already more beautiful than Mendoza ladies, she wouldn’t have to starve herself in the crown princess timeline to stay beautiful. Ines is truly most known for her sexy, voluptuous body. That’s the part most talked about. But to Carcel, Ines is the most beautiful person in the world no matter her bad personality. He knows her flaws but loves them. He’s not blind to them. That’s the thing about him. Carcel is said to get his outstanding looks because his mother’s looks were added to his mold. Both are beautiful but objectively, the people in Mendoza credit Carcel as the most handsome one.
Oh and yes, the artist is a fan of Ines. If they were professionals, they would draw the characters as the novel laid out. The characters aren’t theirs. They belong to the novel author. Novel author doesn’t show favoritism between Carcel and Ines. She treats them equally when commenting on them and their actions. Novel author even says Ines is selfish but has a conscience.
Ohh! Ines main charm is her own body. Carcel is really genuine and kind. You can totally see that he's wimp about her. Such a sweet person Damn. That's really love. He's in love.
xD Aw. I was just kidding, but it's actually true. Hmm. That's kind of unprofessional if they just solely focused on their bias character. Being a fan should not hinder your job as an artist. No wonder that most of Ines' good sides were shown. Does the artist hate Carcel?
I appreciate you taking your time explaining both Ines and Carcel also the parts that were removed from the manhwa. (づ￣ ³￣)づ Thank you very much!
I don’t think she hates him but sees him more like someone who loves Ines. She was asked in an interview what BR is about and she says it’s about love between the two main characters. Other novel fans seem to think that she has no say and draws the story according to the story board by the storyteller. Storyteller is a fan of Raul and asked the artist to draw Raul more handsome and the artist complied. That just shows how unprofessional they are.
From the last blog post the novel author made about BR, it’s clear that somebody related to the manhwa business upset her. Ever since that, the author has pretty much distanced herself from the manhwa. She doesn’t talk much about BR anymore except as it pertains to the novel.
I see. That's rude for the author. Them not following what they actually look like. Readers might get the wrong impression about them. I feel sorry for the author it's like she's been disrespected by them. They should have ask the author first before they make changes! (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
Hahahahahaha
Seems some people just can’t read. Cárcel never tarnished Ines image especially in a society that is promiscuous and married people are expected to cheat because nobility rarely married for love. Ines never even cared about Carcel’s past and wanted him to sleep around. Ep46 or so has Ines telling Carcel that his past nor her past matters. As the manhwa already shows, it’s only recently that Ines actually began to get jealous of ‘her husband’ Carcel and that’s because she now has feelings for him.
For the record, Ines herself promoted and relished in a bad reputation in society. She did this because she didn’t want people to interfere with her. After she saw how society reacted to her wearing black dresses and a modest hairstyle, she double-downed on it and was glad when society began to call her a crow. She also wanted society to remind Carcel that she’s a boring woman and therefore set a psychology for Carcel to be encouraged to think she’s not a good catch so that he can seek other women elsewhere.
The manhwa absolutely suck at portraying the truth about Carcel’s life before marriage because Ines herself began to realize that the rumors she based her knowledge of Carcel on from the crown princess timeline were inaccurate and she realized after living with Carcel in Calztela that he lived unlike the majority of navy men there. He lived a quiet, boring disciplined life there for nine months out of the year. Ines found this out from seeing it herself coupled with Raul’s surveillance of Carcel over several weeks. It’s when Carcel went to Mendoza and felt pressured by all sides that he would sleep with other women that he did not seek out or entice himself. It’s women who pursued him and even then, Carcel had standards. Manhwa of course won’t reveal that because they were too busy cleaning up the things about Ines that they didn’t want to reveal in the manhwa just in case readers come to dislike FL. They obviously think it’s okay for readers to dislike ML but not FL. I guess Serena manhwa shows there is some truth in that.
Thats a very good point you made about main leads not being a authors priority, tho i do wish that wasent the case I feel like if bith leads were the priority the story would have a whole lot more dephs into it which would not leave it with a bunch of loop holes. I feel like the authors keeps making the side characters remind us of his scandalous past in orde to induce the hatred towards him but I just don't see the point of that? But what I do like is the touch on how it affects the victims of these scandals because you rarely see the effects of it maybe a few shocking scenes but that's it never about how they truly feel about the situation.
Hahaha the old maid in one of its pseudo intellectual and ballistic moments.
Seems like you can't think, no? You can choose to not go to these websites and stop reading this whattpad comic yet you keep coming back. Not only that you bully and harass people. You're not in high school anymore. You can't act like an adult? Hang yourself