- In chapter 1 we learn that the baby girl is 3 months old.
- Soon after moving in, the mc begins plowing an overgrown field.
- Later in the series the baby girl grows her first tooth (ends up in the ER for bleeding gums and a fever) (babies get their first tooth between the ages 4 to 7 months)
- A few chapters later, our mc harvests scallions and lettuce from the field he plowed before (scallions take 50 to 60 days to grow from seed)
- Afterwards a harvest festival is held. It’s probably Hansik, which occurs in April. Chapter 50 occurs soon after. We find out from the ML that chapter 50 is right after the harvest festival. The ML questions if it’s normal for rain to fall that much in early summer. (No idea why the translator chose the Roman holiday Saturnalia as the festival’s name. That’s the December holiday for worshiping Saturn the Roman god of harvest [Saturn= Zeus’s father Kronos in Greek].)
- Since winter hasn’t happened in this series yet, we can assume ch 1 occurs in early spring. 60+ days (length of scallion harvest plus time needed to clean up trash/weed/till the field) prior to Hansik would be around the first week of February.
- ML’s dad appears over many chapters following ch 50. Ch 50 takes place in early summer (June). So we probably are somewhere in mid June currently.
The baby should therefore be close to 8 months old.
Apparently the uploader on botto is intentionally uploading the chapters with black pages so that other websites can’t steal their work. And then they wait a couple hours and upload the actual chapter. Which is annoying. But I kinda get what they’re doing. I don’t agree with it. Their work is already stolen. They’re not the author. But somehow it bothers them when their translation (which is stolen from the author) is stolen by someone else. Honor among thieves maybe?
I can’t stand how his baby never ages. She has been the same size since the beginning of this series. How old was she when he got her? How much time is passed since then? How old is she right now? Why does she still look like she’s in her first 3 months of life? Am I imagining more time having passed than what’s actually gone by?
I love this story. But I wish the tags were different. This is a “slice of life with a background plot” type series, just like spirit farmer, or dungeon farmer. (Surprised to see one that’s not farming based)
Never expected the answer to one of the main questions to show up at the very end of the side stories. So now we know why the male lead also reincarnated.
When this series first began, I thought it would only be 10 to 15 chapter long series max. But instead it’s just had a 70th chapter. I’m not complaining. I’m just surprised.
(Chapter 70 page 6) On the human foot the big toe only has two joints. The author drew a full picture of a foot where the big toe has three joints. This is anatomically incorrect.
No seriously, all the royal pure bloods in this family have issues. Meanwhile, it’s only the little halfling princess, born of a commoner, who managed to inherit common sense.
I just want to know how far we are in the story. Please give me a general fraction or percentage to go by.
Here’s a link to where the chapters are fully in tact https://mto.to/series/198303 . Go there, enjoy, come back.
Was this uploaded from a different series? I didn’t see a single character I recognized. Also felt like way too much attention was given to characters with no clear relationship to the plot. Unless, those were the main characters from a different series?
Seijin did a horrible wrong to Ido. He not only destroyed years worth of work for an entire company, but he even gave it away to a rival company. As readers we are focused on the romance, so we can make excuses for Seijin and say, “He didn’t know how bad it would be”. But if this were reality, then think of how his actions wouldn’t just affect the company's owners, it would affect the employees too.
Think of how many people will likely be laid off as a result of the company losing out that much money. Some of the people who are depending on their job to put food on the table for their family are going to find themselves in crisis situations. Maybe some dad will commit suicide leaving his family in ruins. Maybe kids will end up in orphanages when their parents can’t afford to take care of them. And all because Seijin needed to be loved at any price.
But the goal of the author, I think, is for us to feel sorry for Seijin, and feel sympathy for him. We’re supposed to say, “He didn’t know” when in fact he DID know that what he was doing was wrong. That’s why he hesitated. He just didn’t know HOW wrong. He focused on having a family to return to, even if he had to screw people over to guarantee it.
What happened to Seijin, in his past life was awful, but I feel like the author proved what kind of person Seijin is at his core. Because even in his present life, where he wasn’t suffering, he STILL did that.
You can blame trauma from child abuse and whatever else, but someone who will rationalize why a behavior they suspect is wrong, isn’t wrong, even while knowing full well what kind of person, the one making the request to do wrong is, can only be someone who is selfish. Theft is bad. Making excuses for morally wrong behavior is shameless, blaming everything on Ido after regaining his memories is just proof our how self centered Seijin is… I can’t sincerely root for him.
List of important names so you don’t get confused:
-Our MC is Ryu Hui-Kyeom (later known as his highness noble consort)
-Our MC’s mortal enemy is Prince Jin Hanjae. (The one who falsely accused MC’s uncle of treason and branded our MC as a traitor)
-the ML is Jin Hyeok-Wi (Also known as Prince Yeong)
First Life:
-Sold to human traffickers by a prison guard with a gambling debt. (Ch3)
-Bought as a slave by Baek Jinho. (Ch3,24)
-Entered the imperial investigation bureau, and had his skull cracked open. He was tortured before being presented to the emperor. (The imperial investigation bureau is a place under the direct surveillance of the emperor of Daeyeon Kingdom) (Ch5)
-participated in the Manwol festival. Defeated 5 opponents. This festival is where slaves and sinners fight to regain their freedom. It is possible to receive honor on top of this where they can be granted a noble title.) (Ch6)
-After participating in the full moon festival, he was taken care of by Beom-Yeong, General of the Palace guards. Our MC once saved his nephew on a battlefield. Our MC was bed ridden for a month. (Ch8)
-ML Jin Hyeok-Wi (Also known as Prince Yeong) is falsely accused of treason (at the hunting competition) after lending his medallion to his brother (6th Prince Jin Seo-Nok), who used it to smuggle in assassins. (Ch28)
-As a result of the assignation attempt by the 6th Prince (Jin Seo-Nok), at the hunting competition, ML Jin Hyeok-Wi (Also known as Prince Yeong) and our MC are both forced to take their own lives by drinking poison.
-The nephew of General Beom-Yeong (who had once been saved by our MC) used a hidden flying dagger during the attack on the hunting competition in order to counter the traders. However, having had a weapon, at the banquet where the emperor was, was considered treason. He was punished severely and eventually died from a lack of medical care, in a foreign land, after falling out a favor with the emperor, and being forced into wandering. (Ch30)
Second Life:
-Sold to human traffickers by a prison guard with a gambling debt. Resisted like crazy. Died. (Ch3)
Third Life:
-Sold to human traffickers by a prison guard with a gambling debt. Resisted and died. (Ch3)
Fourth Life:
-Sold to human traffickers by a prison guard with a gambling debt. As soon as he revealed his identity to the leader, he was killed. (Ch3)
Fifth Life:
-Sold to human traffickers by a prison guard with a gambling debt. Didn’t resist. (Ch3)
-Bought as a slave by Baek Jinho. (Ch3,24)
-Entered the imperial investigation bureau, and had his chest branded with a hot iron. He was tortured before being presented to the emperor. (The imperial investigation bureau is a place under direct surveillance under the emperor of Daeyeon Kingdom) (Ch5)
-Baek Jinho presented our MC to the emperor. (Ch3,24)
-participated in the Full Moon festival. Defeated 5 opponents. This festivals where slaves and sinners fight to regain their freedom. It is possible to receive honor on top of this where they can be granted a noble title. (Ch6)
-After participating in the full moon festival, he was taken care of by Beom-Yeong, General of the Palace guards. Our MC once saved his nephew on a battlefield. (Ch8)
-ML Jin Hyeok-Wi (Also known as Prince Yeong) is falsely accused of treason (at the hunting competition) after lending his medallion to his brother (6th Prince Jin Seo-Nok), who used it to smuggle in assassins. (Ch28)
-The nephew of General Beom-Yeong (who had once been saved by our MC) used a hidden flying dagger during the attack on the hunting competition in order to counter the traders. However, having had a weapon, at the banquet where the emperor was, was considered treason. He was punished severely and eventually died from a lack of medical care, in a foreign land, after falling out a favor with the emperor, and being forced into wandering. (Ch30)
Sixth Life:
-Sold to human traffickers by a prison guard with a gambling debt. Didn’t resist. (Ch3)
-Bought as a slave by Baek Jinho. (Ch3,24)
-Entered the imperial investigation bureau. (Under direct surveillance under the emperor of Daeyeon Kingdom) Injured his ankle (and later fractured it).(Ch5)
-Baek Jinho presented our MC to the emperor. (Ch24)
-participated in the Full Moon festival. Defeated 5 opponents. This festival is where slaves and sinners fight to regain their freedom. It is possible to receive honor on top of this where they can be granted a noble title. (Ch6)
-After participating in the full moon festival, he was taken care of by Beom-Yeong, General of the Palace guards. Our MC once saved his nephew on a battlefield. (Ch8)
-Took part in a spar against Mo Yeong-Rok. Mo Yeong-Rok used hidden weapons in his sword hilt to injure our MC. (Ch19,20)
-ML Jin Hyeok-Wi (Also known as Prince Yeong) is able to avoid being falsely accused of treason (at the hunting competition) because our MC found him and led him somewhere out of sight before he could meet up with 6th Prince Jin Seo-Nok, who planned to borrow his Royal medallion to smuggle in assassins. (Ch66,29)
-The nephew of General Beom-Yeong (who had once been saved by our MC) used a hidden flying dagger during the attack on the hunting competition in order to counter the traders. However, having had a weapon, at the banquet where the emperor was, was considered treason. He was punished severely and eventually died from a lack of medical care, in a foreign land, after falling out a favor with the emperor, and being forced into wandering. (Ch30)
-Our MC enters the cave of heavenless (where the imugi lives). Comes out alive. Gives the flower that grays immunity against 1,000 poisons to the emperor. Thus gaining the emperor’s favor. (Ch32,33)
-The empress gives tea to our MC that is laced with an aphrodisiac. Our MC tries to get back to the Hui residence, but is found by ML Jin Hyeok-Wi (Also known as Prince Yeong) and brought into his carriage where they copulate in order to suppress the effects of the aphrodisiac. (Ch39)
-The Hwajin Empire sends an envoy to kingdom demanding that our MC be returned to Hwajin Empire to face punishment there for his crimes of treason. During the visit, the envoy attacks our MC and is sent away with a warning. (Ch52,53)
-While pursuing his mortal enemy, Prince Jin Hanjae, our MC comes across a letter bearing the seal of that same enemy in ML Jin Hyeok-Wi (Also known as Prince Yeong)’s possession. He wrongfully believes that the ML is conspiring with his enemy, Prince Jin Hanjae, so he sneaks out to go attack Prince Jin Hanjae. Our MC iscomes across caught by the guards, sneaking around camp after hours, and accused of being a spy. The ML swears on his own name that our MC is innocent. Later our MC sneaks out again and dies trying to attack Prince Jin Hanjae. (Ch43)
-Our MC goes to war against Hwajin Empire. He fails to capture his mortal enemy Prince Jin Hanjae. Later, after our MC’s death, Prince Jin Hanjae ascends to the position of crown prince. (Ch44)
-After our MC’s death, our ML is blamed for having claimed our MC was innocent. He loses authority, while also being depressed by our MC’s death/betrayal. He wanders outside the palace, until he is called back by the emperor who names him Crown Prince, in his deathbed. The emperor dies from an unknown illness soon afterwards. (Ch61)
-At age 24, one year after our MC’s death, our ML becomes the Emperor. In the following year, our ML and is on the verge of becoming a tyrant when he dies from heartache. He spent ten days and night without sleep before he collapsed. When he opened his eyes, he had reincarnated into his 15 year old body, just days before his 16th birthday. (Ch61,66)
Seventh (Current) Life:
-Sold to human traffickers by a prison guard with a gambling debt. (Ch3)
-Bought as a slave by ML Jin Hyeok-Wi (Also known as Prince Yeong) (Ch4,24)
-Enters the imperial investigation bureau (under the direct surveillance under the emperor of Daeyeon Kingdom) (Ch5)
-participated in the Manwol festival. Defeated 9 opponents. Was defeated in the 10th round by ML Jin Hyeok-Wi (Also known as Prince Yeong). This festival is where slaves and sinners fight to regain their freedom. It is possible to receive honor on top of this where they can be granted a noble title. (Ch6)
-ML Jin Hyeok-Wi (Also known as Prince Yeong) presents our MC to the emperor. (Ch5,6)
-After participating in the full moon festival, he was taken care of by ML Jin Hyeok-Wi (Also known as Prince Yeong). Our ML asked the emperor to give him our MC as a gift. (Ch9)
-Our MC is given Nuptial liquor by ML Jin Hyeok-Wi (Also known as Prince Yeong). The Prince has rough, one-sided sex with our MC. (Nuptial liquor makes you aroused.) (Ch9+10)
-ML Jin Hyeok-Wi (Also known as Prince Yeong) decides to make our MC his noble consort (Ch10)
-Took part in a spar against Mo Yeong-Rok. Exposed the hidden weapons in Mo Yeong-Ron’s sword hilt. (Ch19+20)
-ML Jin Hyeok-Wi (Also known as Prince Yeong) avoided being falsely accused of treason by lending his medallion to an errand boy to buy shrimp for our MC, upon our MC’s request. Hence he had no medallion to lend to his brother (6th Prince Jin Seo-Nok), who would have used it to smuggle assassins into the hunting competition. (Ch28)
-The nephew of General Beom-Yeong (who had once been saved by our MC) avoided being punished for using a hidden flying dagger to fight back during the attack on the hunting competition. Our MC exposed the hidden dagger before the banquet and warned the generals nephew not to bring it into the imperial hall. (Ch30)
-Our MC enters the cave of heavenless (where the imugi lives). Comes out alive. Gives the flower that grays immunity against 1,000 poisons to the emperor. Thus gaining the emperor’s favor. (Ch32,33)
-The Hwajin Empire sends an envoy to kingdom demanding that our MC be returned to Hwajin Empire to face punishment there for his crimes of treason. During the visit, the envoy attacks our MC and is sent away with a warning. (Ch52,53)
-Our MC goes to war against Hwajin Empire. He reclaims fortress and captures his mortal enemy Prince Jin Hanjae. Afterwards he sends a confession letter, handwritten by Prince Jin Hanjae (who had to choose between being tortured to death or a painless death if he confessed) to Hwajin Empire’s Emperor, explaining how our MC was framed by Prince Jin Hanjae in order to hide the fact that Prince Jin Hanjae has murdered his brother, the crown prince, in order to claim a right to the throne. (Ch58,60)
I’m at ch 129. The pacing is still fast, but not to the point that it can’t be followed. It helps that I’ve never read the novel. Anyone who’s read the novel would hate how so much is left out in the adaptation… How do I know? Cause the novel readers fill the comment section with that phrase like it’s a mantra. To be fair though, that’s a standard problem with any novel that gets adapted to another media form.
I remember the fans of Harry Potter complaining about the movies. For web novels that are adapted to webtoons the hating is even worse. Webtoons based on novels have tons of novel fans b*tching in the comment section. I can barely get through the comments in trash of the counts family, or gosh—- the list is just to long…
Here’s a few: (These are all Web novels and novels that were adapted into webtoons)
Korean Romance-Fantasy (Isekai/Isekai-ish): A Heart for the Emperor, Answer Me My Prince, Charming the Duke of the North, Divorcing My Tyrant Husband, For My Derelict Favorite, Happily Ever Afterwards, His Majesty's Proposal, Long After the Ending, Saving a Mercenary Unit From Bankruptcy, The First Night with the Duke, The Legendary Fossil, The Male Lead's Girl Friend, The Matchmaking Baby Princess, Tricked into Becoming the Heroine's Stepmother
Korean Romance-Fantasy (Time Rewind): Dear Nemesis, I'm the Queen in This Life, Leveling Up My Husband to the Max, My In-Laws Are Obsessed With Me, The Tyrant Wants to Be Good
Korean Romance-Fantasy: From a Knight to a Lady, I Thought My Time Was Up!, Like Wind on a Dry Branch, Little Lady Mint, Men of the Harem, My Gently Raised Beast, Philia Rosé: The Prophecy of the Crown of Thorns, Regina Rena: To The Unforgiven, Taming the Marquess, The Duke's Cursed Charm, The Duke's Teddy Bear, The King and the Paladin, The Newlywed Diary of a Witch and a Dragon, The Remarried Empress, To You Who Doesn't Love Me, Wished You Were Dead
Korean Romance-Historical: Shadow Bride, The Double Agent, Twilight Poem
Korean Romance-Drama (Time Rewind): A Chance at Last, Marry My Husband, Perfect Marriage Revenge, There Must Be Happy Endings
Korean Romance-Drama: 'Til Debt Do Us Part, Another Love, Complicated Cohabitation, Date First Love Later, Daytime Star, It Was All You, Let Me Stay Over Tonight!, Lifesaving Romance, My Irresistible Ex, No Marriage is Perfect, Romantic Flow, Secretary Out-of-Order, Sixth Sense Kiss, She Would Never Know, So I Married the Anti-Fan, Take Me I'm Yours, The Nuna at Our Office, The Prenup, The Remarriage Contract, The RUNWAY, To My First Love
Korean Drama: A Man's Man, Reborn Rich, Superstar Associate Manager, The Producer's Second Life
Korean Action-Drama/Sports: King of the Octagon
Korean Action-Fantasy (Reincarnation): 66666 Years: Advent of the Dark Mage, Best Teacher Baek, Descended From Divinity, Reincarnated as an Unruly Heir, Return of the Blossoming Blade, The Greatest Estate Developer
Korean Action-Fantasy (Dungeon/Tower): Auto Hunting With My Clones, Dungeons and Artifacts, My S-Class Hunters, Mythic Item Obtained, The Advanced Player of the Tutorial Tower, The Druid of Seoul Station, The Dungeon Cleaning Life of a Once Genius Hunter, The Lone Spellcaster, The World After The Fall
Korean Action-Fantasy: Absolute Sword Sense, A Dance of Swords in the Night, I Get Stronger the More I Eat, Infinite Leveling: Murim, I'm the Max-Level Newbie, Karsearin: Adventures of a Red Dragon, Kill the Dragon, Knight Under My Heart, Master of Villains, microHUNTER, Murim RPG Simulation, Nano Machine, Omniscient Reader, Return of the Mad Demon, Return to Player, Spirit Hunter, The Academy's Undercover Professor, The Earth's Chosen Savior, The First Hunter, The Greatest Estate Developer, The Lazy Lord Masters the Sword, The Lone Necromancer, The Perfect Hybrid, The Strongest Florist, Time Roulette
Wattpad: Night Owls & Summer Skies
Wattpad (self-publishing): Maid for Hire, Match Made in Hell
Korean Hybe Webnovels (published simultaneously with the webtoons): 7FATES: CHAKHO, Crimson Heart, DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR, DARK MOON: THE GREY CITY, THE STAR SEEKERS
Novels:
YA Novels: American Road Trip, Crown of Feathers, Not Even Bones, Rot & Ruin, The Fever King, The Weight of Our Sky, The Wrath & The Dawn, Warrior of the Wild
Harlequin Novels: Discovering Love: A Harlequin Romance Collection
I think the author is dragging out the reveal of the DNA test because, by now, even the author has to have realized that half their readers are going drop this story once we see the only part we’ve been hanging around for.