Is it just me having a hard time following the translations?
When that thief's last speech bubble said "Hey." I just said "Hey." back to him.
For anyone who wants to see Princess flailing over Leon, here's a snippet of the latest translated chapter.
THe princess went on a journey of many adventures and reunited with Leon after a long time. This is clearly the worlds best summary.
“…Princess?”
A small murmur reached my ears.
It was the voice of someone dearly important to me. No matter how quiet it was, I would recognise it anywhere.
“Sir… Leon…?”
I called the name of my beloved.
Sir Leon dropped the hood of his mantle, causing his black hair to fall. I took in his features—his nose bridge, well-formed eyebrows, and the sharp lines of his somewhat shaven jaw. The colour of fatigue couldn’t be hidden behind his masculine beauty, but instead of detracting from his charm, it further added to his sex appeal.
His sharp black eyes reflected my figure and softly narrowed. A relieved smile formed on his thin lips.
It immediately stole my heart.
“Yes… I am glad you are safe.”
“!”
It’s Sir Leon… The real Sir Leonhard.
Joy gradually rose from within. Heat slowly filled my fingers that were stiff from chilling fear just mere moments ago.
My cheeks were burning and my body trembled once again, but for a different reason.
“Leo- Sir Leon…”
Aaaaah! How embarrassing! I can’t even talk to him properly!
This ends here. My excitement knows no bounds, I'm sorry.
Sooo the princess likes(romantically) sir leo???????
Andddddoes this mean that sir leo like the princess romantically??
The princess is hopelessly heads over heels for Leon, and only has eyes for him. I'm not kidding. She says it at least a few times as well. But she thinks her love will never be returned.
As for Leon, he is the only character whose thoughts we don't see into. But he will more or less do anything for her, even at the cost of his life.
Thank youuuu
I hope the author keeps track of the fandom's comments. If it goes well, this may be the first time I've seen an author switch ships in the middle of their works (and for good reason). Take heed of who is the more popular and healthier of the ships.
Ikr!! I will literally have a bitch fit if Khaol n River get back together(╯°Д °)╯╧╧
So will I!ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
Thumbs up - You are in the Heil ship.
Thumbs down - You are in the Khaol ship.
My likes are more important so count them as ×infinite.
Heil ship will sail and withstand the storm.
Same...
Present time, then switch to three years later, then half a year ago, then eight years ago. This smacks of mediocre storytelling like a lot of Chinese manhwa but the heroine seems kickass at least.
All I can think of in this scene was how much of a wonderful mother Shuli was to Nora. I could not think of him as the ML at all. I wish she would've stayed like this, a young powerful mother who would go through any lengths for her kids while using her future knowledge, WITHOUT the ML.
I'm purely on the Leonhart ship. XD They do share many incredible heartwarming moments later on. But make no mistake - he is not a pedophile; in fact, it's the princess who does the chasing throughout the years, even now, when she is growing into a young woman in the ongoing storyline. (Manga is still in its very early stages, and unfortunately, the screentime for Lutz and Theo will not as prominent later on as compared to other characters.)
And no, she doesn't have a harem. (Though most of us would wish!) A lot of people think Leonhart is poster child for chivalrous, dashing Japanese knight (IE. BORING, think Conrad from kyou Kara Mou) but for the ones on this ship, boy, will it pay off! XD
SPOILERS
Later on, they grew closer, not as lovers, but as genuine protector/knight devoted to her (whereas before, he sees her as the 'Royal Princess', not so much 'Marie'). She confessed to him before, but before he could turn her down, she wants him to wait until she's of age BEFORE turning her down, saying that she can't fight against age. He is the only one who knows that she could see the future, and when he can, wants to share the burden with her.
His protectiveness over her is such that people see different sides of him where she is concerned: when Klaus was over the moon to accompany the princess on her travel, Leonhart showed a bit of his old battle self (apparently he was a beast in the battlefields), wanting to whip him into shape, to quote him “Her Highness is the treasure of this kingdom. A jewel which should never be lost. Entrust her to a man who can’t even follow these slow sword movements? Not a chance,” he spat.
Her brothers also noticed his subtle (worried) expressions when she was gone, and other people have picked up her feelings for him and his (loyalty?) to her. Where the translations are now, they reunited. In the latest raws, the heroine had appeared, and is interested in Leon. I skipped a looooot of details but hope this helps.
Forgot to add that by this time, she is a young woman.
It'll be a while before it reaches that point. But where they are now (next chapter), they do have a bonding moment coming up. :)
Omg!! Thank you so much!! It helped a lot! Personally I wish those two to reach a happy ending together!! I ship them to the very end!
Woo, glad to have another shipper on board! Trust me, I flail over them all the time as well. You'll like the next chapter as well.
That awkward moment when you're reading the new chapter and you totally forget your husband is just behind you and COULD SEE EVERYTHING and remains dubious when you tell him it's one skinny guy and a macho girl. D:
youcan tell him haha my significant other knows i read BL too
I've been slowly easing him into this world (told him I read shounen ai but in fact I've been a BL hardcore fan for years!) and he reads 19 days with me. But NAKYUM'S ALMOST-AHEGAO FACE THIS CHAPTER made things just a biiiiiiit awkward lol.
I think the manga did an incorrect job of portraying Ruve the way he was in the beginning. The manga never showed Tia's other insane side, never portrayed their misunderstanding over the miscarriage. The manga never showed Ruve's desperation to save Tia from execution, wanting to free her (instead, showed him laughing, I don't get it)
The manga never showed his contrite and yearning to atone to Tia, to reveal his lies about her fathers death being a result of his anger over her hysterical laughing, thinking she was being glad over her child's death. She never communicated as well. Let alone both of them being pawns. But oh well.
WAIT WHAT!!!!! That happened??? Not including that changes the situation and our understanding of them. What else have they lie to me about!!! ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
Thanks for sharing otherwise I never would have known.
Ruvelis has always loved Tia - he and Jieun were, in their own ways, faking their so-called love for each other, for many reasons. You see Ruve fully coming to terms with his love for Tia sometime before his death.
I think the only way to treat the prologue in the manga, is accept that it's being told through Tia's point of view. Based on everything we know about Ruve's side of things, we can say she's an unreliable narrator on those events. Some would disagree of course, but it doesn't change the fact that the prologue is nowhere near to the events that actually happened.
This is seriously one of the reason why I sometimes HATE the management for mangas. Most manga cut out the important details from the light novel. You see it a lot in Chinese/Korean mangas. Just botched stories and half the time you feel like your missing something cause they reference something without giving much details. But if you read the light novel then you get the reference
Wait what???? This changes everything for me :(.
The Prince asked Tia about the Prince in her first life. This may be the closest apology Tia would've received, because in the first timeline, Prince Ruve died without anyone knowing of his atonement, and she died before knowing everything. Please also note the manga scenes in the beginning were portrayed incorrectly.
SPOILERS : Credits to Eodez. The scene where Tia and the Prince talks about her life in first timeline, after many shenanigans:
"Aristia." Tia slowly blinks. She was hearing Ruve's voice. Is it a dream?
"Are you sleeping?"
"Your majesty?" Tia sees Ruve in the moonlight. His eyes are anxious.
Tia can't believe it's him and she throws herself into his arms. Ruve reflexively holds onto her, then slowly wraps her shoulders and puts her down.
Tia --> 'It's him. He is not a dream or an illusion. He is the one who loves me. If he hadn't loved me, if he hadn't care endlessly and patiently, or if I had given up halfway, could have I changed my destiny as it is now? Could I have overcome the past and believe in love again?'
"Thank you" Tia says.
"For what?"
"For loving me and not giving up on me even when I kept pushing you away. And also... for changing my destiny."
Ruve stays silent, but reaches out to her and comforts her, stroking her hair. Tia is moved to tears by his gentleness.
Tia --> I'm not going to let this man ends his life in loneliness. He gave me a new life. Sometimes waiting, sometimes approaching, endlessly caring for me... Thanks to that it allowed me to create a new destiny. Surprised by my tears, I hear him whisper, but I squeezes him more firmly in my arms. Regret, gratitude, relief, it all flows out of me.
Ruve streches out his hands and sweeps Tia's tears asking "Are you okay?"
"Yes you majesty."
"What happened? What did you talk about?" He asked carefully before suddenly stopping. Then he turns his head and talks in the air "I'll go out for a while"
Blushing, Ruve says "Even if we're engaged, it is a little..." (aww my cutie pie Ruve...)
Tia realises that she only wears a muslin chemise. She hurriedly wraps herself, he runs out of the room.
Tia is blushing like crazy. She jumped on him while she was practically undressed. And she recalls how red he was.
Tia dresses quickly and goes out. She sees Ruves by the window looking at the moonlight.
"Won't you walk with me for a while?" he asks.
They go to the garden and their favourite tree.
"Aristia"
"Yes your majesty"
"The fate you mentioned earlier... hum, that dream... would you share it with me?"
Tia --> Suddenly I couldn't speak anymore. What should I say? He asks several times before. And he seems to know some of the past. What if I say something wrong and end up suffering?
"Let's sit down" says Ruve.
"Oh, yes your majesty"
Nodding, Ruve takes out a handkerchief and lays it on a chair for Tia to sit down and says "You must not sit on the cold stone, you're too weak."
"... Thank you, your majesty."
Ruve nods and sits next to her. He looks at the flowers and says "Please tell me. What kind of man I am in your dreams? I want to know. How I hurt you, what you hoped from me and that I didn't give you... I want to know so that you never go through it again." (aawww... Ruve)
(Tia finally spills the beans after a long moment)
"I studied badly to be a woman suited to you but you just got further away. I was struggling alone in the social world, and I was loving you from afar, suffering, hoping for your cold heart to warm up to me. But suddenly Jieun appeared and took you away from me. All I had always done went to waste. And I spent all my days and nights working in her place." Tia stops to catch her breath.
"You do not need to say more than this."
--> Even without mentioning the most sensitive parts, he already seems to have guessed what happened. For a while he seemed to struggle, then I hear him sigh.
"Right. I see roughly. It was a bad ending."
"I'm sorry, your majesty..."
"No. I understand how it may have come to that. As a child I must have felt envy and jealousy for you. When I stopped by the border tour, I did a lot of thinking when I saw you lost. I'll be honest with you. I had heard about your learning fencing, but I only believed it when I saw it with my own eyes. I thought it was only a ploy to draw attention to you. But seeing you that day, I realised I was wrong. Then I was curious. Why were you so afraid of me, and why did you want to break our marriage at all cost? Because I was upset at the psychological shock this caused me, I pushed you for the truth. Then I saw the letter Allendis Verita wrote to you. I thought it was absurd at first, then it angered me. No matter how much I disliked you, how could you look at me like this and think this of me? But as you were sitting in your bed, lifeless and lost, I was afraid to touch you again and hurt you. I remembered what I had forgotten : you were only thirteen. You were always acting like you had no emotions, but in fact your were extremely tender. That's why you had erased your mother's death from your memories. I was feeling sorry for hating you because of children things you couldn't even remember. You were just a child and I was so afraid I had hurt you. I was terrified."
Ruve carries on "Until then, I considered myself close to Duke Jenna. My father, Verita and Ras were difficult somehow, but the Duke had always been friendly with me. If I hadn't gone to see you, I wouldn't have angered him. What if I had hated you and trusted what the Duke was always saying about you?"
(sooo here is the reason for 1st timeline Ruve's hate! Oooh Jenna you snake... the guillotine is still too kind fo you. Poisoning a child with hatred and distrust since childhood, and then poisoning him for good. No wonder Ruve turn mad. Grrrr)
Ruve suddenly says "Aristia."
"Yes our majesty?"
"I must have been the worst in your dream. But what about me now?" (aaw my cutie pie...)
"You are a great emperor."
Ruve looks at her and sighs dramatically.
"That's all. I see. I was just a good emperor to you."
"Your majesty..."
"Here I thought Lord Carsein was my biggest rival and I was only focusing on him, when I had an even bigger enemy. Answer me, Aristia. Who does your heart belong to? Is it the me from your dream or the me from now?"
"He is just a dream. He is you, and yet he's a complete different person from you. Don't worry about it."
"Wow... Lord Allendis, Lord Carsein, and now an additional dream-like me. Aren't you too popular? My heart is in ashes. I'll have to hurry up the wedding. I have to keep you by my side so that you can never dream of him again."
Tia blushes and her heart flutters.
Ruve smiles "Thank you Aristia. For telling me the truth." The hand on Tia's shoulder goes up to caress her hair. "And... I'm sorry for giving you such a painful dream. Had I done well, you wouldn't have had to suffer."
"Your majesty"
"I'll do well. Never again will you have such a nightmare."
Tia looks up at the sea eyes that looked no longer cold and smiled. And she feels Ruve's gentle touch on her forehead... her hair... her lips....
Then his secretary come to get Ruve (because he sneaked out). Ruve is so disappointed that Tia pats him on the shoulder. They stand up and Tia folds Ruve's handkerchief.
"I'll wash it and give it back to you"
"Well, I would prefer something else in return."
Tia is lost. Ruve smiles and reaches out to Tia that he takes by the shoulder.
"You've been in the cold too long. Come on in. I'm worried that you may get sick again."
"Yes your majesty"
"Not majesty."
"Sorry?"
"Ruve"
Tia opens wide eyes. --> Did I hear it wrong? What did he just say? Do you want me to call you Ruve? Did you ask for a nickname? Really? Really?! My lips fluttered. I've never allowed myself to hope for so much. Ruvelis Kamaludin Shana Castina, that only his family or the lover of his heart were allowed to call Ruve. He was asking ME to call him that name.
"It must have been too much" says Ruve "It's quite cold, so listen..."
"Ruve."
Ruve freezes in shock.
"Go your maj... Ruve. You must hurry. They're waiting for you."
Ruve looks at Tia with wonder, then smiles and kisses her gently on her forehead.
"Then see you later. Oh and..."
"Yes?"
"Thank you Tia"
Then Tia freezes, eyes wide-opened. Ruve turns around without giving Tia time to say anything back. And as Tia looks at Ruve's retreating back, she puts her hands on her pounding chest and smiles.
I stopped reading after I saw the part where Ruve was called a cutie pie. I couldn't force myself to read further.
it was the original persons commentary, I didn't have the heart to remove her comments, sorry about that.