artichokesyou's manga / #Monarchy(8)

Sanya just freshly turned 8 when she became a concubine. She died for treason not long after.

A new star of light and darkness will be born in Firenze. Princess Ashtarte, despite being of pure imperial blood, has hair so black it’s never been seen in the empire. She was dubbed the darkness that will swallow the star of light and bring forth ruin to Firenze. She grew up forsaken and isolated by her family yet she longs for them still. Forsaken by family trope but FL doesn’t take them back right away. Much deserved. Grovel you bastards.

Celestine, the villainess, suddenly recalls her memories of her past life when she's at the altar, about to be married off to a Prime Minister twice her age and surrounded by the most awful rumours as a punishment for her misdeeds against the Prince and his lover - copied summary Cliché plot with a twist. I was intrigued at first but it quickly gets old CH3

Shinichiro Tsuji went from being bullied and shunned for being hairless by his peers to being treated like a monster with disease and on the brink of execution for being hairless in the world of hairy beasts.

The dashing prince meets me, the loser rival love interest. Although we should be fighting over the heroine...why does the prince have his sights set on me?! - copied

What a bitch. She was a villain through and through even after going back in time, but that didn’t last long. It eventually became your generic villainess story. I think what sets this apart from everything I’ve read so far was, she actually had a bad personality. Then again, this isn’t a transmigration but a time travel story. I wish the turning point was more explicit, her change was quite abrupt. She’s still cruel to those who crossed her, but although now she puts up a front, she was the classic conceited mean noble you’ll hate. Honestly, they dragged the peak of the story, her revenge, far way too long that it lost its luster. It’s too bad, the idea in itself was good. I was left with more frustration and confusion than satisfaction. Don’t come back to this again.