Mirailla gets away with this and a ton of other things, including murdering all the direct descendants of the Rozan estate, which is one of the wealthiest families in the entire empire because the emperor allows her to. Countess Martha, who had chewed on her hatred for a moment, calmed down and looked at Artizea. I knowingly killed innocent people so my brother could ascend the throne. The problem is with Grand Duchess Evron. He found it difficult to speak this way to the great nobility of the capital. So she shower her favorite (the one that is a extention of herself) with love and decides to leave the other with the bare minimum or less, even food or clothing is too much for the scapegoat forget love or positive attention. Now this is just one example of many in the story, but it highlights a lot of what the series does well. Leticia noticed the rabbit-shaped brooch on countess Eunice's collar and wanted to play with it. In her first life, she is convinced by her mother from an early age that she must live to support her brother Lawrence. I 100% respect this decision. Yeah lets be honest even I was cringing at the dresses like what kind of time travel designer do yall have? Why? So Grand Duke Roygar would want to go down south to do it himself.. When they're at risk of execution, he straight up. ML is stated to be the people's Duke, a duke who cares, a duke who is disgusted by the treatment of commoners. This becomes apparent when she travels to the Northern Duchy, a scenario she had never experienced in her previous life. It is a mortal sin to tamper with the Emperors finances, but it would end up being a personal sin of one Grand Duke Roygar. While Im not 100% backing up this rant, I have to admit those characters are all quite a bit bland, and the FL whos supposed to be a villainess that played with people life with no fucks given is back at being a shy and embarrassed little girl in the last few chapters. I agree with you, especially point 2. Nobles would rip you to shreds, not because they care about some chick getting abused, but because omgggg their family talks like they're so big, but they can't even afford more than one outfit for their child? Said slapper is in her 30/40s with two kids, so uh idk if that would convince her at this point. We are given enough time to appreciate why Cedric trusts his vassals so much, and almost led to believe that Tia might be overly-paranoid. Otherwise, in its current disposition, I can't recommend it. It has been 18 years since Duke Riagan took over the management of South Sea salt. After she succeeds in putting Lawrence on the throne, she thinks she can finally live a normal life, but is then framed by Lawrence. Even if the salt was resold, it was possible only because the state did not manage all the retail items. I used despicable means to help him ascend, now I'll use despicable means to drag him to hell. Lawrence has ruined the Southern Conquest Army. To the extent that it is necessary to discuss the percentage of South Sea salt in Emperor Gregors vital natural treasury. In the new timeline, Artezia orders Bill's assassination, both to harm her mother and because Bill copied books about ancient magic for her. The marriage arranged by Artezia between Laurence and Lisia happens because Laurence being married to the saintess of the empire gives him the legitimacy he lacks. IM SORRY BUT WHEN DID THEY DEVELOP FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER AND GO DOKI DOKI? When both Tia and Lawrence abandon her, you can see her heartbreak, and while this result is 100% deserved because of her actions, there is the tiniest little spec of pity. * I think you misunderstand - i picked up on those things. An illustration of an audio speaker. The art in the series is mostly good 7-8/10 stuff. the-villainess-lives-twice-webtoon Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1dk51h15 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4. plus . And like that she succeeded creating 2 non functional young adults that now see her as a hydrance and is paying for it. Her jokes suck, like booooo get off the stage boooooo. Chapter 129. 4.6. You know, the usual. The Duchy of Riagan faces not only persecution in the Kingdom of Eimmel, but also another fear. Our heroine stumbled a bit while dancing with the ML. So far, it has been evenly distributed at the businesses of several places, and the price is also controlled. Tia deliberately goes about breaking this illusion for him in order to reduce Laurence's influence and to destabilize the man himself. It's in-character for her to do something stupid. So, lets start with personality. The success of your brother will bring happiness to our family." To Roygar, this represents the absolute worst case scenario since Roygar was doing everything for his family. 4.8. There is a line early in the story where he says Tia was useful for once, but then starts to value him more when she gives him advice that he thinks is helpful. His children are a product of this ambition. After regaining all his memories, Cedric assures Artezia that the reason he was engaged to Lisia in the first timeline is this. As you know, that's a stupid idea, but Mirailla is an emotionally unstable mess who is described by narration to be capricious. (Before chapter 2 undid it) my childhood was fucked up, but that doesn't mean I had no agency. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Reddit is the Only Den for the Trash Pandas, Press J to jump to the feed. As to be expected, there are three Prince Charmings for her . This fucking screenshot. lol. In order to not be told by the outside that he robbed it while purging the predecessor Duke Riagan, he merely established the present Duke Riagan and entrusted it to him. It was the seal and power of attorney of the Duke Riagan. "Ltfen benimle evlen. If the subject is reversed, it becomes confusing. Written by the Author . What does a woman mourning the son I scapegoated care about my neglectful family? The only survivors of the slaughter were the twelve-year old Roygar, and their newborn nephew Cedric, ostensibly because, as children, they couldn't be considered threats yet. Chapter one ENDS with our now quadruple-amputee MC squirming across a dirty floor, painting a self-made pentagram using the blood from the remains of her sliced out tongue so she can sacrifice herself and turn back time, knowing full well this alone could never atone for the crimes she committed for her own selfish gain. The profits from it were enormous. Here's an example of her doing objectively dumb shit; hey, if you know you're going to the poorest area in the whole empire, why would you roll up in a noble carriage and put your black cloak disguise on after you get out and the beggers have already seen your noble-exclusive golden hair+rich people dress? I know enough about historical garments to know that those layers heat up and that she did not wash them before the party). That was one of the biggest reasons why the Emperor did not have time to mourn the death of his children and hit the Duchy of Riagan. Artezia was also notorious for doing this. For those who havent read my first post detailing my journey into reading OI, I listed the Villainess Lives Twice as one of my favourite series in the genre. He is also occasionally a little bit goofy, with his eating habit being particularly notable, and getting genuine laughs/smiles from Tia. Chapter 320 January 5, 2023 . !> Honestly I found this part my favorite because the whole dynamic of her family is: narcissistic parent, golden child and scape goat. Ill be curious to read what others thought about the series in the comments and apologies for making you endure my ramblings. 4 Chapters Every 42.5 Day (s) 260 Readers 0 Reviews 09-13-2022. If you follow his orders and dont oppose him, he is kind and will favour you. And in the meantime, the Riagan Ducal couple kept their silence in the South. Recently, Grand Duke Roygar has been feeling increasingly pressured by Cedric. It makes me wonder why Korean reviews often point out that this wasn't much of a romance. It's terrible, and there's no justification for the anachronistic and plain ugly clothing. There is about two pages dedicated to this, and Cedric immediately disregards his concern as ridiculous. It was because if it was a noble who valued face more than the real profit, he would be yelling at Boertz for what he saw Boertz as. But that's not what I got. Read the official series by PEACHBERRY, Mint. Spoiler for Plot: Spoiler for Usual questions: Iirc the mother's more like a villainess in terms of personality, although Tia has more villainess-level determination. His Majesty must have given you instructions, do you mean to break them recklessly?, The guidelines given by the central government do not always fit the situation. This makes Artezia deeply uncomfortable because she feels she doesn't deserve it. Of course, it was not a secret to those close to power. He further treats Tias mother with a lot of affection, choosing to comfort her after Tias wedding. The manhwa's English translation is provided by TappyToon. After spending time with her, he slowly starts to notice he finds her attractive. I fully expect not everyone will agree with my opinion, and I am not going to act like the series is perfect, but I do hope you will indulge me another long post and many thanks for those who bother to read this. The Villainess lives twice breaks this trend by having Tia play an active role in her regression. Last book spoilers (book 8) Lawrence's ending and his relationship with Lysia. Terrifying a visibly nervous butler for giving info the ML literally just demanded, which is treated as ML realizing that MC has a shitty life, as there's no other reason a butler would say "Oh MC's at the ball" to the scary 6'5 war hero duke glaring at him except abuse. After all, what pregnant woman would risk a miscarriage like that? I disagree with everything except the dresses, but I'm not in the mood to properly articulate it. So down the aisle Sheila marches. More than anything though, he is defined by how uncomfortable he is with his status. And the result is now proved by Lawrences plight. As a master manipulator and schemer, she became his most valuable ally in seizing the empire's throne. while she's sleeping, holds her hand while she's sleeping, and even admitted to having thoughts about sleeping with her??? An illustration of two cells of a film strip. no sad childhood or miserable backstory can make up for the evil she's puppeteered. i don't see mc as "badass" at all just more logical and thats it. Its only redeeming qualities are its protagonist and its introduction which are both equally great. Her little brother being sickly like Artezia doesn't hurt though. The only time Cedric has a moment of jealously is when Tia makes an offhand comment about spending some time with his aid. He was aware of the fact that his uncle and his wife had betrayed their predecessors. And he bowed his head. Tia is being taken care of by Sophie to get better and healthy for the baby. it destroys all of her personal power and completely alienates her from her family, particularly after seemingly realizing how much she actually valued Tia all along, but Tia is almost completely indifferent to her now and only ever visits her. Killing her would have been more merciful. I needed to get this off my chest. Using her power as a marchioness, Artezia helped her brother succeed the throne of the Kratez Empire from the shadows through countless evil schemes. She doesnt get executed and then wake up suddenly deciding to live differently. Even when he encountered Grand Duke Roygar, he only greeted with the same calm face as before. Laurence claims he lets Artezia live because she is his sister. If her head butler is so worthless, then her home life cannot be great. it's not as much of an act as either of them would like it to be. As Cedrics feelings develop, he doesnt spend endless chapters getting bogged down in doubts about it, nor does he spend forever fretting over the contract. Like the concept is interesting, but the execution is bland. In the end, the reason that the Empress attended her lady-in-waiting, Grand Duchess Evrons wedding was to separate Miraila and Lawrence. I sincerely hope it improved enough to warrant the high rating it has, that I stopped reading right before it got back to the good shit. I'm not really sure. I knew what I was doing. When Enji brings home a young harpy he caught, his eldest son's life - truly, all of their lives - are forever changed. When Cedric freaks out, and you see him really angry for the first time in the story, it makes sense. The