*Cedric decided on execution way too simply

Bro, no offence to your argument but your argument could literally be turned around on to Aubrey. She let her emotions get the nest of her and let hundreds (maybe but a lot of people) die because of her hatred of one person. She wasn't really allowed to roam free before instant gratification.

She was let go to the church to repent after hurting someone previously. If that wasn't an alarm to you before then I don't know what is.

Instead, she did not repent and betrayed the one person that thought of her as family. It's not that Cedric wasn't hurt. It was because he was hurt that he took that decision.
Ultimately he leads a lot of people, he is a leader. If a leader just lets such a huge incident slide and let her go to prison (ie, church again cuz her parents spoiled her rotten so they would plead for mercy), what would the rest of his subordinates think?

"I can do the same thing and get away with it" OR even worse

"Is this guy really capable? When he lets his feelings get in the way of rules meant to protect the people, can he really lead us properly?"


Ngl, I also thought the same in the beginning, that her death was too much but it was a good lesson, not only to her family (whom I feel extremely sorry for- their daughter ruined years worth of trust in 1 day- and also because Cedric gave them a trauma for life ) but also to the people that are watching that situation. No one must repeat such a foolish mistake, thinking that they're acting for the greater good of someone else. It was foolish, it was reckless and worst of all, it destroyed lives and livelihoods.

But I believe that everyone should have their opinion on this and I respect yours.

Her actions were treason and put everyone's lives at risk. In this kind of society their is very little due process.

"There"

To clarify, my qualm with this was Cedric’s reaction. Yes, I realize she was a complete brat and committed treason and deserved some sort of punishment. But, I do not believe that someone who regards another like a little sister could instantly decree execution for the sister figure without emotional turmoil. Yes, I also realize that he needs to make an example of her, but the execution was literally determined within less than a chapter. Am I really to believe that he bore no ambivalent feelings of extreme disappointment and sadness towards Aubrey’s betrayal? That he had no conflicted feelings about the poor turnout of a girl that grew up with him since she was very young? He seemed to have simply have been simply furious, which was very unbelievable to me. Btw, the instant gratification I spoke of was the author’s on behalf of readers, not the characters themselves.

I was aware that my opinion would be regarded as unpopular, given Villainess series readers are very passionate about black-and-white justice for their MCs, and I am oftentimes guilty of that as well, but this especially bothered me for some reason. Granted, I guess I shouldn’t be complaining about poor writing for series such as this and it’s possible I’m reading too much into this.

Nevertheless, I very much appreciate your input and thank you for responding so respectfully to an opinion you disagree with.

Fuck me, my writing’s a mess here.

Yes, our thinking is similar. I understand the anger, the sense of betrayal and everything, but it was a strange scene. Although I agree with Aubrey’s execution, he killed her without hesitation. In cold blood although she gave him his reasons. He also tore the title of nobility of people who had nothing to do with it. Honestly? I would have just banished her away.

I totally get where you’re coming from but from a neutral perspective I think Cedric treat everyone in an equal manner, sure he does spoiled Audrey but tbh she plays such a little role in his life. I’m sure there’s loads of other individual that he treated them the same as Audrey. If she was the only kid that he grew up with and have a strong emotional bond with then I the chance of him killing her on the spot is slim but never 0. I feel like his swift action is due to 1/ mainly because of his wife is missing, 2/ his castle is in ruined and his people are either hurt or dead, 3/ his own people betray him and he’s just in disbelief. Furthermore. at that moment, he was in shock, he doesn’t even know if his beloved wife is alive or not, let alone think about all the sweet memories he and Aubrey have when they were kid (I doubt that there were many since he’s in and out of the place constantly). Honestly he could have just lost it and kill her on sight but he did tried his best to hold back because of her family deed. He even let her explain her reasoning. I think he really just wanna hurry and save his wife but there needs to be order and he need to sort things out in his castle first, he’s in a rush so I don’t think there’s time to reminisce. He’s been in war and have saw his fair share of death so killing a person (even tho they’re close) right then and there it’s not much of a shocker. Taking the timeline of the story I don’t think it’s such a big deal. Us reader reading this during peaceful time might find it unnecessary or cold hearted but that was just how things were settled back then. I guess he could feel a bit sad after the whole thing is dealt with but at that moment I totally get why he order an immediate execution. We’re all human in the end (even tho he’s a fictional character ;)))

I think it’s just different perspective tbh and there’s nothing wrong with ur opinion of course! Thank y for sharing ur thoughts with us!

Also please do excuse my writing! Grammar was never really my thing ;; A ;;