Oh, my heart, my head, God dammit, Valentine.... I am not surprised he practically ripped the bag apart to reveal the cat, BUT GOD DAMMIT VALENTINE.
NOAH NEEDED TO KNOWWWWW UGH CLARISSE IS TOO KIND HEARTED AHHH
I mean, I can't blame her for not wanting to tell and also see it's too cruel to keep him in the dark. It hurts the most hearing it from someone else!
no yah that’s def true oh valentine
Ch 198 made me cry. Penelope, even if she is a modern woman trapped in the villainess' body, finally received the love she has been waiting for. She may want to end the game and escape, but some part of her has also synchronized into being the young lady herself and actually cares underneath the surface. She wouldn't have cried at the praise the Duke gave her if she truthfully have no feelings for these "characters" who act more human than just being controlled by the game system.
Honestly, these two are definitely Yuri coded but I can also seeing them as close sisters so Larit marrying Dietrich would be the best case scenario to be Eva's sister-in-law. I can see Eva being either a Grand Duchess or Queen/Empress.
Derrick finally did something useful for once! Stab the fucking bitch!!! Either Laila expected that due to her constant trash talk/provoking or she didn't expect him to draw his sword so quickly.
That face at the end was surprised and as a cliffhanger, we don't know if she was truly surprised or feigning surprise in front of the audience until the next chapter comes out. Personally, I think she would be in a mix of surprised but also not really and she was taunting him enough to strike her.
I think while she is pulling the batten card is much more than her past life of being unable tp bear children, and in this life believing she is the one lacking and won't suit the ML's future, but she is also saying it as if she convinced herself she is not even worthy of motherhood, much less being someone's first choice.
I love how she can, with time of course, easily talk back now to pinkie but understandable that she can't just yet with the ponytail man because, unfortunately, women like her are naturally weaker in strength but she at least didn't cower unnecessarily in fear
Whether the FL is slow or dimwitted, it takes only one little seed of doubt to send someone through a spiral, especially for what she has been through already.
I am glad it is starting to get good now the misunderstanding is dealt with
You know, not to be at his defense, bullying doesn't always mean the person hates their target(s). In some ways, it's either insecurity for their own inadequacies, deep down love is truly there, manipulated from a young age to act so cruelly (following the crowd so to speak).
Bullying doesn't come from hatred all the time. In Jade's case, there could be more than just his torment towards Olivia. I don't think he is acting like a victim but he is quite too late make things up. Unlike Estella who was pressured heavily, as a young adult, into the misunderstanding of her mother's death correlating with Olivia showing up. Which was why she was easier to forgive because she realized in time she made a mistake and begged Olivia for forgiveness.
Jade realizing too late his actions left a permanent scarring that not even time can tell when she can forgive him. I will say, out of the two brothers, he is a near decent one compared to the other.
He admitted to himself that he wanted her to feel a little shame, probably because their mother died and she was blamed. Like…. He’s grown now, I know when younger he just assumed shes cool with the bullying because she likes it, and not because she’s enduring so they love her and keep her.
But not coming to that conclusion that it was BOTH the families treatment and the royal family is wild. He really sat there like, “oh it’s because the royal family treating her like that.. that’s the reason she won’t come back!” Is minimizing his guilt that’s slowly putting pressure in him.
Yeah, he isn't seeing the full picture that it's both sides of the coin that is reason Olivia won't return. He is learning so late how Olivia was truly treated one-sidely
I love Callisto but I also love Vinter. Yes, he wants her to take the cowardly way out but only because he can't bear to see her go through death anymore. He loves her and the fact this may be their last encounter is one of the most heartwrenching 2nd male lead syndrome I have witnessed.