I AM SO GLAD THAT THE MANHWA IS 999999999X BETTER THAN THE NOVEL
The novel is seriously bad cuz when she first went to the war, She was raped and the emperor was a jerk when he took her in as he let his sub coordinates do whatever they want with her, rape of whatever . In the novel I felt so bad for Paulina because there was more suffering in the novel than in the manhwa (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
She was raped by one of her homeland superiors, right in the beginning of her military training. And yes the Emperor was a jerk. In the manhwa, they tone it down, but Lucius pretty much did the same, told his men to rape her because of some superstitious bullshit.
The novel is good itself, it's really hard to read and not feel bad but was quite realistic considering the times. It did show how hard is to be a woman in that world. There were even times where Poli herself did disappoint me as a reader, but we have to consider how people see her and how they understand the aspect of women straying out of the norm they heavily reinforce all the time.
Years later Poli did call the Emperor on his behaviour when they first met, and the Emperor did apologize and behaved better, so let's not take that out.
So saying the novel was bad just because treated serious stuff in a heavy tone is not the way. It's interesting, it makes you feel bad and when Poli achieves something its so much rewarding.
And pretty much everyone was a jerk to her, Donau, her father, stepmother, father, colleagues, soldiers, noble wives and so on. Everyone likes to enforce a certain way to be a woman to Poli. They look down on her achievements, her appearance, on everything. It took her 10 years to get respected as she should (even if not completely). So let's respect that.
I can't really say that this is a spoiler but:
Later tia gets stabbed in the future chapters and is on the verge of death. Ruve cries and begs tia to stay alive and keeps on telling her that he loves her and is crying.Since tia doesn't want to be a queen he even tells her that he would let her be the duke.
Tia survives and the first thing she does after she is run to ruve's office and their sincere confession happens and they kiss.
BUT WHY DID THEY MAKE POOR BABY ALLEN LEAVE!?!?! I AM CUTTING ONIONS!
(Btw they are taking a break because of ina has personal problem, I think but we won't get an update for a while T-T)
Allen pretty much said the reason why
"He cannot protect her from himself"
he is obsessed with Tia to the point he 1. joined the aristocratic group to plan and kill/harm her father
2. be a spy to put down the empire so Tia can be his.
3. Dreaming of strangling her with the ribbon he gifted her
4. Keeping her in a mansion away from everyone
He realized the harm he put her into when the duke planned the assassination that almost caused carsein's life. The duke's creepy smile frightened him to the point he realized what he did!
So he decided to confess his sins to the emperor and to the prince. Instead of being executed for treason, the prince decided to make him a delegate to rua since he believe in his talent and dedication to Tia.
C'mon! The boy understood his obsession and decided to treat his self.
He's a wolf in a sheep's clothing. His arc and redemption was wonderfully written.










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