So if you haven't seen it or feel like seeing it I did post about some of Victoria's backstory on the previous chapter but anyway this illustration makes me think:
I do wonder if there will be some conflict or punishment for Aurora from the prince seeing as she was the one who said "Please leave it all to me" when the prince was looking to mobilize the military after Karina
From next chapters preview on Nico
I used the preview tool on bookwalker and AI translated some of what happens after this chapter in the 5th light novel volume:
I feel like Raoul will save Theodora then "marry" her so they can go back to hell and strategize and when Raoul gets back to hell just make a joke to Victoria about how he got another wife.
Wonder if the next time we see Victoria she'll be getting tortured or just hanging out because Raoul never really gave explicit instructions on what to do with her
I'm assuming one benefit of keeping the body is it would allow Raoul to be able to take her back and forth wherever he wants, that you probably aren't able to do with just a soul
Nobody in hell is about to be happier than Sandra if Victoria chooses hell. Remember she was the only one we don't see Raoul interacting with when he had the others being taken to be tortured before he returned to the world of the living.
This last shot with Itsuki covering her ears and her smiling contently, just does a great job conveying how they've both accept their fucked up relationship
At this point I'm pretty sure the ending is going to be Rio having been 'betrayed' by Rei and isolated is going to take that "I love you" as a despite everything she did, Itsuki truly does love her. Itsuki will suggest they not divorce and move away to have a fresh start. Rio will then live in...
I feel like the stuffed animal chapter showed us the sister Aurora's true intentions. If she really hated her sister so much why would she hold onto that stuffed animal for years. I interpreted her trying to give a the stuffed animal back to Karina as her almost saying, "This is my treasure that...