Akuyaku Reijou no Oyome-sama - Ch. 4

[MangaDex]

 

[Kirosh]

And there is the classic Yuri Angst.

 

[Iratana]

Honestly I didn't feel too bad for her at first (besides the whole banish thing), but geez what a way to find out that someone's "love" for you is superficial. It pretty much means that if Karina didn't remind Reshutoka of the princess in the story, she probably wouldn't have saved her in the first place.

I imagine that at some point, Reshutoka will learn to see Karina for more than the ideal image of a princess that she got from a book and as a person, but it'll be quite a bit before it happens and/or will take a drastic situation to force her to see. Either way, they both are in for some growing.

 

[Kampfarsch]

MC girl isnt very smart it seems

 

[Syndicatus]

I wonder what's happening with her maid

 

[Chaosrunewiz]

Thanks for the translation!

 

[Roodypatooti]

Well thats weird

The book is definitely some kind of prophecy, idk what it's leading to tho. Wonder if Reshutoka's lying about not being able to read it tbh.

"She isn't interested in me"
This girl only met you yesterday, and already declared you as her spouse. The only thing she even knows about you is your name. Why would you possibly think she's into you as a person, when you don't even know each other yet?

 

[qaaj]

"Would you kindly?" sleeper activation phrase

 

[Kykeon]

And the plot thickens. It seems clear that either Reshutoka can read the book or somehow the book is predicting Karina´s future in the magical sense of the word, which is less likely for me. On the other hand, is kind sad that Karina is feeling that the whole world is agianst her, she thinks Reshutoka love is superficial because is based on the fact that she is similar to the princess from the book but also because from Karina pov all the people who cared for her only did because of her position, she's closing her heart and is starting to think that no one can truly love her.
I'm really curios on the outcome of the book, I guess it will be some twist regarding the wolf's true intentions or something like that. All of that aside, Reshutoka really seems to have the mindset of a puppy and only look at Karina in an idealistic way, so there will be a much needed grow from both sides in the future.

 

[wlftchtr82]

Well thats weird

The book is definitely some kind of prophecy, idk what it's leading to tho. Wonder if Reshutoka's lying about not being able to read it tbh.

Honestly, instead of a prophecy I would say it’s evidence that this isn’t the first time a human interacted and integrated into “beastmen” society.

They could have embellished a story of a human from a settlement in the north during the “era of legends” before the rise of the kingdom as it is currently. Instead of saying “daughter of influent people on the tribe” they say princess to make it more modern. Instead of exiled for maybe being too useless to the tribe (she had to be taken care of), she was abandoned for unknown reasons.

Or it could have been a huge coincidence, because the Royal Era is almost 5 centuries, so in the early ages of the kingdom a similar situation to Karina’s would have had happened to a noble lady and turned into a legend. However not exactly the same. Karina was framed as villainess, the story in the book puts it as if they didn’t want to take care of her anymore, so the protagonist was possibly frail or something.

Well, I would say part 2 will follow the Beauty and the Beast format in a way — true love will make the beast reveal his human form. We already know the wolves can turn into human looking beings, so in the end the wolf will reveal himself to be the “Prince of the Wolves” or something. Or they could even omit the fact they turn into anthropomorphic beings and the fairy tale author could go for a fucking beauty and the beast-esque “he has been cursed”.

I still think it came from a real story that was adapted to fit a certain mindset (the one that wants to hide that the “beasts” are actually much more similar to humans than one would believe). But a true story regardless. Karina is just seeing herself in this awfully similar situation. But it is a bit by Reshutoka’s design, since she was probably more inclined to bring Karina to her village because she saw the book character in the woman dressed in noble clothing. We don’t know how she would have behaved were Karina just a commoner, she would have probably taken her to receive care but take her back home or to the nearest human tribe. Also the house decoration was 100% on purpose. Sis is living her self insert fiction as the wolf (going by the fact she can’t read, she probably saw the pretty girl, the wolf saving the pretty girl, and the wolf living with the pretty girl).

The materials from the east mountain could be even more evidence that the story is based on facts rather than she can read and is doing it on purpose, or there is a visual cue in the picture book we didn’t get to see, like a special type of tree that Reshutoka recognised.

If there isn’t a cue and Reshutoka is telling the truth, the blessing by the spirits story is a common belief in the wolf tribe, so she is just doing what everyone in her village does when they are getting married or something.

I don’t know, I’d like to hold onto the hope that her actions are as innocent as they seem: she wants to make her dream girl happy and is being smart about it (have the human integrate my village by taking the role of a translator for us illiterate people).

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Anyways if I had been in Karina’s place at this point I would have killed myself. My family and the royals want me dead and are sending assassins, no one truly cared about me, and now I am being held hostage by a crazy wolf lady who could kill me if I let something she doesn’t like slip that is using me as a proxy for her childhood fictional crush… Let the snow take me, bruh.

 

[Redrot]

Interesting chapter. Thanks for the translation!

 

[Nothas]

It pretty much means that if Karina didn't remind Reshutoka of the princess in the story, she probably wouldn't have saved her in the first place.

I strongly disagree. Resutoka collapsed from hunger in the first chapter, so I don't see a scenario in which she wouldn't return the favor and save Karina.
The story is an explanation of why Resutoka immediately wanted to make Karina her bride though.

 

[Sunzo]

Honestly, instead of a prophecy I would say it’s evidence that this isn’t the first time a human interacted and integrated into “beastmen” society.

They could have embellished a story of a human from a settlement in the north during the “era of legends” before the rise of the kingdom as it is currently. Instead of saying “daughter of influent people on the tribe” they say princess to make it more modern. Instead of exiled for maybe being too useless to the tribe (she had to be taken care of), she was abandoned for unknown reasons.

Or it could have been a huge coincidence, because the Royal Era is almost 5 centuries, so in the early ages of the kingdom a similar situation to Karina’s would have had happened to a noble lady and turned into a legend. However not exactly the same. Karina was framed as villainess, the story in the book puts it as if they didn’t want to take care of her anymore, so the protagonist was possibly frail or something.

Well, I would say part 2 will follow the Beauty and the Beast format in a way — true love will make the beast reveal his human form. We already know the wolves can turn into human looking beings, so in the end the wolf will reveal himself to be the “Prince of the Wolves” or something. Or they could even omit the fact they turn into anthropomorphic beings and the fairy tale author could go for a fucking beauty and the beast-esque “he has been cursed”.

I still think it came from a real story that was adapted to fit a certain mindset (the one that wants to hide that the “beasts” are actually much more similar to humans than one would believe). But a true story regardless. Karina is just seeing herself in this awfully similar situation. But it is a bit by Reshutoka’s design, since she was probably more inclined to bring Karina to her village because she saw the book character in the woman dressed in noble clothing. We don’t know how she would have behaved were Karina just a commoner, she would have probably taken her to receive care but take her back home or to the nearest human tribe. Also the house decoration was 100% on purpose. Sis is living her self insert fiction as the wolf (going by the fact she can’t read, she probably saw the pretty girl, the wolf saving the pretty girl, and the wolf living with the pretty girl).

The materials from the east mountain could be even more evidence that the story is based on facts rather than she can read and is doing it on purpose, or there is a visual cue in the picture book we didn’t get to see, like a special type of tree that Reshutoka recognised.

If there isn’t a cue and Reshutoka is telling the truth, the blessing by the spirits story is a common belief in the wolf tribe, so she is just doing what everyone in her village does when they are getting married or something.

I don’t know, I’d like to hold onto the hope that her actions are as innocent as they seem: she wants to make her dream girl happy and is being smart about it (have the human integrate my village by taking the role of a translator for us illiterate people).

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Anyways if I had been in Karina’s place at this point I would have killed myself. My family and the royals want me dead and are sending assassins, no one truly cared about me, and now I am being held hostage by a crazy wolf lady who could kill me if I let something she doesn’t like slip that is using me as a proxy for her childhood fictional crush… Let the snow take me, bruh.

Damm,Very long

 

[NinjaGoemon]

I been vibrating waiting to see what happens next and it doesn't seem like they have a word for Igloo. My theory is that the story is a modern retelling of some oral tradition. Which would explain why they seem similar, but not exact. And it would be why Reshutoka puts importance on the sharing of food.

If this is the case, maybe the next book will have some hot wolf lady biting explanations.

I don't blame Karina for losing faith here. Her trust issues aren't going to be recovered from overnight. Reshutoka's doing her best to start to repair some of the faith she lost with her uh ... wife activity, but it's gonna be a while (assuming this doesn't get the 2 volume yuri curse) before Karina is ready to trust her.

The emphasis on blue and blue color is definitely going to be brought up again. Blue is Reshutoka's color, from her highlights, clothes, and eyes. So it's not like it's far fetched that it would be what she uses to decorate. But it's also the color of deep deep frozen ice. I'll be interested to see how it plays in the setting and composition.

Post script: Karina feeling confused on how she thinks Reshutoka wants to monopolize her but is free to leave her. But Karina is not allowed to leave. I guess it's something like feeling like a caged bird? Or a pet maybe.

This chapter also reminds me that Reshutoka said "names aren't important to us". But for Karina, her name is practically all she owns. Her only sense of self left. That Reshutoka thanks her with her name, she starts to open up a bit. But then she figures Reshutoka only cared that it was "a princess". So her name is worthless. Easily replaceable with another. She closes off once more. AHHHH YURI.

 

[Kanade0021]

Thanks for the translation!

 

[DerpySausage]

Thank you for releasing a whole chapter.

 

[Yuri_Enjoyer_Deluxe]

What is with the self deprecation olympics, god dayum... wolf girl, you better get building, now! Maybe make another sandwich!

 

[Iratana]

I strongly disagree. Resutoka collapsed from hunger in the first chapter, so I don't see a scenario in which she wouldn't return the favor and save Karina.
The story is an explanation of why Resutoka immediately wanted to make Karina her bride though.

I mean, Karina feeding Reshutoka is what reminded her of the princess. It's not solely about her looks but how she behaved at first appearance. Karina even mentioned the similarities. Remember that immediately after sharing her food with Reshutoka, Karina was attacked by assassins.

As for the story itself, based on Reshutoka own words, the princess is her ideal bride and Karina fits that image in her eyes. It's a reason why she doesn't intend to let Karina leave.

 

[mangaburner1979]

Everyone focusing understandably on Karina's messy developing feelings and Reshutoka being more clever than she appears on the surface...but missing that half this chapter is an extended reference to Eiffel 65's hit song Blue. This mangaka is operating on a whole other level.

 

[shemper]

Thank you for your work!