Akuyaku Reijou ni Erabareta nara, Yuuga ni Enjite Misemashou! - Vol. 2 Ch. 7

[MangaDex]

 

[raiphin]

There's a spyyyyyyyyy

 

[nutshellkelp]

thanks for the chapter~

i liked this premise/take on the villainess trope initially, but it's just become somewhat dull for me– although i'll stick with it for a bit but hopefully i think it'll wrap itself up soon anyway

 

[JUSTadICE]

Bertram you bich

 

[flsimp]

Yessssss! I'm so glad that Willem is the ml, good for him, they're cute together.

 

[JWChibi]

His giving them the beat down
Me: wow glasses you're so cool 😂

 

[davefebrian]

Is willem the true ML or not? anyone spoil me please

 

[Rat83]

the hair looked like either bert something's or the prince's

 

[Kynnath]

This chapter has such a massive tone shift between scenes that it's hard to take it seriously. Someone hired a bunch of thugs to assault and disfigure the daughter of a duke, and these guys didn't even report it to any authorities, or the duke himself? She just went to sleep and went to school the next day as if nothing had happened? No increase in security? And Willem went back to question the culprits but didn't hand them over to a guard? Wouldn't there be a serious punishment for common laborers attacking a noble lady? And an investigation that goes beyond a high-schooler asking them nicely? But it's being treated as a minor issue. As if getting beat up a bit and being prevented from assaulting someone was enough for them to learn their lesson and go on to lead upright lives or something.

You can't have a light-hearted comedy and attempted disfigurement, it doesn't match. You can have a bit of comedy in a serious story, but you can't have "a bit of psychological scarring of the protagonist" in a light-hearted comedy and dismiss it by the next scene.

 

[Siikalahna]

Good grief, this chapter completely ruined the whole goddamn story in one go. That takes some "skills"...

 

[BrambleBee]

Thank you!😁

 

[ichypa]

I see you, PrincexLynette flag, don’t think I don’t.

 

[Kynnath]

Also, the more I think about it, the more certain I am that Willem was the one behind the thugs. First, the motive: he likes the MC, and wants to look good in front of her and get her to drop the pretense of being the prince's fiancee quickly. That is to say, the attack was fake.

Now, the evidence. First, as she says, the timing, and that she was targeted at all, is suspicious. The thugs targeted her specifically for being the prince's fiancee, but that fact is not public yet. Plenty of people might be jealous of her, but very few would know of her position. And was there any need for the person who hired them to go into details? They would just need to give them a description so they can find her, not an explanation for why they have to do it. If anything, telling them they're targetting someone of high status just makes it more expensive, and if they're disposable pawns, the less they know the better. So the person who hired them wanted them to specifically say that they were doing it because she was the fiancee, so that she'd be shaken up and give up the role.

Also, finding her in a crowd is strange, and even more so setting up an ambush. As she said, this was the first time she went on a date out to town, and she disguised herself to not stand out. She also doesn't show her face regularly, so people wouldn't know who she is. It doesn't look like there are photographs in this world yet, and it's hard to imagine that someone can give out a precise enough description for a bunch of thugs to identify someone they never saw. I suppose it might be possible to provide small paintings, but that takes time and it would be difficult for an enemy to easily find a picture of her to copy just to show it to thugs. Plus it would leave a trail of the artist hired by someone unrelated to the duchy painting a portrait of someone else's daughter. And possibly a small sized one that can be carried around to show to thugs. That would probably stand out to the artist.

Even if they were somehow able to identify her, knowing she would be there that day is impossible. The only two people who knew about the date are Willem and her. Not even the rest of the team knew. Why would the person who hired them tell them to lie in ambush, when she never goes out in the first place? And yet, they were able to not only find her, but predict her path enough to set up an ambush in an alley. And here is where it gets extra suspicious. Glasses was the one leading her and the first to spot their pursuer, and yet he led the two of them right into the ambush instead of looking for somewhere with more people. And even when they escaped the first ambush, instead of going to the main street as she told him, he led them further away from people, into a dead-end. And yet he was perfectly confident the whole time.

Then his performance in fighting them off. It could be that he really is that good with a stick, but it's still suspicious that he defeated the lot of them without anyone being seriously hurt. To add to the suspiciousness, after they ran and he took her home, he allegedly returned to the scene of the fight, and managed to interrogate them further. Wouldn't their friends have picked them up and hidden them? Were they really uncouncious the whole time? We only have his word for it that he really returned. And besides, if he returned and interrogated them, why not hand them over to the guards? Is just getting a bit roughed up really enough punishment?

The main counterargument to this theory is that we can supposedly read his thoughts, and he does appear surprised by their appearance. But, authors are known to cheat and that might have just been misdirection. He is the perfect suspect except for that slight detail.

 

[berryoragami]

Thanks so much for the chapter!!

 

[beazacha]

I think the Prince paid them to do so; he was selfish enough to pin for a small noble with no backing that clearly isn't into him.... idk looks like both him and his father are weirdos.


Other than that, the fact that this wasn't reported to the King is the biggest bs ever

 

[Rufrieva]

@Kynnath jesus christ you’re really smart but I wonder if this is just a writing flaw or as you said, planned.
This chapter was just meh but you made it more interesting, thank you.

 

[lyndine2009]

If those guys were hired by the Minister, then someone (I'm glaring at you King) should strip him of his job, title, and whips him.

 

[pokefairy]

The prince and julia don't seem to be into each other at all, like I'm p sure he's going to end up with Lynette and she's going to end up with bertram. The minister is just dumb

 

[yannickq]

I feel like this is getting more and more absurd. Her reasoning for wanting to continue the role wasn't even a good one? Also they've nothing to show for it this whole time so really they're just wasting their time.

 

[onigiri-chan]

Could it be the prince? so that he could ruin the date?