Akuyaku Reijou no Oyome-sama - Vol. 2 Ch. 11

[MsW0lf]

And we also have only seen the mother, who seems far from the gloating selfish person that Karina thinks she is. She doesn’t exactly seem glowing with pride that Aurora is marrying the prince and her daughter is in exile. And, as far as we know, her father is still alive and kicking but wasn’t at his wife’s side at their daughter’s wedding to the Prince? Could he be locked up somewhere by the Prince to make his new wife and mother in law more compliant?

 

[Narmi]

Unless they literally cannot be married or get the position as consort without that ring, her "revenge" was just crashing a wedding and leaving almost immediately. I guess they'll have to reschedule? Kinda tame.

 

[Tcof]

That is the revenge ?

 

[Angoldd]

Thanks as always for the TL!

Eve-chan's investigation continues!

 

[MisterMemeDaddy]

I was going to say “haha more like eat her out lol” but too many people beat me to it -_-

 

[Jaycob17]

That was her big revenge? Wrecking the church and stealing the ring? I thought she was going to conquer the entire country with an army of beastmen.

I expected more honestly, maybe beat up the prince, or something. But I guess ruining Aurora's wedding is revenge in some way. Bit of a letdown though

 

[IamaTire]

What, all of that for a ring?
So it was never a romance?

 

[GLFanatic]

She's gonna eat the princess? Kinky!

Wait...

 

[Ashe323D]

This is so interesting actually

 

[onedumninja]

It's kind of bold to assume the wolf girl would kill karina if she doesn't love her back.

We don't know that much about her but she doesn't strike me as a kill someone for "not loving me back," kind of character.

Now she'll probably be pissed that karina lied to her. Wolfie getting used and then told later that karina doesn't actually love her or want to be with her will hurt fr. I don't see the wolf wanting to kill karina over it though.

I also want to believe that wolfie isn't trying to just recreate a story. She actually likes karina. You don't kill someone you like for not liking you back. Karina did use the wolf for her revenge but idk if that's a great reason to kill someone either. It just doesn't seem like a logical path the wolf would take.

All that said, I have a terrible memory and can't remember if the cute wolf girl is actually unhinged in any way.

 

[Turbotune]

I know that what Karina did seems kinda tame for what a “villainess” is supposed to do, but in context it made sense. She has never killed anyone in her life and she hasn’t asked her wolfkin to kill anyone either. She has been taught in her whole life to be a lady, and because that habit sticks, she’s very unlikely to resort to violence.

The entire point of crashing the wedding is to make everyone remember this moment and give them the evil villainess they wanted, despite their continuous effort of erasing her history. The ring is a symbol of what Aurora took from her and she’s planning to come here and ruin everything they set up and take it back.

Besides, she never loved the prince (probably neither did her sister) so killing him wouldn’t be that significant to her anyway.

And really, it’s just the level of tame in modern messed up weddings if you think about it.
I know people might expect things to get more crazy because it’s a fantasy royalty setting, but on the other hand, making a big deal out of royalty heirlooms (like the ring) and the aesthetic of it all (hence the destroyed windows and the setup) is also likely in this situation. And not to mention they managed to get pass every single guard to come here to the heart of the problem, making a fool of the entire kingdom’s security system.

And not to mention now that she’s managed to make such a stain on the kingdom’s historical day, erasing her existence will be nearly impossible.

So yeah, they managed to make such a lasting impact that I believe she properly conducted her revenge well, while keeping her hands clean. I believe it’s appropriate.

 

[UdenEmpati]

I know that what Karina did seems kinda tame for what a “villainess” is supposed to do, but in context it made sense. She has never killed anyone in her life and she hasn’t asked her wolfkin to kill anyone either. She has been taught in her whole life to be a lady, and because that habit sticks, she’s very unlikely to resort to violence.

The entire point of crashing the wedding is to make everyone remember this moment and give them the evil villainess they wanted, despite their continuous effort of erasing her history. The ring is a symbol of what Aurora took from her and she’s planning to come here and ruin everything they set up and take it back.

Besides, she never loved the prince (probably neither did her sister) so killing him wouldn’t be that significant to her anyway.

And really, it’s just the level of tame in modern messed up weddings if you think about it.
I know people might expect things to get more crazy because it’s a fantasy royalty setting, but on the other hand, making a big deal out of royalty heirlooms (like the ring) and the aesthetic of it all (hence the destroyed windows and the setup) is also likely in this situation. And not to mention they managed to get pass every single guard to come here to the heart of the problem, making a fool of the entire kingdom’s security system.

And not to mention now that she’s managed to make such a stain on the kingdom’s historical day, erasing her existence will be nearly impossible.

So yeah, they managed to make such a lasting impact that I believe she properly conducted her revenge well, while keeping her hands clean. I believe it’s appropriate.

Karina's also just...hurting, I think underneath all the bluster and anger.

Seeing her clutch that ring at the end of the chapter, hunched over on the bed and completely ignoring Reshtoka...she's emotionally shut off, clinging to something she can't regain, and like in the story, I imagine she's empty inside, because there's nothing really driving her other than that nebulous desire for revenge.

For all her rage, she didn't violently lash out at anyone--not even her sister. In my mind, that almost makes her more childish than anything--angry, but impotent, lashing out rather than focusing with intent.
She wanted to be big and showy, because everyone tried to destroy and erase her, as you said. Now, she's that much harder to ignore. She took something from Aurora that "completes" the theft of so much from herself at the hands of her sister and everyone else, and thus figures that was enough.

But like in the storybook, I suspect it won't be, and even if Karina claimed she'd never see any of those people or that place again, that will certainly not last.

 

[Jackal-Lantern]

I know that what Karina did seems kinda tame for what a “villainess” is supposed to do, but in context it made sense. She has never killed anyone in her life and she hasn’t asked her wolfkin to kill anyone either. She has been taught in her whole life to be a lady, and because that habit sticks, she’s very unlikely to resort to violence.

I doubt that. We saw early on that she doesn't shy from seeing Reshtoka's power kill people, and she even found it impressive to the point that she harbored the idea of leading the wolf tribe against her kingdom. What would she lead an army of wolves against her people for, if not for violence? Also when gathering information, she was clearly having Reshtoka rough up people around the kingdom, something that she didn't even attempt to do with the Prince when actually crashing the wedding.

Not to mention, someone actually did nearly died there, and it was her own mother. And the only reason she didn't had nothing to do with an active choice by either Karina nor Reshtoka, but it was because someone else had saved her mother. She left no impact on people besides them just wanting to murder her, which again was something that most of them already wanted to do (or at least they wanted her dead). Heck, I'd say Karina's sister left a lasting impression on both Karina for her silence, and on the wedding guests as a single command from her actually carried weight something that all of Karina's screaming could've hardly done.

This was no calculated or intelligent plan that Karina had thought up. This was just a giant tantrum, one that amounted to almost nothing. But who knows, maybe that ring is a sacred relic that the kingdom needs; but until then, Karina's revenge was pitiful.

 

[Kaguya-Sama]

Out of everyone, Karina really lack respect for the prince. She mentioned even Aurora by name but she mentioned him by “that prince” lol. Total disrespect and he deserves it.

 

[aser]

I know that what Karina did seems kinda tame for what a “villainess” is supposed to do, but in context it made sense. She has never killed anyone in her life and she hasn’t asked her wolfkin to kill anyone either. She has been taught in her whole life to be a lady, and because that habit sticks, she’s very unlikely to resort to violence.

The entire point of crashing the wedding is to make everyone remember this moment and give them the evil villainess they wanted, despite their continuous effort of erasing her history. The ring is a symbol of what Aurora took from her and she’s planning to come here and ruin everything they set up and take it back.

Besides, she never loved the prince (probably neither did her sister) so killing him wouldn’t be that significant to her anyway.

And really, it’s just the level of tame in modern messed up weddings if you think about it.
I know people might expect things to get more crazy because it’s a fantasy royalty setting, but on the other hand, making a big deal out of royalty heirlooms (like the ring) and the aesthetic of it all (hence the destroyed windows and the setup) is also likely in this situation. And not to mention they managed to get pass every single guard to come here to the heart of the problem, making a fool of the entire kingdom’s security system.

And not to mention now that she’s managed to make such a stain on the kingdom’s historical day, erasing her existence will be nearly impossible.

So yeah, they managed to make such a lasting impact that I believe she properly conducted her revenge well, while keeping her hands clean. I believe it’s appropriate.

It might be a bit underwhelming revenge but consider that the ass of a prince is basically full of pride and arrogance, the fact that Karina ruined what suppose to be his glorious day and the knowledge that the woman he hate still alive would always be a stain in his perfect life can be considered a small win.

 

[UdenEmpati]

And we also have only seen the mother, who seems far from the gloating selfish person that Karina thinks she is. She doesn’t exactly seem glowing with pride that Aurora is marrying the prince and her daughter is in exile. And, as far as we know, her father is still alive and kicking but wasn’t at his wife’s side at their daughter’s wedding to the Prince? Could he be locked up somewhere by the Prince to make his new wife and mother in law more compliant?

The fate of their father also has me wondering - though in the previous chapter, Eve is inquiring as to whether she could interview "the consort's parents" after the ceremony, which to me implies that he was there in some capacity.

The fact we don't see him at the ceremony, though, but do see their mother, seems noteworthy, agreed.

I don't think he's being held prisoner/captive by the Crown or anything, but that's just a gut feeling, likely borne out of not think thinking there's anything that the family need be "made compliant" over. But I also don't think I'd put it past the prince to do, so I guess we'll see.

But yeah - I think the mother's demeanor is very much the latest example of Karina's perception of everything being skewed & biased - both her encounter with Eve in chapter 6, and here in chapter 11 portray someone who does not fit the memories we're shown of her from Karina when our MC is in the North reading that book in Reshutoka's hut.
Thus far, Prince Orlando seems to be the only one who actually lives up to the shitty hype that Karina's memories uphold; but even Aurora, for all her seeming passiveness, is pretty clearly not the same person Karina has claimed her to be, with much more to be discovered still.

Karina's warped view of the people in her life, coupled with the warped parallels between her life and "The Monster Princess", seem like big elements of subversion of themes and expectations that underpin this story. And with Eve being an avid historian and reader, making her own assumptions about "that wolkfin" Reshutoka and her aims, makes me think those twisting themes will factor into all of this more and more as time goes on.
Especially if the cast starts acting on assumptions like "well the book goes like this" or "well they're all like that", and then those don't line up with reality.

 

[shemper]

Thank you for your work!

 

[Mheka]

Honestly, that was so disappointing that it almost made me lose interest in continuing with the manga.

That was it? Her great revenge was to smash some windows and steal a ring that practically no one cared about?

The last few chapters were disappointing, but with this one, it seems like the author has no idea what to do and is just improvising.

 

[milkysyn]

I mean, top eats bottom. Isn't that normal?

 

[dokidoki]

Honestly, that was so disappointing that it almost made me lose interest in continuing with the manga.

That was it? Her great revenge was to smash some windows and steal a ring that practically no one cared about?

The last few chapters were disappointing, but with this one, it seems like the author has no idea what to do and is just improvising.

This chapter made me lose complete interest in the story

practically the ONLY good ch was ch 1

like isn't it crazy how you have 2 interesting designed characters aka MC and her wife

and for several chapters you don't show them AT ALL but instead you show OTHER characters MIND you we ONLY have 11 chapters

and when she FINALLY shows up for revenge, no one dies............

this shit SMELLS of being axed before ch 20 and its hilarious