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Hahahahahaha!!!! The ML knew she would be unable to break anything off. 🤣
For Better or For Worse - Ch. 10
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@AnimefangirlX that's a little harsh. The grandpa genuinely thinks she is interested in his grandson and accepted the proposal willingly. Her not being able to voice her opinion is down to her own weakness or her desire not to rock the boat/bring shame to either of their families.
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Grandpa is only pushing this engagement in the first place because of his unrequited love for her grandmother. He spends most of the conversation fantasizing about his lost love. It's half love for his grandson, half obsession over Layla, zero concern for Dylan's opinion and well-being. Sure it would be nice if she could stand up for herself, but let's not excuse the pushiness of the old man. Or Cedric's cowardice for not standing up to the old man personally, now that I think about it.
IMO instead of Dylan going to see the old man, she should have voiced her concerns to her father. But then we wouldn't have a story.
IMO instead of Dylan going to see the old man, she should have voiced her concerns to her father. But then we wouldn't have a story.
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I can get how MC felt bad and unable to voiced out her true intention in front of the Duke. Not saying that whatever the Duke did was right, since it's basically forcing his own fantasy to other people, but yes as some of the previous comments said, we wouldn't have a story otherwise lol
Thank you for translating this!
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@AnimefangirlX ?? Why you talked like the grandpa just committed a huge crime when in fact arranged marriages were extremely common in medieval times. The arrangement was normally done by the bride and groom's parents. It's like the most normal thing to do back then.
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You guys are speed. Thank you for translating this
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huh dylan looks exactly like her grandma to me??
thank you for the update!!
thank you for the update!!
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@reijou
Not a huge crime, but still creepy and pushy because his angle isn't "this is an arranged marriage and that's how things are done" but rather "I was in love with this dead woman who didn't like me so my grandson must marry her granddaughter whether the two want to or not." Who knows, maybe it's his way of forcing Layla to "marry" him after all these years. I don't see that as heartwarming or cute. It just happens that this is fiction so things will all work out.
Not a huge crime, but still creepy and pushy because his angle isn't "this is an arranged marriage and that's how things are done" but rather "I was in love with this dead woman who didn't like me so my grandson must marry her granddaughter whether the two want to or not." Who knows, maybe it's his way of forcing Layla to "marry" him after all these years. I don't see that as heartwarming or cute. It just happens that this is fiction so things will all work out.
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Nope. She couldn't. Grandpa played the death card and it was extremely effective.
Thanks for the chapters~
Thanks for the chapters~
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Yes, I can't refute that but I like to give another alternative. Granpa's meeting with Dylan is similar to a person meeting their late best friend's kid. No matter the circumstances you would always notice the similarities between them with the kid's own twist. Though he has his own reasons (reasons being Cedric's lineage is muddy in their standards and Langton's high prestige can make up for that.) To me, it isn't "Layla" whom he finally forced to marry. But her grandchild who he is fond of, and reminded him of their good memories together.
Yes, I can't refute that but I like to give another alternative. Granpa's meeting with Dylan is similar to a person meeting their late best friend's kid. No matter the circumstances you would always notice the similarities between them with the kid's own twist. Though he has his own reasons (reasons being Cedric's lineage is muddy in their standards and Langton's high prestige can make up for that.) To me, it isn't "Layla" whom he finally forced to marry. But her grandchild who he is fond of, and reminded him of their good memories together.
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@Elila
That would be plausible if Grandpa had met Dylan first and then encouraged them to marry because she was so nice.
But even before he knew of her existence (remember, he told Cedric to go marry a blonde girl named "Hailey" - he hadn't even bothered to check in on the Langtons in years) he had already made up his mind to have Cedric marry Layla's granddaughter, Cedric's opinion and the lady's opinion be damned.
And it's hard for me to believe that there's no other family in the whole kingdom with the necessary status Cedric needs. It's just Grandpa fulfilling his creepy obsession with a dead woman after 50-something years.
That would be plausible if Grandpa had met Dylan first and then encouraged them to marry because she was so nice.
But even before he knew of her existence (remember, he told Cedric to go marry a blonde girl named "Hailey" - he hadn't even bothered to check in on the Langtons in years) he had already made up his mind to have Cedric marry Layla's granddaughter, Cedric's opinion and the lady's opinion be damned.
And it's hard for me to believe that there's no other family in the whole kingdom with the necessary status Cedric needs. It's just Grandpa fulfilling his creepy obsession with a dead woman after 50-something years.
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I'm just wondering if anyone noticed that the tea is supposed to be steeped for 20 mins? i feel like that is not normal even for a whole pot of tea haha
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The way these stories go, gramps will now live longer life because Dylan gave him medicine(al) herbs and told him to check in with his doctor more often, right? lol. I can't wait for Adeline to show up. Just hoping we're not doing the heroine reversal trope.
@AnimefangirlX Agree, the idea by itself is kinda creepy. However, in this particular story I think they did a lot to make it a lot less creepy -- he already notes how she's different from his old crush, which already tells you he knows she's not his old crush and his grandson is not himself. A huge part of it is, he doesn't really judge if it's good or bad that she's not a dead ringer for his dead woman -- Dylan's just a different girl from his old crush and he isn't disappointed that they aren't both into the same types of flowers. When he does make a judgement on her traits, it's usually framed in terms of being good for his grandson, not for himself -- at one point he says her personality isn't quite like her grandmother's/his crush but is more like his grandsons, and he thinks this makes them a good match with each other, not with himself or his dead crush.
It'd be a different story if the couple were a mismatch and he still insisted on marrying them. Or, if he was as hung up on his old dead woman as you say, then what should happen is he would insist on Emily instead of Dylan, because Emily looks more like her grandmother/his old crush (if what the girls themselves want don't matter to him, then their personalities shouldn't matter to him either. Personality/desire both would be an expression of how each individual girl is different from his old crush after all).
Instead, you get a grandpa who thinks he's meeting someone who already agreed to marry his grandson (he doesn't know she agreed under stress), who was already dumped by her ex in favour of her sister (so it's a plus point that he properly looks at her and lists off her many positive traits), directly assesses several parts of her personality that he thinks matches his grandson (he really does think they're a couple), and then compliments her on being a great match while not knowing she wants to break it off -- nowhere in the conversation does he ever get the chance to realise she doesn't want the marriage to go ahead. It just looks a lot more wholesome since he's already acknowledge she's not the same person as his old crush and he seems to think she has a great personality on her own.
If you want my opinion, the whole thing is definitely just a deus ex machina to get some mighty rich city aristocrat to go out and pick up the country girl aristocrat so that hilarity can ensue. But if you want an in-universe excuse, you should also consider that ML doesn't seem to be a recluse and still managed not to form any attachments to the girls who are already around him, so gramps may have pushed for this engagement because the heir probably has to get married and pop out next heirs at some point and this heir didn't seem to be getting anywhere with it. It's not like gramps broke up a couple to get his desired pairing, he pushed a little bit, and apparently a girl that suits his grandson fell out of the bushes and agreed to marry his grandson, so everything worked out (to him, anyway).
@AnimefangirlX Agree, the idea by itself is kinda creepy. However, in this particular story I think they did a lot to make it a lot less creepy -- he already notes how she's different from his old crush, which already tells you he knows she's not his old crush and his grandson is not himself. A huge part of it is, he doesn't really judge if it's good or bad that she's not a dead ringer for his dead woman -- Dylan's just a different girl from his old crush and he isn't disappointed that they aren't both into the same types of flowers. When he does make a judgement on her traits, it's usually framed in terms of being good for his grandson, not for himself -- at one point he says her personality isn't quite like her grandmother's/his crush but is more like his grandsons, and he thinks this makes them a good match with each other, not with himself or his dead crush.
It'd be a different story if the couple were a mismatch and he still insisted on marrying them. Or, if he was as hung up on his old dead woman as you say, then what should happen is he would insist on Emily instead of Dylan, because Emily looks more like her grandmother/his old crush (if what the girls themselves want don't matter to him, then their personalities shouldn't matter to him either. Personality/desire both would be an expression of how each individual girl is different from his old crush after all).
Instead, you get a grandpa who thinks he's meeting someone who already agreed to marry his grandson (he doesn't know she agreed under stress), who was already dumped by her ex in favour of her sister (so it's a plus point that he properly looks at her and lists off her many positive traits), directly assesses several parts of her personality that he thinks matches his grandson (he really does think they're a couple), and then compliments her on being a great match while not knowing she wants to break it off -- nowhere in the conversation does he ever get the chance to realise she doesn't want the marriage to go ahead. It just looks a lot more wholesome since he's already acknowledge she's not the same person as his old crush and he seems to think she has a great personality on her own.
If you want my opinion, the whole thing is definitely just a deus ex machina to get some mighty rich city aristocrat to go out and pick up the country girl aristocrat so that hilarity can ensue. But if you want an in-universe excuse, you should also consider that ML doesn't seem to be a recluse and still managed not to form any attachments to the girls who are already around him, so gramps may have pushed for this engagement because the heir probably has to get married and pop out next heirs at some point and this heir didn't seem to be getting anywhere with it. It's not like gramps broke up a couple to get his desired pairing, he pushed a little bit, and apparently a girl that suits his grandson fell out of the bushes and agreed to marry his grandson, so everything worked out (to him, anyway).
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Thanks for the update!
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@areticentreader it uses the term tea but it’s really a herbal infusion (like chamomile is) and it’s pretty common for medical herbs to have long brewing times.
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I REEEEALLLLY feel bad for Dylan. She went in there because she believed that 1: if she married Cedric she would die so that he could later on be with the female lead and 2: that he is actually supposed to be with the female lead instead of her. But because Creepy Gramps played the death card she has to go along with his creepiness. I for one would not, I would not be able to risk my life if in my head I had strongly believed I would die if I married someone. And she likes her sister so much, what is she going to do when she has to leave??????
