For Certain Reasons, the Villainess Noble Lady Will Live Her Post-Engagement Annulment Life Freely - Vol. 3 Ch. 14
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Something really bothers me about this chapter. They had a deer Kristoff hunted for dinner. Except, normal people are not allowed to just hunt and kill something. Going hunting is a privilege reserved for the King and his fellow aristocrats. They own every single square inch of land in the entire country and merely lend it out for people to use. The right to hunt is never included, though. If you got caught hunting you would face a severe punishment, such as whipping, having your hands cut off or even death. After all you are stealing from the aristocracy.
I know it's a relatively minor thing but it breaks my immersion. The poor wouldn't be as poor and malnourished if they could simply hunta few rabbits. (As @icarushector pointed out, hunting rabbits was in fact allowed. Hunting big game like deer was forbidden, one reason being that it requires powerful weapons and the aristocracy wouldn't want average citizens to have them.)
If they could hunt they could eat meat regularly, and use or sell off the animal's fur. Villagers wouldn't regularly die in winter if they could use those furs to keep warm and eat meat to strengthen their bodies. They'd have a more robust immune system and wouldn't be as easily killed by illnesses, which is a pretty important factor considering the recent happenings in this manga.
That Kristoff hunted a deer for dinner was just a small throwaway line and the author probably didn't think much of it. But in my opinion it points to a lack of care towards believable world building.
Another thing that shows a lack of understanding what it means to live in such a medieval-esque world is the book published about Letizia. It was written by hand yet within such a short period of time they were able to produce enough copies to seemingly sell it in bookstores across the kingdom. What's more, even a maid with her small salary was able to purchase three copies of it. No matter how you look at it, that does not make sense. Before the invention of the printing press books were prohibitively expensive and rare. Writing everything by hand takes a long time and making copies of important books was often a lifetime task performed by monks. Thus, only books considered to be incredibly important (aka holy scriptures) were copied and 'distributed'. Even most nobles would have had trouble purchasing books regularly because it was that expensive. So how in the world did this biography about Letizia happen? And how many of her newborns did the maid have to sacrifice to be able to afford THREE copies?
I know it's a relatively minor thing but it breaks my immersion. The poor wouldn't be as poor and malnourished if they could simply hunt
If they could hunt they could eat meat regularly, and use or sell off the animal's fur. Villagers wouldn't regularly die in winter if they could use those furs to keep warm and eat meat to strengthen their bodies. They'd have a more robust immune system and wouldn't be as easily killed by illnesses, which is a pretty important factor considering the recent happenings in this manga.
That Kristoff hunted a deer for dinner was just a small throwaway line and the author probably didn't think much of it. But in my opinion it points to a lack of care towards believable world building.
Another thing that shows a lack of understanding what it means to live in such a medieval-esque world is the book published about Letizia. It was written by hand yet within such a short period of time they were able to produce enough copies to seemingly sell it in bookstores across the kingdom. What's more, even a maid with her small salary was able to purchase three copies of it. No matter how you look at it, that does not make sense. Before the invention of the printing press books were prohibitively expensive and rare. Writing everything by hand takes a long time and making copies of important books was often a lifetime task performed by monks. Thus, only books considered to be incredibly important (aka holy scriptures) were copied and 'distributed'. Even most nobles would have had trouble purchasing books regularly because it was that expensive. So how in the world did this biography about Letizia happen? And how many of her newborns did the maid have to sacrifice to be able to afford THREE copies?
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Uhh she’s just pretending to live as a commoner right? I can’t fathom the fact that she’s kinda dirt poor now, is her family abandoning her or something?? Or she just wants to live independently??? so weird..... and poor letty can’t have her beloved rest from otome games plots lmao
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No good deed goes unpunished. Though it’s honestly not too bad. At least the first heroine seems grateful.
@otomefreak it might be to prevent people being suspiscious if they acted beyond their acted roles, like, people will get suspiscious if low-paid workers get to buy expensive things everyday...
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Loving how this manga just rolls on with its plotline. No fussy stuff and world builds enough to get the readers by.
Then Du-Du-Dun.... A New Heroine enters the scene
Then Du-Du-Dun.... A New Heroine enters the scene
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Still don't get why she didn't just, reveal her past life to the heroine.. Like, what's the point in hiding? What is there to lose?
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@LotsOfSodaLove probably cause it was easier to manipulate her with hero worship. She was originally going for a chosen one switch out so she could get away from center stage after all. Why she doesn't now is anyone's guess, but there's also nothing to gain at this point. Who knows, if heroine number two is also a reincarnator maybe she'll spill the beans in an attempt to keep her from dragging her into shit, or maybe she won't for the same reason.
@NoSoup I seem to recall that rabbit WAS allowed, but deer was definitely NOT. Source was a medieval weapons program, basically, certain kinds of arrowhead were legal, like the kind for hunting small game like rabbits and others, like the broadheads for hunting big game, were not since frankly the only reason to have them would be either killing people or poaching the king's game.
@NoSoup I seem to recall that rabbit WAS allowed, but deer was definitely NOT. Source was a medieval weapons program, basically, certain kinds of arrowhead were legal, like the kind for hunting small game like rabbits and others, like the broadheads for hunting big game, were not since frankly the only reason to have them would be either killing people or poaching the king's game.
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This is getting boring...
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@icarushector Thanks for the clarification! I'm going to edit my post now. Btw, getting to attend a medieval weapons program sounds cool, I'm a bit jealous, haha.
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Wow, meeting the sequel's heroine.. that's fast!
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@otomefreak with medieval fantasy setting like this, it's pretty much safe to assume that wine is a luxury for peasants. You're underestimating how meddlesome people can be, neighborly gossips about how she's acting weird is enough to raise suspiscions and it's probably bad for their disguise. It's the same with a spy basically, they have to act into their role.
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Waaaaaaaaaaat? I’m confusion what do you mean by died but moved to another country? How?
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