Kusuriya no Hitorigoto ~Maomao no Koukyuu Nazotoki Techou~ - Vol. 19 Ch. 80 - The Start of the Affair

[MangaDex]

 

[xanon]

Small fry...decent frog...

 

[Sleepytime]

Dumb mother who can't see beyond the fog that she creates herself

 

[Novis]

aaaaaa please don't be dead.....

 

[Chaosrunewiz]

Thanks for the chapter!

 

[r31ya]

Dumb mother who can't see beyond the fog that she creates herself

When you surround yourself only with yesmen, you could be somehow deluded that mere small, small arms factory could overthrow ruling emperors of a empire which when they wage wars since millennias ago is with armies of hundred thousands soldiers.

You might literally didn't have enough bullets.

 

[ProgNerIte]

Just watch, Jinshi jumped in the way of the bullet, I have no doubts about this, after all the idiotic behavior he's been doing the past few chapters has made me question his sanity

 

[Hitansy]

Loulan spitting facts.

 

[IronMace1990]

When you surround yourself only with yesmen, you could be somehow deluded that mere small, small arms factory could overthrow ruling emperors of a empire which when they wage wars since millennias ago is with armies of hundred thousands soldiers.

You might literally didn't have enough bullets.

And the tech is now at Imperial hands. Lakan is definitely thinking of new tactics and formations using flintlock firearms

 

[Darkenning]

Just watch, Jinshi jumped in the way of the bullet

Nope.

 

[BalrogDeMorgoth]

It probably blew up in her hand

 

[jean-chuck]

Did the gun explode backwards?

 

[dkuro]

A man dedicating his entire life for a woman who just neither looking him back no matter how close he was nor seeing beyond her feet.
Sad.

 

[xyzzy]

A man dedicating his entire life for a woman who just neither looking him back no matter how close he was nor seeing beyond her feet.
Sad.

It is truly sad when a man simps for a simpleton

 

[Etnaz]

When you surround yourself only with yesmen, you could be somehow deluded that mere small, small arms factory could overthrow ruling emperors of a empire which when they wage wars since millennias ago is with armies of hundred thousands soldiers.

You might literally didn't have enough bullets.

And that's not even the full Imperial army Renshi is commanding.

It's just one detachment of Imperial Guards, which, going by China's history, is usually around 10,000 elite troops. And naturally, there are many such Imperial Guards detachments and garrisons deployed all around the capital and in some cases, around the entire empire. Add them all to the standard Imperial army and you get something much closer to 500,000 troops, or in some cases, close to a million.

That tiny arms factory and fort Shenmei has holed up in probably has a few thousand troops at most. Even if by some fluke she has 10,000 soldiers all fully armed with those new flintlock pistols in that fort to match Renshi's Imperial Guard detachment, it will still end in a (very costly) Imperial victory simply because 10,000 soldiers cannot overpower 10,000 elite troops. And don't forget the Imperial Guard has military strategists to advise on the most effective course of action.

As Loulan / Zicui said multiple times, there is simply no way this rebellion could have succeeded.

 

[Acrelorraine]

God she’s foolish. Willfully so. So many opportunities to have happiness and she deluded herself again and again, causing so much pain and suffering. The former emperor was bad, but I don’t think he’s to blame for this rotten bitch. It’s like Lihua’s cousin times ten.

 

[Ajira]

Thanks for the translation

 

[Mogima]

eeemotional daaamage

 

[Samspot]

A man dedicating his entire life for a woman who just neither looking him back no matter how close he was nor seeing beyond her feet.
Sad.

For the longest time after reading the light novel, I couldn’t wrap my head around it. Sure, maybe he fell for Shenmei at first sight—but they never had any real connection or emotional bond. As he got older, wouldn’t he have matured past that initial infatuation? Why go SO far for her?

It wasn’t until I read the manga that things started to click. His loyalty wasn’t just about romantic feelings, it was also rooted in his duty to his clan and his alliance with Shenmei’s father.

When word reached her father that her mental health was deteriorating, It wasn’t just about an unrequited crush—it was a convergence of personal longing and political obligation. His concern and actions were driven by both his feelings for Shenmei and his responsibility to her family.

His same sense of duty to the clan is likely what drove him to shelter Dabao’s baby, before marrying her (😬😬) to obtain Shenmei.

He was always walking a tightrope between his crush (and honestly, I struggle to call it more than that) and his sense of responsibility. Over time, I think he leaned on his duty to the family as a kind of justification for continuing to harbor feelings for her, even after she repeatedly rejected him.

Maybe, in the end, it wasn’t just love, it was a tangled mix of family duty and an unresolved, unrequited crush that drove him to enable her, even when it crossed the line. Looking back, you start to see how much of his downfall came from never being able to separate the two. Given the way he died, you can argue both ways if he really understood his mistake or not.


Apologies that was so long I got carried away🥲

 

[kiko29]

I'll bet zicui protected loulan, making the crazy mother a criminal for corruption, illegal-arms production, AND harming royal blood (since she's got a knack for making everything worse for herself lol)