Lady Evony - Vol. 1 Ch. 5

[MangaDex]

 

[unime]

Its a long road to healing from mental health. Really.
Many thanks

 

[grandurr]

i know some people might think its something iffy to talk about, but i really think talking about it would help people improve and heal themselves.

 

[liszst]

Did he just carry her and place her on the bed? lol he could've just politely asked her to lie back down instead of risk harming her damaged nerves or something.

 

[BrambleBee]

Thank you!

 

[beleth]

Hmm I'm sensing a hit of ulterior motives from male lead. I suppose him literally holding a black chess piece on the cover doesn't give me a whole lot of reason to believe he's entirely sincere

 

[Erythea]

Thanks for the new chapter!

And THANK GOD for the Doctor! We were really in need of a reality check on the archiduke, especially given what she's been through. Let's pray for a couple more wholesome chapters (especially if they star the chef!).

 

[Meri08]

So was she abused by her husband?

 

[Nep]

@beleth Its quite obvious he is not entirely sincere at the start.

Judging by the state of the society (Women can't learn certain languages or face execution, possibly other forms of injustice in the law and general society). I have the feeling the Archduke purposely chose her to "make a point" "somewhere" for "some political/diplomatic purpose" since the guy seem to know more than even our 'traumamnesiac' MC. The fact that a foreign country literally ordered her release is saying something about either her worth or the general bullshittery her court case played out.

@liszst I really doubt she would lie down in her state.

@Meri08 Unlikely. She doesn't look abused in the flashback panels and more 'standard afraid'. It is more likely to be a complicated attempted murder case. It could range from

"Husband tried to take her money, father protected her, they both somehow died, incompetent court case."
to
"Father's fiance choice became unhappy, murdered everyone for her familial wealth, framed her, corrupt court case"

 

[Suckerforshipping]

Archduke, that face looks kind of psychotic. 😂😂 Poor Ebony 😭

 

[Justchillin13]

Thank you for updating!!!!

 

[UntappedChaos]

I can't word just how gorgeous and well-done the character psychology is in this story, and only five chapters deep!!! Please guys, update quickly if you love us! QVQ

 

[Purplelibraryguy]

@Nep I don't think "father protected her" is in the cards. When she's thinking back about it, she's wondering "what if she hadn't resisted her father's wishes, what if she'd gone along with his choice of husband". I have this feeling that her dad's reaction to being told no was not temperate.

 

[angerybord]

can we appreciate the panel of the bird on the windowsill and the shadow of the wreath looming around it? There's GOT to be something symbolically significant about it right?

 

[liszst]

@Nep Oh she'd definitely lie down if he asked her to. If she can sit up and prostate herself, she can definitely lie back down (even if it hurts). Did you see her cower in fear? Ebony would obediently follow his 'orders'. Based on her personality, it makes sense for her to listen to the head of the house. It's more uncharacteristic of her to 'disobey'. Even if her body is suffering, Ebony would disregard the pain she's feeling in favor of doing what she's told to do. They only added that bit where he carried her just to make it all shoujo-like. The princess carry, even if it was short-lived (which is why I found it hilarious).

 

[mammaria]

yeaaah i want to know what he gains from this too... this isn't all from the kindness of his heart. for sure that's not the case. anyway, so who died... the father??? the picked husband??? i thought it was the husband for sure right... poor ebony, ugh

thank you for the update~

 

[riflow]

The Queen from another country stipulated they release her right? So maybe she had some relation to ebony but was unable to defend her when it happened because she was still in active combat.

Poor ebony though, I had the same reaction as the maid :c

 

[Moonie-light]

Oh, poor girl 😢
Thanks for update 🙏

 

[fonghsiao]

@liszst idk your gender alignment but you'd sure fit the bill of a control-freak-spouse.

the heroine had already suffered both physical and mental abuse to the point that her coping method could only ease her symptoms even after selectively forgetting pretty much her whole life.
based on her current state, firmly asking her to lay down (politely as you so put it) would probably be effective but only in the sense that she would treat it as a command to be obeyed by a slave.
this goes completely contradictory to the goal of the ML for her to develop a backbone of her own if almost everything she does, aside from cowering in fear, needs to be first dictated by him, the Head of the House.
the forced princess-carry that you claim is simply for shoujo-fanservice, however, would actually serve a far greater purpose in her rehabilitation.
based on her current condition, sure, it would cause her to be swamped in confusion and fright. but that is only because the concept of being treated kindly by others is still foreign to her. the prison aside, she is still under the assumption that the staff of the estate are only nice to her because they "incorrectly" saw her as a guest of the lord's and not the worthless slave that she believes herself to be; heck she was even scared when the other servants tried to help her out.
as such, no matter the approach, any kind gestures would only cause her fright and discomfort initially and this type of occurrence is precisely what she needs on a frequent basis to even start to get the notion of redeveloping a sense of self-worth.
so based on that situation, for ML it was a choice between (A),asking her to lay back down and reinforce her suspicions that she is his "property", and (B),taking the initiative to lay her down so that later, she might begin to wonder why he did that for her.

 

[liszst]

@fonghslao I don't think you get what I was arguing about. The reply towards my first post said it's unlikely for her "to lie down in that state" and I said no, it's that it's completely possible AND likely for her to "follow orders". It's not the fact that it's good for her or whatever the hell you're talking about. YOU even said "probably be effective but only in the sense that she would treat it as a command to be obeyed by a slave". That's what I was saying. It IS likely for her to do it but that doesn't mean it's a good thing jfc. No need for the name-calling, you ass.