The Villainess Turns the Hourglass - Vol. 1 Ch. 18

[skellez]

@Karakuri1812 This isn't really spoiler, Aria doesn't interfere in a notable way, so Sarah's life goes the same way

 

[eminyan]

is it just me or is this slightly different from the novel

 

[Ithi]

@eminyan If I'm not wrong it was more or less the same in the novel, except for the Mielle part. Aria used the hourglass, but it didn't take her back far enough in the past or something like that. Other than that, both the party part and the Oscar arrival seem to be loyal to the novel.

 

[Siquall]

I already said it once, but i need to say it again :

Sarah is way too good for this story. She would be a perfect nice main character in another Manhwa.

 

[eminyan]

@Ithi oo thank u do u kno what happens during this time bc i binged the novel and lowkey forgot how it was in its earlier chaps

 

[Athena707]

@cherylmolla32 it is indeed. But I enjoy the process the most 😌 she really brings hell to her enemies

 

[Steamedtoast]

To be honest Im not really liking Aria's character. Her thoughts about people that have done nothing to her are needlessly toxic and manipulative. "Oh look at my awesome jewel teddy, now go feel shit about yourself." seems to be her least hateful thought so far and even that is enough for me to never want her to have a real friend. She is alltogether so much older than them and still has to put down some innocent girls to make herself feel good.

 

[amyhcynh]

@Steamedtoast i definitely agree .. i really want to like her character but she's so manipulative and is using people for her greater good just to exceed Mielle T__T

 

[Ithi]

@eminyan After Oscar gave Aria a thank you gift for the handkerchief, Aria sent him another gift back (a brooch with a sapphire or some other blue gem), that was at the time of the carriage incident. Soon after he sent her a letter with a request to meet Aria (with an intention to give the brooch back to her), so she has set up a date, and that was her birthday (the current chapter).
The birthday party goes pretty much the same as this chapter, the three main highlights were Sarah's gift, the bear with diamonds and Mielle's interference. After the party Oscar arrives without knowing that it was Aria's birthday, but Mielle gets to greet him first. This is where this chapter ends.
In the next chapter

Spoiler

Mielle and Oscar chat, Mielle invites Oscar to her birthday party a few weeks later and he accepts. She tries to indirectly ask him as to why did he arrive, but h only gives a vague answer. Aria arrives, Mielle walks away. Oscar learns that it's Aria's birthday, and he only has flowers on his hands, he gifts them to Aria, and just as planned doesn't even talk about returning the brooch back to Aria. The next day the mansion is full of rumors on how Oscar, Mielle's soon-to-be fiancee came to Aria's brithday.

Then after that comes Mielle's birthday party.

Spoiler

A new character is introduced, he gifts a lot of presents to Mielle. Oscar comes to the birthday, Aria also attends the birthday party, acts like a wallflower and listens to the rumors of her, then goes to the garden. Oscar comes to see her, they have a friendly chat. Not quite sure here, but I remember him preparing a present for Aria for her past birthday. Someone sees the two of them and spreads the rumors the next day. Mielle's headmaid Emma appoints a new maid to Aria, who will become her second most loyal maid, but the girl herself doesn't know about that yet.

That's what comes next. What I really loved about the novel, is the amount of details given to the foreshadowing. If something's given attention to, it becomes relevant later. If a character has a name, he or she becomes relevant later on, and so on. Nothing comes out of nowhere, everybody gets their conclusion. The author did a really great job on that. There are a few things here and there that author should have explained better or paid more attention to, but it still was a very satisfying read nonetheless.

 

[Nogoodimaginativename]

I feel like an impending nuke is coming...

 

[Pocky8]

Sarah, Oscar... such lovely ppl, I feel sorry for them both 😶

 

[sehunlover]

It's wrong of Aria to intentionally demean those girls just because of her higher status as if she didn't come originally from a position even lower than theirs. This is what I dislike the most about her which is her lack of humility and obsession with hierarchy.

 

[Kingdo]

@Steamedtoast, @amyhcynh

Im not really liking Aria's character. Her thoughts about people that have done nothing to her are needlessly toxic and manipulative.

Yes indeed, but don't forget that she live in a toxic family too. Her mother help her but she's more concerned by conserve the count favor.
Her father didn't give a shit about her and she was harassed by her sibling.

In the end of the series

Spoiler

Aria will find out about her biological family, she will meet her real father and grand- parents who will love her and dote her.
But she feel bad and uncomfortable, she doesn't understand why people who didn't know about her until recently AND have a better situation than her spoil her so much, they didn't have any gain from it.
Her servant tell her that because she is they family and she respond that she doesn't see any correspondance.
She will learn litle by litle, but yes she is quite toxic right now.

 

[Carstairs]

“What bring you here?”
Certainly not you biach!

 

[Rizkid1412]

Well, she is a villainess after all to the dictionary sense, not fake villainess that's actually the heroine. People rarely change, and even more so to Aria. She learns how to act, but still bitter as hell about that.

Its not like her environment changes for her to accommodate her changing, or that she even want to change.

 

[Notesha]

> The title is The Villainess turns the Hourglass.
> Main character is a villainess, which won't change even if she matures.
> Complain about her about acting like a villainess: abuse cheat-like power for giggles and shit, manipulate and look down on other people who hasn't even wronged her., etc..
What's wrong with you guys?

 

[Waffley]

She's gotta do what she can to survive. Even be a legit Villainess if she needs to. I used to feel uncomfortable with how she was acting, since I was used to the "fake" villainesses of other series (not saying they're bad! Love a lot of them but yea these villains are usually really nice and non-villains at all, as compared to the MC in this comic)... But yea, I came to understand her side and thought process while reading the lightnovel.

Spoiler

I can't really see any other way for the MC to actually happily survive without being cunning and smart about it. She does end up genuinely loving and caring the people closest to her though!

 

[oorangejooz]

i like her as a character but not as a person obvi

 

[xoxa]

with that last minutes call, why not using hourglass to turn back 5 more minutes prior for preparation?
she said that she become dependent to that magic, but its herself that playing with that magic for fun. and when the time she need it, she's not use that hourglass.

 

[NoraDaimio]

"Your sister's birthday lololol"