This Is an Obvious Fraudulent Marriage - Ch. 9

[MangaDex]

 

[wonpils]

wait, do we know who the prime minister is and/or why he reminds delice(???) of raelyn?

is that the cousin she was supposed to marry or something

 

[Nicolausx09]

MC is very stupid but damn she’s adorable with all her fangirling and stuff.

 

[TheDragonLord]

@wonpils I'm not sure about the cousin (I suppose that's possible), but it was made apparent in the previous chapters that the Prime Minister is the brother of Delice. I'm not sure of their relationship with the Emperor. All I know is that things are getting pretty interesting and @Nicolausx09, the MC probably doesn't recognize him because 1. he looks different with the hair and blood splatter, 2. Context (people often don't expect the murdering butcher who conquered your society through brutality and bloodshed to be the amicable hottie who acts civilized, kind, and runs the information service guild as its guildmaster), and 3. Due to the language barrier, she probably has heard the name of her perceived "Big Bad" differently, and she probably read it differently in her native tongue. Some of this is lost because we don't see the language differences clearly in the text/translation/plotting, but it's nevertheless there. She's confused largely by context and the way names are pronounced. I'm definitely sure she'll figure it out once she hears his name/sees his covered in blood holding a sword #context. But, I think that's precisely what Delice is avoiding purposefully. He probably isn't going to want to divorce her and will make accommodations.

@wonpils, he's thinking about him I think because she's a softening element. In other words, instead of murdering him too for annoying him, he thinks of the MC. The PM may *also* be the MC's cousin, but I think the context there was him being reminded of the "softening elements" in his life, which dissuades him from killing without limit or preference (sorry, the adjective I'm thinking of is not coming to me). She's acting like his lavender stogies. =P

It's also possible that the Prime Minister is indeed the cousin of the MC and the textual ambiguity surrounds whether he's referring to Delice or the MC as his "family". It wasn't made entirely clear. However, they do have the same eye color, so it's indeed possible that the PM & MC are cousins. Of course, it hasn't been made entirely clear if Delice is the Emperor, Crown Prince, merely the Imperial Enforcer/Darth Vader, or someone/something else. He's got a role, but it isn't entirely clear who is what to whom nor what their day jobs are. I mean, technically the Crown Prince could be considered as a "Civil Servant". The brother to the king could be a lowly Baron, though I'm guessing that may be a cover story because it's highly unlikely that the Imperial Enforcer/Darth Vader to the Emperor would not have his status raised on account of Service to the Empire. Since he already works in the intelligence service, it would be entirely reasonable that he'd either be hiding his true identity/lied in the documentation. I suppose the other possibility is that he's being blackmailed by the Emperor, though I still find it rather unlikely that his success would have him ranked only at the status of a Baron given his service (unless the author doesn't know how this sort of thing can work, or the Empire is so corrupt that these sorts of classical title building doesn't happen).

 

[Aznereth]

MC is in quite the predicament.
I mean, sleeping in one room, but no funny stuff? It'd be funny to bet who'll 'break' first, since both find each other... quite appealing

 

[sonyaism]

Why is it like every corner we turn, male lead is covered in blood? 🤣

 

[Moonie-light]

Same eyes... Is he her cousin and also ex-fiance? Thanks for update~^^

 

[wonpils]

@TheDragonLord the Prime Minister is Delice's brother?? damn,, i guess i really do have to go back and read the chapters again to see what i'm forgetting... yeah, i suspected it mostly because of the eye colour - as well as the similar hair colours from the second chapter where it showed her running away when the father announced their intentions of getting them engaged. it's a weird detail to keep in and illustrate if it isn't going to be called back, but i may just be overthinking it. 🤡

edit: spoiler alert!

Spoiler

the end of chapter 25 has her either recognising him aka Stan(d) Efran/Ephrain aka her cousin or mistaking him for him - so if the crazy chapters continue, i guess we'll find out! strange though, because Delie Kaleaid knows about the cousin fiance and how their engagement fell through + seems to see the resemblance between the two so i'm pretty sure he's aware of the Prime Minister's identity by now..?

 

[Siquall]

She was very cute in this chapter, acting like a fangirl

 

[Hinoiri_Raijin]

She went kyaa kyaa on him 😂😂😂 oh rin rin 😁😁😁

 

[Hinoiri_Raijin]

I guess the prime minister is the original fiance. 😅😅😅

 

[Suckerforshipping]

The cousin?? Or the father?? No, the father’s supposed to be away, right?

 

[Writerfromanotherstar]

Um.... So she has selective memory, forgets the desth of her servant, the man who killed him who's face she saw (directly) and that he was smoking the same sedative.

I hate plot-conveniently stupid mcs

 

[Tatsgato]

I feel like the author is using any excuse to draw ml in as many different style clothing as possible and I support them for that

 

[Svelandria]

@Writerfromanotherstar When did he kill her servant? Do you mean Chen, her carriage driver/rogue with the orange cap? He's fine. He simply froze when Kaleid embedded his sword into the carriage past his head so Leylin had to take over.

I do agree, however, that it's dumb she didn't recognize him as that Kaleid, especially since I doubt the name is that common. Either she is still having trouble pronouncing names in the empire and thus thinks that"Kaleid, the killer" is thus different than "Kaleid, Nine Knights Boss" because they have similar names with different pronunciation, or she really is that dumb and/or has selective memory. I mean, it's possible she never saw "Kaleid, the Killer" until a few chapters before and didn't get a good look at him at the time(it was nearing dusk so it was getting dark, and he was covered in blood so she may have been distracted by that, not to mention she was in a hurry to get away), so I could potentially forgive her for not realizing both "Kaleids" are one and the same, but still it's kinda dumb

 

[Spookie]

@sonyaism

It's that time of the month?

 

[roxanneayy]

Huh is that dude the cousin? or no wait, they said he became a commoner... but then why did her face flash for the ml?

 

[nobodygattaknow]

no one was actually surprised, right?

 

[ShadowWalker]

These two are enjoying verbally slapping each other around don't they?

 

[ItsHanabi]

is that her dad or something