Though I May Be a Villainess, I'll Show You I Can Obtain Happiness! - Vol. 2 Ch. 3 - The Art of Rebuilding a Nation Begins with a Broken Engagement!

[shrinkydinky]

"If you're fine having my leftovers, I don't mind giving her to you." EWWWWWWWW

 

[thekidsareminnowkaren]

lovely

 

[jaelovebot]

damn that's so wholesome and damn the reSPECT

 

[fida06]

What what what i need more!

 

[Roadrunner9000]

illogical fantastical and thoroughly unbelievable but strangely wholesome and pleasing
i couldnt bear a whole series like this but a couple of oneshots or short stories of less then 10 chapters sure i would like that

 

[Diamondmya25]

We’re not lovers yet *hand on her butt*

 

[Sieb]

Damn this is wholesome but the main takeaway here is the art, I mean damn the villainess is cute as heck in this one. I also like how she doesn't love/keep loving a cheating son of a gun like most villainesses do, current ranking 2>8>7>4>6>3>5>1

 

[arlen_io]

wow, the plan was so perfect

 

[XenonXYZ]

dang, this was my favorite one so far
Actually using some sort of different story instead of the copy paste cookie cutter bullying BS

 

[plekkonoff]

Huh, neat
They somehow put a bit more into world building while having enough time/space to show us the characters and the storyline
The art was also pretty distinctive

 

[Yourong]

Nice, I like this one too!

 

[ImJustAWeirdo]

The art is beautifullll

 

[Firemorfox]

I only wish it was more clear what Lilith Hambert was doing under the scenes to shoo away the crown prince, and what she most likely had been setting up against the spellmasters (I mean, where is that embezzled money going towards? An underground war against the nobles that are clearly plotting to overthrow the spellmasters?)!

 

[Gurgling]

Lilith and the prince that loves her are really aesthetic.
Actually the character design of the 'saintess' was too. I felt like staring at the art for a while, gorgeous.

 

[venusdeletus]

awww that was sooo cute. hope the ones who got exiled die lolol

 

[xcinsationalx]

Yes I love some good political maneuvering

 

[izumabakumatsu]

You know what? It's a bit different but this is kinda how Catherine The Great usurped the Russian Empire from her husband. Everyone of power aside from the few siding with her husband was already udner her thumb and he wakes up one day realizing he was deposed real quick after a week of his coronation

 

[Ruduen]

Ah, another "Reality Ensures" one. This one's very close to the top for me - it goes through both the process of getting there, and the actual steps and consequences of what might happen with that level of broken engagement, combined with competence on both the villainess and the new romance. It doesn't have the same 'happily ever after' tone that some do, but I find it's a more clean resolution than the fuzziness of some. I'm very fond of this one.

For my reference, the best to worst so far:
1-2, 2-3, 2-2, 2-1, 1-4, 1-5, 1-3, 1-1