- Yvonne (the MC of the game) is the villain. She's part of a dark cult.
- Her father and brothers in her other life actually cared for her.
- My memory is a little foggy on this, but I believe a maid hid the necklace for some reason (she was trying to steal it?) and Rennald takes the opportunity to frame Penelope.
- The prince is the ML. He has a really sad and dark backstory which causes him and Penelope to bond.
- Eclise (the guard) is a slave she'll buy from a slave market when she goes to a festival with one of her brothers. He becomes really obsessed with her because she treats him kindly. Double spoiler about him, but be warned, it's a big one:
- Eclise dies because he is so obsessed with her that he can't deal with her being with someone else (even though she isn't in love with him). He betrays her out of love and then dies saving her.
But she has tried to run from the household before. They added several feet to the walls because in the past she had tried to run away and broke her leg falling off of the wall.[/spoiler}
And thanks to those few spoilers down there 😆 It made me realize that this while story is indeed a story of an otome game. So much drama and dark/dad story
Why would the favorability go up from her not calling him brother! Its easy yet not easy. Its like the colder and more distant you act the more favorability u'll get. Pretty much, the son's have a kuudere fetish.
If I were Penelope, I would have ran away or argued my way out of the house with the duke. In a way, Penelope is strong for staying there.
I'm so angry at both her step-brothers (both in her real life and in the game). Like, Derrick, wtf? You knew that she wasn't at fault. Was that some sort of test just to see her reaction?
Penelope's life is so harsh. I hope it gets better.
“Holy crap, didn’t you insult him before? Why does he look like he’s interested in you?”
“Because some men are just bastards, if you treat him well, he will not care about you at all,” Su Luxia said, with a smug smirk. “If you treat him coldly, you may trigger his desire to conquer.”
Dunno if that’s how the brother thinks. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But I think Su Luxia’s words had some truth to them.