Yane Urabeya no Koushaku Fujin - Vol. 1 Ch. 1

[Pokari]

@versub:

You obviously haven't read enough self-indulgent period novels :'p

Why would everyone suspect she's having an affair with a person who broke into her house at a party.

Because having a casual affair in the garden at your ball isn't actually that unusual (presuming others didn't believe it to be a random person who broke in) amongst the ranks of nobility in a certain period. If anything, protesting that it was a random assailant would make things worse; the assumption will be that he did something unspeakable to her, and in chauvinist-pig-land being a "ruined" woman is just about as damning as being a "wanton" one.

Why would her dad(?) marry her off to some fallen duke family? What are the circumstances that lead to it and what are the benefits?

Carrying on the bloodline, of course. It doesn't seem like she has siblings, so she has to have some sort of respectable husband or the house will fall to ruin. Better to have rumours about how they had to purchase a husband for her, than to have her remain unmarried and become a spinstress; that would just confirm all the existing rumours.

Why wouldn't she protest against the marriage?

That would be behavior most unbecoming of a woman in her position. (I mean, really, this part is the most historically accurate; if you think women get pressured too much to be subservient nowadays, you ain't seen nothing yet...)

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... Having said all that I expect this story will ultimately deviate from the path it's on right now, and everyone will have anachronistic (that is to say, more-or-less-modern) attitudes and behaviours henceforth—but this all checks out just fine in the context of a loose historical novel.

 

[unime]

F. I was waiting for the childhood friend to ask her for her hand in marriage but this brat got to her first.. And why the hell did her father send her away?? So much money spent? Was it to take over her mother's land or something. My god I see no benefit for their family to have a marriage alliance with these fallen noble. ALSO Who the hell was OT that spread those rumors?? Why I oughta
Many thanks

 

[SakuraLight]

I really wanna know what happens next
please update
please
I beg you

 

[hananoyuuki]

AAAAAAA I SHIP HER WITH HER CHILDHOOD FRIEND

@Pokari

Thanks for all of your clarifications. Apparently most people cant appreciate and understand historical and cultural knowledge enough to know how things back then work and keeps complaining one after another.

 

[Psychronia]

Yeesh. Once again, people are harsh to judge in chapter 1.

This is all the preamble and setup for our protagonist's comeback, so who cares how we got to this point? None of it is grossly unrealistic. The rumors are strange, but if you assume a malicious scheme, then it fits.
Her parents were kind of jerks for springing this on her without telling her, choice or not, but it wouldn't have made much difference either way.

I'm a little surprised she got married without childhood friend-san getting involved though. From what I see, her husband started off on the worst foot possible with her, but isn't strictly a bad person. All he's had to go on were slanderous rumors and he was effectively bought. Still prefer her with her childhood friend though, so we'll see where that goes.

Also, everything is gonna be real awkward for the groom if heir-making ever happens and she's proven a virgin.

 

[churrystar]

@labanbes I really hope that your spoilers come to happen in the manga too, because I'm not liking this Duke jackass one tiny bit. I'd rather she ends up alone or with the childhood friend or anyone else, tbh.

I'm going to keep reading this but I have low expectations.

 

[Aoixneko]

This one looks interesting until now and the drawing great just wish the story processed from better to better scene ...

 

[July_Daydreamer]

Rereading this makes so angry, omg!
He is mad at her because she has money! FUCK YOU!

 

[IlaDesu]

Rooting for childhood friend ! 😭😭

 

[WisteriaKitsune]

So sad😭😭😭

 

[BabyPyroshark]

These are the stories i like most, the ones that make me cry

When they make me cry i feel human
Instead of feeling like im useless trash that everyone just puts up with because they dont want to be rude

Anyway i hope it stays sad and slowly very slowly gets happier but not too fast cuz then the start is worth almost nothing

 

[rona_shen]

Ok I'm reading this just to see that rude bratty man suffering and of course to see our girl getting her deserved happiness.

 

[AviVai]

"Will Opal really be happy" no of course not! Also what is this "unlike you she is an angel" you agreed to this marriage to get money and are now trying to blame your new wife for that. Maybe you should've, like, I don't know, start working??? As normal person??? If you don't like your wedding so much