Wait she's infertile?? I thought the empress is a virgin?
spoiler: (this the information i gathered from past comments that i've crossed on here) the empress is fertile but back when she and the emperor were children i think someone put poison into a dish for the young (soon to be) empress to eat so she would become infertile. but instead the emperor ate it by accident, soo the emperor is the infertile one not the empress. no one knows until later in the story but she does end up having a child with the ml
Nah, Soviet stole cookies from his mother chamber to feed Navier, cause he feel bad Navier has to go through strict diet, but that cookies was something his mother prepared for his father concubine to make her miscarriage and infertile, when his mother found out, Soviet lied that he is the only one who eat it. After several years with no children, Soviet concluded that both of them are infertile and planned to adopt relatives children for successor, but then he save Rasta and Rasta got pregnant, so he concluded that Navier is the one infertile/
No, they both eat it, he feed Navier the cookies, but soviet lied, if his mother found out Navier also eat the cookies than their engagement would be canceled.
Navier got pregnant only after a few month she married Heinly, then Soviet began to doubt about the child identity, but he still believed in Rasta innocence, but when the public found out Rasta first child look exactly the same like his child, the Emperor has no choice but to conduct paternity test.
I could remember because it's western name, but if it was Korean or Chinese name, I could never remember it.
Yeah, they both eat it, that's why Soviet so sure that Navier is the one who become infertile and he wasn't affected by the poison cookies cause Rasta was pregnant, that's why he shamelessly ask Navier to adopt Rasta child but when Navier refused, he planned to divorce her and make Rasta the Empress for a year and then remarried Navier again as The empress after the baby is born, but Navier shattered his plan by remarrying with Heinly, and she got pregnant right after. Soviet thinking 'we've been married for several years but still no children but you got pregnant right after you married another man', he then tried to found resemblance with his child but found none, but it's not like he could go to church to test it, so he made a plan to expose Rasta first child to the public and the public demand a paternity test, and after the paternity test, it turn out it's not his child,
In the Trial, Rasta told the audience that Soviet was infertile, though the public doubt it now but it's enough to create a rifle, if Soviet later got married again but still there is no children, it would make the royal power unstable, that's why soviet can't get married hastily, beside he is still hoping that Navier would come back to him one day, Soviet believed Navier 'Can not' go back to him because of her pride, if she leave Heinly to come back to her ex husband, the world would insulted her, it never crossed his mind that Navier 'Do not want' to go back to him.
Why is the male lead such a jerk like calm tf down
Um...OP, you seem to be misunderstanding Riftan, so I'll enlighten you: he's not a jerk, he's just a normal guy that has rough mannerisms. In particular, he has a blunt and sometimes clumsy way of expressing himself, but he's caring, kind, and considerate to Maxi. It's clear that he's deeply infatuated with her and that he wasn't actually forced to marry her as she imagines. Even if he actually was "forced" at first, I'm sure he felt differently once he actually met her. Furthermore, his feelings for her are definitely not mere lust, since he's obviously a person with clearly defined principles and thoughts.
im not calling him a creature of lust. I just think their whole situation was hilarious. It's currently a relationship based ENTIRELY on misunderstandings. so far the story is that they only spent o-n-e night together & that was only because the girl's dad forced him to marry her (who also didn't really want to get married) & the guy was going through their "marital duties" that officiates them as a couple-> since married couples (noblity in particular) that didn't have sex with the first few years or so of marriage would just divorce and find new partners. sex on the wedding night mostly just means THAT in an arranged marriage. It's absolutely comical that THE GUY gets all sentimental about what was basically a one night stand & developed feelings for her over the three years they were apart. it's a perspective you don't often see tapped into (same for a MC that stutters regularly) & his personality is just total bliss to me~ (▰˘◡˘▰)
i love these frickin idiots ヾ(☆▽☆)
@Teiress Agreed, it's actually a nice relationship, even with the misunderstandings, unlike other similar ones exhibited in similar plots. However, iirc, in the novel, it stated that Riftan knew of Maxi even before they were married and that he wasn't actually forced. Also, on the wedding night, he didn't just force himself on her. He asked for her consent and she agreed, albeit only because she feared that he would be displeased and consequently, forced to return her father's estate to face his wrath.
yes he asked for consent and she gave it, but her reaction both times is like "im scared / i don't want to." The first time is almost pitiable but i almost choked laughing on their 2nd "morning after" when she was like "omg it was amazing~!" in less outspoken terms. any other spoilers from the novels? like a hidden villain besides her shite relatives that might pop up or if anything develops in the mage's feelings toward her? when she thanked him he had one of those might-be-an-issue-later-on vibes. like he might become one of her admirers later on or something? something was up with his expression.
Unfortunately, only a few of the novel chapters had been translated at the time, so I don't know much else. In any case, that mage hasn't even been identified, so he could just be an insignificant Mage A. Anyhow, since you're so enthusiastic about this manhwa, let me know if you want spoilers from the manhwa raws since I plan on reading ahead! (●'◡'●)ノ
Definitely saving this for the future when I'm in the mood to make something korean