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5 | 71% (188 votes) |
4 | 11% (28 votes) |
3 | 7% (18 votes) |
2 | 4% (10 votes) |
1 | 8% (20 votes) |
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Status in Country of Origin. One entry per line304 Chapters +29 Side Story (Complete)
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Weekly Rank: #5434Monthly Rank: #5318
All Time Rank: #1082
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On 9328 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #2030
All Time Rank: #374
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.A genius schemer, creating an emperor!
“Only when your brother is happy can you be happy.”
She committed all kinds of evil deeds to make him Emperor. However, Artezia’s devotion was repaid with betrayal. It was the Grand Duke Cedric, a righteous enemy, that gave her a hand of salvation at the threshold of death.
“Devise a plan.”
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“I can’t think of anyone but you who can reverse this situation. Marquess Rosan.”
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“Lend me your strength.”
There is no plan that can reverse the already declining power and save the fallen empire. However, there is a method. To turn back time before everything went wrong.
With tears of blood she sacrificed her body to an ancient magic. This time, she will not fall.
Artezia, who returned to the age of 18 before death, resolved to become a villainess for the Grand Duke Cedric.
“Please give me your hand in marriage. I’ll make you emperor.”
In exchange for kneeling to the devil, the devil shall dirty her hands for you.
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One entry per line악녀는 두 번 산다
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Date | Group | Release |
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08/02/22 | woopread translations | ss 29 (end) |
08/02/22 | woopread translations | ss 28 |
08/02/22 | woopread translations | ss 27 |
08/02/22 | woopread translations | ss 26 |
08/02/22 | woopread translations | ss 25 |
08/02/22 | woopread translations | ss 24 |
07/22/22 | woopread translations | ss 23 |
07/22/22 | woopread translations | ss 22 |
07/22/22 | woopread translations | ss 21 |
07/22/22 | woopread translations | ss 20 |
07/16/22 | woopread translations | ss 19 |
07/16/22 | woopread translations | ss 18 |
07/16/22 | woopread translations | ss 17 |
07/16/22 | woopread translations | ss 16 |
07/16/22 | woopread translations | ss 15 |
This is, notoriously, one of my favorite political dramas and I'm not surprised it gets such a high rating. Also, note that this webnovel seems much more realistic in character as an aristocratic setting compared to most stories of the genre.
Well, let's go to the scenario exposure (spoilers) :
• The protagonist, Artizea Rosan, is the daughter of a Royal Mistress. Her mother was a lower noble class woman who was the emperor's mistress, but to elevate her social position and live more comfortably, the emperor arranged for her to marry a high-ranking nobleman (Marquis de Rosan) in exchange for sapphire mines. Before Tia was born as the daughter of the Marquis, it is necessary to remember that Mirailla (Mother of Artizea) had an illegitimate son by the emperor, Lawrence. Artizea's mother is an incarnation of a narcissistic mother and knows she can't rely on the emperor's favor to support herself, so she flatters and encourages her son in the race for the throne and psychologically manipulates her daughter so that she becomes easy to mold. In short, she needs to have Lawrence's favor and control over Tia to achieve her goals.
• Marchioness Rosan: In order to gain control over the Marquesado's assets, lands, properties, inheritance and political power, Mirailla kills the marquis and all of his direct heirs (with the emperor's blind eye) and incriminates an employee of the Marquis, all for make Artizea the apparent heir of the marquisate. So until Tia turns 20 or gets married, her mother runs House Rosan and manipulates Tia into dedicating her fortune and position to promoting her brother. This ends up working and Artizea becomes a chess master and political strategist with the object of putting his half brother on the throne so that his family can survive the battle for the title of ruler. The other candidate for emperor was Grand Duke Roygar (remembering that the emperor has no legitimate children) and Lawrence's main disadvantage was his illegitimacy. Artizea managed to manipulate an oracle to force the empire's saint to marry Lawrence and win the approval of the church and the more conservative faction of the nobles.
• First Timeline: In the end, Lawrence indicts Artizea for the mu*der of one of the princes (Lawrence's son) so that he can get rid of her and all the classified information of the illegal acts used to put Lawrence on the throne. Tia has her tongue cut out and her limbs cut off so she won't be able to leave records. She still ends up being rescued by Grand Duke Evron, another of the former candidates for the throne, who wants her help to be able to mitigate the damage shot to the country by Lawrence's attitude as emperor. Unfortunately the warning damage cannot be repaired and Artizea uses forbidden magic to turn back time and prevent his brother from ascending as emperor and upon dissolving, placing Grand Duke Evron on the throne.
• Lawrence: He is theoretically intelligent, as is his mother, and as Mirailla's fatal flaw is anger, Lawrence's is his arrogance. Lawrence's favoritism is based on the emperor's love for Mirailla and not on Lawrence's own resources, however he doesn't realize this and it's very easy to use it against him.
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- Tia. Love the FL here, the romance is a slow burn here. Some like it, some hate it. I personally enjoyed it here because we're talking about someone who has lived an entire life before going back in time. It takes her time to get over her complex and, yeah, we don't get a ton of fluff in this series but that's really not a focus of it in the first place. Her ending (the ending in general to be fair) is bittersweet which I'm really not a fan of in general (I like my pure HEAs, sue me). But, it fits in with the story as a whole and it's not ultimately more sweet than bitter, her life is fulfilling and she is happy. Her sinner complex does drag and it can wear on the reader because, well, who wants to read someone basically hate themselves for a long time? I fully understand those who don't but given her horrific past, I think it was justifiable that she didn't get over it quickly. Her and Cedric are a great pair in that they're both quite competent in their areas and so you don't feel like either one is useless at all. It's always nice to read a FL who can get sh*t done and not be there for the ride.
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- Cedric. I gotta say, I really, really liked him. He was a genuine, patient person who was a decent human being. In a certain sense, he seemed too perfect but I think the story did a good job in communicating that he was fundamentally not perfect, just a genuinely good person. I think a good story makes characters appear that way and to me, this story did well in making Cedric a genuinely good person.
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- Age gap. Okay, it bothered me and didn't bother me at the same time. Cedric is 27, Tia is biologically 18. It's a little weird, I know the setting and whatnot make it "okay" but it did bother me and this is my review. Not penalizing the story for it but I did find it minorly uncomfortable. It's not the end of the world because mental age makes things a bit more acceptable but it's a small complaint of mine.
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- Romance. Romance is slow in this, no question about it and it had to be unfortunately given the framework of the story. Ultimately it's a happy-ish ending, no one died but I can't help but have wanted a happier ending for the characters. Their shared moments are sweet and I adore how Cedric is in this story when it comes to Tia. Tia has Issues, capital I, but Cedric is patient and works with her through them.
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- Cadriol. I did not f*cking like his introduction. His arc with kidnapping Tia and forcibly kissing her/assaulting her was wholly unnecessary. I don't mind a damsel-in-distress arc, it's a trope for a reason and while I can't say I like them they're not the worst thing in the world (not a good trope either though). What I hated was that he was interested in her. Why? Why does he have to have a romantic interest in her? It would've been so much more fulfilling to me if his interest in Tia was for her brain! In the 1st life she was brilliant enough to put her brother on the throne, that alone should've sufficed for a reason to kidnap her. Instead, he's a guy who has a one-sided love for the FL and literally f*cking abducts her and assaults her as a way to show how he feels. Tr*sh, tr*sh, tr*sh. Could've been a more intriguing character that developed into a 2nd ML but instead we got that.
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- There are more elements to the story that haven't been translated yet so I'll refrain from commenting on them in-depth but I do think the whole returned memory thing was overused. In fact, I would've much preferred if it was just Cedric that got his memory back because he was close to her when she drew the circle in their first life. The other characters, frankly, didn't need to get their memories back.
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Overall, it's a good story! Worth reading if you don't mind a slow-burn romance and are okay with a FL who is quite clear about how she feels. Development happens slowly but surely and there's enough along the way to keep you invested (Cedric is a good boi and deserves happiness). It's got plenty of sad things in it and definitely not one to read if you're just looking for a happy, energizing story. However, there's enough in it that I do think it's worth reading if you have the time and are in the right mood.- Solid worldbuilding
- Politics that makes sense!
- MC and ML are both intelligent and supportive
- Capable villains, their motives and schemes are quite human and understandable
The okay- Translation - it's understandable, but a higher-level might make it even more amazing
- The length is a little bit of a turn-off, do I really need everybody's pov?
But all in all, lovely read.