How the Useless Me Became the Beloved of the Devilish Duke Knight

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Unlike her beautiful and magically gifted younger sister, Elma was ordinary and incompetent. She had been shunned by her father and sister, and was bullied constantly. One day, she met a man whose face was hidden by a cloth. He was a knight, known as a “demon” who could take away the sanity of anyone who saw his face. Elma inadvertently saw his true face, but she wasn’t fooled. A man who was interested in her came to see her for no reason, and when he learned that she was unhappy, he forcibly took her out of the house.

At first, Elma was confused, but then she was drawn to his kindness. Meanwhile, while living happily in a safe place, Elma gradually regained her sealed memories. It seemed that the family that bullied her had some secrets of their own. This is a super royal Cinderella love story in which a daughter who was unjustly oppressed becomes happy after being discovered by a beautiful ducal knight.

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家族に役立たずと言われ続けたわたしが、魔性の公爵騎士様の最愛になるまで
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touch_thesky
touch_thesky rated it
January 4, 2024
Status: c43
I found the first part of the story to fall flat and felt a bit rushed. Throughout part 1 it feels like we are building up to a big reveal, and that the MC might be an unreliable narrator. However, there is not enough character development to give depth to this family who are apparently not what they seem. In part 1, the circumstances of MC are revealed and there are still missing pieces.

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The MC is indeed an unreliable narrator due to trauma and abuse. She describes herself as basically erasing certain memories and creating memories that are easier to digest. This is a very real and complex trauma response that feels lacking in its depiction in the story.


Content warning: SA

Also, the MC ends up sympathetic to the sister. Which is part of my issue with the lacking depth. Throughout the story the family only shows up to torment and abuse MC, and they are essentially flat characters who are almost cartoonishly evil. If we were supposed to end up feeling sympathetic towards them, there could have been added story telling to make the family both awful yet appear as human. Also, the sister kidnaps MC and tries to have her r*ped, which felt kind of random to me and also irredeemable.

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I will say that the relationship between the MC and ML is cute. <<less
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