Spoiler Charming The Beast/ 미남과 야수

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  1. Ahriyonahime

    Ahriyonahime Well-Known Member

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    Alright, I'll give you guys some novel spoilers (I'll edit as I skim through the first novel). But TLDR: the manhwa omits and/or changes a lot of the scenes from the novel. For example, there's a dark scene in the novel that hasn't been adapted in the manhwa so far, and the way MC meets the ML has changed. The flow, or the order in which each scene happens, was also changed from the way it appeared in the novel.

    SO these guys are complete assholes. No better way to describe them. The King only gave Alexa enough of a personal budget for food and clothing, nothing else (and this was only because they had to because she was technically a princess). And with that budget, her sister Ariel ordered the chefs that were working for Alexa to give her a high-calorie diet that focused on her gaining weight. So lots of greasy foods and nothing that was actually healthy for someone who not only was a growing child (this girl is 18 at the start of the novel) but also had a high-muscle mass and needed foods that were higher in proteins and fiber. And she's been getting this diet ever since she was turned into a beast. Not only that but her father ordered her to stay in the villa where she was cursed, and she was only permitted to leave whenever he summoned her to the palace or whenever he needed her to fight in the kingdom's wars. So he basically kept her isolated and locked up for 11 years unless he needed her strength. MC wonders how the hell could Alexa be able to maintain her strength if her diet was shit and she didn't do much exercise, and Lily tells her it's because the curse also gave her some magic powers to an extent, which was why she could stay strong and still fight despite a shitty diet. Ariel also controlled the clothing Alexa got, and only gave her dresses that didn't suit her (so lots of frills, lace, pastels puffy sleeves, and stuff that intentionally wouldn't look good on her in her beast or human form). Basically, Ariel has always wanted her younger sister to look and feel bad. In the manhwa, her brother William/Willheim is also a vile little shit who's never cared for her (or visited her) and as you can see from the manhwa spoiler above, only cares about appearances and messing with the ML (in the novel he's a little cuter at the beginning but he's also never visited or cared for Alexa until he meets her at the banquet). The only person who genuinely cared for her after her mother's death was Count Ergen, her mother's father, but he also passed away when Alexa was 8 years old. However, Count Ergen left a certain percentage of his income and wealth to Alexa (and he was pretty wealthy since he owned the majority of the crops harvested in both the kingdom and the empire) so that money was able to cover the gaps that her royal budget didn't for the last 11 years (aka his wealth paid for Alexa's current workers and living expenses). MC makes a personal note to not have Alexa's mother's family on her revenge list, since they clearly took care of her financially, but she's going to personally make her direct family suffer for all the shit they did to Alexa until now.

    In the scene where her sister comes to visit her after 3 months, they're not necessarily alone and after MC proves that her "curse is gone" by using her magic to break the teacup, they have a tearful reunion that's fake as heck (both of them fake cry) and all the servants around them buy it and sing Ariel's praises about how gracious and kind she is, except for Jen and Lily who are completely unfazed by Ariel and notice how fake happy she is for her sister. This is the scene where Alexa asks Ariel to come back to the palace officially now that she no longer appears as a "Beast of Death" but as "Princess Alexa," and Ariel is a little skeptical but agrees. Alexa thinks that getting revenge on Ariel may not be worth it since she's just a pathetic, jealous shit.

    MC then summons a designer, Jamie, to make dresses for her that actually suit her, and he tells her that elegant bodycon dresses that are dark would suit her muscular body more (and when he sees the dresses she's had before he's disgusted and surprised that Ariel would give her such ugly things). He agrees to make her a bunch of dresses that suit her.

    When MC shows up in the palace with Alexa she finally goes to meet her father, and her father rushes to greet her and goes "this father is very happy to see you, there was never a day I didn't cry for you or worry about you." MC wants to roll her eyes but pretends that she's still the naive Alexa, but internally thinks that even when her father was alive back in Korea (MC's original parents died in a car crash when she was young) he was loving and supportive while the king is just a neglectful shit. The King thinks the curse is undone and calls MC things like "my daughter" and asks her to call him father instead of your majesty, but MC says she'll try to get used to it. He's worried though that her magical strength is gone (the little shit only cares about this and MC can tell), but MC tells him not to worry cause the magic is still there despite the new appearance (note: MC's still technically cursed, she's just waxed all her fur off but only Lily knows this and MC's keeping it a secret from everyone else). He then hugs her and calls her beautiful. The queen is also there and she cries when MC greets her but is a little hesitant to touch her. Ariel is being a complete angel and helping guide Alexa through the royal etiquette stuff (to the point that MC can't believe Ariel messed with her diet and clothing), and she realizes that the body (so OG Alexa) can't hate Ariel. It's also revealed that they're only a year apart in age.

    Alexa is then placed in the Iris Palace, and Ariel sends the head maid Rachel with a dress Ariel picked out for Alexa for the King's birthday banquet in 3 days. Rachel does not address Alexa and openly hates on her (because she saw Ariel cry whenever she came back from meeting the marquis and thinks Alexa stole Ariel's love). MC then decides to make Rachel an example for everyone, and slaps her twice and drags her out of her room by the hair while asking her to answer her with who she is (Rachel doesn't answer at all so Lily finally says who MC is after Rachel gets dragged out). MC then demotes Rachel from the head maid position (she makes Lily the new head maid) and gives her a three-month pay cut.
    This next scene is a little dark. So Rachel goes to Ariel (who's in the Lyla Palace drinking tea) in tears to complain. Her cheeks are bruised and she's lost three teeth, and she berates Alexa in front of Ariel. Ariel goes from a sweet, innocent angel to looking at Rachel with a cold look. "Oh Rachel, I thought I told you to take care of Alexa, and you just did a very useless thing," she says while thinking Rachel is stupid but loyal. Rachel is shocked and Ariel beckons for someone to come forward, and a maid appears behind Rachel and strangles her to death. The maid asks Ariel what to do with the body, and Ariel tells her to cut it into pieces and either feed it to the crows or sell it. She then asks the maid what Alexa is up to, and the maid tells her she's picking dresses out and that MC appointed Lily as the head maid. Ariel asks if she's picked anything from what she's sent, and the maid tells her that MC just said she liked the dresses Ariel sent her. Ariel smiles and finishes her tea.

    On the morning of the day of the King's birthday banquet, Ariel has sent more dresses (but they're all ugly and frilly) and MC interprets this as "is she trying to say 'fuck you' through clothing?" She then looks around and notices that all the maids except for Jen and Lily were probably sent by Ariel (and that they probably report her actions to Ariel immediately) so she watches what she says and just calls the dresses pretty, and picks a random light blue one to wear. She then whispers to Jen to bring Jamie (the designer from before she came to the palace) and Jen tells her he's been on standby outside the palace the whole time. Later Jamie comes in and dresses her in the black bodycon dress we see in the manhwa (and it's revealed that the mermaid bodycon design of the dress was MC's idea and Jamie made it according to her idea). MC laughs because the only useful thing that Ariel sent her was a jeweled tiara, which MC decides to wear to the banquet (they didn't give her a tiara in the manhwa).

    When MC appears at the banquet, the King moves quickly so that he can utilize her presence to his political advantage (MC laughs about this because he's good a using everything to his advantage even though she's disgusted by the fact that he's touched her hand) and formally introduces her to everyone present (thus she gets her social debut as a princess). He also announces that her curse is lifted. Everyone is shocked but they can't do anything cause the king has introduced her as a royal princess.

    Ariel then goes to greet Alexa, but is shocked that she's not wearing the dress Ariel sent her (AKA the dress MC told the maids that Ariel sent that she would wear). MC told the maids that she would wear the light blue dress, and surprise, Ariel is wearing a light blue dress at the banquet (in the manhwa she's wearing a pink one though). Alexa fake apologizes and says she changed her mind at the last minute since she thought this one would suit her better. Ariel then introduces her to Willheim, their younger brother, and we find out he's only two years younger than Alexa. Willheim blushes when Ariel introduces them (in the manhwa he just appears out of nowhere and grabs the MC after she spots ML and pulls her away).
    They have some light talk and Willheim wants her to meet his friends from the academy, but Ariel intervenes and says Alexa has to meet her friends first since it's important for a woman to get to know the noble social circles. Alexa agrees to go with Ariel but promises she'll meet Willheim's friends after. Ariel pulls her away by the hand and introduces her to her friends. MC is unimpressed and thinks that Ariel just led her to a den of snakes since they're all just repeating the rumors about to her face. Ariel tells them to be careful with their words since MC is new to the capital and that they have to "help her and lead her." MC gets fed up and decides to take a drink from a tray and asks who started these rumors. No one says anything so she drops the cup onto the floor and goes "I have a bad personality because I grew up alone, so I won't leave anyone alone if I find out they talk shit about me." She then decides to smash the cup with her foot, and uses her magic to make the fragments explode. MC then turns around and leaves them after saying "Well, it was nice to meet you."

    MC is then joined by her brother who introduces her to his friends. Half of his friends look at her with fear and disgust, while the other half looks at her with lust and greed. MC feels grossed out by this, although she thinks how OGAlexa would've probably been happy that she wasn't treated as a beast anymore and that she could attend banquets. MC decides to just continue drinking wine until the guests go silent. MC thinks that there must be another person like her, and looks over and sees ML greeting the King. She watches ML and thinks he's quite handsome even though he's pretty expressionless, and she thinks she's found her ideal type. MC drunk giggles while watching him with a smile, and her brother notices and looks to see who she's watching. MC asks who it is and if he's married. Willheim is horrified and grabs her by the wrist and explains ML's demon background to her. But MC just deduces that Willheim is afraid of ML and laughs since the future king is just afraid of an archduke's rumors. When he asks why she's laughing she pats him on the shoulder and says, "It's easy for fear to turn into hate, brother, but don't let that hate turn into inferiority, it makes people look very ugly." She then leaves to go on the balcony.

    MC takes off her corset and throws it onto the floor. She thinks about destroying it with her foot before deciding to just throw it off the balcony and swears to never wear a corset again. As MC was breathing in the cool air, a wave of sadness washes over her, and she thinks: "What am I doing here? Why am I trying to continue a life where I am not welcomed by anyone?" She then looks over the balcony and notices that it's three stories high, so not too high, but that there is a pointy iron fence that surrounds the garden below. So if she falls, she would make herself fall onto the fence, where she would be stabbed through the heart and die immediately. MC then thinks that if she transmigrated into this body by dying in Korea first, then wouldn't she able to go back if she died in this body? She had to squeeze her hands really tight to resist the urge to jump. MC then thinks "why should I go back? There's no one waiting for me, no one there loves me, I am completely alone." She then starts to tremble and cry from loneliness and thinks aloud how unsightly she looks before stepping closer to the balcony's edge so the wind could dry her tears. Then she feels a hand grab her wrist and she gets spun around. MC bumps right into the ML due to the force of him pulling her away from the balcony. ML then thinks he pulled too hard and immediately lets go of her wrist and steps back, and MC looks up into his face and says his name out loud, with the last of her tears flowing down her cheeks. ML is surprised she knows who he is, and reaches his hand out to wipe the tears from her face. MC thinks how kind and gentle he is despite the rumors her brother just told her, and that, like her rumors, they probably weren't true. There was a short silence between them as he wiped her tears, and then suddenly MC could see people making their way to the balcony in the distance. She smiles at him and thinks it's time to go, so she stands on her toes and gives him a kiss on the cheek and says, "Thank you for comforting me, Arch Duke." She gives him a small curtsy before leaving the balcony.

    After MC leaves the balcony she's walking in the corridor towards the banquet hall, and she debates just ditching the banquet before she spots a pretty handsome guy (who turns out to be the Marquis/Captain). She looks at him briefly and thinks he's pretty, but then their eyes meet and she quickly avoids his gaze and walks off. Ariel spots her and calls her over since she's been looking for MC cause she wanted to introduce her to Ezel. Ezel is the daughter of the Duke of Manuela, and she is the best childhood friend of Ariel and they went to the academy together. They greet each other and Ezel says she along with many other girls have wanted to meet her. A bunch of young girls suddenly come rushing forward to meet MC, and they comment on her dress and how unusual it is. One of the girls even said MC's dress looked like the dresses of the female employees of the "social club" their brother frequents. MC laughs and just says she feels sorry for the girl since there would be very few dresses that would actually look good on her body. MC then points to herself and goes "It would be a shame to hide this naturally good looking body, and it would be a disgrace to God. Just like it would be a disgrace to God if you show off your body in the wrong dress." The girl then gets embarrassed and runs off, all while Ariel is just watching all this silently. MC thinks that interacting with Ariel is like a game of chess right now, where she's just moving her pawns to see what MC will do. Then the Marquis (aka the Captain/Alexa's fiancee) suddenly shows up, and MC realizes the man she saw earlier was her fiancee, and thinks she could understand why some people hated her since the Marquis and Ariel naturally looked good together. He asks Ariel to be his partner for the last dance, but Ariel just blushes and puts on her innocent sister act and goes "I'm so happy you asked, but Alexa..." MC then decides to publicly break off the engagement, and she takes the Marquis silence as consent to break it off, and even though Ariel started protesting, when MC asks if she objects, she also goes silent. MC then says everyone present, including Ariel, is a witness of the break up of their engagement. MC literally thinks that since she saw the Arch Duke, she doesn't care for the Marquis, and goes "An official letter of the break up of the engagement will be sent to the Marquis' residence soon, so please sign it and send it back to the Royal Family." (Homegirl is straight up a boss in this scene). MC leaves the banquet and the Marquis mutter that he is finally free.

    Two months later, there is an annual hunting competition that is held in honour of the Goddess Demeter (yes the Greek one from mythology). Any nobleman that participates needs to get a partner before the hunt starts that is willing to accept his spoils, and if they don't manage to get a partner or hunt down a sacred beast, they have to participate in a punishment afterward that could be anything from sleeping in the barn naked to getting rocks thrown at them. MC decides she wants to participate as a hunter instead of sitting around like a lady, and because she's confident in her skills she's not worried about the punishment.
    So MC arrives and Ariel takes her to her tent where her friends and social circle are sitting. Ezel pokes fun of the fact that she's not dressed like a lady, but MC just goes "Well you're wearing a puffed sleeved dress that makes your arms look fat, you should wear a dress with different sleeves." Ezel shuts up and Ariel asks MC if she's going to volunteer to be the Marquis' partner. MC doesn't answer right away but decides to use the situation to help clean up Alexa's image by saying some stuff she made up based on the evidence she had. MC says that she was only engaged to the Marquis as a formality since the King was planning to send him to the Empire. And since Alexa loved her sister and knew she was lovers with the Marquis but couldn't get engaged at the time, she volunteered to be his fiancee to prevent that, since she could stop the empire with her strength and breaking off an engagement wouldn't hurt her since her reputation is already in the dirt. The girls were in awe and thought it made sense, and Ariel just said their father is about to announce the start of the competition so they leave the tent.
    At the ceremony where noblemen are choosing their partners, people are commenting on how this year was going to be peaceful again without punishments. But then the Arch Duke shows up and some noblemen decide to be dicks and point out that the Royal family never participates, and Willheim decides to be an even bigger dick by volun-telling the Arch Duke to participate. The King likes this idea and the Arch Duke accepts. After everyone else pairs up the last two left are the Marquis and the Arch Duke. The Marquis goes up first and eyes the MC, but MC just stays in her seat drinking her tea and not giving a shit. Ariel also does not volunteer, so the Marquis asks a random lady and she happily accepts. Next is the Arch Duke and at first people are silent but then they start talking about how the punishment this year is especially gruesome since it involves tying the hands to the feet and throwing heated rocks at the person, and many noblemen including the brother are smug and laughing. The king is about to be all like "customs are customs" but then MC volunteers and comes forward. Everyone is shocked, her brother is horrified, and the king asks if it's a joke to which MC replies "NOPE, proceed with your customs." The king then asks ML if he accepts MC as his partner for the hunting competition, and at first, he says nothing. MC briefly panics cause she didn't think about if he'd even refuse her and literally goes "damn if you reject me I will come for you." But he accepts and she smiles and grabs his sleeve to get ready to go.

    As they're walking off, MC asks if he needs to change clothes and that she'll wait for him. ML just stands there and asks "Why me?" MC just smiles and goes "Let's say it's in exchange for the kindness you showed me the other day." His eyes light up and MC thinks they look beautiful, and ML thanks her. He reaches his hand out to touch her face again like the other day, and asks "Why don't you avoid it?" To which MC replies "Why should I avoid your touch? I know you are a friendly person." His hand then gets closer to her mouth, and she smiles and kisses his fingers. He's pretty expressionless so MC can't tell if he's embarrassed, but she just keeps smiling at him. Then her sister (the cock blocker right now ugh) shows up and ML quickly steps away from MC and leaves after Ariel greets him and tells MC he'll be back after he changes clothes.

    Ariel asks what she was doing and MC says nothing. Ariel asks why she didn't pick the Marquis and MC asks her the same question right back. Ariel pulls the classic "I asked you first" card, and MC tells her why should she pick the Marquis when they're lovers or whatever, and the Arch Duke is handsome. Ariel just stares at her and MC asks why she's angry, and Ariel says his black eyes are cursed. But MC goes "so what? I was a beast lol" and Ariel just goes silent. MC tells her if she's going to say useless shit she should just go cause she has to get ready for the hunt, and Ariel says "If I knew you would be interested in useless things I would have never brought you here" before storming off. MC is shocked, especially since what Ariel just did was completely out of character.

    MC then changes into her hunting outfit and ML is waiting for her. ML asks about her clothes and MC declares she's also participating. ML says it would be better for her to stay with the other ladies, but MC just says he doesn't know what her nickname is. MC asks if he'll accept the customary token of their partnership (which is a light blue handkerchief with her name embroidered onto it). She ties it to his silver bow since it was too small to tie around his wrist. MC tells him to come back safely before kissing him on the cheek. ML is shocked and says "Originally, like this ... to anyone ... " MC laughs and asks "Well, what do you think? Do you think I will kiss anyone like this?"
    ML: "If this is a joke, please stop."
    MC: "I will do whatever the Arch Duke wants. So what would you like to do?"
    ML: "I don't like sudden things but ... " and he touches her face again, but this time he lowers himself to kiss her on the cheek and whispers "Thank you for your support" before mounting his horse and riding off. (GUYS MY HEART AHHHH)
    MC is having an internal heart attack and thinks she's lived a good life before putting her hand to her cheek while watching him ride off into the forest.

    I'll spoil the rest later, but so far I hate how the manhwa took away their first sweet moment on the balcony and made it more of a cliche misunderstanding where the ML thinks MC hates him because she runs away after he saves her, and the MC is embarrassed because ML caught her doing/saying stupid things. OUR MC IS A STRONG, CONFIDENT QUEEN WHO GOES FOR WHAT SHE WANTS DESPITE EVERYTHING none of this misunderstanding bs ugh like he literally comforted her during one of her lowest points.
     
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  2. Fenrironcrac

    Fenrironcrac Well-Known Member

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    Any spoilers for ML and MC?
    Is the whole theme of this story revenge on the royal family? Or will there appear a bigger antagonist
     
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    Despaireon Well-Known Member

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    Finally. I found a gem. Seems like this one won't disappoint me like the other 80% of this plot
     
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    omggggg thanks for all these spoilers keep spoiling us lol
     
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    thank your for the spoilers
     
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    Thx for the spoilers:aww::blob_pompom:
     
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    thank you sm for the spoilers :aww::blob_plusone::blob_plusone:
     
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    It's too bad the manhwa strays from the novel. The novels seems better.
     
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    Really thanks for the spoilers! I agree with you, it was necessary to get rid that first meeting? Seriously...
    I will be waiting for the next spoilers :3
     
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    Alright guys here are some more spoilers from the first novel part 2. Again, I'll edit with more as I go through the novel to make sure I don't miss anything.

    After watching ML ride off, MC goes to get her horse and hunting gear from Lily who's a little anxious for her to go hunting alone. MC reassures her but straps a dagger and a sword to each of her thighs just in case. She then rides off into the forest hunting grounds. MC thinks about what the prize could be for winning the hunting competition, but smirks when she thinks about what the King's expression would be to her winning and decides that's enough of a reward to keep her motivated. MC then starts scanning the forest and is amazed about how good Alexa's hearing and vision are and that they are better than a regular human's (so pretty much like a beast/animal since she describes her vision to be like a hawk). She hears a sound and readies her bow to aim and shoot, but stops when she sees it's just a common deer since she isn't going to hunt anything small or harmless since her goal is a sacred beast. MC then decides to get off her horse to walk around, so she leaves her horse tied to a tree and just enjoys the freedom. Her legs get tired after a bit so she finds a huge tree and climbs it to survey the area for any scared beasts, and since she's high up she's pretty well hidden. While she's up there, she hears a group of noblemen approaching and thinks "damn, they're so loud all the animals within a 100 metre radius are running away." The group eventually is under her tree and the noblemen start talking about setting up a type of trap. MC notices the trap is kind of huge and stifles her laughter since it looks big enough to trap a human and it won't work on animals. One of them asks if it'll really be okay, and another person responds that it won't kill anyone and that it's just a joke. MC is just observing them until one of them mentions that the trap is meant for the Archduke, and at that point, MC gets serious and starts to really listen to them. The group starts talking all kinds of shit about the ML and "how dare he join this competition with those cursed eyes." MC thinks "what the hell did he ever do to you for you to hate him for no reason" and then someone mentions something about cheating, and MC finally decides to jump down to deal with them. There are 4 noblemen and they turn pale at the sight of MC, and MC is pretty nonchalant and goes "I just heard a very interesting story, now would it be faster to deal with you officially or kill you guys right now?" One of the guys decides to get cocky and say "You can't hurt me, I'm the son of Duke Manuela!" And MC just thinks he's exactly the same as his sister before beating them all up.

    10 minutes later they're all pretty much begging for mercy and MC starts grilling them about their plans and the trap for the ML. The little noble boys explain that they don't know where the trap is exactly, but that they sent the guy who knew where it was to accompany the archduke so that he could push him into it. MC then calls all four of their names (and they're surprised she knows who they all are) and they confess that the trap is in the northwest part of the forest, and that it wasn't originally meant for the archduke since his presence was a surprise. She warns them not to mess with the archduke again cause messing with him is directly messing with her, but one decides to be cheeky so she grabs him by the neck and shoves him into the ground. MC reminds them what the consequences will be if they mess with the archduke again and they all nod.

    MC leaves them to go look for the Archduke since it'll be faster than looking for the trap. She's not too worried that he'll fall for it, but she still wants to warn him. As she's looking for him in the northwest part she steps into something that won't let go of her foot. MC realizes she walked right into the magical trap, and that it will suck her in slowly like quicksand and it smells like literal horse shit. MC is disgusted by the smell but realizes she can't get out even with her magic, so she'll just have to wait it out (since magic of the prankster type fades eventually). The Marquis appears and he's also grossed out by the smell, and she reluctantly asks him for help, but he turns around and appears to leave. MC literally calls him an asshole at this moment before he's back and a tree falls. Turns out the Marquis gets her out by undoing the centre of magic (so cutting down a tree) and pulls her out by grabbing her waist after she refuses to take his hand when he tells her it'll take a while for her to get back out on her own. He doesn't let go of her immediately, and she literally has to say "please let go" for him to immediately let go after hearing her words. MC's is glaring at him as she's trying her best to pat down her clothes, and the ML shows up and says "Princess?" MC is automatically pleased by the low sound of his voice and looks towards him as she says "Belkelon!" without thinking (so she didn't say his title or anything, just his first name). ML then walks over to them and makes a physical barrier between MC and the Marquis. He asks her what she's doing here and she reminds him she wanted to hunt too. She asks him where the man that the noblemen sent with him went and ML is surprised that she knows this but says he already sent him away. MC says she found out everything but she's glad he's fine, but then gets super subconscious about the smell of horseshit coming off of her and says it isn't her actual smell. The Marquis kind of interjects by greeting the ML. ML looks at the both of them and MC felt the need to explain that she got caught in the trap set up by the noblemen but the Marquis only helped her out of it and nothing else. MC makes sure to use the Marquis' last name (Harman) too when she explains this since they're not engaged anymore. The ML thanks the Marquis for helping Alexa and MC also thanks him. ML then offers to take MC to a stream that's close by to wash up and she agrees, so they leave after he offers her his arm to hold onto. The Marquis watches them go and rubs his hands against his jacket since he "touched the beast," but he finds it strange that he's not annoyed by the warmth left behind.

    The stream is actually close by and ML begins to wash his bow while MC begins to wash her face and dips her feet in. She wants to wash off the smell of poop immediately, but thinks that her clothes will get all wet, but then won't ML look at her when he sees her all soaked? She then decides to go into the water by pretending to slip so she can wash off the smell as best as she can. As she's trying to wash off the smell, the Archduke gets into the water and lifts her up in a princess carry. MC didn't expect him to get in after her and she's holding back laughter as he carries her out of the water since she thinks he's cute and his shoulders are nice and wide. He sets her down onto a rock and moves her wet hair to one side as he says "Really, I can't take my eyes off of you." MC is just taking in the sight of the duke being all soaked and reaches out to brush the water droplets from his eyes. He closed his eyes for a moment when she touches him and says "Alexa." She looks at his lips and gets a little red when she remembers his kiss on her cheek earlier, but replies with "Yes Duke?" ML raises his eyebrows and MC thinks he looks a little upset, and she wonders if he noticed that she slipped in on purpose. She looks at him and goes "I'm sorry that something seems to be bothering the Archduke today." He was silent for a moment and MC thinks damn he didn't say no there must be something wrong.
    ML: "Alexa."
    MC: "Yeah?"
    ML: "Didn't you call me Belkelon earlier?"
    MC thinks back to when she called him by his first name back when she had just gotten out of the poop trap, and decides to say his name to see what's up.
    MC: "Belkelon"
    ML: "Yes"
    MC: "Archduke"
    ML: "Bel. Ke. Lon." MC then says his name again and he SMILES. It's not a big smile since he still looks pretty expressionless, but a gentle smile with his lips slightly curving up. MC deduces in her head that she was correct and that he wants her to call him by name, but also decides to ask.
    MC: "Are you permitting me to call you by name now, Archduke?" (her tone is very light and teasing here)
    ML: "Didn't I call you Alexa earlier?" MC thinks back and notices that he hasn't called her princess since earlier and her heart goes crazy. While she's looking at him, he steps back and goes "it'll take a while for our clothes to dry" and MC is just thinking dirty now. But ML says something inaudible to the MC and claps his hands, and a warm magic breeze dries their clothes and leaves a pleasant scent behind. MC is thrilled since she doesn't have to be subconscious about smelling bad anymore, but then remembers that no one ever said anything about the archduke being able to actually use magic. There was even a rumor that said he might have a lot of magic, but that he probably couldn't use it because of the demon blood, but no one really knew since he lived far away and didn't usually participate in social events due to the alienation and bullying. MC then asked ML aloud if he could use magic, but he was silent, and MC started to curse everyone that spread these rumors and were mean to the ML in her head. ML replies that most people know he can, but there isn't any good in showing it off because he doesn't want to raise anymore suspicion and hate. MC sees how tired he looks in the moment from all the attempts on his life and prejudice against his background. It's obvious to her that the noblemen around him just feel inferior and people like her brother can't control him, since he gives off a strong aura. MC thinks that they both deserve to be treated better, but in the ML's case he's not trying to correct any misunderstandings or better his treatment, he just wants to co-exist. She feels pained by this. The scene changes and they're making their way out of the forest of the hunting grounds empty-handed. MC feels awful that ML couldn't catch anything cause of her, but ML just says "It's okay because Alexa is safe." MC offers for him to join her for tea later as an apology and he agrees by nodding his head. MC literally thinks "Fuck, he's cute." She thought about how comfortable it was to talk to him, at how he listened attentively, made eye contact, nodded his head, and had vast knowledge, so it didn't matter what they talked about it was fun and pleasant and the time it took to get close to the entrance of the forest passed quickly.

    They're close to the entrance of the forest and they can see the flags from the camp in the distance. Suddenly there's a noise and ML grabs MC by the waist and pulls her towards him as something flies past them. There's a bunch of sounds and noise, and ML grabs his sword and tries to cut the thing down when it tries to fly over them again. A huge projectile in the shape of a ball and the size of a head hits the floor near them, and MC instinctively gets her bow ready to shoot at where the projectile came from, and it's a huge green monster. She shoots it down with three arrows, and ML goes for another one that is running towards them and takes it down with one fatal stab to the neck. ML tries to get her to run for it, but MC goes "Belkelon, do you really not know my nickname?" (This is becoming a classic question she asks anybody who either wants to protect her (so ML or her maid Lily) or looks down on her.)
    A few moments later they've taken down a couple of monsters, but there's more now and they keep coming at them. ML glances at MC while he's fighting and admires how good she is with the bow, especially since it took her only a moment earlier to figure out that the monsters die if you strike their neck, so she's able to take them down with one arrow. ML thinks back to the moment on the balcony, at how his chest tightened when he saw her face and how he reached his hand out to wipe her tears without thinking. How he had to squeeze his other hand into a fist to resist cupping her face, and how soft and adorable her cheeks were (he literally calls her cheeks adorable guys it's so cute). He thinks how her shoulders seemed so lonely that night and how sad she was at that moment. ML then refocuses on the battle, but more monsters keep coming. He thinks it's weird that no one from camp has come to help them yet since the monsters' cries are so loud, and how suspicious it is that there weren't any barriers like they're usually are for hunting competitions like this. ML sees how annoyed MC is that the monsters are unusually only going for him more than her. He thinks how he normally wouldn't be here, but he smiles as he watches MC take down monster after monster. After a while, MC is tired of her bow so she's switched to using her sword, and ML notices this and whistles. His black horse (who is called Kuro) appears shortly after and he mounts him and grabs Alexa by the waist since there are too many monsters for them to handle alone anymore. ML would normally be fine on his own but he's really worried about MC. They finally ride out of the forest and towards the camp where ML thinks he can get some help for the monsters in the forest.

    They arrive at the camp and discover that the monsters also attacked the base camp. Some tents are destroyed and there are a lot of people laying around that are either really hurt or dead, and some knights are barely able to fight off the monsters that keep attacking them. MC decides to rush in and help and ML tells her he's going to go back to take care of the monsters in the forest. ML watches her go into the camp (he also literally thinks "the princess is prettier than sunshine") and he hopes she can stay safe long enough while he deals with the monsters outside the camp. MC sees that the kights' morale is down and discovers that both the King and Prince William have fled along with all the important nobles and some of the royal knights (the little shits fled as soon as the monsters attacked). She sees the Marquis, who's covered in blood, leading both the Royal Knights that have stayed behind and the regular knights while fighting as their captain. The Marquis/Captain tries to order them to keep fighting by saying those who flee will be punished by the law. MC thinks "of course they don't want to fight when they see their colleagues getting murdered by monsters" and grabs a horse and rides towards the Marquis. MC estimates that there are probably around 70 monsters in the camp and over 100 around it inside the forest. There's so much blood the green grass is soaked and there's only red. When MC finally gets to the Marquis she asks him to gather the remaining knights but he doesn't listen. MC then orders him again as a princess to get the soldiers in formation, so now he has to listen to her so he finally orders the soldiers to come over to them. The soldiers' morale is really low, but MC rallies them and boosts their morale by saying "You can leave now but know that these monsters will head to the capital next, so your families will be in danger if you leave." She hypes them up by saying "Don't fight for the royal family, fight for your families, yourselves, and the people of the kingdom!" The soldiers get really hyped up and start fighting. The Marquis is really impressed with her words and also begins to fight again. The battle is pretty dark.

    MC starts to bring down monsters with her sword real quick, but notices that even with her special royal sword (Byan) that can cut through flesh if you even lightly tap the sword against skin 3 times, doesn't even dent the monster's skin. MC then thinks the monster's hide will make good armor for herself and kills more monsters (she is very badass in this whole scene guys). She then notices a soldier lose his arm while decapitating a monster and he's about to get killed, but she swoops in to save him and says: "I told you to fight, not to die!" And the battle continues.
    Just so you know, the battle is pretty dark and realistic with people actually dying and getting hurt, but I'm not going to describe every death and injury since the novel does a good job at describing that with how many knights they started with versus how many are left, which I included in the next spoiler.
    The next scene is the internal monologue of Garion, the Vice Captain of the Royal Knights, who is also the oldest knight there even though he's just a bit over 30 years old. There's a lot of explaining here but it might be important to read it since there are like 5 more novels after this and he hints/foreshadows some things.
    Garion is watching MC be a complete badass as a warrior as he fights the monsters himself, and notes that's she's not even trying as hard as the other knights and she's incredibly skilled. They started out with having over 70 monsters attacking them and now there's 12 left to defeat, mostly thanks to MC. But they also went from 70 knights down to 20 in the same timespan, and he doesn't even want to think about the ~100 monsters left to fight in the forest.

    Suddenly a strong knight dressed in all black appears and Garion looks to see that the monsters that were in the forest are all gone. He then looks to see who the new person is, but groans when he realizes how stupid he was for not immediately recognizing that it's the Archduke. ML begins attacking the monsters left at the camp and Garion watches him. He thinks how in the Felipe Kingdom, black is considered to be an ominous colour because of its correlation to demons (only demons have the black hair and black eye combination, which is why people consider the archduke's eyes to be cursed). Garion thinks that Alexa's hair is also black despite her dad being the king (royalty in the Felipe Kingdom all inherit blonde hair), but the King just said her hair is like her mother's, since Camilla's hair was also black despite being completely human. Garion remembers how the King also cut off the head of the first baron that tried to insult/protest Alexa's parentage. He then watches the archduke take down 10 monsters by himself quickly, and notices how there is no emotion in his eyes. He would have been relieved if there was anything in his black eyes, but there isn't. He thinks "Here is another monster just like Alexa."

    Garion then thinks anyone that is allied with ML could rule the continent, but that the current King of Felipe and the crown prince wouldn't be able to do it. He's disappointed in the King cause he abandoned them right away, but thinks the King is good at surviving cause he was the third prince originally and wasn't supposed to be the king. Garion thinks how the first prince died in a carriage accident, while the second brother lost his honor with a woman and died by suicide, and coincidentally the third prince is fine and was able to become king.

    Garion then thinks how Prince William is as smart as his father but hot-tempered and bad at concealing his emotions. He thinks how the only way they could ever be considered "good" kings is because of the help from all of their advisors, since the current King was only good at politics and appearances until now. But Garion then thinks how both the King and the prince will regret their actions from today, since all the soldiers lost faith in them when they fled so the King's image will crumble.

    He then thinks how Alexa knew when to show up in this situation and how to lead people with the right words. He thinks that he can't NOT call her princess anymore (and neither can the Marquis, and he only got away with it originally cause she liked him and they were engaged) so he'll have to address her as Princess Alexa from now on. He doubts whether Alexa originally decided to deal with the monsters to save the knights, but that it won't look like that to the soldiers and that they will trust and support her from now on. Garion then watches Alexa with excitement and anticipation at what is going to happen next with the royal family and how the future politics are going to go down.

    MC spots ML arrive and as she goes over to him, the last monster is about to pounce on her, but the Marquis saves her by pulling her off her horse in time. MC just thinks "FUCK. NO. NOT AGAIN" as he plops her down on his own horse, but she lets it happen as she watches the ML kill the last monster.
    Anyway, the knights are happy the battle is finally over and they start to shout "long live Alexa" "hurray for Alexa the Beast" but MC is annoyed that not only are they saying her old nickname, they aren't even celebrating the Archduke too even though he dealt with the most monsters, and faster than anyone else. She's even more annoyed that the ML looks like he expected to not get any recognition. MC then says "you guys are forgetting someone." They all go silent since they don't exactly know what she means, and MC says "the owner always gave their dog food, but the dog shakes their tail towards a person who never gave them anything." One knight quickly realizes what she means and goes "long live the Archduke!" The other knights also catch on, and because they don't have the same uptight pride as nobles who can't admit when they're wrong, they start to cheer for both of them. MC notices that the ML is a little taken aback by the sudden recognition, but is happy that he finally can get some admiration. As they're cheering and celebrating, she looks around to survey the number of damages and deaths, and sees her dead horse in pieces. Her heart sinks and she's incredibly sad for the companion who fought with her, and the ML notices this and goes towards her. ML tells her "I'll show you a nice place where you can bury it," and she nods quietly. The knights notice the shift in the mood and quiet down. MC finally gets off the Marquis' horse and ML approaches her with Kuro, who nuzzles her. ML tells/offers MC to ride Kuro, but MC is all like "but then what about you, I don't want you to walk." MC then offers to ride Kuro together like last time, and ML agrees. Before they leave, MC tells everyone that they did a great job and the knights cheer for her again as MC and ML leave.

    The Marquis watches them ride off and he's annoyed. He'll admit to himself that he was helpless as a Captain today and that they helped a lot, and that the Archduke is skilled. He was never aware of the Archduke before today, but judging from what he saw today on the battlefield, he didn't feel inferior. And Alexa was Alexa. The Marquis never hated her for her appearance or for her strength, but for her personality. Just by looking at how outstanding she was in battle he might have even allowed himself to be close to her, since even when he was a child he thought they could be friends, but nope, he couldn't stand her or her eyes. And nothing about her has changed from before, from the accident in the woods earlier until now, "the beast only thinks of herself, and didn't think of the aftermath of her actions." (He's basically hating on her ugh like of course she isn't going to stay behind she's going to go figure out wtf happened, and he STILL refuses to call her princess). "But why do I keep feeling dirty?" he thinks when he remembers the sight of her and the archduke riding off, and then he shakes his head and orders the remaining knights to return to the palace, and the first novel ends.

    And that's the whole first novel guys! To be honest, the ML is giving me the same vibes as the ML from "My Husband Hides His Beauty", while the MC has a strong personality similar to the MC from "Beware of the Villainess" and she's just as smart as the MC from "The Villainess Reverses the Hourglass" (her sister Ariel also reminds me of Isis with how calculating she is so far). Not sure how much the manhwa is going to adapt and what else they will change, but so far I'm enjoying the novel more since the MC has more depth to her, and her sister is a more complex character in the novel (I can't wait to find out what her motivations are for everything).
     
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    Pls pls Princess Alexa can you say to that scumbag captain “You disgust me” for me pls. I just felt tired of every novel that forgive the scumbag ex and only prosecuted the others. But then again i need to know the real Alexa past and why she acted like that

    thank you for the spoilers btw
     
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    Thank you very much for the spoilers! I'm really liking this novel due spoilers :)

    Here is my contribution, credits to a certain scan who spoils novels in spanish.

    Alexa isn't the emperor's daughter, but his niece. The emperor killed his brother so he could marry his brother's wife, Camila (Alexa's mother) cuz he was obessesed with her. Camilan takes her life when Alexa was 6 years old due this

    ML is half demon. Since MC & ML are both bullied and rejected they grow and develop feelings for each other, with cute moments along the way. Sadly is mentioned that Belkelon goes back to his country due people's questions and hate.

    With an aching heart MC starts a revolution to bring ML back and due the hate she has for the emperor. Tje emperor tries to take his life, but at the moment some invaders attack.

    MC is in trouble trying to defend the attack. ML arrives with reinforcements and kill enemy's leader. After that Alexa solidifies her royal position and lives her happy ending with Belkelon as the beauty and the beast they are
     
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    Any spoilers about the sister? What happens to her? What happens to the Marquis at end?
     
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    Thank you sm for spoiler
    Who is alexa's father? Is it First prince or second prince? Since from the spoiler that the emperor is the third prince
    And what happened to the bitch sister and brother? How about the marquis? Is he fallen for alexa?
     
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    Thank you! The novel seems so much better then the manhwa!
     
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    Ahh I'm starting to get the hate from her step sister or should I say cousin. Alexa is not only the real heir to the throne but she was once the most favored. On top of that her mom must have been super beautiful if emperor killed his own brother despite having a beautiful wife himself. I'm starting to some Queen Mary vs Queen Elizabeth the first.
     
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    Thank you all of you for spoilers .
     
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    wow ty for all the spoilers :blobtaco:
     
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    Thanks !!! What happened to her “sister”?
     
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