So the age difference is only 5 years? In webtoon it look like an adult with toddler, so if it's only 5 years I can accept it. I mean, I can stomach Hajimari no Niina, so it's not really bad imo.
As i know the first time they met, estelle is about 11 years old. And emel said he was join the knight at age 13 and already join them about 5 years. So i think he is about 18. So the age different is about 7 years. Estelle did not treat properly as a kid so she has kind of a really bad malnutrition so she was so small if you compare her with the everage kids with the same age. And emel is a master so maybe he looks more mature because of that.
I know mybe i'm weird, but i do really like Emel tho. I get why he was look pathetic. He was promise to Estelle like he would give his life to protect her but in the end he can't even prevent all the big event from being happen. Even tho in the end he is always help her get out from the problem, but the event is already happened so ......... but he is not the one who failed, the father and brother is the same, they felt really guilty bacause they was failed too to protect estelle when estelle get kidnap for the first time. Spoiler: About emel reject her after i get sneak and peek from the novel, if i don't get it wrong. Actually he is the one who first felt something different, i mean he is the one who like her first as a women, and he is the one who lead estelle to that way too even he doing it without he relaized it, and he in shock too because lead estelle that way. until in the end she realized that actually she saw him as a man not as an escort. She already felt that way i think from long ago, but she does't realized it yet. But when the confession happen (actually i'm not read yet the moment when she confess) but i think that moment is close to the moment when emel heard the news that her father and brother was dead (raymond marquis family) bacause war with carl. Even he is not in a good term relationship with them but he is the one who has their pure bloodline. Actually emel didn't even care about that, but he thingk he can be someone more proper to estelle if he become marquis. So he leave. he is doing that for her tho. But the moment he leave indeed in a wrong time. in the extra novel it really describe how he want esttele badly and he can get her as lover if he stay as a friendly knight but he can't simply do that. Spoiler: About when he became alcholic I think is reasonable why he become alcoholic. He is human too. he became like that after the 'dead estelle moment' after astelle dead (actually she hide in the spirit world-she is being a spirit) (i'm not read the detail yet) but if im not wrong she was wake up from death and in coma like 7 months or 4 months i can't recall properly. and after that he is became so desprate like really desprate. He come to visit estelle like everyday even it tooks 2 hours in one go from reymond estate to castiello estatate. And way before 'estelle dead moment' there was a war with a dragon. The dragon give nightmare to everyone include ain(estelle father). Emel and ain has the same nightmare(something they afraid most) they afraid of estelle dead. And since than emel always remember the nightmare that the dragon give him at that time. When estelle in coma, emel remember clearly the nightmare and it become worst because it actually happened. When estelle wake up, after a while she notice that emel visit her every day. she feel bad for that and told emel not to visit her every day but twice or three time a week. even emel don't want it, in the end he do what estelle want. the reason why he visit her every day even she in coma because the nightmare getting worst to the point that he can't distinguish the reality with the nightmare. So he must visit her everyday to make it clear. When he not visit her, the nightmare getting him badly and become alcoholic. He has no one except estelle, he no longer the wolf so he has no friend, and he has no family. but he is getting better after astelle nursing him. Well, i think that enough reason to make people become alcoholic. He is wrong tho not to tell her about his nightmare Sorry i want to fix it after i read it again the 'the dead estelle acident' and when she is in a coma is different moment. I had not read the detail yet why she is in a coma. But emel being alcoholic at that coma moment, I read it ramdomly for each book before, so i get it mixed. And about age different, i like older guys so i don't mind with that. it's still in the reasonable gap Well i really like emel tho, to the point i willingly buy the novel even it's in korean and my first language not korean nor english. So excuse me if i had a wrong spell or grammar I think i spoiler to much ...
You mean xeon? No he is not. He is being nice until the end. if im not wrong. Riddle (blonde one) do that because he had no choice, he want to protect estelle from his mother by getting married with him but at that time she already angage with emel (even tho is fake for the moment). Its the wrong choice tho for doing the rape, he says he did that for estelle but in the end emel make him realize that he did that for himself. Such a scumbag. The one who to blame is the queen and the king i think. They the one who made him become like that i think he did that because afraid of the crazy queen. Spoiler: Some plot twist i read a little about what riddle think. He was actually really like carl. And want to have like brother relationship with him even though he was afraid of him he still stick around, and that time estelle come out of the blue. But he can't really hate her bacause she is a nice girl (if im not wrong). He even jealous of xeon because he had a nice , warm and harmony family.
There there's a funny story. As they get older there was always many rumor spread about castiello family include estelle life and carl life. One of the rumor was said that people think carl and estelle is in kind of incest relationship because they are so affectionate to each other ) when i read the webtoon i dont really get the affection but when i read a little bit from novel actually i get why people ship with carl. His affection is cute but still in the brother area can do. but i still ship with emel tho.
Spoiler: The red kid she not adopted but stay with castiello family and became estelle wizard(she help estelle to make medicine and wizard things) they become best friend actually. She always listened all the story estelle told her.and she is kind of a wise person. she even crying so hard when estelle getting married :")
I think iris is a bad choice, i dont read the detail yet. But the one who made estelle died is her. if i figure it out from 6 novel (5 the main and 1 extra) book 1-3 is mainly about family problem with other or castiello problem, so it make sense if she just interact with the same people, in the last chapter of book 3 is when the romance begin. She can't get outside as her wish tho for the sake for her safety. the last of the novel is still about the family problem but the romance more expose here. For infomation the webtoon raws is still in the last chapter of book 2. And about to start the story in book 3. When she gets older she will meet many new people and active in the social circle (even tho it's because emel tho).
I've seen quite a few here supports Emiel as ML. Honestly, I don't think that Emiel is that bad or unlikable of a character nor was his age a problem to the relationship, just that after reading all the trials the MC's has gone through, it felt like the MC deserved to be with a way more better or dashing ML? Cause his ML aura felt more like a supporting male lead character when he was introduced in the story Spoiler quite unlike the Commander of the Royal Knights in The Reincarnated Princess Strikes Down Flags Today as Well. So when it's revealed that Emiel is the actually the ML, I guess it's a no wonder the Korean fans got a shock which brought up all the debates on the bro-sis relationship. Like you said, the bro-sis thingy is cute when it's stop at just brotherly and sisterly part and not real boy-girl love romance. Having real incest would really spoil the story. But the rumours of it did seems a hilarious from the bystander pov aka reader.
Yeah i get it, even i like emel but indeed he still lack somewhere as the ML. He is too sensitive, and somehow he had a low self esteem about estelle fellings, and the way he solve the problem somehow annoying and selfish. But in this story unfortunately theres no best ML, everyone just come and go. I have not read yet the novel you said but i think i will try to search about it now Actually i like the ML in the 'villain sister suffer today' too. he is so powerful, protective, like he controll everything and do everything to the MC. I think he is the definition of dashing ML.
Spoiler: The imperial family relationship as i read the pleadge is not slavery type. But the pleadge is about no matter what no matter who, castiello family can't hurt the imperial family include someone who had connection with castiello. To the point when riddle rape estelle, she can't move even a bit, because she want to just to push him a.k.a can hurt imeperial family. Oh one more thing the comand of the king is absolute. (Im not sure if it's just king or all the imperial family) So if the emperor can comand anything to castiello. If they denied the comand it would be a treason. Spoiler: Estelle died event she died because iris gave magic to estelle and eat one of estelle body part so she can camouflage as estelle. Fortunately she just eat estelle hair. And she throw estelle body to the river so the body basically is already dead. And iris go to the castiello estate with estelle appareance. She is crazy really. Fortunately estelle has spirit power so she can back from dead. Spoiler: ML it's obviously he married with estelle, become marquis, and have two daughter and one son (if im not wrong, im not read yet about the marriage life) in the last chap of the extra story they had already in their 10th year of marriage. And the story is about their children.
what happened to the royal family? I don't mind if the king and queen die but I feel sorry for the princess
I haven't read about their children story part. i just ramdomly read that before, not until finish. Because the story is on the last novel (extra novel). Im not sure but i think carl and ain stay still as castiello in their mansion. do their bussines. Maybe i will spoil it here later when i'm finish reading all the novel. Im still on book 3 now. it's took time because i need to translate it first
Well...... actually the most evil one is the princess. She did many terrible things more than anyone. Spoiler: Imperial family spoiler from what im already read. - king : died, because the rumors said he has another woman. But people didn't really know the reason he died because he died so suddenly. either he died because another women, or princess iris who killed him with magic. -queen: died, because iris stab the queen in front of many people. I think the queen most mistake is because she really really had an obsession to ain, to the poin she give her children the same doctrine. She always said that someday they will be a castiello family. and she ignore her own children and more focus with ain children. No wonder iris stab her in the end. -irish : died too of course, so she is had an evil plan to make another castiello family because she can't became castiello. And she really had a terrible jealousy to estelle. She think estelle was take her position in castiello family. so she tried to bear a devil (a real devil) child in her stomach made with magic. But in the end she died, emel killed her, and it's happen when there was a war between imperial and castiello. Iris want to kill all the castiello family because she don't need they anymore, because she already bear the next castiello in her stomach oh i think she start become evil when she not blind anymore (with magic of course) -riddle : he become the emperor (not a real king but kinda like a doll king : because he still under castiello control) he is the one who lived among imperial family and castiello backing him (so they can control him) i think he's the most pitiful one among all of them. So the queen want sacrifice him (i don't know yet for what) but the queen doesn't really mind if he died in the end. He is so scared so he thinks, if he married with estelle he would be save, that's why he attempts to rape Estelle, but still that's a wrong way. - crown prince : died, if im not wrong there's another prince, the crown prince, but he is kinda like sick so he just sleeping on bed (i'm not sure yet.) if im not wrong iris killed him with magic. so she can use his body to controll people. And lastly the pledge is broken so castiello free from imperial family.
There's a lot. I will spoil it later. Im had something to do now. after i finish my work i will spoil it here. I will spoil what i already read, please wait ~