Born as an extra in the completed novel. The main characters had their own happy ending, and they lived a peaceful life with their grandfather without any incident. Suddenly, the original male lead came to me and knelt down.
“……?”
What’s going on here?
“…..You.”
Said the male lead whose eyelashes were shaking.
“You’re Mariette’s daughter.”
I dropped the flower crown I was holding from my hand.
Who is Mariette?
Isn’t it the name of the original villainess who lost everything and met a tragic end?
By the way, I’m Mariette’s daughter?
What a crazy thing to say.
At that time, I was seriously thinking about whether or not the male lead turned crazy after the ending of the novel.
“And… also my daughter…”
The male lead said with tears in his eyes.
….Huh?
“I’m finally meeting you. I didn’t even know I had a child. Baby, I’m actually your father!!”
The moment when the male lead continued to speak mournfully.
Crying-!
Someone suddenly came out and slapped the male lead in the back of the head with all his might.
Slapping-
The male lead, who was hit in the head, passed out and threw his face on the dirty ground.
“Where did you lay your hands on, you bastard!”
Then, the grandfather, whose face was blushing, appeared and shouted aloud.
“You’re such a fool who doesn’t even know grace, how much my daughter suffered because of you and left, where are you shamelessly coming to?”
I stared at the male lead, who had his face savagely smashed on the floor, and Grandfather, who came with a bigger stone this time with a lot of energy.
It was the moment when the secret of my birth that I had never dreamed of was revealed.
Early chapters / background: After her biological father discovers her existence, he attempts to win her affection. However, she is strongly opposed to following him and harbors hatred or dislike towards him. She remains steadfast in her stance. As the story progresses, more reasons for her animosity are revealed. Eventually, she is coerced into compliance when the male lead threatens her grandfather’s life.
The writing and translations are of high quality.
Don’t read this if you are not looking for:
- Intrigues and schemes
- Reasons for characters' actions being revealed gradually / not immediately understanding why characters behave in certain ways
- A serious and thoughtful main character who acts maturely and doesn’t show many emotions
If I had to give this novel a tag, it would be: #It gets worse before it gets better
(In a good way, though)
In this novel, our MC begins to recall her past memories at a young age, which makes it feel less awkward and contributes to a smoother overall pacing.
Typically, in these stories, the original parents (OG parents) get a clear happy ending after the villain is defeated, often leading to the children living happily ever after. However, this story takes a unique turn. Even in her original world, the MC recognizes that her father in the new world was a scumbag. The villainess supposedly tried to kill the father's wife, but it still seems strange that the MC would completely abandon the fiancé of the person who helped raise her, especially after her father was labeled a traitor. This results in them living in the countryside, which just feels very suspicious to me.
I’ve only seen the beginning so far, but I can’t wait to see how it unfolds. Let’s go, translator!
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Translations are still at only a very early stage, so it's hard to say much about the story, and as such, I won't give it a final rating at this point. **Tentatively, I'd rate it 4/5** so far, but that can easily go up or way down to the bottom depending on how the story develops.
EDIT: As of chapter 8, this is now 3/5, and the story seems to be going hard downhill. I no longer recommend this.
The beginning seems interesting, with the main character (MC) actually rejecting the scumbag and staying adamant (so far) in her rejection, which is a breath of fresh air. The MC and her grandfather feel very vivid as characters despite the short character-building time of 6 chapters.
However, the original male lead's actions seem completely out of place, and his obsession makes no sense, even after it has been explained at least once. Additionally, the plot seems fairly forced when it comes to keeping the original male lead involved with the actual MC. It feels like he is some sort of "keep the MC on her toes" system rather than an actual character.
**Spoiler**
For example, his out-of-place obsession with his daughter is explained by: "because she carries his blood" and only that, even going as far as to neglect his wife and stepdaughter, the ones for whom he betrayed the family that took him in when he was a traitor's child.
The King of Wind Spirits suddenly pipes up unprompted, kind of out of nowhere after the MC escapes, stating that the MC did indeed escape so that the original male lead can keep obsessing and (probably) tracking her down. At the same time, it's mentioned that the King of Wind Spirits seems to hate the original male lead and is protecting the MC, so?
The original male lead seems to be able to converse with his daughter, except when it comes to listening to what she has to say. (I'll admit that this isn't an unreasonable reaction for him to have when he wants his daughter back, but even so, it comes across as unnaturally forced.)
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Each time we get a new character, we get chapters and chapters of backstory before we even become attached or form any opinions about the present character. This is lazy writing and it's really annoying because the plot starts and stops constantly in the name of info dumping. It's a basic rule of storytelling and writing to avoid this. Second, all characters have some form of a tragic backstory, but the focus on these backstories is so intense that we lose the story's focus. At this point, I'm not sure if our Female Lead (FL) is the main character (MC) or if she's just a convenient plot device to show us more tragic backstories.
Third, most character interactions feel artificial, and our Female Main Character (FMC) is basically a Mary Sue. Lastly, the author constantly introduces new pieces of the plot without properly linking or recalling previous plot points. It feels like disjointed slice-of-life plot arcs rather than a set of arcs building a coherent whole.
TL;DR? Probably not worth your time, there are way better novels of similar genres to read.
—Original C43 Review Below—
This could be good (it's too early to tell), but so far it's just a whole lot of rude, abusive male characters who all loved or were involved with the FL's mother (who is dead) and keep abducting her because of their desires.
I do really like the FL and her approach of compromising and fighting back. It's very realistic.
TL;DR: Gotta read more for a true determination, but so far what it's set up is a bit weird and doesn't make a lot of narrative sense (yet).
The title of the novel hints at the main plot, though I suspect there’s more to it. Hopefully, the novel will live up to its full potential.
The main character (MC) is the daughter of a villainous mother and the male lead’s father. I don’t like the male lead yet, but maybe I will in later chapters—though I doubt it. The MC is reincarnated into a novel that has already ended. She lives a very normal life with her grandfather, who is a former high-ranking noble and also the father of the villainous daughter from the novel. In the first chapter, the MC is around 6 or 8 years old and doesn’t know about her true lineage yet.
Both the grandfather and the MC dislike the original male lead.
The genres of this particular novel include comedy, but it leans heavily on its drama aspect, so expect that there won't be a lot of comedic moments.