Yeah, I foresaw her waking up when she was stated that she wasn't dead - but only under a curse. Good luck to you, Helena.

Hubris's name is pretty accurate, huh? Seriously, what sort of power does he have? He has like 10 mana in total and he spent it all on just turning off the freakin' fire and ran out? That's it? Pathetic. The height of hubris is pretending you got 100 mana when you got 10 mana. And it gets worse when you remember he wants to... pursue his half-sister.
Suffer.
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Okay, I teared up a little again. GGs. Honestly, this is a hard read - not because it's bad but because it's heavy. If you can walk under this weight, then it is pretty fantastic. Time to check out the epilogue.

I wanted to take a moment for Kintai. Cheers to you little one! The bells must be ringing with the passing of your two most beloved people, but you'll make it!

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Third time I use this. Not tearing up right now, but emotions in me do be going brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Also, I see no bones left over. I'll let it slide because Medea's magic fire did the job.

Ya know, I think we can all agree that Medea has earned a compliment. Your hair is so pretty, Medea.

Well, this specific work has given me strong emotions. I'm tearing up, literally.
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The Crown Prince: https://i.postimg.cc/Cx5GCLfp/i.png
Also the Crown Prince: https://i.postimg.cc/4yGvp6pW/i.png


Also, hey! Causality! Quit bully Eris exclusively and bully these three idiots! They're gonna ruin the plot far worse than Eris ever could! You can literally get anyone to stab a person, but there is only one revive button and it's gonna be used incorrectly!

Be careful what you wish for, you stupid punk.
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Because you might just get it; and you'll never know what it will lead to.

Hard for me to put my finger on it, but this picture is certainly worth a thousand words.
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Imagine if she let Anakhin kill him waaaaaaay back when. At least we wouldn't hate Hubris this much.

Also, "Hubris" is quite the name for a character.

Ya know, I didn't even consider Hubris sacrificing his holy powers to revive Eris. Oh no.

So uh, causality\\ or whatever you're called, how in the world are you gonna fix the plot now? Hmmmmm?

Take a moment and think about the "falling down the stairs" - or more commonly known name "domino effect" - that happened due to this crown prince's stupid wish.


Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.
And you'll never know what your wish will lead to.

Thinking about it...

One of the requirements was to kill Helena with that dagger when you *really REALLY* wanted to kill her... was it complete?

She still has the door underneath the bed.

Also, wowee... you're telling me this guy
this guy
THIS CREEP
is gonna sacrifice his holy powers to revive Helena? Not in this timeline. Principal of the world - or whatever it was called - has miserably failed to keep this story in order.

If you're desensitized to the concept of taking someone's life, to the concept of murder, then take a moment and remind yourself that it isn't easy. Murder is heavy and most works do not do it justice. You have one novel there where lives are being plucked like candy from a bowl - and another novel here where the value of human life is real.

Furthermore, and this is really important: they aren't enemies. Being kind to an enemy is cruelty unto yourself and your allies, but this ain't that. It really isn't.
You know what was that? When the crown prince attempted to rape her. That was justified self-defense and that caused her tremendous pain anyway because, and this is true: no matter what, murder is heavy.

As much as you can treat others as they're NPCs from a novel or game because you got isekai'd into it, there is a limit. You cannot keep interacting with them without them becoming human to you too... and to that point, you can't treat them as if NPCs anymore.


One of the things that stands out in Villainess works is that the story changes. The changes yield drastically different outcomes. The principal of causality, or whatever it is, in this work seems to prevent a drastic change... or has it? Because from what I can tell, none of the male leads are obsessed with Helena as they should be. For example: if you stab her, will the High Priest really revive her at the cost of all his powers?

The main reasons I keep reading this is
1) well, it's complete.
2) There is a sense of sorrow and despair built into this world that is represented so very carefully.

The missing piece of this puzzle is why Eris loved the Crown Prince.

Say what you like about this manhua-
"Thank you! I think I will! A bit too much dialogue for my taste, the plot takes a tad too long to build up, AND we haven't had an isekai in far too long"
but
say what you like about this manhua, at least stuff is happening in it, and it is a joy to behold!
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