루카를 왕실에 소개하기 위해 수도로 떠나게 된 유디트. 여행길이 무료할 거라는 걸 예상한 그는 미리 준비한 트럼프로 뤼디거와 루카에게 게임을 제안한다, 그런데 이게 웬일! 유디트는 최고의 패를 선보이며 출처모를 실력을 뽐내는 루카와 그에 반해 속수무책으로 패배하는 뤼디거의 모습을 마주하게 된다. 반복되는 승패에 루카는 벌칙을 걸고 승부하자고 제안하기에 이른다. 벌칙은 승자의 질문에 패자는 무조건 답할 것. 답하지 못할 시 벌금을 낼 것. 특이할 것 없는 내기 조건인데 왜인지 뤼디거는 의욕을 불태우며 승부에 임한다. 대체 뭐가 궁금한 건데?!
it gets better and better ... luca the main character of it all as he should
this was very well-made. maybe it's mostly because of my own preference, but the setting and characters are all very interesting. i like how judith deals with her problems. she is not seen as an unstoppable force nor is she someone who is particularly vicious. she just does as much as she can to live her life and to protect luca
every scene with luca present makes me want to cry :( the story focuses the generational trauma and even talks about how one has to deal with it growing older (the royal family dealing with their grandfather's favoritism being one). i especially liked how it shows that not everything can be solved through confrontation and that it's sometimes our own responsibility to deal with the failings of other people towards us (the great-aunt and the current emperor, who deal with their own childhoods in healthier ways)
it also explores how love is also sometimes a gilded cage! forgiveness and grace towards yourself is a theme. i particularly love how the complicated nature of people (especially women) are explored
judith raising luca in the original timeline... a baby raising a baby...
Ruediger y Judith son demasiado divertidos. Ella descifrando "su manual de instrucciones" y él con su poker face sin entender nada, pero siendo absolutamente adorable 🤭. Me encantan 😻... Luca ya sabe que se cocina algo entre ellos, ese chiquillo no tiene un pelo de tonto 😅.
Me reí bastante con esta entrega la disfrute un montón y el solo recordarla me hace sonreír. Me agradan un montón los personajes, quiero saber de ellos, quiero ver como evolucionan tanto por separado como en conjunto. No es tanto de mi agrado que nuestra protagonista sobrepiense mucho...pero lo entiendo. Sigo tremendamente confundida de un montón de aspectos, pero me alegre ver como avanzamos.