Will be looking forward to it!
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Pete, you gotta let go, I’m gonna catch you.
Since I really didn't have anything to share yet (cause my fic is making me sweat buckets) so I thought I could share this awesome part of how our Royal Couple were engaged. It is so amazingly written that every line makes me laugh and hold a different emotion.
You feel it more once you thoroughly know all the novel characters, or have travelled with them through some part of the 17 volume long adventure. It is a wonderful and tender feeling, when you know how they'd grow from this point on. And develop because of a misunderstanding of all things!All you need is a quick read of chapter 4 of volume 1 and you find so much.
Conrart's years of wait and his mission when he assures Wolfram that he can never mistake Yuuri.
Gwendal's years of dedication and calm care when he accepts Yuuri but had increased frown lines when he concluded that Yuuri didn't want to be a Maou- knowing him it was probably his way of taking care of him, probably indirectly saying "You don't need to burden yourself with something you don't want to do".
We also see Wolfram's judgement, as even though he was annoyed but he had his reasons because he didn't want to witness this country go through another war. All he wanted was a ruler who loved this country and he'd serve him gladly. Thankfully he did get one.
We see the forshadowing of Julia's soul when Yuuri mentions he can always know when Conrart is smiling.
We see a Günter in the initial stage of becoming Heika fanatic and spilling juices all around.
We see Cecilie's love for her children, and her husbands. Their unique but endearing mother-son bond.
We see the acceptance of homosexuality as another form of love. Because, love is free to pursue!- in Lady Cheri's words.
We also witness Shin Makoku's culture, it's delicacies and know how different it is just as much as it is similar. (Admit it, we are all secretly glad for Yuuri's clumsiness- and him not wanting to punch the beautiful face🤣)
All of this woven humorously, just like how Takabayashi-sensei does. And, I realise, yet again, just how much this novel means to me.
What range/area will Perseverance be able to cover on the Martian surface? I'm assuming it's greater than the other rovers but by how much?
This is too perfect!
vs.
Bing-mei
Your LuoBingHe is sooo cute!
I know you probably meant my design of kid LBH…. XD (Thanks~)
Luo BingHe & Shen QingQiu | The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System
Quite interesting...
God, I swear there are so many goodies that we all just skim over without realizing!
Novel 11, chapter 7
“Your Majesty!”There isn’t a wall behind me, and the balcony railing I finally touch is round and thick, so my fingers, scalding hot with pain, can’t get a grip on them at all. In that second I could still wonder how many stories this is, but before I get an answer, my entire body is already flying mid-air. It won’t hurt anymore. All that’s left is to fall, just like that time.”
WHAT TIME!? I can’t recall Yuuri falling a long distance before. (When he fell in the Colosseum, he was the maou and he wasn’t conscious; when he dropped with Josak it wasn’t like this). And we know that Julia died in battle, so not like this either.
So as Yuuri is approaching his death, he remembers ‘falling to his death’ just like that time.
So I’m thinking this is most likely how his original soul died. Oh, well, interesting nonetheless!
This is one of my favourite heart wrenching YuuRam scenes that I probably re-read more than 100 times already, cause I love them too much!!
There’s little yuuram in this novel until the very last scene (when after four full novels the royal couple reunites in the most heart-wrenching way possible). Novel 13 is mostly focused on “Murata and his other lives” , “Yuuri being trapped in the tunnels" and “Yuuri being saved by Conrad and mourning Josak’s death”, all important things that needed to get out of the way before we get the full yuuram impact of novel 14.
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Novel 13. ch.6 -Reuniting. Yuuri has been blinded by the tunnel and confused by the tricks it plays on the minds of people in it-
The cold piece of metal was within my hand’s reach. I couldn’t afford to worry about my palm. The same goes for my enemy. He is coming at me to swing with the broken sword which doesn’t have a tip. Even I gripped the bare blade and quickly gave a horizontal swipe. The meal which was originally one sword, hurt two men at the same time. A hot stimulus ran through my right shoulder and there undoubtedly was some reaction in my left hand.
My opponent’s body suddenly kneeled over. The air which was filled with the smell of rusty iron surged towards me.
However finding the scent I certainly remember within it puzzled me. It wasn’t only the blood.
“Wolf…?”
“Yu”
The body that had collapsed in my arms slowly turned.
“Wolfram!?”
“…Yuuri”
My sleeves and palms were completely drenched in some warm liquid. Wolfram’s heaviness profoundly weighed down on my shoulders. While embracing him, I kneeled down on the ground miserably.
“I couldn’t see, really, I didn’t know!”
“Even me. I heard an unfamiliar voice… its not your… fault”
“Wolf!”
Everyone tells me that it’s not my fault.
But in reality, everything is my fault.
—————————————————– A little introspective on this scene: So why did Yuuri recognize Conrad’s voice but not Wolf’s? Well, Conrad wasn’t in the tunnel when he saw Yuuri and shouted his name (chapter 3), so he and his voice weren’t affected. Wolfram on the other hand was in the tunnel and his brain was affected like Yuuri’s, believing an enemy was about to attack and not recognizing the person in front of him.
I find it so cute that Yuuri recognized Wolf by his smell. By the way, did you notice how they stabbed each other? Once again we see them being ‘equals’ here. It could have been just Yuuri or Wolf, but no, the novel ends with the reunited couple stabbing each other. (What an unexpected and terrifyingly romantic ending was that though?)
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Yuuram in Novel : 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17
Finally, at the end of this novel, the Royal Couple gets reunited.
—————————————————————— Novel 6. ch.2 -Wolfram’s journey-
The 82 year old in the prime of youth was proud of all of his accomplishments in the past year.
He’d gotten engaged and adopted a daughter. He even overcame his picky eating habits. However…
“Ugh! Urrrrrrrrgh… bu… buaarrggh!” He still got seasick. (..)
Their hasty journey that His Majesty the Maou’s life depended on did not leave room to be picky about the the method of transportation. Far from a luxurious tourist ship, this cargo ship was so rough around the edges it was about to start growing fur. Despite that, the passengers jammed into the tight quarters without complaint.
(…)
“No, of course this would confuse you. This is a social class you weren’t aware of until now. Unless something extreme happened, you’d never have crossed this gap.” “But he always tries to go ‘over there.’” “Are you talking about His Majesty?” Gisela’s skin, pale as was typical of the healing hands tribe, gained a little color. Her calm, thoughtful green eyes narrowed under her eyelashes as she smiled. “His Majesty is wonderful. He really is a special person.”
—————————————————————— Novel 6. ch.3 -My confession that held no true emotion-
“You not an impostor, are you? Are you really my son-in-law, Sir Norman? Do you swear your love to my daughter?”
“Of course, I swear to Gad[14] that I love Miss Flynn!”
I love elephants more, though.
My declaration was supposed to be 'Afro, moved to tears!’ but the Plainsmen’s expression remained hard. I had only deepened his suspicion with my confession that held no true emotion.
Oh, but thankfully Wolfram isn’t here. If he’d heard what I said right now there would be no excuse good enough to get out of that situation.
—————————————————————— Novel 6. ch.11 - The cliff scene-
I don’t even have enough strength left to talk much less ask what’s important about him. With the next small tremor, I’ll definitely fall. I have no feeling left in my fingers at all and after losing focus for a split second, my left hand slips off. My one arm holding on becomes three fingers, two fingers, and lastly my middle finger…
My awareness comes back with a shock like my shoulder is being dislocated. Pale fingers and a sleeve in a familiar color were solidly grasping my right wrist.
“I finally caught you.”
“… Wolf… why are you here..?”
Lord Wolfram von Bielefelt gives a bitter laugh as his beautiful face twists into a grimace. For a moment, I see traces of his eldest brother and despite the state of emergency I’m in, I feel a sense of admiration.
“You’re a flirt and a cheat so I secretly stuck a transmitter on you so I can chase after you anywhere in the world. Hey, it’s no good with just one hand. Grab on with both of them.”
“But with your weight… you won’t be able to pull me up. If things go wrong, you might even-!”
“If that happens…”
Wolfram grabs a hold of my sweaty wrist with both hands as it starts to slip and gives me a stern and manly smile.
“I’ll fall with you.”
Something must have happened while I was away because this is the first time I’ve seen such an expression on his face.
“Trust me.”
Overpowered by his confidence, I swing my dangling left arm overhead. The Pretty Boy, who used to be a delicate and high-strung little yippy puppy, pulled me up with all his strength a little overenthusiastically and he ended up falling on his back and pulling me down with him. When I panicked and tried to get off of him, a part of my sleeve or something caught against his cheek and left a small scrape.
“Wolf, you’re bleeding… I’m sorry.”
“You don’t have to apologize. It’s to be expected,” he says rapidly and then looks around impatiently. “It would have been nice if Gisela had come to this side. Unfortunately we’ve been separated. Anyway Yuuri! What were you doing and where!? It’s inexcusable to leave me, your fiancé, behind and go off on some journey without thinking about anyone else! And on top of that, you couldn’t even pull yourself up as you’re about to fall off a cliff… This weakness is unfit for the Demon King. This is why I call you a henachoko… Yuuri?”
Didn’t I endure it until now?
“What’s wrong?”
Even when night came, when I was alone, when I met Josak, didn’t I endure it until now? Then why can’t I bear it anymore? It’s only been a few dozen seconds since we met again.
“Wolf… Conrad is…”
“I know.”
I must look really miserable. He’s not even getting mad that I’m talking about the brother he doesn’t like and he’s put an arm around my shoulders.
“It’s okay if you cry. I was a little distraught as well.”
“He’s not dead. He’s definitely not dead, but…”
But he’s not here or anywhere. Lord Weller isn’t coming back.
“You can cry as much as you want. Gurrier, Gisela and I are all here. You can cry as much as you want any time now.”
“… Damn it!”
I force myself to pull away and show him my injury from getting caught on a jagged rock.
“Look at this, you can see the flesh… It’s bleeding so much… And then this is where you grabbed me and pulled me up. It’s all swollen and hot. I might have sprained my wrist. Worst case, it might even be broken. What do I do? Damn… it hurts… it really hurts. It’s so ridiculously painful there are tears in my eyes… How stupid am I?”
“You’re not stupid. The foolish one is Conrart.”
Why are you only saying things like that to me? Things that just make me hurt even more.
Things that just make me want to cry out and sob.
“But even if you know it’s foolish, there are times you have to do it anyway. Even you’re like that, right? You’ve always done things like that.”
“Well sorry for being a fool.”
A man that looked like a companion of Wolfram’s comes running forward while stumbling. I recognize that closely shaven head. It’s Günter’s subordinate Dacascos.
—————————————————————— Novel 6. ch.11 - Wolfram’s words-
I will strength into my knees and stand next to Wolfram. “… If they have a mask, can anyone become king…?” “No. The only ones who can be a king are those who have the talent for it.” Even though he doesn’t know what’s going on, Wolfram is thinking of the words I want to hear. “That’s something that you possess.”
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Yuuram in Novel : 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17
This is too beautiful!!
Gently caressing the face...
...of the person you love more than anything.
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