Living the life of a rich divorcee is honestly a lot more appealing than that of an oppressed, underappreciated queen.
Before we start the review…
What’s the Japanese level?
I rate this as an advanced series. To see my reasonings for my rankings, please click here!
Who wrote this manga?
This was written by Sabino Buchi and Izumi Kyouka.
Info about the series
- There are four volumes out in Japanese.
- There is currently no English version that I can find.
You can check out this series for yourself below.
What happens in chapter one?
Vera, the protagonist of this story, was betrothed to the crown prince at a young age. Because her great-grandfather was blessed with supernatural abilities, there were high expectations that Vera would also one day be blessed with similar abilities.
While life at the castle wasn’t always exactly easy—because she was too shy to deal with people head-on, she instead chose to study and work hard in the background—she was able to win the hearts of many of those around her. This wasn’t enough to save her unfortunately, as the more time passed that she didn’t manifest any abilities, the more those around her looked down upon her.
One day, the king summons her to the throne room. He explained to Vera that a promising young woman was gifted a supernatural power that would surely help the kingdom. So, naturally, he wants to divorce Vera so that he can marry her. So that the new wife doesn’t feel awkward, he requests Vera travel somewhere far from the capital so that she won’t have any lingering influence.
Vera quickly accepts this fate, and makes her way out of the castle. Unable to return to her parents’ house and no longer welcome at her ex-husband’s, she makes her way to the building her great-grandparents used to live in. It’s only after she finally reaches the residence that she’s able to take a deep breath, relax, and realize that perhaps the divorce was actually a blessing in disguise.
My thoughts on this chapter
Honestly, I found this chapter to be purely okay. While I didn’t find anything about it to be all that fresh and exciting, I did find myself enjoying Vera as a protagonist. I like that she accepted the divorce so readily, and quickly moved on to trying to enjoy her newfound freedom. All too often these types of stories have women doing all that they can to keep the man that is trying to leave them, or they stay hung up on the prospect of revenge. It was nice to follow Vera as she moved on from the divorce right away, and then all but forgot about it.
I do wish we were able to see more characters introduced in this chapter, as we only got to see (who I can only assume is the male lead’s) hair! I wanted to see his face! But alas, that’s what chapter two is for I guess.
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