The Stubborn Crown Prince, I Will Enjoy My Freedom
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The Stubborn Crown Prince, I Will Enjoy My Freedom
- The Stubborn Crown Prince, I Will Enjoy My Freedom
- 堅物皇太子、私は自由を謳歌させていただきます！
Duke's daughter Emily and Crown Prince Laios have been engaged since childhood. In the empire, marriage is determined by the "Divine Mirror Ceremony," where only those who truly love each other receive a blessed light. Emily had been looking forward to that day. However, when Laios returns from a long period of study abroad, he is cold and distant. During the ceremony, the divine mirror does not shine. Despite her efforts to reach out to him, she is continually rejected, and a heartbroken Emily finally decides to break off the engagement.
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I honestly hope they dont make her and the ML get together, hes honestly such a bad character who doesnt understand anything like his IQ is just not there. I really do hope another character thats far better scoops in and takes care of her rather than this idiot prince.
I agree, I would rather she travel with her maid Sarah and find a caring partner away from the kingdom. I also hope they don't make it her fault that the mirror doesn't shine cause of his inability to realize how his behavior is affecting her negatively.
I want to believe in this because I want to throttle this damn prince so very badly. The cover composition, however, makes me think we're probably just screwed. :(
While there's no connection, I'd like to vote for the prince's attendant. He has so much more understanding of the the FL's reasons. "An apology? Why?" The prince has never even considered why in all of this. He's such an oblivious idiot. How is he the kingdom's future?
Find someone else or none at all, as long as the fiancé gets dumped I'll be so happy.
He's not stubborn; he's a complete idiot who doesn't understand his fiancée. It seems he still has feelings for her, based on the context, but he's treating her rudely, putting her down, and refusing to spend time with her. I hope she can have some freedom before being forced to be with him due to the plot, which will likely lead to them ending up together. I also hope he shows some growth or development in his character.
I'm a sucker for misunderstanding tropes, but there's a big difference between a misunderstanding and... THIS. Like, I'll still read it but just because I want to know what the misunderstanding is. With just the first three chapters it feels pretty obvious that the prince doesn't like the FL, and it's only on the last two pages of chapter 3 that we see him smiling when he says he loves her... TO HIS ATTENDANT! Not her, his male attendant. Because before this he had one panel where he was being vague about "I hope this gesture shows you how I feel," when he just expressed that his father would be mad if he didn't prepare so many gifts.
And he's hanging out with a woman who is very clearly flirting with him and openly insulting FL in front of him, so I have no idea what the misunderstanding is. It doesn't seem like he has brothers or enemies he needs to trick, he definitely seems overworked but not to the point of being so unavailable that they can't even talk, and it doesn't feel like that one story where ML was sad that he put the FL through so much with princess training that he decided to distance himself for her.
Also Chapter 1 literally opens with a magic mirror that shows your love for someone. Unless that mirror is broken, the mirror showed that they weren't in love. Now maybe she's unconsciously not in love with him but that doesn't seem to make sense because he's all she talks and thinks about, and if he loves her back then the mirror should glow. Also with how much emphasis is put on this mirror, to the point where they've tried over 100 times to make it glow, it seems the kingdom prioritizes romantic relationships over purely strategical alliances. So it doesn't seem like loveless marriages are normal in their culture and I hope if the author realizes this, they explore it a bit more and show us how maybe the prince is seen as the failure in this relationship.
I didn’t see any panels where he says he loves her, even to his attendant—did I miss it? There was one panel after he “gave” her the gifts where his attendant asked if his feelings were conveyed. But that’s it.
That magic mirror would probably glow real bright if princehole stood in front of it on his own.
I wish she was more direct in calling him out for clearly having a thing with the Princess (as evidenced by...literally everything he's done in FL's presence). He seems to want to marry FL, but I genuinely don't by that he has feelings for her, even if he thinks he does.
Also we now see that they have fundamentally different values, and probably wouldn't work well together.
They are mismatched for sure. You can't meet halfway if only one side is willing to go to the middle.
The audacity of the prince and the princess is so deep in the ground that they can't even see anything besides themselves. Prince needs to find a hole and crawl in there.
"An apology? Why?"
Speaking like someone who thinks he's never wrong, so everyone else must be the ones who are wrong.
Feel bad for the attendant. He seems to be the only one with perception. I hope he gets paid well.
While I'm not a fan of the pressure from the King, he can't even fathom how his own inabilities are causing this situation. Also. I still hate that princess. She's such an entitled jfhdks. For someone who preaches the importance of being poised, she sure gossips a whole lot.
Why is he even upset!?! He blatantly did not want to marry her (as evidenced by him refusing to make even the slightest effort to connect with her, lying about his availability, and dating another woman instead). I wish she'd gone further and outright called out the affair.
1. Long term engagements starting in childhood
2. They can only marry if the magic mirror confirms they are in love.
Its not like every time you pair kids with each other, they'll fall in love as adults. One would in fact expect engagements being called off to be perfectly normal once the mirror confirms they aren't a match.
I also feel like this manga isn't titled properly. He's not stubborn, he's stupid
This prince is so shitty. It’s beyond being awkward. He’s insensitive, rude, dismissive, and not very charming. The princess from another country can have him.
Villainess: Why would you is that, he's your fiance?!?
FL if she had self respect: Have you seen how he's treating me? Fuck that, you can have him.
Also what the fuck is FL even doing this chapter? "I need to learn about the woman dating my ex-fiance who has been slandering me" so she runs down her carriage and gets aggressively weird at her? Who does that!?
Oh heck yeah I’m glad the tutor truly cares for her even if she’s a bit harsh
I despise this princess, she’s so despicable