SPOILERS..
the guard informing iske that someone is here to see him,my poor baby thought it was ruby so he left the room with an excited mood and a smile 😭.
he didn't even hear the guard ( or Andy perhaps? ) saying " it's just lady freya "..
one of the things that really got my attention yesterday during the chapter that we got a glimpse of ruby's distrust towards ellen,and it confused some people.
however to me i can't really blame ruby for it since after all in HER POV ellen always chose freya and ..
we don't talk much about that iske was literally about to help ruby hide evidence in case she was really the culprit behind Freya's poisoning.
Like he's the definition of " i support my wife's wrongs & rights " .
SOME ASSUMPTIONS
I've a feeling chapter 98 will be the start of the second day of the tournament .
It will be ruby with a neutral expression and no longer using her acting technique because she saw no use in doing it anymore 💔..
I noticed something here,that Leah and arien were actually looking at ruby with worry while the others circled around Freya worriedly.
& Then when Leah asked ruby if the Marquis's daughter was bothering her again. .. like two kids were able to easily notice Freya's..
Now I'm thinking about something guys..in chapter 96 yesterday when ruby started to sleep walk in the greenhouse,she said she heard the crying again.
idk..but,could it be it's a foreshadowing that she might see iske's mother as a ghoul soon?
Someone asked something interesting,they were curious if Isis developed a postpartum depression after giving birth to ellen.
tbh .. i think it's a possibility,what do y'all think?
imagine how funny it would be if freya was all confident expecting to get the flower of glory from iske but suddenly sees him giving it to ruby .
like - girl would stare like 👁️👄👁️ while rubiske are having their moment..
I'm pretty sure freya is 100% aware of how exhausted ruby seems,I mean literally Ellen Ivan & camu are worried about her meanwhile Freya decided to bother her again by saying nonsense.
( Only to end up being embarrassed by ruby 💅 ) , however Freya was extra annoying..
doubted her and at some point ruby gave up on trying to have a friendship with ellen after the tea party incident,because she saw that ellen saw her like the others did ( except iske ).
AT THE SAME TIME i can't also blame Ellen for some situations like how she reacted..
the reason iske's hopes were soon brought down,that it wasn't the beautiful blonde ( ruby 😭💕 ).
Instead it was freya sitting with anger while biting her lower lip.
F:iz.
Iske simply turned around to leave.
F:iz wait a minute!
( THE WAY HE JUST WALKED AWAY 😭 )..
we've ellen and Ivan walking together & Ellen starts wiping Ivan's sleeve because it had a wine stain .
this made Ivan remember when they were little and Ellen cleaned his wound after he fell down the stairs 😭 💕.
upon seeing that ruby had anorexia just like her mother,it unlocked her trauma and made her act like that and these hurtful words were meant to Isis not ruby .
But also ruby had every right to cry and get scared..
but freya doesn't give up yet and shouts one more time while he walked away.
F:please open your eyes iz!she was toying with you from the beginning,she won't care if you die or not!
Iske didn't look back.
also there's the tea party incident after the scheme freya pulled by pouring the tea on herself and framing ruby for it ,ellen yes didn't show anger but she asked ruby and kept pressuring ruby for an answer.
And pressuring ruby just makes her feel scared due to her trauma ..
an important truth you've to know,you have been tricked this entire time.
( Girl stfu,you literally decorated my babygirl's trauma with your lies ).
I:did you suddenly get bored from living? ( AAAAAAAAAA ISKE VAN OMERTA 🔥 ).
F:iz..i..
I:you don't want to live anymore?
what i just want to say...ruby and Ellen have miscommunication between them that made their friendship just awkward or easily swayed by misunderstanding.
But rn it's Ellen's character development moment,it actually started since iske talked with her.
Even when ruby with all courage said " i didn't do anything like the previous time and right now i didn't do anything " .
This brunette woman just said " it's ridiculous why would lady Freya do that to herself?! ".
They just saw ruby telling the truth as a ridiculous accusation
ended the tea party and sent ruby dinner,but didn't try to talk to her again and i know Ellen didn't pick any side but in RUBY'S POV she chose Freya's side .
And at some point Ellen wanted to deny the possibility of freya being bad because of her being her childhood best friend
towards freya,and it made ruby feel like she is being at the start point again and felt that no matter what she does they'll always see her as an outsider.
At the same time the only thing that made me upset from ellen is she didn't try to speak to ruby afterwards...like she just
as iske didn't think there would be any interesting thing about a conversation with freya,but freya grabbed his arm making him turn around.
And iske became more annoyed cause she was hanging on his arm.
I:let me go.
F:i know you're crazy but ive something important..
behavior towards ruby & like i said before i know Ellen didn't pick Freya's side however in ruby's pov she did go with Freya.
& It made ruby feel that whatever she tries to do they'll always see her as an outsider and how none of them showed belief in her..
freya felt fear spilling on her,but she didn't back down she can't back down like that ( SHE IS ANNOYINGLY STUBBORN Y'ALL 😭 ).
F:i wasn't the only one who saw them,your friends and your sister saw them too!you can ask them!
( Ellen threatened y'all to keep your mouths shut )
to tell you.
I:i don't want to hear it.
F:it's about your wife and cardinal Valentino!
The only thing that made him now stare at freya was mentioning ruby ( he got worried about her 😭 ).
Freya sighed and gulped for a moment.
F:you won't believe this,there's ..
And the moment at the bathroom where freya tries to humiliate ruby and tells her she insulted the entire north.
BUT MY BABYGIRL PUTS HER IN HER PLACE AND FEELS PROUD SHE DID SO 👏 💅.
I:speak again ,what did you just say?
Iske felt himself nearly about to kill her,cause HE 👏 DIDN'T 👏 BELIEVE 👏 HER! of course he would never believe that.
Freya held her hands together as if she was praying.
F:i couldn't believe this either,even Ellen..but ..
SPOILERS - after this painful arc,ruby and iske were in the forest and suddenly ruby meets the previous duchess..and she was a ghoul,she understood her words.
as she was saying iske and Ellen's names over and over while crying.
( before we start i cannot even believe I've to make a thread about that 😭,some readers started thinking it's OKAY FOR HIM TO LOVE HER SINCE THEY'RE NOT BIOLOGICAL SIBLINGS ).
but no honey bunnies it's not fine and you'll know why :
when she actually told the truth that she didn't do anything,ruby already has trust issues and their action made it worse for her especially that everyone circled around Freya in worry and how one of the ladies glared at ruby.
LIKE?!!
you built for her,it wasn't a kiss you get from your family member . ( YOU KNOW THEY WEREN'T EXCHANGING KISSES,IT WAS A FORCED KISS ).
tears formed in her violet eyes ( crocodile performance 👏 ).
Iske stared at her with frozen red eyes that resembled flames..
Iske didn't really care about what they saw,however he felt worried since it was related to ruby.
F:they were kissing!
Iske felt a shock,taking a step back upon Freya's shouting he thought he heard her wrong.
I:what?..
F:the two were exchanging kisses in the garden..
that no matter how much she tries to prove she's not a bad person,they'll always believe the rumors about her so you may say she gave up about trying to fit in in the north.
then it's her getting tired of misunderstandings cause Ellen had Ivan and camu watch over her..
first of all we all know ruby is the adoptive daughter of the pope,but in front of the aristocrat society she's his illegitimate daughter.
when ruby was four years old she was registered in the Borgia family register and taken to live with them ..
at the beginning of the manhwa,and the start of iske's pov he said that Isis and the duke had a beautiful love story and loved each other very much.
but this love story ended up in a tragedy..
and her dress raised up - wtf is going through his mind - ??!
how on earth did some people think it's alright to ship them!? After all of this and especially knowing that RUBY HATES HIM.
Next week's chapter literally he's going to forcefully kiss her ..
and say nonsense like he wants to run away with her to an island and that he's ROMANTICALLY attracted to her..ruby was literally disgusted by him and some of y'all were like " oooo let's ship them 😚 " HELL NO .
even if they weren't siblings it's disgusting to ship them.
Both siblings were simply traumatized and heartbroken by their mother's death..and there's Ellen who never hated her mother.
It confused readers to why she didn't hate her after everything,it's because Ellen knew her mother was suffering so she only felt bad for her.
U hate her? tbh i can't even believe she has haters 💀 and their reasons are just so off tbh.
Like " she looks so childish " , "she's overly victimized " , " she's a pick me " OH NO NO BABES U DEFINITELY DON'T UNDERSTAND RUDBECKIA VAN OMERTA .
all the rumors were true iz,you've been tricked not only you but all of us oh my god what should I do?what should i do?
( Turn around,leave & stfu ).
Iske said nothing,he was frozen in his place staring at Freya. who was about to speak again..
( WAIT A LIL MISTAKE ).
F:just give up iz,please I'm so worried that you'll suffer betrayal i don't know what kind of magic she used on you.
( magic of true love babe,hope this helps ).
Iske pushed Freya's arms off of him,taking a big step to walk away from her ..
TW:ABUSE.
Yeah imagine justifying this chapter by saying " he looked fine while doing it " or " he's hot so I forgive him " or " I'm colour blind he's fine ".
It's genuinely concerning that actual people wrote these comments 😭.
( that's giving Cesare some saviour complex thingy 🙄 ),cesare was around 15 or 16 I guess at that time and he was responsible for ruby's education.
then ruby is 15 years old,that's when his obbession starts & that's where him being a pedophile starts ..
cause around the time ruby was 15 years old,cesare was like in his early twenties..since his current age is said to be 27 . like - he was obbessed with a 15 years old girl & it's his younger adoptive sister.
during the tournament,because she thought they were under the assumption she might do something during the tournament .
Then it's Ivan trying to have a conversation with ruby but it's such an awkward atmosphere..
Someone said something interesting about their outfits colours ," Cesare's clothes are black resembling a crow and ruby's dress is white/light blue resembling a dove or a little lark that the crow is about to hunt down ".
like in prologue she was literally sitting on his lap during the dinner,and one plate in front of them - like him feeding her and having her in his lap 💀.
& Kissing her forehead too - no just no..
told her " this what happens when you go against me " and he made ruby watch his turtle EAT HER BIRD ALIVE.
this scene haunted me especially the word " crunch " being written in tapas's translation,like that's literally psychological torture 💔..
but was cut off by the bell ringing,informing that all knights should head now for the tournament.
Iske turned around to leave.
F:wait don't go!
I:.. leave me alone.
Freya hugged him from behind but iske just started to take his steps to walk away.
F:please open your..
TW:MENTION OF SUICIDE.
only to see her again..when her body hanged from the tree,he was 13 .. 13 when he found his mother's dead body of course he would get traumatized.
He was literally begging her to come down and he'll spend time with her 💔...
and whipped her the entire night,it indicates that he has some lustful fantasy towards her ( some readers said this as a theory ) especially that the position he whipped her during was weird.
Like sitting on the table on her hands and knees ..
& in chapter 2 if i remember correctly,ruby said that Cesare beat her up all night cause of refusing the engagement,to the point she nearly passed out from the pain .
Like he tortured her both mentally and physically.
the fact he also treats her like his doll..
and shouted at him by saying she's not a doll,..after a while she went to Cesare's room to apologize to him because my poor baby felt bad ( she's so kind 😭 ) .
but when she entered she saw her Cesare holding her bird..her bird covered in blood..
and then during the banquet in chapter..81 ,he was so touchy during the hug - like pardon me babe that's literally your sister 😭.
his hand traveling through her hair like that -
cesare despite this messed up obbession he never hesitated to hit ruby or sell her in arranged engagements or marriages ( she was engaged once & married twice before marrying iske ) for his own & his father political gain .
when ruby first refused the engagement to Alfonso..