Oof, okay. I just finished it. I got the happiest ending with Guillaume. But at what cost? This route was so hard, and the things MC had to endure were horrible. I was disgusted at Guillaume, how he treated MC... I'm sorry it was just too much. And it felt REAL, you know? Their relationship reminded me of my parent's and that's not a good thing. Yeah, they're still married and yeah they love each other. What at what cost? How much does a wife have to endure? She shouldn't. I was enraged during most of the route and I've never felt so bad for a character as I did for MC.
I've noticed a theme with the ROs of the released routes never standing up for MC until the very end. And this MC deserves the world, goddammit. I pray that Leo and Frederique will defend her and protect her, at least. Because MC protects and cares for everyone, and she would defy anyone to defend her partner. She deserves to be treated so much better.
The thing is, Guillaume went so much deeper, so much worst! I chose to stay away from Leo, but he was right: MC is a brilliant woman, and she was dying in that relationship. And it hurt so much to watch. I hated Guillaume so much. And yes, I got the happy ending, and I was glad that he gave equal power to MC at the end. But I can't forgive him. And I can't forget how he treated her for most of the game.
I'm also so sad that we didn't get to make amends of some kind with Frederique at the end :( It broke my heart. But at least, my little ray of sunshine, Duchess Mariette! The only support MC had. She was so ISOLATED in this route. It was so scary and heartbreaking,
I'm hoping that those little hints about Leo mean that we can have a good ending with him in this route. I always left ASAP during the first playthrough, but I'm going to do a second playthrough and see if Leo can steal MC away. With an MC that's pretending to love Guillaume, tho, because I can't handle seeing her suffering so much again.
Beautiful writing and art, like always <3 And even if this route made me hate Guillaume with a passion and feel depressed for MC, writing should evoke emotions in the reader, whatever those emotions are. And you delivered. But, really, Guillaume doesn't deserve MC. I also get the feeling that Leo would get MC her own throne and not having her stand, damn be tradition!
I'm just feeling a LOT right now T_T
Great game!