@wanderer_1204 said in The Villainess Speaks Not Vol. 3 Discussion:
I quite like the imperial prince. I would like to see more of him and his scheming.
Since he's part of the game, as long as the story goes long enough to go through some version of the events of the game, we should see him again - though if Liliana's actions changed his outlook sufficiently, that could change what he does during those events. It sounds like there's a decent chance that in the game's events, his sister would have just died, and he'd be traumatized by that, but instead, he's now fired up to protect her.
Either way, I'd guess that we'll see him again - especially if events in the empire affect what's happening in the kingdom.
Belinda's POV was pretty disjointed - she and Abram aren't shown to be hostile to each other or something, right? They are a regular noble couple like I recall. He is less lovey-dovey and maybe indifferent - but this is "normal" for nobles.
I thought that they made it pretty clear previously that he's fairly cold to her at this point. He behaves normally towards her in public, but he's not at all warm to her any longer in private. IIRC, at Clyde's birthday party, a point was made that he was acting differently towards her in front of everyone in order to not lose face, but they really weren't behaving like a couple in private. Also, Liliana and Clyde were surprised when their grandmother said that their father had been the one to insist on marrying their mother given how he acts toward her now. So, it sounds like he's been acting quite cold to her for some time now.
Obviously, that sort of thing isn't entirely abnormal with noble couples (particularly with arranged marriages), but between what we just saw in Belinda's POV and what we heard previously, it sounds like Duke Clarke behaved like he was quite interested in her initially and then later stopped caring about her once he got the children he wanted. And that could also factor into why Belinda hates Liliana. It seems that Duke Clarke dropped the act of loving her around the time that Liliana was born.
I am assuming Abram did some magic experiments on his wife when she was pregnant - which might be the reason she lost one child and next child, lilliana was born a "monster" and maybe her parents were accidentally killed as collateral damage when she gave birth.
It certainly sounds like he's looking to get something out of his kids that potentially relates to his plans regarding the demon king. IIRC, someone here suggested previously that maybe Liliana was reincarnated due to an attempt to summon the demon king into his child, and instead of getting the demon king, he got someone who had lived and died on Earth.
Either way, it wouldn't be at all surprising if he used magic in some fashion to affect the pregnancy - probably with all of the pregnancies - and presumably, he decided that he'd gotten what he wanted after Liliana was born, since he didn't keep trying to have more children.
