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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: One plot point that comes up briefly, is discussed briefly and then forgotten is Gregor's head servant passing some information to the protagonists. They try to find out why he would do that and for who but no progress is made before they have to drop the matter. [[spoiler:He wasn't taking orders from anyone at all but rather working under his own initiative, meaning following that line of thought was never going to lead anywhere due to flawed premises.]]
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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: One plot point that comes up briefly, is discussed briefly and then forgotten is Gregor's head servant passing some information to the protagonists. They try to find out why he would do that and for who but no progress is made before they have to drop the matter. [[spoiler:He wasn't taking orders from anyone at all but rather working under his own initiative, initiative while secretly poisoning Gregor for years, meaning following that line of thought was never going to lead anywhere due to flawed premises.]]
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* HiddenAgendaHero: Someone has the head servant of Gregor's palace pass along information that is very helpful, but the protagonists are never sure why they would do so or who managed to move this seemingly incorruptible man. [[spoiler:There is no ManBehindTheMan: The servant's loyalty to Gregor is second only to his need to make sure the empire never has a ''pointless'' tyrant at the helm, meaning he steps up completely under his own initiative to sabotage the emperor and Laurence. It's never clear if Tia or Cedric ever become aware of him.]]
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* HiddenAgendaHero: Someone has the head servant of Gregor's palace pass along information that is very helpful, but the protagonists are never sure why they would do so or who managed to move this seemingly incorruptible man. [[spoiler:There is no ManBehindTheMan: The servant's loyalty to Gregor is second only to his need to make sure the empire never has a ''pointless'' tyrant at the helm, meaning he steps up completely under his own initiative to sabotage the emperor and Laurence.Laurence after regaining memories of the previous timeline. It's never clear if Tia or Cedric ever become aware of him.]]
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* LawOfInverseFertility: [[spoiler:Artezia not only actively doesn't want children, she doesn't even have a regular menstrual cycle and is in rather poor health overall. Despite this, she gets pregnant from a single sexual encounter and has to be gently talked out of getting an abortion when she realizes the truth. Later, after she realizes she's just a bit incompetent as a mother at worst rather than actively harmful, she gets pregnant ''again'' despite assurances this would never happen. This time she has to talk Cedric into letting her keep it despite the severe health risks.]]
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* LawOfInverseFertility: [[spoiler:Artezia not only actively doesn't want children, she doesn't even have a regular menstrual cycle and is in rather poor health overall. Despite this, she gets pregnant from a single sexual encounter and has to be gently talked out of getting an abortion when she realizes the truth. Later, after she realizes she's just a bit incompetent as a mother at worst rather than actively harmful, harmful like her own mother was, she gets pregnant ''again'' despite assurances this would never happen. This time she has to talk Cedric into letting her keep it despite the severe health risks.]]
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* {{Nepotism}}: Notable aversion. Emperor Gregor clearly favors Laurence as heir, but he cannot make Laurence crown prince without just cause, because Laurence is an illegitimate child and has no notable backing.
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* {{Nepotism}}: Notable aversion. Emperor Gregor clearly favors Laurence as heir, but he cannot make Laurence crown prince without just cause, because Laurence is an illegitimate child and has no notable backing.backing, on top of him lacking any traits or talents that would make him an effective ruler.
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* ThePurge: Emperor Gregor (falsely) accused the grand ducal family of Ebron of treason, so he did not just kill the grand ducal couple but also their entire household and vassals in the capital. The families of the executed people were hidden in the village of Thold in Ebron. Lisia is one of these people that were hidden. While these people have been cleared of the charges, the village is one of Cedric's biggest kept secrets.
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* ThePurge: Emperor Gregor (falsely) accused the grand ducal family of Ebron of treason, so he did not just kill the grand ducal couple but also their entire household and vassals in the capital. The families of the executed people were hidden in the village of Thold in Ebron. Ebron, Lisia is being one of these people that were hidden. While these people have been cleared of the charges, the village is one of Cedric's biggest kept secrets.
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* TheResenter: In the previous timeline Venia, Lisia's maid, blamed Artezia for her death and the destruction of Ebron. She wasn't entirely wrong but she still unfairly held Artezia solely responsible for the former. Her grudge was so deep that [[spoiler:when they cross paths again in the new timeline, her past memories are intact and she tries to murder her despite Artezia trying to help her.]]
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* TheResenter: In the previous timeline Venia, Lisia's maid, blamed Artezia for her death and the destruction of Ebron. She wasn't entirely wrong but she still unfairly held Artezia solely responsible for the former.former since Lisia's death was mainly caused by Laurence's actions. Her grudge was so deep that [[spoiler:when they cross paths again in the new timeline, her past memories are intact and she tries to murder her despite Artezia trying to help her.]]
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Since the story is originally Korean, this is a given. Several names can be romanized differently. The Kratez Empire for instance is sometimes also romanized as Krates or Crates.
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* GodIsGood: God has no direct presence in the story, no lines and his only explicit action is picking saints and implicitly hijacking Tia's spell at the start and giving people past life memories. However, it all comes together in the end [[spoiler:to remove one tyrant, to stop an even worse one from rising to power, foster peace and diplomacy between Karam, Kratez and its neighbors and bring reform policies to increase stability.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: That being said, God's help is a little, well, ''lacking'' in some respects and he seems to value efficiency over morality: Tia may be very good at getting things done, but kindness and empathy are not her strong suit.
* GoodIsNotNice: That being said, God's help is a little, well, ''lacking'' in some respects and he seems to value efficiency over morality: Tia may be very good at getting things done, but kindness and empathy are not her strong suit.
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* InMysteriousWays: Though Tia refuses to think about it much, [[spoiler:she IS a saintess, as is Lisia]]. There are also frequent implications late in the story that numerous individuals have been chosen for some unfathomable reason to enact a future the story doesn't elaborate on. Even Gregor was one such divinely favored individual once while in the present people begin remembering just enough of the past timeline to fulfill some purpose. The people chosen are all seemingly random individuals and some may not even have been mentioned, yet in the end TheChosenMany all play their roles in stabilizing the empire and guiding it in a beneficial direction.
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** Roygar is greedy and opportunistic. If there is an opportunity that allows him to increase profits and/or accomplish a major goal, he will throw caution in the wind and do anything to take advantage of it and reap the benefits, regardless of any potential risks.
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* TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler:After Aubrey is charged with high treason and sentenced to be executed by a furious Cedric for betraying Ebron and facilitating Artezia's kidnapping by Cadriol, her mother Margaret begs to be allowed to die in her stead. Knowing Cedric would never accept that, her other daughters Hailey and Fiona hold her back while her eldest Mel personally kills Aubrey to redeem the family's honor]].
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* TheResenter: In the previous timeline Venia, Lisia's maid, blamed Artezia for her death and the destruction of Ebron. She wasn't entirely wrong but she still unfairly held Artezia solely responsible for the former. Her grudge was so deep that [[spoiler:when they cross paths again in the new timeline, her past memories are intact and she tries to murder her despite Artezia trying to help her.]]
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* TheResenter: Venia, Lisia's maid, blamed Artezia for Lisia's death. She wasn't entirely wrong but she still unfairly held Artezia solely responsible for what happened in the original timeline. Her grudge was so deep that [[spoiler:when they cross paths again in the new timeline, her past memories are intact and she tries to murder her despite Artezia trying to help her.]]
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* TheResenter: In the previous timeline Venia, Lisia's maid, blamed Artezia for Lisia's death. her death and the destruction of Ebron. She wasn't entirely wrong but she still unfairly held Artezia solely responsible for what happened in the original timeline.former. Her grudge was so deep that [[spoiler:when they cross paths again in the new timeline, her past memories are intact and she tries to murder her despite Artezia trying to help her.]]
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* ForgivenButNotForgotten: The reason why [[spoiler:Cedric waits so long to reveal he has his PastLifeMemories to Artezia is because he couldn't forgive her for destroying Ebron in the first timeline, in spite of the fact that he's fallen in love with her over the course of the second. Eventually, he reconciles with the idea by acknowledging that he was the one to ask for help in restoring the empire in the first place, which makes him responsible for her actions, which allows him to finally forgive her and embrace his love for her]].
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* DestructiveRomance: Laurence and Lisia. Loving Laurence and trying to change him to be a better person causes Lisia no end of misery, be it in this timeline or the next one. [[spoiler:Ultimately, once she finally accepts that he's ''never'' going to change, no matter how much they love each other, she ends up killing him]].
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: What the Karam, a monstrous humanoid race in the North, is assumed to be by the Temple and the population. The story so far has hinted that they are just people trying to survive and protect themselves and theirs.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The literal saint ended up in love with a vicious narcissist with an overwhelming inferiority complex and stuck with him without complaint until her eventual death. Meanwhile, the heroic and gracious Cedric falls for a clinical sociopath, though it turns out better for him since Tia is more amoral and pragmatic than outright malicious: Tia will kill you if it serves some greater purpose, but Laurence will kill you because he's in a bad mood, feels slighted or because he hates that he used to need you.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: What the Karam, a monstrous humanoid race in the North, is assumed to be by the Temple and the population. Thestory so far has hinted that they are just people trying Ebron duchy exists to survive and protect themselves the empire from them but are secretly the most positive group towards them in the empire: They have enough interactions with Karam to realize they're just people, even if they're strange and theirs.aggressive.
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* TheChosenMany: It's implied that not only did Artezia regress instead of Cedric ([[spoiler:initially]]) due to outside divine intervention, but that whatever entity was responsible ''also'' picked numerous individuals to regain their memories so that they would help build a more peaceful future and a more stable empire. [[spoiler:One of them includes Cadriol.]]
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* TheChosenMany: It's implied that not only did Artezia regress instead of Cedric ([[spoiler:initially]]) as she intended due to outside divine intervention, but that whatever entity was responsible ''also'' picked numerous individuals to regain their memories so that they would help build a more peaceful future and a more stable empire. [[spoiler:One [[spoiler:The first is Cadriol, but later a number of them includes Cadriol.major and minor characters also show memories of the past, from Cedric himself to characters who exist as little more than names.]]
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* BetaCouple: Played with in regards to Laurence and Lisia, who provide an effective {{foil}} to Cedric and Artezia's romance. While on the surface the latter seems like a case of OppositesAttract, [[BirdsOfAFeather the two aren't really all that different at their core]]. They both have a fierce desire to protect those they care about thanks to tragic and lonely childhoods, and are strongly interested in improving and maintaining the well-being of the empire and the people that live within it. They just have different ways of doing it, which allows them to cover for each other's weaknesses and work together as a team. By contrast, Laurence and Lisia ''are'' a case of OppositesAttract, with Laurence being a narcissistic psychopath with almost no redeeming qualities whatsoever and Lisia being a literal saint without an "ounce of evil" in her. Unlike Cedric and Artezia, [[DestructiveRomance their romance is a complete disaster]] that ultimately ends with one killing the other [[spoiler:in ''both'' timelines]].
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* ImaginaryLoveTriangle: For a good portion of the story, Artezia operates under the belief that Cedric, despite his feelings for her, will eventually fall in love with Lisia since they were engaged in the previous timeline. In reality, Cedric and Lisia have no such feelings for each other and it's implied [[spoiler:and eventually confirmed]] the two only got engaged so Cedric had pretext to use Ebron's might to protect Lisia after she was publicly revealed to be a Saintess and her life was endangered. Then, even after it becomes clear to her that Cedric really isn't going to fall in love with Lisia, Artezia starts feeling guilty because she believes she "stole" Cedric from her best friend. [[spoiler:It takes Cedric finally revealing he has all his memories of the previous timeline for these misconceptions to clear up]].
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* ImaginaryLoveTriangle: For a good portion of the story, Artezia operates under the belief that Cedric, despite his feelings for her, will eventually fall in love with Lisia since they were engaged in the previous timeline. In reality, Cedric and Lisia have no such feelings for each other and it's implied [[spoiler:and eventually confirmed]] the two only got engaged so Cedric had pretext to use Ebron's might to protect Lisia after she was publicly revealed to be a Saintess and her life was endangered.endangered, since he viewed her as a surrogate sister. Then, even after it becomes clear to her that Cedric really isn't going to fall in love with Lisia, Artezia starts feeling guilty because she believes she "stole" Cedric from her best friend. [[spoiler:It takes Cedric finally revealing he has all his memories of the previous timeline for these misconceptions to clear up]].
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* DivineRightOfKings: This is (partly) how Artezia got Laurence the legitimacy he needed to become emperor. She faked a prophecy from an oracle that proclaimed Saintess Lisia as the next Empress. Of the three possible heirs to the throne, only Cedric and Laurence were unattached while Roygar was long married, meaning that the former two were, in the common people's eyes, the only legitimate contenders to be emperor. Artezia then framed Roygar for treason to get him executed and had Cedric (who had engaged himself to Lisia to protect her from unwanted suitors) exiled, leaving Laurence as the only possible suitor. The two got married and Laurence was finally proclaimed Crown Prince the following day.
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** This is (partly) how Artezia got Laurence the legitimacy he needed to become emperor. She faked a prophecy from an oracle that proclaimed Saintess Lisia as the next Empress. Of the three possible heirs to the throne, only Cedric and Laurence were unattached while Roygar was long married, meaning that the former two were, in the common people's eyes, the only legitimate contenders to be emperor. Artezia then framed Roygar for treason to get him executed and had Cedric (who had engaged himself to Lisia to protect her from unwanted suitors) exiled, leaving Laurence as the only possible suitor. The two got married and Laurence was finally proclaimed Crown Prince the followingday.day.
** The circumstances of [[spoiler:Leticia's birth]] brings the issue up again. [[spoiler:Having been born the day of the Harvest Festival, in the middle of a major religious ceremony, after her mother had her life saved by what was clearly a holy blessing, makes her a literal miracle baby. Multiple factions note that it's more than likely the common people will want a child with royal blood born under such circumstances to succeed the throne, making her an object of interest and a target as a result. The situation is bad enough that Tia briefly considers the possibility of publicly revealing her status as a Saintess just to shield her daughter from the all scrutiny she'll be under]].
** This is (partly) how Artezia got Laurence the legitimacy he needed to become emperor. She faked a prophecy from an oracle that proclaimed Saintess Lisia as the next Empress. Of the three possible heirs to the throne, only Cedric and Laurence were unattached while Roygar was long married, meaning that the former two were, in the common people's eyes, the only legitimate contenders to be emperor. Artezia then framed Roygar for treason to get him executed and had Cedric (who had engaged himself to Lisia to protect her from unwanted suitors) exiled, leaving Laurence as the only possible suitor. The two got married and Laurence was finally proclaimed Crown Prince the following
** The circumstances of [[spoiler:Leticia's birth]] brings the issue up again. [[spoiler:Having been born the day of the Harvest Festival, in the middle of a major religious ceremony, after her mother had her life saved by what was clearly a holy blessing, makes her a literal miracle baby. Multiple factions note that it's more than likely the common people will want a child with royal blood born under such circumstances to succeed the throne, making her an object of interest and a target as a result. The situation is bad enough that Tia briefly considers the possibility of publicly revealing her status as a Saintess just to shield her daughter from the all scrutiny she'll be under]].
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* ImaginaryLoveTriangle: For a good portion of the story, Artezia operates under the belief that Cedric, despite his feelings for her, will eventually fall in love with Lisia since they were engaged in the previous timeline. In reality, Cedric and Lisia have no such feelings for each other and it's implied [[spoiler:and eventually confirmed]] the two only got engaged so Cedric had pretext to use Ebron's might to protect Lisia after she was publicly revealed to be a Saintess and her life was endangered. Then, even after it becomes clear to her that Cedric really isn't going to fall in love with Lisia, Artezia starts feeling guilty because she believes she "stole" Cedric from her best friend. [[spoiler:It takes Cedric finally revealing he has all his memories of the previous timeline for these misconceptions to clear up]].
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* VillainTakesAnInterest: [[spoiler:Leticia immediately becomes the object of interest for several factions, particularly Gregor, after she's born as a literal miracle baby. Both Cedric and Artezia suspect that Gregor might try to make her his new heir in hopes of bypassing having to declare the former his heir, particularly since Leticia is too young to plot against him]].
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* InTheBlood: [[spoiler:After finding out she's pregnant, Artezia immediately tries to get an abortion, fearing that the child will turn out like her or -- worse -- like Millaira and Laurence. While Cedric and Alice convince her not to, the former does acknowledge that this is a legitimate concern[[note]]as it would be in RealLife, since mental illnesses have a genetic factor to them[[/note]], and tells Artezia that they'll cross that bridge if it comes to it]].
