History Webcomic / DearNemesis

* MoneyDumb: Ellua turns out to be one, but he's just a teenager, so he still has some time to grow.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: While Elmark is your typical for otome isekai run-of-the-mill vaguely 18-19th century western European country, Ighalo seems to be a mix of Levant and India.

* ForgottenPhlebotinum: It's very strongly implied the Ighaloan jewels used to be previously known in Elmark, but for some reason all that knowledge was locked up and kept secret in the basement library at the Phlox estate, most likely at the behest of the royal family.

* LongHairIsFeminine: Calmia's father clearly thought that, refusing to see her until she grew back her hair, with her refusing to do so until his death. She keeps her long hair in the second timeline, even wondering what Rudbeckia thought of her when seeing her for the first time with long hair and wearing a dress. She eventually grows up to be more ladylike than in her first timeline.

* SexFaceTurn: Averted. [[spoiler: Despite Rudbeckia's hopes, Calmia still declares she's going to dissolve their engagement even after they have sex.]]

* AppliedPhlebotinum: The magical stones of Ighalo. They can be used in alchemy, to create medicine and potions, wands, keys, jewelry, statues and even for [[spoiler: time travel]]. However, they have certain severe drawbacks, like attracting monstrous beasts or [[spoiler: causing a plague]].

* ForgottenPhlebotinum: It's very strongly implied the Ighaloan stones used to be previously known in Elmark, but for some reason all that knowledge was locked up and kept secret in the basement library at the Phlox estate, most likely at the behest of the royal family.

* ImprovisedLockpick: PlayedWith. Calmia realizes there are not enought keys to open all the locked books in the secret library, but figures out she can open them using the stones of Ighalo if they're cut to be narrow enough to fit into the keyhole (they don't need to be cut into the exact shape).

* ThePlague: [[spoiler: The magical stones cause one in Ighalo. The whole reason why Ighaloans brought them to Elmark and insisted on trading them as their "cultural export" was part of the plot to bring the epidemic to another country to see if the locals could come up with the cure since Ighaloans couldn't find any. Calmia is well aware of it, but informs prince Apis that his plan won't work since the plague won't spread in Elmark because its local medicinal herbs would provide instant cure without anyone noticing the disease. This is also the reason prince Apis left Persica in the first timeline: second prince caught wind of his plans and used it to blackmail him. Apis, fearing this would wreck Persica's reputation and ruin her chances at getting the throne, ledt her with no explanation. Ironically, this caused her a mental breakdown and to completely withdraw from competing for the crown.]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: Rudbeckia and Calmia are both this to each other. On one hand, Rudbeckia comes from a more powerful family, is slightly older, lives in the capital and is in general given much more freedom than Calmia, who's constantly undermined by her father due to her sex, kept in a provincial estate with virtually no friends or supporters besides her twin brother and is a target of manipulation for many men around her. On the other hand, being out of general sight gives her many opportunities (mainly establishing trade with Ighalo and getting her hands on as many Ighaloan stones as possible before trade negotiations even start and Rudbeckia begins to monitor the market) while she has a major advantage over her fiance: [[spoiler: she knows he's a regressor, and he doesn't know she is one as well, until she basically spells it out for him]].
** In general, Rudbeckia is trying to prevent the Ighaloan stones from entering the Elmark's market [[spoiler: since he knows they will inevitably attract the magical beasts to their country]] while Calmia anticipates it and starts collecting both stones and knowledge about them, while preparing for the invasion (she even gives him a heads-up by presenting him with one stone quite early on). So Calmia knowingly undermines Rudbeckia by getting the stones before they enter the official trade, while Rudbeckia unknowingly undermines her by prolonging the road construction project (albeit this also gives her the advantage of having more time to get much more stones from Rhashid before the official trade is established, leaving no sales' documents).

* PoorCommunicationKills: While Calmia's knowledge [[spoiler: that Rudbeckia is also a regressor while he remains ignorant of her]] gives her the upper hand in many situations, this also leads to her fiance severely underestimating her and creating even more problems, mainly when he rejects the idea that she's the one who ordered spying on Storoni, which leads to Rudbeckia intercepting a very important letter regarding Storoni's moves and Phlox family losing their library as a result.

** Storoni,[[spoiler: despite not being a regressor]], is also one, albeit he has much less advantage than he had in the first timeline thanks to Ellua being alive and Calmia being immune to his manipulations. However, his relationship with Count Phlox gives him a lot of influence over the man, mainly in regards to his support for the second prince. In chapter 56 it turns out [[spoiler: he convinced the count return the books in the basement library back to the royal family]]. Why Calmia didn't anticipate it despite monitoring Storoni's moves? Rudbeckia intercepted the letter from her spy informing her of it.

* LongHairIsFeminine: Calmia's father clearly thought that, refusing to see her until she grew back her hair, with her refusing to do so until his death. She keeps her long hair in the second timeline, even wondering what Rudbeckia thought of her when seeing her for the first time with long hair and wearing a dress.

* CountryMouse: Sometime in the past Phlox family for some reason removed themselves from the capital and their function as royal tutors, and moved to the countryside. In the first timeline Calmia remained there until she made her social debut at 20, when she went to the court and was thoroughly mocked by other nobles. In the current timeline Calmia basically uses her engagement to Rudbeckia to force her father to hire better tutors for her and allow her to socialize more, as well make her debut earlier.

* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything: Not that great, but the Phlox estate is full of books and has a large basement library containing books on magical stones, beasts and alchemy, some of which are locked. The Phlox family used to be the teachers of the royalty of Elmark, and the basement books actually belong to the royal family who for some reason handed them over.

** Played straight with the first princess' and the second prince's fight for the throne.

* PoorCommunicationKills: While Calmia's knowledge [[spoiler: that Rudbeckia is also a regressor]] gives her the upper hand in many situations, this also leads to her fiance severely underestimating her and creating even more problems, mainly when he rejects the idea that she's the one who ordered spying on Storoni, which leads to Rudbeckia intercepting a very important letter regarding Storoni's moves and Phlox family losing their library as a result.

* RunningGag: Calmia constantly receiving bracelets from various men. In her country, giving someone a bracelet is an expression of romantic intent.

** This happens mostly offscreen, but Rudbeckia had to compete with his brother for the dukedom. He's designated as the heir quite early due to his prodigious accomplishments (this thanks to being an adult in child's body), but his brother still has a minor chance at succeeding and is working against him behind the scenes.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Rudbeckia and Calmia are both this to each other. On one hand, Rudbeckia comes from a more powerful family, is slightly older, lives in the capital and is in general given much more freedom than Calmia, who's constantly undermined by her father due to her sex, kept in a provincial estate with virtually no friends or supporters besides her twin brother and is a target of manipulation for many men around her. On the other hand, being out of general sight gives her many opportunities (mainly establishing trade with Ighalo and getting her hands on as many Ighaloan stones as possible before trade negotiations even start and Rudbeckia begins to monitor the stones' market) while she has a major advantage over her fiance: [[spoiler: she knows he's a regressor, and he doesn't know she is one as well, until she basically spells it out for him]].
** In general, Rudbeckia is trying to prevent the Ighaloan stones from entering the Elmark's market [[spoiler: since he knows they will inevitably attract the magical beasts to their country]] while Calmia anticipates it and starts collecting both stones and knowledge about them, while preparing for the invasion (she even gives him a heads-up by presenting him with one stone quite early on). So Calmia knowingly undermines Rudbeckia by getting the stones before they enter the official trade, while Rudbeckia unknowingly undermines her by prolonging the road construction project (albeit this also gives her the advantage of having more time to unofficially get much more stones from Rhashid before the official trade is established, leaving no sales' documents).

* ParentalMarriageVeto: Zigzagged. Count Phlox is less than pleased with Calmia's marriage offer from Duke Matari, despite all the power and clout this would give their family, but eventually caves in and agrees to the engagement. However, he's still planning on eventually breaking it, even though Calmia points out it would be a politically and socially disastrous decision.

** In general, Rudbeckia is trying to prevent the Ighaloan stones from entering the Elmark's market [[spoiler: since he knows they will inevitably attract the magical beasts to their country]] while Calmia accepts it as inevitable and starts collecting both stones and knowledge about them, while preparing for the invasion (she even gives him a heads-up by presenting him with one stone quite early on). So Calmia knowingly undermines Rudbeckia by getting the stones before they enter the official trade, while Rudbeckia unknowingly undermines her by prolonging the road construction project (albeit this also gives her the advantage of having more time to unofficially get much more stones from Rhashid before the official trade is established, leaving no sales' documents).
** Storoni,[[spoiler: despite not being a regressor]], is also one, albeit he has much less advantage than he had in the first timeline thanks to Ellua being alive and Calmia being immune to his manipulations. However, his relationship with Count Phlox gives him a lot of influence over the man, mainly in regards to his support for the second prince. In chapter 56 it turns out [[spoiler: he convinced the prince to demand the books in the basement library back in the name of the royal family]]. Why Calmia didn't anticipate it despite monitoring Storoni's moves? Rudbeckia intercepted the letter from her spy informing her of it.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Rudbeckia and Calmia are both this to each other. On one hand, Rudbeckia comes from a more powerful family, is slightly older, lives in the capital and is in general given much more freedom than Calmia, who's constantly undermined by her father due to her sex, kept in a provincial estate with virtually no friends or supporters besides her twin brother and is a target of manipulation for many men around her. On the other hand, being out of general sight gives her many opportunities (mainly establishing trade with Ighalo and getting her hands on as many Ighaloan stones as possible before trade negotiations even start and Rudbeckia begins to monitor the stones' market) while she has a very useful advantage over her fiance: [[spoiler: she knows he's a regressor and he doesn't know she is one as well, until she basically spells it out for him]].
** In general, Rudbeckia is trying to prevent the Ighaloan stones from entering the Elmark's market [[spoiler: since he knows they will inevitably attract the magical beasts to their country]] while Calmia accepts it as inevitable and starts collecting both stones and knowledge about them, while preparing for the invasion (she even gives him a heads-up by presenting him with one stone quite early on). So Calmia knowingly undermines Rudbeckia by getting the stones before they enter the official trade, while Rudbeckia unknowingly undermines her by prolonging the road construction project (albeit this also gives her the advantage of having more time to unofficially buying much more stones from Rhashid before the official trade is established).
** Storoni

* SpannerInTheWorks: Rudbeckia and Calmia are both this to each other. On one hand, Rudbeckia comes from a more powerful family, is slightly older, lives in the capital and is in general given much more freedom than Calmia, who's constantly undermined by her father due to her sex, kept in a provincial estate with virtually no friends or supporters besides her twin brother and is a target of manipulation for many men around her. On the other hand,

* RunningGag: Calmia constantly receiving bracelets from various men. In her country, Elmark, giving someone a bracelet is an expression of romantic intent.

* SiblingRivalry: There's a rather one-sided one between Calmia and Ellua. Ellua is actually the only person on the estate who cares for Calmia and has her best interests at heart, while at the same time Calmia, at her current mental age, can clearly see that their father is setting up everything for the benefit of Ellua at his sister's expense. She loves her brother, but refuses to give up her potential chances at inheriting the title, even though it ultimately boils down to Ellua willingly giving up his rights to the title for her.

** This happens mostly offscreen, but Rudbeckia had to compete with his brother for the dukedom. He's designated as the heir quite early (partially thanks to being an adult in child's body), but his brother still has a minor chance at succeeding and is working against him behind the scenes.

* UpperClassTwit: Rudbeckia shows shades of that, being rather dismissive of his concerned servants, asking Count Phlox why he allows someone as lowborn as Storoni address his children so familiarly, being rather conceited about his looks, and, in the both timelines, teasing Calmia about her "cheap looking bracelet". However, Calmia notes he was otherwise known for appreciating people for what they did instead of who they were, and his blatant dislike of Storoni has different reasons than his social station.

* MySisterIsOffLimits: Ellua absolutely detests Storoni for constantly creeping on his sister and is rather apprehensive of Rhashid, albeit he later warms up to him. However, he adores Rudbeckia and does everything keep him and Calmia together.

* InformedAbility: Ellua is said to be a genius, but aside from his linguistic skills he doesn't seem to be smarter than his sister. He definitely has a high emotional intelligence and is easily able to see the feelings of others.

* {{Bifauxnen}}: Calmia in the first timeline, who kept her hair short to spite her father and wore male clothing mostly out of insecurity after being rejected by other noble ladies at her first official outing due to her inadequate upbringing for a noblewoman. She has long hair and exclusively wears dresses in the second timeline, implying she no longer has problems with her femininity.

* TheManBehindTheWoman: Storoni was this to Calmia in the first timeline. He's a very talented schemer, but his low birth and lack of personal resources forced him to stay in the shadows, while Calmia, a noblewoman from a prestigious family, basically acted as front for him, believing herself to be an equal mastermind to him.

* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler: The poison Calmia and Storoni intended to give Rudbeckia in the first timeline wasn't supposed to kill him, just allow them to basically turn him into their puppet. However, Rudbeckia realized that and managed to switch the poison with another one, made using magical stones, that would kill him and send his soul back in time. What he didn't take into account was Storoni also poisoning Calmia, which is why she also regressed.]]

** Count Phlox plans to marry Calmia to his apprentice, Storoni, instead, in order to keep Calmia at the estate, helping Ellua run it, and keeping the family out of politics. Calmia sees right through it and does everything to avoid it.

* StayInTheKitchen: Count Phlox's attitude towards his daughter's ambitions. He deliberately instructs her tutors to teach her only the most basic etiquette and subjects, refuses to even acknowledge her efforts, limits her social outings and tries to actively bar her from gaining any knowledge. [[spoiler: Even at his deathbed, he still tries to convince Ellua to become the count.]] While historically noblemen may have had problems with allowing their daughters the same education as the sons, they usually still tried to marry them well; Count Phlox plans to ultimately break off Calmia's engagement to politically powerful House Matari and marry her to Storoni, a poor minor nobleman from a fallen family.

* CountryMouse: Sometime in the past Phlox family for some reason removed themselves from the capital and their function as royal tutors, and moved to the countryside. In the first timeline Calmia remained there until she made her social debut at 20, when she went to the court and was thoroughly mocked by other nobles. In the current timeline Calmia basically uses her engagement to Rudbeckia to force her father to hire better tutors for her and allow her to socialize more, as well make her debut earlier. She still prefers staying at her estate to the city life.

* RebelliousPrincess: First princess Persica, who disguises herself in drag, sneaks out of the palace fairly often, [[LadySwearsALot "has a truly filthy mouth"]] according to her brother and openly carries out an affair with a royal from another country.

* SayingTooMuch: Ellua does it twice in the same conversation, first telling Calmia about their father planning to marry her off to Storoni, then mentioning the basement library to her.

* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Calmia's father says it to her after Ellua dies in the first timeline.

* CrazyJealousGuy: Storoni grows increasingly possessive of Calmia after she starts to slip from his grasp.

* InSpiteOfANail: In the first timeline, upon hearing about Calmia's and Storoni's relationship, Count Phlox suffered from a heart attack, which left him bedbound for the rest of his remaining life. Same thing happens in the second timeline as well, only this time it's because Calmia received an invitation to the court from the first princess and Ellua definitively told his father that he's ceding his future title onto his sister.
** Also, upon becoming an adult in both timelines, Calmia fired all the servants in the Phlox estate. In the first one because she didn't want anyone who still remembered Ellua around, int the second one because most of them were Rudbeckia's spies, while the rest were still loyal to her father.