TEMR CH 21

Summary

Diana, the illegitimate daughter of Baron Lapin, marries Erno Larsson Fenrir, a man rumored to be a monster who devours his brides, to escape the Baron’s family. However, to her husband, she is nothing more than a deceiver who tells clumsy lies and a meaningless presence that will eventually leave him anyway. “Just stay like that. Stay right there, Vi.” “Don’t do anything unnecessary, don’t even think of wanting my love, and just remain a name-only wife.” Diana longed for a place she could truly belong, far from the Baron’s household—a place where she could exist completely as herself and have a name of her own. That’s why, even though she knew she was merely a convenient scarecrow and someone everyone rejected, she couldn’t bring herself to let go first. But at the very moment, she gave up everything just to exist the way her husband wanted— “Please, just stay like this.” “Just stay exactly like this, as you are now.” —That was when Erno’s regret began. On the night Diana ran away, pregnant with his child, Erno made a vow: This misunderstanding would not end in regret, but in reunion.