The Abandoned Empress, Vol. 1 (comic) (The Abandoned Empress (Comic))

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Having her acknowledge this outright and turn him down causes an intense burst of possessiveness that almost ends with her death. In Aristia's childhood, Aristia was taught to suppress emotions, portraying an outward aloof and cold composure.

As proud daughter of House Monique, Aristia was raised to become the next empress of the Castina Empire. Her arrival proves to be highly disruptive and ultimately destructive because she simply isn't needed no matter what prophecies may say to the contrary. And when she's sentencedto death by the emperor she loves,there's nothing she can do but curse theunfairness of it all-that is, until she wakes inthe body of her ten-year-oldself. In the original timeline, after Tia's execution Ruveliss came to realize how valuable she was and how useless Jieun was in contrast, eventually coming to hold her in contempt. Yandere: While initially cheerful and friendly, it becomes clearer over time that Allendis is well and truly obsessed with Tia, culminating in throwing his lot in with Duke Zena, which almost leads to her death.Delicate and Sickly: Tia's health isn't the best, so she finds it difficult to make use of her talent for swordsmanship due to physical frailty. The Poorly Chosen One: Jieun is uneducated in subjects that an Empress needs to know, making her unfit and incompetent. Hero with an F in Good: Jieun was not a bad person, but she was incompetent through no fault of her own.

For the first time, he realizes that her father was right and he shouldn't be anywhere near her for her own safety. However, the knowledge that they're being drugged means Tia can stop taking it before it causes permanent damage to her body and Ruve can continue taking it to fool the attempted assassins while actively suppressing his emotions rather than letting them rage. This separates the two further until he barely holds himself back from raping or murdering her, only barely resisting the urge because she still unquestioningly trusts him. In her previous life, she has little to no contact with him, thinking he only cares about work, but she still cared about him deeply.

This completely derails the original course of events as Ruve grows more enchanted with who she really is. Allendis later hits the same button when he promises to believe Tia, causing her to open up and tell him about her past. Break the Cutie: Original Aristia was quiet, dutiful and not very expressive with her emotions, leaving Ruveliss to feel like she didn't have any.

Ruve also being served the poison is revealed because it makes him collapse before it has a noticible effect on his emotions. In the second timeline, it is Jieun who has this, blaming all her failures and the way people eventually turned away from her on other people, particularly Aristia. But he catches her, and before she could stand on her own, Jieun enters the room and she is shocked to see Ruvellis holding her with his arms. In the novel, it's mentioned early on that Tia has been feeling weirdly emotionally volatile lately and doesn't know why.

Evil Is Petty: Duke Zena despises the Moniques, while there are some purely political reasons, that's not what he harps upon. Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Duke Zena getting impatient and worried about the prospect of Ruve picking Tia causes him to increase the dosage of the poison that the two are receiving. Carsein breaking a promise to Tia causes her to absolutely flip out and despise him for quite some time to no one's detriment more than her own: Lack of proper instruction from him almost causes her to give herself a permanent and debilitating injury. She carries the trauma from her past life with her, and whenever she encounters him, Aristia becomes extremely shaken, often going still, unable to speak in his presence.