The abandoned empress vol 4 by yuna

Adapted by INA
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Tia and her father escape to a countryside manor for a while where she continues her training and tries to put behind her the thought of betrothals, successions, and the betrayal she felt at Allen not believing her when she revealed her past life. A month goes by, and Lord Monique sends for Sein to come to the manor because he must return to the capital to resume his work with the knights. Meanwhile, Prince Ruve is determined to figure out why Tia is so afraid of him, and he stops by the manor on his way to inspect the border camps. The meeting sends Tia into a shock for several days. After her recovery, she decides to return to the Capitol to try tackling some of her fears and to continue challenging her fate.

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Despite all the physical training Tia is going through with her sword teachers, her body is still frail and prone to sickness, and she is still mentally as weak as the person she was before she regressed. As we're in volume four, this is becoming an easy way for the author to make Tia unavailable to intervene when something goes wrong or for Ruve to find out something critical about her. It's a little frustrating to see that she isn't growing despite the training and work she's putting into being stronger, unless the point is for the audience to feel that Tia is going to suffer the exact same fate. In this volume, she left the capital to try to work through some of her doubts and feelings, but did nothing to make herself stronger and is going back to the capital in pretty much the same state.

Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 9-12

Reviews of previous volumes in this series: vol 1, vol 2, vol 3

Publisher: Yen Press
Publication Date: March 21, 2023​
ISBN: 9781975337322​ (Paperback)

​Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manhwa, Romance, Regressor, Isekai, ​Yen Press​