The manhua left out a very big point of intimacy for these two: the revolvers (in the novel she was given a pair of them) had "Dedicated to Veronica" engraved on them. Also, there was no Overwatch joke for this section of the novel, though given similar jokes later down the line (there's one...
Oddly, an exploration of Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics in this manner is actually in line with how Asimov constantly wrote stories where the Three Laws are shown to not be infallible, and where there are situations that test, bend and break these laws that lead to rather unintended consequences.
@saudagarbeta
Not only that, but they left out the best moment when Lightning stops Maggie from peering into the balloon since Lightning knows about the "sacred ritual" 🤣
@Solipsist
It doesn't really feel like the story is ending to me, more like we're past the tutorial level and now heading into the real story. Afterall, the Sperados haven't been truly ruined yet, and there are still unanswered questions about what exactly the various players like the Queen...
Well, they already butchered Theo's countenance in this manhua - he's supposed to be a cool veteran spymaster who even thought the witches interrogating him are kind of amateurs at it, yet in this adaptation he just looks like a scared messenger - so them doing the same to Margaret and her...
@DANDAN_THE_DANDAN
Spun candy snacks are actually very much possible in that particular tech level, though not with the same fineness or speed we have today. The manhua is right to call it a "rare" snack because it would've been time consuming to create with the techniques of the time.
I imagine that even with the end of this trial, the fact that the Sperado's rise to power had royal politics written all over it kinda makes me think that this is only the beginning. At the very least, our lovely Leslie now faces the problems ahead as a Salvatore in truth and in name. 😀
Somehow I don't remember Roland giving Scroll glasses in the novel. But it does fit her so damn well 😍
Also it's nice to see Kabala this early, despite the fact that her actual arc only begins much, much later in the story (well into the 1,300th chapter).
The scenario painted here is pretty much directly lifted from that news report about a young Chinese female streamer who was revealed to be a middle-aged woman after her face overlay app malfunctioned.