# WebtoonLib — Depths of Malice #41

## Series
- title: Depths of Malice
- slug: depths-of-malice-049f84

## Chapter
- number: 41
- release_date: 2025-03-09

### Summary
Verta’s campaign of vengeance takes a controversial turn as she initiates a new scheme, which many readers perceive as disproportionately cruel. In response to a minor workplace slight from a colleague named Heather, Verta is orchestrating the complete ruin of Heather’s family business. However, astute readers note this is another of Verta's multi-layered plans, designed not only as retribution but also as a complex maneuver to summon the original Bertha's long-absent parents, sparking speculation about their complicity in her past abuse. This escalation has created a sharp divide in audience sentiment. While a loyal fanbase continues to praise her as a "true villainess" and celebrates her intelligence and unapologetic pettiness, a growing number of critics find her actions needlessly cruel and are losing sympathy, arguing that her character is becoming static and wishing for her to face more significant hardships. A major secondary development revolves around the sorcerer Yersha, now serving Verta as a male butler named Yen. This gender presentation has confused many readers, while a cryptic phrase has fueled a popular theory that Yersha is secretly a second-born royal from a desert kingdom.
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### Key events
- Verta initiates a scheme to ruin Heather's family business to lure her own parents back.

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
Verta’s campaign of vengeance takes a controversial turn as she initiates a new scheme, which many readers perceive as disproportionately cruel.

### Spoiler summary
Verta’s campaign of vengeance takes a controversial turn as she initiates a new scheme, which many readers perceive as disproportionately cruel. In response to a minor workplace slight from a colleague named Heather, Verta is orchestrating the complete ruin of Heather’s family business. However, astute readers note this is another of Verta's multi-layered plans, designed not only as retribution but also as a complex maneuver to summon the original Bertha's long-absent parents, sparking speculation about their complicity in her past abuse. This escalation has created a sharp divide in audience sentiment. While a loyal fanbase continues to praise her as a "true villainess" and celebrates her intelligence and unapologetic pettiness, a growing number of critics find her actions needlessly cruel and are losing sympathy, arguing that her character is becoming static and wishing for her to face more significant hardships. A major secondary development revolves around the sorcerer Yersha, now serving Verta as a male butler named Yen. This gender presentation has confused many readers, while a cryptic phrase has fueled a popular theory that Yersha is secretly a second-born royal from a desert kingdom.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Depths of Malice #41](/series/depths-of-malice-049f84/chapter-41)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/depths-of-malice-049f84

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