# WebtoonLib — How to Refuse the Route #34

## Series
- title: How to Refuse the Route
- slug: how-to-refuse-the-route-032515

## Chapter
- number: 34
- release_date: 2025-03-12

### Summary
The current narrative arc resolves a central mystery surrounding Fourth Prince Ilya, as readers conclude that the system's inability to read his emotions, displaying only "???", was because Ilya himself could not identify his own feeling of happiness. This revelation has shifted fan perception, casting his previously established "yandere" possessiveness in a more vulnerable light, as a character now learning to process his feelings through his interactions with the protagonist, Jerry. This emotional development is further contextualized by the belief that Ilya's dedication to swordsmanship originated from a childhood desire to impress Jerry. Despite this focus on Ilya, the love triangle with the gentle Crown Prince Karyan remains a core conflict, with significant reader sympathy for Karyan's seemingly unrequited and genuine affection. Jerry continues to drive the plot through his comical paranoia, persistently underestimating Ilya and misinterpreting events due to his unwavering belief in a game guidebook that predicts a doomed fate for Ilya's route. This dynamic has led to fan speculation that Jerry's actions have caused a "snowball effect," altering the game's original plot and causing Ilya to deviate from his programmed character, thereby creating the system errors.
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## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The current narrative arc resolves a central mystery surrounding Fourth Prince Ilya, as readers conclude that the system's inability to read his emotions, displaying only "???", was because Ilya himself could not identify his own feeling of happiness.

### Spoiler summary
The current narrative arc resolves a central mystery surrounding Fourth Prince Ilya, as readers conclude that the system's inability to read his emotions, displaying only "???", was because Ilya himself could not identify his own feeling of happiness. This revelation has shifted fan perception, casting his previously established "yandere" possessiveness in a more vulnerable light, as a character now learning to process his feelings through his interactions with the protagonist, Jerry. This emotional development is further contextualized by the belief that Ilya's dedication to swordsmanship originated from a childhood desire to impress Jerry. Despite this focus on Ilya, the love triangle with the gentle Crown Prince Karyan remains a core conflict, with significant reader sympathy for Karyan's seemingly unrequited and genuine affection. Jerry continues to drive the plot through his comical paranoia, persistently underestimating Ilya and misinterpreting events due to his unwavering belief in a game guidebook that predicts a doomed fate for Ilya's route. This dynamic has led to fan speculation that Jerry's actions have caused a "snowball effect," altering the game's original plot and causing Ilya to deviate from his programmed character, thereby creating the system errors.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — How to Refuse the Route #34](/series/how-to-refuse-the-route-032515/chapter-34)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/how-to-refuse-the-route-032515

## Usage
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