# WebtoonLib — This Villainess Wants a Divorce! #22

## Series
- title: This Villainess Wants a Divorce!
- slug: this-villainess-wants-a-divorce-8e3e29

## Chapter
- number: 22
- release_date: 2025-05-08

### Summary
The chapter centers on a ball celebrating Prince Caesar's return, where Carnelia's actions immediately provoke reader criticism. Her decision to share her first dance with the second prince, Noah, is seen as a naive move that will only intensify the affair rumors from the previous chapter. The main point of contention, however, is a pivotal scene where a conversation between Carnelia and Caesar is interrupted by a fireworks display. Caesar says something of emotional importance, but Carnelia cannot hear him and, to the audience's immense frustration, fails to ask him to repeat himself. This event was met with widespread backlash from readers, who condemned it as a lazy, overused miscommunication cliche that undermines the characters' development. Readers speculate that Caesar was likely confessing his feelings or expressing how much he missed her, and that this missed opportunity will now trigger a predictable misunderstanding plotline. While some praise for the art remains, the overwhelming sentiment is one of disappointment that the story is resorting to a "shitty writing trope" instead of maintaining the more realistic communication previously established between the leads.
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### Key events
- Caesar returns from the war and attends a celebratory ball with Carnelia.

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The chapter centers on a ball celebrating Prince Caesar's return, where Carnelia's actions immediately provoke reader criticism.

### Spoiler summary
The chapter centers on a ball celebrating Prince Caesar's return, where Carnelia's actions immediately provoke reader criticism. Her decision to share her first dance with the second prince, Noah, is seen as a naive move that will only intensify the affair rumors from the previous chapter. The main point of contention, however, is a pivotal scene where a conversation between Carnelia and Caesar is interrupted by a fireworks display. Caesar says something of emotional importance, but Carnelia cannot hear him and, to the audience's immense frustration, fails to ask him to repeat himself. This event was met with widespread backlash from readers, who condemned it as a lazy, overused miscommunication cliche that undermines the characters' development. Readers speculate that Caesar was likely confessing his feelings or expressing how much he missed her, and that this missed opportunity will now trigger a predictable misunderstanding plotline. While some praise for the art remains, the overwhelming sentiment is one of disappointment that the story is resorting to a "shitty writing trope" instead of maintaining the more realistic communication previously established between the leads.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — This Villainess Wants a Divorce! #22](/series/this-villainess-wants-a-divorce-8e3e29/chapter-22)
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