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Under the Oak Tree Vol. 2

by Suji Kim

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·Under The Oak Tree - Novel #2·Ongoing Series

Why Read This?

Maxi's character growth is the heart of this volume. Watching a trauma survivor slowly find her voice and worth — while navigating a complicated marriage with a devoted but emotionally inarticulate knight — is genuinely compelling. Less spice, more substance.

Synopsis

Most fairytales end with a wedding and a happily-ever-after—but this is no fairytale. The updated and official translation of Under the Oak Tree , the #1 webnovel on MANTA, continues in this second volume. As her first winter in Anatol turns to spring, Lady Maximilian finds herself confronting an unfamiliar hope. Her voice and her magic strengthen every day; the only parts of Calypse Castle left to refurbish are its gardens, which she plans to fill with blooming flowers; and the way her husband, the recalcitrant war hero Sir Riftan, looks at her from across their bedroom makes her feel, for the first time in her life, that she might be worthy of love and affection. However, Maxi's life is never that easy. Just as she begins to feel at home with Riftan, Maxi receives a surprise visit from Princess Agnes, the renowned sorceress who might have become Riftan's wife if he'd decided to divorce Maxi after the Dragon Campaign. Not at all what Maxi expected, the princess stirs up complicated emotions and politics that could lead to monumental changes in Maxi and Riftan's relationship. This volume collects chapters 77-133 of the original webnovel by Suji Kim.

At a Glance

4.12 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingestablished relationship

Top Tropes

arranged marriageforced proximitygrumpy-sunshine

Mood

introspectiveromanticbittersweethopeful

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.12 ★

Page Count

416 pages

Published

2025

Primary Genre

Romantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

Third Person

Romance Pacing

Established Relationship

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Unabridged

Narrator

A. Jo

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: shy and anxious but growing stronger sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

less explicit than Vol 1 sign in to unlock

past domestic abuse referenceschildhood abuse by fathernon-consensual elements in earlier volume referencedanxiety and panic attacksemotional manipulationfertility anxietycontrolling behavior

World & Setting

kingdom / empire sign in to unlock

Reading Context

earned character growth sign in to unlock

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