I don't know why it took me a couple re-readings of this scene to realize they're in Laios & Falin's room at the inn. I wanted to use background details to piece together where each of them are standing.
The first time I read it, I assumed everyone was crowding around outside like the ending of how to train your dragon, but since they're on the second floor, they're actually all crowded in the hallway! somehow that detail is a lot cuter to me :D
I do think it's a brilliant bit of character writing to have Chilchuck be allergic to sharing anything about his personal life with his friends, including the fact that his wife left him, and then you find out that the reason his wife left him is because he never fucking tells anyone anything. And then! The second he actually does explain everything Marcille literally just tells him exactly why his wife left and gives him advice on how to apologize and potentially mend their relationship, if he wants to. Almost all of Chilchuck's problems are because he's so repressed he doesn't know how to be open and honest with the people around him and they are also solved by being open and honest with the people around him. It's like...symmetrical character writing? I guess? It's just brilliant and it's what I mean when I say a character doesn't have to be complicated to be realistic and compelling. Ryōko Kui is a fuckin' genius and I'm going to be thinking about Dungeon Meshi for the rest of my life.
the thing abt dunmeshi is that like. yeah i will admit as a wlw i finally checked it out bc of farcille content. and like often in media and fandoms when there's a ship, the fanon interpretation is much more complete and furnished than whatever scraps the source material provides because like. most media are too pussy for it. you have to infer and interpret and sometimes it really feels like looking for clues in the smallest of cracks. and then you go in excited for some grand devoted yuri and just get at most. "they are just good friends that really care about each other!" from the source material.
but dungeon meshi does not fucking disappoint. (spoilers ahead) the lesbians are fucking intense. The author is feeding her characters well and she's feeding us well as well! Marcille quite literally uses forbidden arts to revive Falin with no hesitation. Marcille, who has a need for cleanliness even in the dungeon, going into the corpse of the red dragon to help piece Falin's skeleton together. She arranges her bones with no complaint of labor or disgust. Marcille, who throws a fit at the idea of eating monster meat, who refuses to have anything from humanoids as her last line of defense, helps eat meat that comes straight from Falin's body. Not just dead humanoids, but from an actual person she knows. She commits cannibalism(ish?) for the sake of bringing Falin back better this time-- Not knowing if it will work and be for anything, knowing that Laios would not have forced her to eat if she was truly uncomfortable. Like that is a level of devotion you might not even see from married couples. How many people would really be willing to slay a dragon, put together your skeleton, risk imprisonment to revive you, go insane, and also eat actual flesh carved and cooked from your body? Like. It's good yuri. It's the yuri we've deserved.
Like yeah I'll kill for you I'll die for you is cool and all that but damn. I will go through all sorts of unhinged things that challenge my habits and fears and beliefs all just to bring you back to life.
What I'm saying is, Dungeon Meshi really did not disappoint. I love farcille. good yuri content.