Ms/Mr. He forced her at first but she agreed to it beacuse She wants to live so it's not rape beacuse SHE AGREED.
read what youve written again bestie it is rape. she agreed bc theres no other choice. so it is STILL FORCED on her
It wasnt rape because she had a choice. She traded her virginity for the title of duchess so she could help the people. She was stronger than him so if he was really forcing her she would have killed him or hurt him the way she did to the soilders who tried while she was a maid. Yes he was an asshole, but She decided to use him for her own purposes.
rape is penetration without consent in short. if you think about it, if she wasn't willing to sleep with him, yes he would have killed her and no she wouldn't fight back if that answers @owlete, he's a powerful duke and is literally the second hand commander of the king, do you think she would be left scratch free and with this logic then wouldn't she also kill the family who kept her as a maid? yea thats what I thought. yes she had a choice, let him sleep with her or get killed? and no no she did not ask for the title in chapter 3. thats a later chapter, the very first time he offered was either death or sex. doesnt even seem like much of a choice huh? but if you guys want to stick with the strict definition of rape, then yea he didnt rape her, but its blackmail, which in others law, IS considered rape or at the most dubious consent, and dubious consent is borderlines rape imo.
im in no way shape or form slandering the ML, he had major character development and if we considered the time period, what he was doing isn't even considered bad. their ways work much differently to what is now.
I recommended you to still read it, he is an absolute sweetheart, and apologizes (from what I can remember). she's also a strong ass FL.
i had so much expectations for this bc ppl are saying its good, then there's r*pe in chapter 3 i j started reading it wtf :// disappointing