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Aki February 19, 2026 12:31 am

SPOILER SPOILER










Okay so we all know this is just rape, right? If you haven't figured that out yet well, here's your sign. That's how it is even in the end of the main storyಠ‿ಠ

MC is devoured by the ML every day, every night, and everytime the father leaves the estate. He fucks him every chance he gets, I wish I was joking. The servant that was originally part of the plan sees this every time, like how the ML goes inside the MCs room but only comes out after a long time has passed.

It will go on and on until the servant(Maki) sees MC kind of out of it?? like when he went in to serve him as usual, the MC who is usually very neat and tidy is basically naked and just has a single cloth covering him. The MC is resigned to his fate basically and flinches when the ML gets close (bcz he knows what's coming).

I won't go into details but MC eventually raises his affection for ML a bit (LOLLL) and then there'll come a day when they'll go out together and the ML will gift MC some stuff that he said he found on the market and thought of MC so he bought it, and MC will feel touched by it. Only for MC to find out on the same day that the reason the ML was on the market was to buy a DOWRY for his future wife.

This hurts MC and he hates the ML, he pushes him away but obviously... it's yaoi so fucking still continues(even if MC is a bit heart broken)
It isn't a while before a day when the ML and the father both leaves the estate and the MC devises a plan with his servant to escape. (NOTE: he tried to escape before but found out that the ML planted a lot of spies around him to watch his every move). Before he did, he packed a few things and while doing so he brought out some sort of plaque I think I don't remember, but basically it was the proof of the ML's true identity which was the son of his father's friend, whose family(three generations of it) was killed for treason or some shit. MC thinks of using it to blackmail ML so he can have a hard time while MC can finally be free. BUT MC was already catching feelings so he COULDN'T use it. Blah.

Anyway, they run away and during that, they're almost caught by the ML bcz *yaoi logic* he can find u wherever u may be LOL but eventually the plan succeeds. He's able to get away from ML and his father isn't suspicious bcz MC left a letter for him saying he'd be in another place that their family owns (obv he isn't).

He lives in a cottage somewhere in the countryside with his servant and lives a "normal" life for a whole month before the ML finds him. You can already guess what happened ML finds him, I don't meed to spell that one out but yes he rapes him. Oh my god so shocking, how could that possibly be. He also threatened to cut off his achilles tendon if he dared to run away again.

While doing so, ML goes on to say "I found the plaques that could prove my connection to a treasonous family that could've gotten me killed if you'd just exposed it but you didn't so that means you love me, and also you've been targeting the people around me who shows even a bit of admiration towards me and u blame them for crimes they didn't do to make sure they didn't get a chance to get close to me, and you also used your servant to plot against me bcz you knew he liked me and if you used him to frame me of sodomy not only will my marriage agreement fall apart, he would lose his life and no one would bother me anymore. You've been pushing people away from me bcz you've been in love with me the whole time but you just didn't know it." So yeah the ML got rid of the marriage agreement.

And MC is like, that.....makes sense. Jk. Remember when the shaman said he was a tree/sprout and the ML was like an axe or something?
He thought that if he accepted his fate, maybe the axe wouldn't be violent and he wouldn't fear getting cut down anymore. And his servant says "so he was born to be obsessed with you because an axe is created to cut off trees" or something like that.

And then they lived happily ever after

Responses
    mekuss February 19, 2026 1:27 am

    Bruh what a letdown

    mekuss February 19, 2026 1:31 am

    Thanks for the summary of the novel

    Aki February 20, 2026 7:59 am
    Bruh what a letdown mekuss

    You definitely have to shut your brain to enjoy it lol!! I love obsessive/psycho top so it was okay at least

    Aki February 20, 2026 8:01 am
    Thanks for the summary of the novel mekuss

    No problem! people's time are sometimes better spent on other stories LOL

    mekuss February 20, 2026 8:27 am
    You definitely have to shut your brain to enjoy it lol!! I love obsessive/psycho top so it was okay at least Aki

    I also do enjoy obsessive/psycho characters and sometimes i dont mind rapey stuffs. I just thought its gonna be a good enemies to lovers trope since both of them seem to really despise each other hahaha

    Maruya February 23, 2026 5:04 am

    Thank you for this, steel under the silk is already enough. I don't need another one of that

    Zzzzzs February 23, 2026 12:34 pm

    I know its a low bar but at least bro breaks off his marriage

    JaReader February 23, 2026 12:45 pm

    Basically, ML is obsessed with MC. So much so that he has to chase him down despite, having a marriage agreement. He simply could not live without MC.

    Meh February 23, 2026 1:06 pm

    I swear why are most stories like this???

    Aki February 23, 2026 8:59 pm
    Thank you for this, steel under the silk is already enough. I don't need another one of that Maruya

    I can't decide if I'm curious enough to read steel under silk or just leave it on this one

    Aki February 23, 2026 9:00 pm
    I know its a low bar but at least bro breaks off his marriage Zzzzzs

    FR!! My thought honestly lolol. but he did say that all he ever wanted was revenge and to see him underneath....he just wasn't clear on how exactly he wanted that to be. (on his bed apparently)

    Aki February 23, 2026 9:02 pm
    Basically, ML is obsessed with MC. So much so that he has to chase him down despite, having a marriage agreement. He simply could not live without MC. JaReader

    Yep!! he only used the marriage for political gain (so he can have everything and leave MC with nothing) but he realized it was the perfect opportunity to tie MC down w with him so he broke it off( ◜‿◝ )

    Aki February 23, 2026 9:03 pm
    I swear why are most stories like this??? Meh

    unfortunately, i think it's because that's what most people are into... there's a lot of consumers in korea with tastes like this one

    Zzzzzs February 23, 2026 9:38 pm
    FR!! My thought honestly lolol. but he did say that all he ever wanted was revenge and to see him underneath....he just wasn't clear on how exactly he wanted that to be. (on his bed apparently) Aki

    He’s underneath alright lmao

    No one asked February 25, 2026 9:48 am

    crazy, ts so @ss will still stay to see how this adaptation handles it

    Bjiir11 March 4, 2026 6:16 pm

    I love obsessive top but not a fan of dumb bottom, and this spoiler just give me the impression of it

    Nelcy March 5, 2026 1:52 am

    I mean, i kinda knew this was how it's going to end. But thanks for the detailed spoiler.(〜 ̄△ ̄)〜

    mekuss March 5, 2026 3:56 am
    I can't decide if I'm curious enough to read steel under silk or just leave it on this one Aki

    Give it a try! I actually enjoyed that one, though ML’s regression makes things a lot more toxic in S2. I know a few people who dropped it there, but it's worth checking out imo

    tomato March 8, 2026 5:05 pm

    thanks for this. i’m gonna drop ts