Me tooo, same spoiler abt the fam is it going to continue like that?
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Dad dies in the war. Mum can’t reconcile herself to his death and blames Grey (not Art). Takes massive amounts of time for her to not feel disgusted for having raised a grown-ass man and treated him as a baby when he was, in fact, only in a baby’s body. Eventually, she puts in a lot of effort and comes around. His sister’s love for him is unwavering. She’s the best sibling anyone could ask for.
Fawk, it's so sad
It is. But gotta give mad props to the author for the realism.
As a Mum, I can’t imagine how conflicted I’d feel being told news like that. Especially while she’s grieving. The whole thing is a mess. It doesn’t make Art less of a victim, it just means she’s one too and that there isn’t really any way this wouldn’t be difficult for any of the characters. I’m so excited for this community to get to the next arc, I love getting to read this alongside you all so we can commiserate and feel all the feelings together as a community of bootleggers. Lol.
So I've taken a break at ch185 as I received sort of a spoiler on Art's future and had my heart crushed. Should I even continue reading? Tbh the story really confuses me bc I don't understand why Silvia gave Art this power, made a point that he should embrace his life with his family and learn to love and care for others knowing the future she was setting him up for. I get that he is needed to save the world but I thought the point was this time he needed love in his life to push him forward. Now as he is older everyone is training him to close his heart to Tessa and they keep taking him away from his family and driving a wedge between his bonds. Not to mention I HATE the big change in Sylvie's additude. Art raised her. She called him papa the entire time. It was the only bond I felt couldn't waiver EVER but here we are. I just want Art to be happy. I honestly don't know why he is still fighting for this kingdom at all if anything EVERYONE treats him like crap. And they way his parents turned on him. Uggggh. I've never wanted to jump through a screen and punch a fictional character so bad. And what's so funny is that honestly Art/king Grey never felt very adult to me in the first place. Just like the elf said age can't be determined by a number it's a accumulation of experience and knowledge that makes someone older. King Grey grew up alone with no one if anything his outlook on life was very childish the only adult thing about him was his knowledge of the battle field which made him seem grown up but mentally he really isn't. The nurture and care Sylvia and Jazmine gave him really helped him grow up but not by enough.