“In hopes of a relationship” he wasnt planning to, he rejected him consistently and only stayed beside him. Duke didnt even say a single thing about his feelings to not chain him down meaning his feelings was purely out of heart and good. But we have different takes in this and thats ok i just wanted to reply hehe
Yeah I can definitely agree but the younger version that went back to his timeline saw that they would end up together eventually in the future. He did catch some feelings for Alois after their spicy encounter so my thought process was, when he goes back to recovery Alois that he will probably have hope that he too will have his time. I also think this is why quite a bit of people were saying there's some pedo undertones to the plot
He did catch feelings for alois but only the adult version of him he makes it clear throughout the past he only every wanted to improve alois live conditions and that he would marry a women
The story was cute until it dawned on me that he rescued a 10 maybe 11 year old boy in hopes of a relationship is weird dude. He raised he's lover. He was at his old ass age looking at a pre teen and probably reminiscent of how he fuck older Alois, that last few panels of them laying together with Alois being so young is ugh, because you can't deny that the duke is inlove with the kid. Pedophilia is not necessary to make a good story, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS IS