This manhwa is based on a VERY SHORT novel that's intended to be VERY explicit + super intense. It's not intended to have gradual slowburns, or the longterm development you're looking for. It also belongs to a certain category, specifically for readers who *DO NOT MIND black flag tops, toxic and imbalanced relationships, and a high tolerance for MC!suffering with a touch of tenderness mixed in through forms of abuse.*
So if this is not for you, you can continue reading the spoilers and move on. Posting this here before I forget everything. __
You will see the MC being broken down layer by layer, intentionally according to the ML, where MC's pride and ego is so crushed that all that’s left is a raw primitive instinct to ‘want to survive’. The MC has clung to the ML, hoping the ML would not discard or throw him away.
After the rocking horse scene (I AM NOT SUMMARIZING THIS, YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO SEE THIS FOR YOURSELF. *I* NEED TO SEE FOR MYSELF.), a year has passed by since then. The contract is supposed to end at this time, where the ML intended to part ways with MC, but at this point, the MC is deathly afraid of being abandoned by the ML, and the ML is also stirred by certain emotions he is feeling for the MC. He does not know this feeling yet, and linken it to ‘a hard-to-get toy that he found very engaging to play with’. I believe MC had even forgotten such contract exist because at this point, his entire life revolved around ML.
The MC continues to call ML ‘Master’. This isn’t a play they’re enacting out; he genuinely regards ML as his master. It is like a light-version BDSM relationship without a safeword, and the only thing that’s stopping this whole thing from spilling into torture porn is the ML’s restraint - he knows when it gets too much, and MC, being humbled and soft willed as he is, has never really crossed this so-called line. A majority of the second volume is filled with sex scenes that emphasize this part of their relationship.
Plot starts to move along when MC admitted to ML that he likes it when ML cared for him like this (MC’s throat was clogged and hurt, so ML bought him porridge and fussed over him) and this put ML in a good mood, and suggested they go out on a relaxing drive.
ML then left his car for a moment to grab tummy indigestion pills for MC, and at that point, MC met one of his juniors from back during his earlier wild party days. ML was walking back to his car after, and he found MC had basically disappeared. He was blindsided with fury.
What actually happened was, that MC had met one of his juniors from back during his earlier wild party days. The junior had gently invited MC for a party, promising it would end in time for MC to return back to ML. MC joined the junior in the car, and at that moment, they locked him in and sped off.
This was an act of revenge. If you remember all the way back in the beginning, MC’s ex wife had threatened to expose all the photos and info the press (which was the start of the contract between MC and ML). However, the juniors had no such backing, and THEY were exposed, along with a group of people who were publicly ruined.
They trapped MC in a villa/house, where this group of people were waiting for him. Thankfully, the novel only briefly summarized the destestable things that they made MC go through in that short afternoon, and it is as what you imagined. The group was prepared to gangrape MC, and while they were making preparations, all MC could think of were thoughts like, 'why was ML not coming? It’s been hours since he disappeared, why weren’t you looking for me? Is that why you let me go?’ This is MC’s own words, that ML had personally broken MC and fixed him in his own way, as a result, became ML’s entire complete posession.
So while MC had been harboring these despairing thoughts while the group was defiling his body (not outright penetration, but more like body invasion through objects… ngl it was hard to read and I skimmed through everything.) the door slammed open and in came ML.
ML always had people tracking MC, so when the reports came in revealing his location, he deliberated for a moment whether to just let MC go, as MC had merely been a 'toy'. After a series of reflections, ML went ahead to pick up MC, believing he was having a great time.
So ML saw MC being pinned down, and contrary to what he believed, MC was in a crying state, sobbing in a way that ML had never seen before. The group recognized who he was, and quickly composed themselves. One of the juniors threatened that ML won’t get away with this, and ML basically said ’try it’ while helping MC to walk out of the house.
When they were in the car, MC cried and spilled everything out to ML, basically pouring his heart out in the rawest way imaginable. He was absolutely broken and sniveling, terrified that ML would hit him, though one can’t blame MC for thinking that way. To MC, after what he experienced, on top of everything, was in a fearful state, that ML would abandon him.
When they arrived at home, ML pulled out a new contract to MC. It’s basically a lifetime contract, stating that MC IS NO LONGER HIS TOY, and… they’d just have sex, eat and live together as a COUPLE. So this is the closest ML came to confessing his actual feelings, and asked him not to call him ‘Master’ anymore and not to use formal tone (ML is younger than MC by several years). After a long conversation where ML asks MC what he wants, it’s basically a happy ending for them, and they proceed to have loving sex, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR THEM, and ML saying things like ‘I’m your only husband, got it?’ etc. You’ll have to bear in mind that ML normally speaks crudely to MC, like dirty filthy words, and it's no different here. MC’s thought was, the abyss he had fallen into isn’t so terrible after all’.
There will always be a clear imbalance between them, with MC being so fearful and hyper aware of ML’s actions, but as far as happy endings go, this is the best it gets for people like them. So THEY ARE IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER, in this twisted, toxic, ???? way that only makes sense to them.
The side story is about ML’s mom I think, and circumstances regarding their family and how ML became ML the way he does, I haven’t read it yet but will soon eventually.
This really was a short story, and I think I covered almost all the major points so yeah.
This manhwa is based on a VERY SHORT novel that's intended to be VERY explicit + super intense. It's not intended to have gradual slowburns, or the longterm development you're looking for. It also belongs to a certain category, specifically for readers who *DO NOT MIND black flag tops, toxic and imbalanced relationships, and a high tolerance for MC!suffering with a touch of tenderness mixed in through forms of abuse.*
So if this is not for you, you can continue reading the spoilers and move on. Posting this here before I forget everything.
__
You will see the MC being broken down layer by layer, intentionally according to the ML, where MC's pride and ego is so crushed that all that’s left is a raw primitive instinct to ‘want to survive’. The MC has clung to the ML, hoping the ML would not discard or throw him away.
After the rocking horse scene (I AM NOT SUMMARIZING THIS, YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO SEE THIS FOR YOURSELF. *I* NEED TO SEE FOR MYSELF.), a year has passed by since then. The contract is supposed to end at this time, where the ML intended to part ways with MC, but at this point, the MC is deathly afraid of being abandoned by the ML, and the ML is also stirred by certain emotions he is feeling for the MC. He does not know this feeling yet, and linken it to ‘a hard-to-get toy that he found very engaging to play with’. I believe MC had even forgotten such contract exist because at this point, his entire life revolved around ML.
The MC continues to call ML ‘Master’. This isn’t a play they’re enacting out; he genuinely regards ML as his master. It is like a light-version BDSM relationship without a safeword, and the only thing that’s stopping this whole thing from spilling into torture porn is the ML’s restraint - he knows when it gets too much, and MC, being humbled and soft willed as he is, has never really crossed this so-called line. A majority of the second volume is filled with sex scenes that emphasize this part of their relationship.
Plot starts to move along when MC admitted to ML that he likes it when ML cared for him like this (MC’s throat was clogged and hurt, so ML bought him porridge and fussed over him) and this put ML in a good mood, and suggested they go out on a relaxing drive.
ML then left his car for a moment to grab tummy indigestion pills for MC, and at that point, MC met one of his juniors from back during his earlier wild party days. ML was walking back to his car after, and he found MC had basically disappeared. He was blindsided with fury.
What actually happened was, that MC had met one of his juniors from back during his earlier wild party days. The junior had gently invited MC for a party, promising it would end in time for MC to return back to ML. MC joined the junior in the car, and at that moment, they locked him in and sped off.
This was an act of revenge. If you remember all the way back in the beginning, MC’s ex wife had threatened to expose all the photos and info the press (which was the start of the contract between MC and ML). However, the juniors had no such backing, and THEY were exposed, along with a group of people who were publicly ruined.
They trapped MC in a villa/house, where this group of people were waiting for him. Thankfully, the novel only briefly summarized the destestable things that they made MC go through in that short afternoon, and it is as what you imagined. The group was prepared to gangrape MC, and while they were making preparations, all MC could think of were thoughts like, 'why was ML not coming? It’s been hours since he disappeared, why weren’t you looking for me? Is that why you let me go?’ This is MC’s own words, that ML had personally broken MC and fixed him in his own way, as a result, became ML’s entire complete posession.
So while MC had been harboring these despairing thoughts while the group was defiling his body (not outright penetration, but more like body invasion through objects… ngl it was hard to read and I skimmed through everything.) the door slammed open and in came ML.
ML always had people tracking MC, so when the reports came in revealing his location, he deliberated for a moment whether to just let MC go, as MC had merely been a 'toy'. After a series of reflections, ML went ahead to pick up MC, believing he was having a great time.
So ML saw MC being pinned down, and contrary to what he believed, MC was in a crying state, sobbing in a way that ML had never seen before. The group recognized who he was, and quickly composed themselves. One of the juniors threatened that ML won’t get away with this, and ML basically said ’try it’ while helping MC to walk out of the house.
When they were in the car, MC cried and spilled everything out to ML, basically pouring his heart out in the rawest way imaginable. He was absolutely broken and sniveling, terrified that ML would hit him, though one can’t blame MC for thinking that way. To MC, after what he experienced, on top of everything, was in a fearful state, that ML would abandon him.
When they arrived at home, ML pulled out a new contract to MC. It’s basically a lifetime contract, stating that MC IS NO LONGER HIS TOY, and… they’d just have sex, eat and live together as a COUPLE. So this is the closest ML came to confessing his actual feelings, and asked him not to call him ‘Master’ anymore and not to use formal tone (ML is younger than MC by several years). After a long conversation where ML asks MC what he wants, it’s basically a happy ending for them, and they proceed to have loving sex, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR THEM, and ML saying things like ‘I’m your only husband, got it?’ etc. You’ll have to bear in mind that ML normally speaks crudely to MC, like dirty filthy words, and it's no different here. MC’s thought was, the abyss he had fallen into isn’t so terrible after all’.
There will always be a clear imbalance between them, with MC being so fearful and hyper aware of ML’s actions, but as far as happy endings go, this is the best it gets for people like them. So THEY ARE IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER, in this twisted, toxic, ???? way that only makes sense to them.
The side story is about ML’s mom I think, and circumstances regarding their family and how ML became ML the way he does, I haven’t read it yet but will soon eventually.
This really was a short story, and I think I covered almost all the major points so yeah.