I did not include the word "all" in my complain
Do not twist my word. Besides your point is all over the place. SO WHAT if she only fell in love when the ml was at age?? That does not justify why she fell in love with the kid she's helped along the years. She is still an adult she should act like one.
And the entire point of my comment was not about grooming it's about authors using the lame excuse of Male leads experiencing Reincarnation just to make the female lead not seem like a weirdo
Fair enough, maybe i shouldn't have brought up "all." My point wasn't to say your criticism is invalid. I do agree that some authors use reincarnation as a convenient way to sidestep the ethical implications of the relationship. I just don't think every reincarnation story does that for the same reason. Some use it as a plot device, while others use it specifically to justify the romance. I think those cases should be judged individually rather than grouped together
And personally, i don't think this particular story falls into the latter category, which is why i disagreed with applying that criticism here
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True. That's why the 1st emperor changed the folklore. He killed his own brother, seal his beloved witch because she refused him, use his dragon's friend to seal Ria away without his knowing that made the dragon sacrificed his life to protect him for even approaching Ria's sealed body.
He even built a fake church for dark mages and used their power to possess his descendants which created the tradition for royal family to kill their own siblings for the throne since he need to hold on his power forever. Crazy guy
Ah, you meant the current one? Sorry I couldn't focused.
His current twins born loved and cared greatly by his environtment hence he developed great character.
He condemned his parents when he found out that they abandoned his twin brother.
But when he came on age, the 1st emperor (currently his grandfather) attempeted to posses his body though ended up in half-failure.

i read the novel, really love the plot and it's quite a refreshing story. the ml is actually the reincarnation of ria's (fl) lover. he was killed by his twin older brother. the brother killed ml after ml told him he will propose to fl soon