Idk why everyone always acts like just because there's a lot of smut there's no plot at all. Like bro where have you been?
Cain was literally in the first chapter when Alec and Loneal were having tea, acting all shady about Loneal being close to Alec. That was plot. Cain attacking Loneal in the forest, saying he "betrayed them" and was supposed to be the Prince's enemy, then Alec saving Loneal, was plot. There was boning after that, but the plot still happened.
Cain almost killing Alec and Loneal saving him this time when they went to get the love potion ingredients was plot. Smut happening before and after that event doesn't negate the plot.
Zeno approaching Loneal and starting their fake friendship was plot. Everything that happened during summer vacation was plot. The school festival was plot. Zeno's schemes in recent chapters are the result of plot points that had been building from day one when he was first introduced. Just because smut happened frequently throughout these events doesn't mean the plot was non-existent.
Everything having to do with the Holy Bride is plot, and it's been there from the beginning.
The incident that occurred when Alec and Loneal first met was already foreshadowed in the scene Loneal awakens the powers of the Holy Bride, after Alec thanks him and Loneal gets deja vu when we're shown a glimpse of a hooded black haired man thanking him. Guess what? That was Alec. That was the incident. That was plot.
After Loneal confesses to having no memories of before the accident, Alec's mumbles of "why you always tried to look so happy" and "why you always worked so hard" are relevant to the present, but it's specifically him looking back on Loneal's behaviour and words during that first meeting. Him constantly hovering around Loneal that Loneal interpreted as Alec monitoring him pre-love potion? Alec had been searching for him for months before the school year started, he even quit his knight duties and went back to school specifically because he remembered Loneal having mentioned returning to school soon. He was dead set on winning Loneal's heart before they even knew each other's names. He when he said "I've always wanted to touch you" he was NOT lying.
Alec's behaviour after the love potion was also because of "the incident". Because Loneal did the exact same thing when they first met, except that time he tripped and spilled it on him. Even the way Loneal apologized for spilling the potion was the same. When Loneal talks about going in circles after talking to Lily, Alec's reaction in that moment is because they had the same conversation when they first met. It's one of the things they'd bonded over, even if Loneal doesn't know it had been Alec back then.
Every time Alec says "you haven't changed" this is what he means. Throughout all the chapters leading up to the actual backstory from Alec's POV we already get glimpses of that moment and why he fell in love with Loneal. None of this is a sudden development, the story was already building up to it.
I'm not gonna say this is some life-changing flawless masterpiece. You can say what you want about the funky anatomy, the love potion dragging on, or Loneal's personality being annoying, but saying it's only been smut up to this point is just a straight up lie. What is happening now is literally just expanding on stuff that was already established day one. That's how stories work.
Idk why everyone always acts like just because there's a lot of smut there's no plot at all. Like bro where have you been?
Cain was literally in the first chapter when Alec and Loneal were having tea, acting all shady about Loneal being close to Alec. That was plot. Cain attacking Loneal in the forest, saying he "betrayed them" and was supposed to be the Prince's enemy, then Alec saving Loneal, was plot. There was boning after that, but the plot still happened.
Cain almost killing Alec and Loneal saving him this time when they went to get the love potion ingredients was plot. Smut happening before and after that event doesn't negate the plot.
Zeno approaching Loneal and starting their fake friendship was plot. Everything that happened during summer vacation was plot. The school festival was plot. Zeno's schemes in recent chapters are the result of plot points that had been building from day one when he was first introduced. Just because smut happened frequently throughout these events doesn't mean the plot was non-existent.
Everything having to do with the Holy Bride is plot, and it's been there from the beginning.
The incident that occurred when Alec and Loneal first met was already foreshadowed in the scene Loneal awakens the powers of the Holy Bride, after Alec thanks him and Loneal gets deja vu when we're shown a glimpse of a hooded black haired man thanking him. Guess what? That was Alec. That was the incident. That was plot.
After Loneal confesses to having no memories of before the accident, Alec's mumbles of "why you always tried to look so happy" and "why you always worked so hard" are relevant to the present, but it's specifically him looking back on Loneal's behaviour and words during that first meeting. Him constantly hovering around Loneal that Loneal interpreted as Alec monitoring him pre-love potion? Alec had been searching for him for months before the school year started, he even quit his knight duties and went back to school specifically because he remembered Loneal having mentioned returning to school soon. He was dead set on winning Loneal's heart before they even knew each other's names. He when he said "I've always wanted to touch you" he was NOT lying.
Alec's behaviour after the love potion was also because of "the incident". Because Loneal did the exact same thing when they first met, except that time he tripped and spilled it on him. Even the way Loneal apologized for spilling the potion was the same. When Loneal talks about going in circles after talking to Lily, Alec's reaction in that moment is because they had the same conversation when they first met. It's one of the things they'd bonded over, even if Loneal doesn't know it had been Alec back then.
Every time Alec says "you haven't changed" this is what he means. Throughout all the chapters leading up to the actual backstory from Alec's POV we already get glimpses of that moment and why he fell in love with Loneal. None of this is a sudden development, the story was already building up to it.
I'm not gonna say this is some life-changing flawless masterpiece. You can say what you want about the funky anatomy, the love potion dragging on, or Loneal's personality being annoying, but saying it's only been smut up to this point is just a straight up lie. What is happening now is literally just expanding on stuff that was already established day one. That's how stories work.
Lots of boning doesn't mean no plot.