I don't understand why ppl keep forgetting the era this story is set in. It's not even close to modern times that you'll start moral policing about their age gap and other stuff. Not for a single time tei groomed shuraka or said something to mislead him. Tei has always seen him as the child whom he needs to protect, but he never had any ulterior motive.
And remember this is an alliance between two kingdoms where Arnata is the most powerful one and Tei is not even a prince. So he would definitely be at unease, thinking if he did something wrong to be sent back and wanting everything to be back to normal. That's why he kept praying for Shuraka because he felt that responsibility to protect him. In the end, Tei didn't have the upper hand to take their relationship normally or romantically. His mind only knew how to serve Shuraka and wanted to protect him. he was even thinking that just like his mother he was also forced to go somewhere else and live there forever.
All the adult stuff they did when Shuraka was an adult too, and it was not like Tei was desperate for that. Shuraka was suffering and holding himself back, so Tei had to take that step. This might have also come from his protective instinct, but he realised at the end that Shuraka is now old enough. Now he isn't going to magically start thinking they are a happily married couple when, from the very start, it was never like that. he is going to have that character development, and that's the plot, but it's all in Tei himself. He never, for one moment had any wrong or negative thoughts about Shuraka.
ppl are treating their age gap like Shuraka is totally manipulated and led by Tei and his lust. only person who needs to be led and understood is Tei...his mind is stuck in that alliance thing, and it's not even his fault. Shuraka is far more gone to be still considered a child in front of Tei. It's not Shuraka who needs to be sympathized with because of this child marriage; it's Tei who was given this role to fulfill. Yes, the age gap is huge,e but it's ur own mind making it weird and nasty when they themselves haven't done a single questionable thing. And even if they did, that's how palace politics worked at that time. That was the fact at the time, and u don't question the fact. If you are uncomfortable with the fact, u just ignore it.
I don't understand why ppl keep forgetting the era this story is set in. It's not even close to modern times that you'll start moral policing about their age gap and other stuff. Not for a single time tei groomed shuraka or said something to mislead him. Tei has always seen him as the child whom he needs to protect, but he never had any ulterior motive.
And remember this is an alliance between two kingdoms where Arnata is the most powerful one and Tei is not even a prince. So he would definitely be at unease, thinking if he did something wrong to be sent back and wanting everything to be back to normal. That's why he kept praying for Shuraka because he felt that responsibility to protect him. In the end, Tei didn't have the upper hand to take their relationship normally or romantically. His mind only knew how to serve Shuraka and wanted to protect him. he was even thinking that just like his mother he was also forced to go somewhere else and live there forever.
All the adult stuff they did when Shuraka was an adult too, and it was not like Tei was desperate for that. Shuraka was suffering and holding himself back, so Tei had to take that step. This might have also come from his protective instinct, but he realised at the end that Shuraka is now old enough. Now he isn't going to magically start thinking they are a happily married couple when, from the very start, it was never like that. he is going to have that character development, and that's the plot, but it's all in Tei himself. He never, for one moment had any wrong or negative thoughts about Shuraka.
ppl are treating their age gap like Shuraka is totally manipulated and led by Tei and his lust. only person who needs to be led and understood is Tei...his mind is stuck in that alliance thing, and it's not even his fault. Shuraka is far more gone to be still considered a child in front of Tei. It's not Shuraka who needs to be sympathized with because of this child marriage; it's Tei who was given this role to fulfill. Yes, the age gap is huge,e but it's ur own mind making it weird and nasty when they themselves haven't done a single questionable thing. And even if they did, that's how palace politics worked at that time. That was the fact at the time, and u don't question the fact. If you are uncomfortable with the fact, u just ignore it.