I don’t know why every other MCs’ solution is to leave, but I know that Yujin’s decision would be mostly for his own. He’s not only escaping his father’s trauma, but he’s also protecting Hunter in his own way. I just hope that during the time Yujin’s away he’d learn to see his own worth and grow without the the fear of his father’s inflicted trauma.
On the other hand, I hope Hunter would focus on himself and find something he’s passionate about other than Yujin and give himself time to properly process what happened. I’m not quite sure if he actually likes acting, but it’d be nice for them to meet with a clean slate and a healthier relationship towards themselves. Meeting each other knowing that they’re proud of who they are, whether it’s a new hobby, a new job, or even recent interests can set aside the tension of their past and open up new doors for their relationship. I don’t want this to be another manhwa where the ML goes crazy finding the MC, only to then hurt them physically and mentally and be crazy obsessive.
I really want to read this not for the sake of the story itself, but just to find out the resolution of the mc’a life and journey. can someone spoil me? I genuinely cannot read this it makes me physically sick, but I want to find out what the mc’s complete back story is and how he got his revenge or get past it. thanks in advance!
Honestly, this in itself would still have worked even without the age gap. Something similar to childhood friends or something. Overall, the story was cute and good but the ages and timeline is unsettling. Although, I did notice that they tried to “remove” the aspect of grooming by pointing out that the Duke didn’t raise him with the intention of dating him in the future. They explicitly said that he thought of giving Alois freedom, not wanting to chain him up to his life. But it’s still weird how even without the intentions, he still looked at a child and thought “Oh, I probably love him in a romantic sense.” I don’t really know, since the Duke made an effort into avoiding Alois and his advances. Personally, the last panel strikes me as more of a fatherly-son relationship, or a brother relationship, or just a familial one in general which is quite cute. But adding the whole romantic sense on top of it makes it a whole lot weirder. Again, the plot is cute but why does them having an age gap and knowing each other from childhood necessary to the story? Like? I honestly don’t mind age gaps, but the Duke meeting Alois at such an early age and raising him? Hello?
This is so beautiful :( I’m so glad there were side chapters, because I was not ready to let this story go. It’s so nice to see them be happy together knowing that their upbringing had been nothing but sad and complicated. Seeing them both love and have complete devotion towards one another—having so much respect and kindness and affection—is what made this story so compelling and heartfelt. I’m so so glad I got to read this!!!











I don’t even know what to say… all I know is that I cried and bawled my eyes out for probably an hour or so. From the beginning I already found Cloden’s character endearing and heartwarming, so seeing him having to get badly beaten up by trained guards to be displayed on public, ordered by his childhood friend/partner at that, was truly the most gut wrenching angst I have read in a while. I’m a sucker for kind and down-to-earth characters which was why this scene particularly hit hard. Another scene that made me cry the most was Cloden looking in the mirror to examine himself and his current state of being. It was downright awful as fuck.