No way it’s “grooming,” more like “crazy obsession.” Kiel started showing affection towards Asha way back when they were both kids. Plus, they weren’t even always together judging from the phasing and their status differences, so grooming seems unlikely.
Grooming involves a prolonged/long-period process of influencing someone into a certain norm in day-to-day habit, but Asha has literally been an airhead since he was young…He’s the “go with the flow” type, and FFS, don’t forget he was an established Knight once (though got demoted for childish reason)~ how is he groomed all the time? He had to train and stuffs with many people for a long periods since he was a teen too.
If he were actually groomed from a young age, wouldn’t his upbringing have been weird or unsettling? Just because Kiel is 6 years older doesn’t mean him liking Asha when he was 10 automatically makes it PD or grooming. He’s simply been doting on Asha way too much (crazily) and unwilling to give up, like a spoiled kid throwing a tantrum over a toy they were told they couldn’t have XD And apparently, that never changed even as he got older.
Asha is also an adult here, yet he’s still completely nonchalant about it lol~
So let’s just enjoy the story as it is, okay? It’s fiction, you wont get morally affected just by reading it anyway, so why the fuss lol. Unless you will…(bombastic side eye)
He def groomed Asha but not sexually. Kiel had Asha constantly repeat that they'd marry eachother when they were younger, Kiel normalised romantic behaviours like hand holding around the palace and sleeping together for his own benefit. Kiel also said himself when Asha was 15 (Kiel would've been 20) he was deadset on getting married and was even demoting Asha's title due to feeling rejected... Asha would have never been "oblivious" if Kiel had been transparent with his intentions to begin with.
I hope whatever Jiwook did to Juyeon in the past was on the same level as what Juyeon did to him. If not… I don’t think even a 20 episode redemption arc would be enough to make up for all of this…
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Gang raped juyeon when they were around 14 years old, recorded the whole thing and I think sent the video to juyeons mother which caused her to go into a state of shock to the point where she had to be admitted to a hospital and still is in the hospital till this day. I haven’t read the novel but I’m pretty sure that’s what happened according to peoples comments










I know the worst part is coming but…
I’M EXCITED!! (≧∀≦) THEY FINALLY GET TOGETHER AGAIN ~ Hang in there Taeui ~