They all talked right before going to the palace about how only a royal could destroy the contract. Yet Alec burned it right in front of Lydian and the mark disappeared, yet he didn't put two and two together?? And then Alec thinks about how exhausting it would be to prove it and gives up without trying... When he literally already proved it right to his face.
Lmao, agree. The plot hole’s kinda stupid.
I actually thought Lydian knows—since he mentioned that he’s using Alec to get the contract and it must be him and no one else can do it. That’s why I was confused when he said Alec will have a hard time finding the contract since it will look normal to him.
The uncle also seems to know, lmao he gave Alec a pair of glasses to seemingly hide his purple eyes (both he and the king has purple eyes). Must be the signature eye color for royalties. Suddenly, Helen and Lydian are stupid for not figuring out how he could destroy the contract when he is not a vampire and that Lydian knows that the first prince is alive.
This could’ve have been a route of the plot had it not been ended abruptly
Saetbyul deserved better. Reading this series has made me physically nauseous.
To anyone wondering if they should continue after having read the first one with no real ending: you deserve better, too. Don't. The art isn't good, the writing isn't good, my soul feels unhealthy after reading this. He was treated like shit his entire life by literally everyone including his closest friend, who is actually his brother, who rapes him until MC gives up and convinces himself he needs him. I wish I could say that's an over dramatic take since I see comments like this in BL comment sections all the time and we all know the pitfalls of this genre... I've read literally hundreds and hundreds of BL comics... Rarely am I straight up genuinely upset like this. The author should be ashamed of themself.
For anyone else who loves this classic like me you might want to read For You Who Grieves. Shares a lot of its plot points with this one and is almost complete. I love both, this trope makes me weak.
If you love this story you'll love that one, I've been reading BL for years too and there's really little that can be compared to ateotr. I'd say that the ML is a little less deranged in the other story, though an unreal amount of the plot is shared between the two stories otherwise, definitely recommend.
Every story I've read with a dad running from loan sharks doesn't give a shit about their kid... Was pleasantly surprised. Even if he's in the throws of a gambling addiction, at least he didn't try to sell his son off to fix it like every other BL debtor father does.
Yeah instead he abandoned him when he was a child, hid and hoped they wouldn't harm a child... which they did, Mc was beaten, taken to the police numerous times and couldn't eat much.
+ the loan sharks threatened him wanting to know the location of the dad and even kidnapped him.
Father of the year folks











Having now re-read this with knowledge about the ML, I definitely saw it differently. I think this story is interesting in the topics it explores (mild spoiler in this sentence), especially since a lot of tops show symptoms of ASPD but it's NEVER directly addressed and rarely showed as something they're struggling with. But for something that goes so deep into psychology, is no one else off-put by how Jennie is portrayed? I've read quite literally hundreds of comics over the years, and this is legit the first time I've seen a non-middle aged character that's overweight. Yet, she's portrayed as stupid and ugly (it was so unnecessary to give her scraggly hair and a buck tooth). She's drawn so incredibly different from every other character, even the lady who's an extra in that first movie who's overweight (but again, older). It bothers me to a degree that it's distracting and it seems like no one else is talking about it.
Omg now that you mentioned it, I'm only seeing it now the ASPD. It is really cool how they actually delve into it
According to the creator’s note, Jennie was designed to be endearing and lovable. I personally thought she was okay, as in she had enough details to stand out from the rest of the characters and be memorable (albeit an annoying American haha). I can see why she wasn’t ML’s type but MC would argue that she’s beautiful.
She was depressed from the negatives in her life, and being delulu was her coping mechanism. You could argue that at 18-19 she should be too old to be believing in Prince Charming, but as a rare positive interaction in a high school setting, she held onto that hope like a life line. I don’t blame MC for indulging her even though he knew reality better than her.