
Yes, I know this might be a case of Stockholm Syndrome, and it's exactly why I wish for once this cliché would not happen, since the MC seems to be more centered in a way, not just falling in love for the plot to happen. I mean, It's just a fiction and I'll still read whatever happens, because It's good, but the reasons are so dumb, he made a master plan just to stay with him, when there were millions of other ways to do this. If he has the capability of killing his "family", he could have found a way to get Rael to be by his side, by force or not, since he was not king before, so there would not be so many ties to the kingdom. And things would've worked out even better, since Daniel still existed and was the real prince, so Rael could just live his life normally with the Emperor. But now the he killed Daniel and the King, he's kinda obligated to the Kingdom. That's why I wish Rael didn't just accept this and forget about everything else. But like I said, just a fiction.
Like Candy Man, this emperor is another fucking lunatic and obsessive person. And I would actually really enjoy if the MC acts like a normal person and do not go into the cliché of end up falling in love with this crazy guy. And it seems to be kinda going in that way, when he says the emperor crushed all possibilities of loving him. But I don't know. I mean, the guy killed almost his entire family for nothing. He's the FUCKING EMPEROR, he could just visit the guy when he wanted, there's no need to make a crazy plan to destroy an entire kingdom just to fuck the guy. This is a whole new level of simping.