I think he was joking because when mc said “are u gonna kill this child too” when emperor made his request, he was like “..what?” And he knows mc would never approve of that and would hate him for life. And he doesn’t want that, that’s why he’s even being conscious not to even touch him.
Us guessing and hoping his toxic, evil ideas are “jokes” doesn’t change anything. He said what he said, and it is as disgusting as it is. No excuses.
man y’all are boring
I mean saying it’s a joke does change things, because he’s not seriously going to do it or has done it. If he had done it and said it was a joke, there’s no excuse. But he hasn’t so it can just be his joke and nothing else. And I don’t think his advisors or captains would support that nor would yeo-dam
LOL
He is clearly not joking. He flat out said he didn’t want the child and that it was just an instrument to keep Yeo Dam from leaving him. After that he said he would break the child’s legs to force Yeo Dam to come back. The man is being completely serious.
But my man was laughing and the advisor brought up kiam’s points, as it represented a joke and if he meant it seriously yeo-dam would hate him….the least he would want is yeo-dam hating him. And remember he requested the child cause he wanted something that resemble yeodam and him. And yeo-dam also made it clear that he wouldn’t care about the child or stay behind for it,so even if he broke the kid’s leg, yeo-dam wouldn’t care. Idk what this whole situation is but from my perspective, he was joking and even if he was serious, he wouldn’t do that since this story focuses on character development and such, and the author wouldn’t do bs like that.
That people find excuses for the emperor’s plan to break his child’s legs is just beyond me.
That people think it’s cute and adorable that the emperor takes a knife in the back for Yeo Dam but conveniently forgets that he himself threw the damn thing is also beyond me.
In past life he killed his own child and raped Yeo Dam in front of his corps. In this life he plans to break their child’s legs if Yeo Dam tries to leave him. What a lovely, changed man he is. So adorable and loving. He is truly different now. #sarcasm