Ok, so...

For anyone who feels like all the events have taken ages to happen, I beg you, reread everything from the first chapter again. I just finished doing so myself, and I regret nothing.

I have ADHD, and didn't have good meds when I started this series, so a reread was crazy necessary. These are what I realized after rereading. Spoilers for anyone who has yet to read this Manga on here. I have read the fan translations to the last chapter of this season, but I will not include that info below.











Abel knew he was the true Regas in chapter 8, when he broke down remembering his master.

Abel knew he was going to die in chapter 15, the moment he had the dream of the future, the same as his master, and his masters master. He also knew he had a month, at best. The wooden necklace might be the thing that triggers the dreams to occur, when the time comes for the true Regas who holds it, but that is a theory.

The Spring of Prayers healed Karas' eyes, and it is possible that it is because of Abels prayer. I theorize that, because one of the prior kings had brought his deceased Regas there in a desperate attempt to heal him, that the kings does not have the power to actually use the spring in the way the true Regas does. This is compounded when you take into account that the council has been killing off the true regas of the kings for a while to control them. Which is why the previous king didn't have his true Regas.

Wydiels master, trained the previous librarian for the castle. It is likely that doing so has been a tradition for a long time. Wydiel was likely a Regas himself, taught and trained by a Regas master before him. Gets a bit difficult to understand if Melmont and Abel were trained by Wydiel, or if they had separate masters, due to some grammatical errors. At some points, Melmont indicates they have different masters, and that his master had been trained with Wydiel, at others, the indication was that he and Abel both trained under Wydiel. If anyone knows more, would love more info on that.

Many story beats that felt like they have been so long, are actually not taking as long as it felt. Characters are acting on their own, on a basis of what info they have. Instance of this, Kin revealing Karas' identity. Kin does not know Lil is Abel. Kin does not know that Karas is actually hiding his identity from Lil. So Kin revealing it actually does make sense for his character. He got sick of the fake title, they were going to arrive at the camp with the army tomorrow, and they just took care of the people tailing them, so dropping the guise isn't an issue.

Important to note, that the author did it this way, because it makes sense for the character of Kin. If it was any other character, this wouldn't work, because Melmont, butler, Karas, Ashler and Nani all know Lil is Abel, and are aware that the shock of the revelation could cause his heart to actually stop. Meaning that they have incentive not to tell Abel.

So, from a narrative perspective, this not only works, but it works because Kin has his own character, and acts and reacts to situations depending on his own thoughts and feelings.

Definitely recommend rereading the series again, now, because then you may pick up more context into stuff, or it might help you break that feeling of pacing being too long and drawn out.