so what now age gap stories are bad? are they only allowed when they never meet before being an adult

Im so happy that someone else understands this story. It's way to beautiful to talk shit about and I loved this

all these comments like as if he fell in love with the child but he fell in love with the adult then saved the child and tried to give him a pedo? He even tried to send him away to find love elsewere.

all these comments like as if he fell in love with the child but he fell in love with the adult then saved the child and tried to give him a happy life but everyone wants to make him seem like a pedo? He even tried to send him away to find love elsewere.

Exactly! When he took care of him for that short time, the kid brought a light into his life that he never experienced before. Not wanting to trap him there or make him feel obligated to stay with him though, he sent him to someone else that would take care of him and expected the child to forget about him.

I honestly wish more people could appreciate and love this short story for what it truly is. It's really sad to see so many people misunderstand it to this extent.

Theres literally panels of him reading him bedtime stories and playing with him in the garden what are u on he definitely was a father figure

For real?! It's just weird how people just went there, its either they were just skimming the story or focused on the smut and just saw him with kids after ╮(￣▽￣)╭

Yes he did everything right and still people saw it the wrong way. I got so abit spirited coz I loved the story and it was sad I saw all the comments were about pedos ლ(´ڡ`ლ) instead of appreciating the story
I'm glad you guys agree!

Uhhh coz that's what you do when your with a traumatised child? You keep them company and make sure they feel safe. And one of the ways you can do that is to read to them and play with them... Don't tell me everyone who plays and reads to you at night is automatically a father or mother figure
Also if he was such a father figure why doesn't Alois remember him in the 1st place
Pls reread ch1 he never mentions the Duke helped him
and if you reread ch6 that's where he remembers that it was the Duke who saved him all those years ago

Id say he's more of his savior than a father figure. You have to remember that the very first chapter shows this kid getting beat with a bottle and then dragged by the hair about to die before a man (that he doesn't remember) saves his life. Afterwards, the duke took care of him for a short period of time since, yah know, he probably had severe trauma from the while experience. After he was mentally and physically sound, the duke found someone to take the kid to see the world, not wanting to make the kid feel like he was obligated to stay in his manor just because he helped him. He expected to be forgotten after that and thought that the kid would eventually find love and get married. Never once did he express feeling like a father figure to him nor did the young man feel like he was a father to him. Temporary caretaker doesn't automatically put someone into the position of parent-figure, especially from something like reading him stories and making flower crowns and sleeping in a bed with a child who not to long ago he found being best by the man who is supposed to be his father and so probably didn't feel safe sleeping alone.

Im glad I have like minded people to talk to this about ^^

Bro if u adopt a child then what are u to them..