This is the first time he is time traveling and he traveled back to when he first met the seme. His parents the actual king and queen are already dead. Since the prince is too young duke Amandaris is the regent who is temporarily ruling for him. Practically being the king is the reason the duke is able to get away with all this shit including imprinting on the prince. The prince can’t do a lot to fight against him right now because he isn’t the king yet. And in his first life because he didn’t know the duke’s intentions, the duke had gained too much power by the time the prince was old enough to be king.
I think it was mentioned that Anandaris forced an imprint the moment MC manifested, and then he was trapped by dependency and suffering caused by his pheromones. I think it was alluded that MC had imprinted on the seme at that time as well, but in the OG timeline MC had been too messed up by fever to remember. This time he was more clear headed so he came to his senses long enough to realize what was happening
Ahhh ok in the novel and this when he went back in time he was already imprinted ok thank you for clarity
The first time he time travels he wasn’t imprinted at all yet or did I misunderstand. How did the duke already imprint on a child and why didn’t the king have the bad guy executed right away from imprinting on a young child!!