Spoilers please?
I’m just gonna keep it as short as i can and say what Taekjoo went thru from memories.
Basically, after ch51, Zhenya is gonna be at the Korean Embassy(if I’m not mistaken), where he will SA Taekjoo and take him to this cold, snow-filled private island that can only be reached by helicopter for about 3 months.
While on the island, Zhenya repeatedly SA’d Taekjoo. During one of them, Zhenya even used a needle and tattooed Taekjoo on his lower back, and to think of it just as a “contract between a slave and master”. I think Zhenya also hit him ? I don’t remember much sorry
- Taekjoo’s escape attempts (tho Zhenya technically didn’t have any to do with them)
> tried to kayak across the sea which resulted in him falling into the harsh waves and cold sea, Taekjoo almost drowned and held onto a piece of the kayak and was stranded on the sea until he got washed back onto the island again.
> Taekjoo used an excuse to go out hunting to understand more of the outside. While hunting a deer with Zhenya, he ran opposite of Zhenya and the deer to tried and get away, which then Zhenya finished catching the deer and start following Taekjoo. Zhenya quite literally shoot around Taekjoo to purposely create an avalanche, and Taekjoo got swallowed by it.
> Tried to paraglide away but failed and got stuck on a tree for half a day.
There are probably a bit more that I forgot but after successfully leaving the island, their relationship actually got better (Zhenya was already slowlyyy warming to Taekjoo during island). Zhenya became more sweet and the novel started describing him yearning for Taekjoo, and Taekjoo knows it
Like omggg there are scenes where Zhenya is whispering stuffs like “Why?” “…Taekjoo” “Choose me”. Zhenya’s sister, Olga, even said that Zhenya whispered and called out to Taekjoo a lot too. The smut got soo much more intimate. Likee I’m lowkey cheesing especially with that “choose me” one omg
Thank you so much bruh , but is there some regret for the way he treated him ? Some redemption?
i hope the manhwa dont go into tm details w the island arc, i rlly dont wanna see taekjoo go thru sm in pictures