I am so confused. I read the bubbles, but still I am unaware what actually happened. This ...

Okay first part: the main character older brother is suffering from a mental illness from trauma. He was raped by the dad and verbally abused by the main characters mom. The main character wanted attention from the dad and didn understand why the dad was always locked away in a room with the older brother(who he was raping and obsessed with) and why he couldnt go in their with them. He assumed the older brother seduced the dad and still dont understand that his bro is a victim. Now the main character inherited the family company and fortune bcuz the older bro is unfit and being locked away. The main character resents his older brother bcuz not only did he made the main character mother crazy because she was jealous that he was getting raped(sick bitch) he now have to take care of the family. He wants to be free to be with the butler but he cant because he has responsibilities to the family and being gay back then is taboo. He doesn't personally want to take care of his brother so he hires a caretaker to help him since the older brother sometimes escape the mansion and runs off but the hired help always have ulterior motives with the older brother because he is beautiful. The caretaker falls in love with him and desires him but he dont want to take advantage. The main character shows signs that he wants to love his older brother but just cant seem to get there.meanwhile the older brother loves him alot he was just abused and forbidden to talk to him or he wud get hurt by the mom wen he was younger. Now the butler he is crazy. He likes to see the main character all torn up. He is a sadist and obsessed. He sleeps with the main character while the main character is now married and have affairs with him, his wife suspects he is having an affair and becomes depressed. The butler keeps trying to have the main character sleep with his wife and to have an heir. He tries but cant. He casually makes a comment saying he wants his older bro dead and the butler staged a kidnapping to kill the older bro but the plans goes to shit cuz the caretaker kills the kidnappers. The main character atarts to aee that the butler is a lil crazy but he still in love with him. Thats the story so far.

Oh my, thank u very much for taking the time and effort to explain everything to me. (づ￣ ³￣)づ
Funny thing, nothing u wrote seems new to me. Maybe I just didn't wanted to acknowledge how fucked up this story is.(〜￣△￣)〜

Thanks so much for this
I was really confused as well

Good summary but I have to correct you that the company and all their fortune was inherited by the older brother. The main character doesn't get anything but simply run the business for his older brother, because he is mentally incapable. That's how sick and obsessed their father is. Also, this also has a part in the main character's dilemma since until his father's death, he doesn't get any attention or love from him at all, everything is for his older brother. It added more rift to their relationship.

See, I may be wrong, but I don't believe Ranzou, older bro, was raped by dad.

Mom was used as a sex pawn, and is related to husband, Ikou's supposed dad. I think the butler, Nohiriko is Ikou's dad.

I just want the brothers to become friends and for the uni friend to come save Ikou and give him some good loving

A little? Thanks for the laugh! ♡