
oh ok! So Athanasius is still alive but it's like 2 souls are in one body right? And when Athanasius's eyes turn red, that means that the stalker guy is taking over right? Why would Athanasius let this happen tho? Im sure Athanasius doesn't like to be controlled so why would he let the stalker guy control him? or does he not know?

The dark magic that talks to anastacius was the previous king before them, I forgot his name, but the king that Lucas mentions in his first introductions in the webtoon (when he said the last king he talked to was 1000+ years ago, the king who was obsessive with power, etc.) that king- who Lucas turned down for power, is trying to possess anastacius- or is already possessing him by giving anastacius the dark magic. The shadow/dark magic was already talking to anastacius since he was somewhat young (Claude and anastacius had a normal relationship until it was around coronation age, where the king probably took ahold of anastacius)- so it’s probably that dark shadow was the one that encouraged anastacius to try and kill Claude.
Anastacius can’t touch or be physically near Claude because his power is still too weak- and I think it has something to do with their powers clashing, so he’s using Jeannette as a power outlet to attack Claude without leaving a trace that says it’s him (if they do find a trace, which Lucas did, they can only see that it’s coming from Jeannette and not anastacius because Jeannette has her own dark aura from being born as a mix)
I think anastacius is alive, physically and mentally- since he was still able to recollect memories when he was a child- of his mother yelling at him about Claude, so it’s more like there’s two souls living inside of anastacius’s body, but the real anastacius don’t really have much control when his powers are derived from the king that is possessing him

The king that’s possessing anastacius is obsessed with Lucas because Lucas has the highest power in all of the country/people, he’s stronger than all the previous kings- the king possessing anastacius got turned down from the throne because he was “incompetent” and he’s probably mad that Lucas has the power to override his right as a royalty to control the mages/wizards in the country (which includes Lucas)
I think anastacius knows he’s being controlled, he probably made a pact with the king during the time when Claude did a mass massacre in the palace just so that he can stay alive (by borrowing the king’s dark magic maybe, since anastacius wasn’t born with it)
Can someone please explain what happened in the last 3 chapters? How is Athanasius still alive and I saw Lucas in one of the panels when Athanasius was remembering something. Does that mean that Lucas was manipulating him? Also why would be want to kill Claude? And how is he using Jenette? I don't think he can really gain anything by gaining Jenette's favor? Also, are Claude and Athanasius not biological brothers? Because I think that their mom said that Claude was an illegitimate child,.