Dear god

Then doesn't it make you wonder if that's actually Rood? Maybe that's a completely different person. And Kiel is only taking care of what is left of Rood, his body. Doesn't that seem sad?

That's what I was thinking. Maybe the Rood he actually knows is gone and just the traits left over and the body itself is what is left of Rood and the King is filling the gap?

That might explain why Rood has no memory of his past. The thing is...the personality is the same and there does seem to be two entities in Rood's body. Rood himself and then the King with the long dark hair which is what (and why) Rood changes so much physically when he Awakes.

My thoughts too, in this chapter it's clear that rood died. Whether the current rood is just his body and the king's soul or it's actually rood came back to life

So many questions.

I wonder if the next chapter will show us what happens after moment of 'Chapter 0' and if we find out how Kiel started Opion and how Rood became a magician and everything.

Not to mention how different Kiel is with Rood compared to how gentle he was with the first Rood. Should we call them Rood 1 and Rood 2?

Well actually, we can't really know if they have the same personality. Little Rood is sweet and docile, while big Rood is rather wild and rebellious. I thought it's just part of growing up, nothing quite odd. But it can also imply he's a completely different person. Little Rood's character hasn't been explored quite thoroughly so idk.

But I think I dib more that there are two entities within his body.

Remember, the first time Kiel met Rood when he was being picked on by those neighborhood kids? Rood's attitude then is like what he has now. Only it seems to have been amped up?