
Still no matter what, I can’t bring myself to like this pairing. Yuri really deserves way better. The way he gets treated for most of their relationship is criminal. Literally being treated like some dirty rag, physical and psychological abuse, rape. However, he has no self respect and it’s still weird that he had a crush on a damn child. I just think they genuinely shouldn’t be together. Like logically this is terrible and I think the story would better if they went their separate ways in the middle, instead of author forcing them together to be a cute couple. It’s unnatural.

Yuri neveroved the child version of xinlu romantically he just admired him as something so beautifully put into the ocean. And as he said himself he never had sexual thoughts about xinlu he always saw him in a pure way. Also from my pov this couple is the healthiest in the passion series after Jay and the Arab Prince.

Also I think it’s horrible that you view a relationship like this healthy. Maybe in the end there’s no more abuse, however I literally said that it is unnatural that the author forcefully made a horrible relationship cutesy in the end. At least with main pairing you can still see that they’re imperfect, but they love each other. In this pairing I could not see that. I think many other people who read the novel agree with me about that. At least everybody I talked about it with disliked Xinlu and how Yuri was treated.

I get what you’re saying, but I think people are misunderstanding what Yuri meant. He never loved child Xinlu romantically. he even said he never had any sexual thoughts about him. That moment was about admiration, not desire. Seeing someone as beautiful in a symbolic way (like a flower in the ocean) doesn’t mean you want something from them.
And when I said their relationship was "healthier," I meant compared to the others in the Passion series. There was no grooming from yuri part btw. It grew into something mutual when Xinlu was an adult. Not perfect, but more balanced in the end.
I read the novel too btw.
Also u compared them to ilay and taui. crazy but you do realise we're talking about totally different characters with totally different personalities right? Xinlu is completely different than ilay not in a better way or anything but personality wise and how they both act is very distinct. So it's so illogical that you are comparing yuri and xinlu's relationship with ilay and tay's.

It’s because you didn’t read the novel. I more of disliked him than really hated him when he wanted to rape Tae. I really started hating him when seeing him abuse and rape Yuri. Like with Ilay, he did rape Tae, but it never went that far when it comes to physical abuse. At least with Ilay you could tell that Tae is special to him, but Xinlu treated Yuri like dirty rags for a long time.

I don’t really like promiscuous characters and I think that if the story starts with sex, then the author most likely is just making it for profit and not to tell a story. I know a lot of you like mindless smut though. I think it’s a pity, because the art looks beautiful and it’s rare to have a dark skinned MC.

Somebody explain to me why Ian suddenly wants to have sex with the Emperor, even though he knows he sees him as Brian's replacement and Ian still didn’t become Brian. This doesn’t make sense.The Emperor said he didn’t care that he doesn’t remember, but that doesn’t mean shit. It’s been clear that Ian not remembering can’t stop the Emperor from using him.

I lowkey think Ian developed feelings for Sol during his whole stay because when he thought back, Sol was the only one actually caring about him, no? And he is the only one who understands that the mana thing isnt a curse but his power. Plus I dont think from what ive seen that Ian really trust Cardinal Brixton that much compared to the first few chapters. P.S. I think he 'might' be regaining his memories constantly even if its not showing up as a chapter if you get what I mean. Pls correct me if im wrong!

No, literally the whole point of conflict was Ian after falling in love with the Emperor, finding out he is used as a replacement. He is being treated as Brian by everybody, but can’t recall any of the memories from his past life, and is still Ian. I didn’t think anybody would bring up events from the first season haha, it was so long ago, I am focusing on the recent conflict that suddenly disappeared, because the Emperor said that he doesn’t care.

But I feel like somehow he isnt really being treated as Brian in Sol's perspective because although yea he wants him to regain his memories, I still think that he doesnt really see Ian as Brian you can tell that Sol isnt trying to 'FORCEFULLY' bring his memories back. But I need you guys to understand that Brian died in Sols hands and that pain of losing a loved one that has been with you like years and years is really heart wrenching you cant expect Sol to like move on. I get it, its been like what a millennium years since that happened but Brian thought him so many things he never knew nor cared for. I could name so much but its boring to read so I wont be doing that. Brian was like his mentor or lets just say teacher and the person that thought him died in his hands. Sol literally wouldnt be king if it werent for Brian honestly speaking. Im not saying Sol isnt capable of being king but he has that position because Brian helped him achieve it even though he probably never wanted that role. So you see how Brian made a huge impact on Sol so much so that he cant bear to see Ian not remembering him at all. (Sol literally hides his emotions *thats what I think*) Plus Brian helped him with other things like trade while literally torturing his own body. While I agree its weird how Ian suddenly fell in love with Sol but I dont think blaming Sol and (the ones who have been with Sol while Brian was still alive) is necessarily him being 'selfish' for his own needs and a replacement of Brian. And like this is my personal opinion but feel free to disagree, I really hate how Cardinal Brixton like manipulates Ian into thinking he was a holy figure in his life, yes he did save him but he literally tricked Ian into thinking Archaia (idk if the spellings right) was the one behind the human trafficking which I assume they arent behind it. Btw all of this is my perspective of the story (it might be a bit rusty since I read more than 4/5 of the story quite long ago. Dont bash me even if this isnt what you think your understanding of the plot is. Im just stating my opinion and I dont agree nor disagree with what you said I just felt like sharing how I felt with this whole story. Anyways I hope the author rest well and dont rush deadlines which I think its impossible because they ALWAYS rush the deadlines on manhwas haiz. Love you guys and once again feel free to leave your opinions!!!
Why did that twink get mad? He was the one who wanted to share another guy. I guess he expected to be the center of attention forever.
Not only that, he’s sleeping around and with lots of guys beside them. He doesn’t even have the right to mad at them.
I hate him so much.
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