"She should've just told him!" How? She already told him that his friend is a traitor, he didn't believe her. She asked him if he's hiding something and he lied. She asked him to believe her and he didn't.
This is perfect and it makes complete sense and I would think lesser of the Duke if he blindly followed her. Doesn't change the fact that she couldn't have told him earlier. She couldn't trust him not to confront his friend himself or to try and get in her way. Once she knew Astrid was safe, she told him immediately. Beneath the veneer of greed and business, it's obvious she did this simply because the Duke loves Astrid. He didn't tell her about Astrid, he even got upset with her for interfering, but Maddie went and did out anyway, because she actually takes his safety seriously.
Like. Ohh myyy god. You cannot read this straight. You can't look at a character like Maddie and trust her facade blindly. She isn't this manic pixie assassin doing whatever she wants for fun, she's extremely competent, thoughtful and clever. Just because she tells the duke (directly or indirectly) that she's a pleasure-driven, careless wildcard doesn't mean you have to believe her.
I know you think you're loyal and that all is going to go well in you're happy love life, but unfortunately, you're on chapter 14 of a yaoi manga, which means some other four eared beefy guy will bump into you by accident and set of a chain off events and misunderstandings, that will result in angst, emotional resolution, and some more possessive pheromone sex . And we'll all be very happy about it.
Aiihhhhgh....Arghhhh. I just love it so much. Every scene, every chapter, is just so overwhelming filled with love for Sylvan. There aren't many stories where you can see such devout love at the most pathetic point of a person's life. Yet they're all so gentle, caring and loving. From Gjord, to the servants, to random people he met in the past, they all adore him. I don't think it's just loyal servitude either, it's deep friendships, inside jokes, life long acquaintances.
It's not even just the common yaoi obsession, it's genuine care. Gjord isn't trying to make Sylvan his slave, he's trying to give him back what is his. Not trying to take advantage of him in this vulnerable situation, but to remind him he's a person of honor and dignity.
Even at his weakest, most confused and scared Sylvan is still a wonderful and loveable person, which most just be so infuriating for Lister, who could live with feeling inferior to a ruler, but not to a slave.
Unlike most "salvation romance" stories, I don't feel like it's about how great of a guy Fjord is, but about what a wonderful person Sylvan was and is, to have earned such loyalty from those around him.
This is why I look forward to Sunday nights before I go to bed. I sometimes see people iffy on Gjord's behavior (especially early on) but after only a few chapters, I realized he's not some horny brute, but a man in love who's been without it for the past two years.
And a horny brute. But not without reason lol.
Saw the update and immediately thought "Oh, the dog rape manga". Sorry, no getting past that and it only seems to get worse. I can hear the people saying "He was always cruel! He was always evil!", yes, but to his own benefit. He manipulated, lied and let people die for his own benefit and pleasure. The author didn't really make clear how this would benefit him, and I don't really want to stick around for a protag who did that for his pleasure. Sorry, but if the author simply wanted to shock the audience, it worked too well.
Maybe? He never seemed particularly caring for her, but I can see him wanting to punish those who went against him. Still not enough of a reason to include THAT tho. Not even out of some "it's too cruel" sentiment, but because it's extremely out of place and perverse, so it immediately takes the story in a probably unwanted direction. This isn't just a cruel sadistic character to me anymore, it's a character who enjoys watching dogs do that to women and who's done it repeatedly apparently. There is a difference in tone and I doubt that the story can actually deal with it.
What the heeeeeell. You can say whatever about whether this sexual assault scene is important to the plot or not, but you can't say it was done well. It's literally not depicted any differently from the other sex scenes. Why author, if you want us to feel concern over him, are we doing close ups of his twitchy asshole, of his fucked out face and just sexualizing it to oblivion. Say what you want about how manhwa treats SA, but usually there's at least a fade away. Uggghhhh











Whoagh, finally a realistic royalty mpreg. Nobody love that thang. Rip kid, you'll make a great tragic protagonist in some other story.
Don’t curse him so early on lol