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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.