would it really count as groominh if they both were children? in a way i guess hou could see it as grooming since he had a plan but he technically isnt an adult when he did it before sooo....more like a crazy stalker or insanely delusional.
if it was power dynamic then i could see it, not really coercion maybe??? but luckly Asha is dense and its clear he doesnt realise this...yeah thats how i see it. Some say but there is a maturity gap but i still dont see it to be fully grooming I still think crazy delusional obsessed stalker ദദ^ᴗ ᴗ^₎
Same, I don't think it's grooming either, I see it more like an obsession. The king decided early on at 13 that MC was the one for him and never let go even though MC wasn't thinking of him that way. The hand holding and kissing also can be seen as a childish thing done by the huge crush he was having on MC and him not knowing how to convey it because he also was an innocent kid back then.
The demoting thing was foul though, the king indeed meddled with MC's life plans. But knowing now that the reason was because his marriage proposal got ignored, it seems more like a childish tantrum than a mean thing.
It's only chapter 5 though but so far their childhood friends situation doesn't seem too bad.
i saw a comment that reminded me that the gap was 17 but hey this was a good read and NO I WASNT CRYING!!i really said "one more chapter" at 12am and now i am here at 2:25am adoring this read. no chapter was dull all well written well... well everything...and now i will get yelled at for being awake at this time buy #worthit











Mannn I wanna see more of her and ashton
Also at the chapter when William dripped his wallet I said out out “oh you flipping idiot”, but hoooh my gosh I like this a lot. The art is also really nice kind of reminds me of like old webtoons, so refreshing to see after a lot of the glittery sparkly eyes and broad shoulder style (ifykyk)
omg seriously i wish the end didn’t feel so rushed and we saw more of annie and ashton