
So we all have to kinda admit that the age gap is kinda weird since the relationship started when ryou was still a minor :p but I wouldn’t call their relationship grooming (as someone who has been groomed before) grooming happens when the groomer keeps pushing romantic ideals on a person and makes the other person feel loved in order for the groomer to fulfill their desires. In this case, sei had a lot of self control, he didn’t push his feeling on ryou and didn’t force him or manipulate him into doing anything. It was an overall consenting and wholesome relationship
And I know many people are bringing up that this is just a work of fiction but fiction can have a big influence on a persons behavior in the real world :) so I just ask to pls be careful when reading certain things because many horrible acts can be normalized through fiction (not this story though)

Good explanation, and you said exactly how I feel about fictions role in shaping norms.
I agree that it isn't grooming. My only quibble about Sei is that it was not good to confess to Ryou when Ryou was at Sei's home. He might have felt trapped or pressured if he hadn't already felt affection toward Sei, and if Sei had been a bad person, it could have been dangerous.

Isn’t rin like waaaay younger than all of the potential MLs ??
I think the dragon dude is like 500 yrs old
While ren is like her dads age
And rin is around 25 in mental age :D she may be an adult mentally but she’s still in a little girls body (at least not in this chapter)
Soo is that wrong? I’m questioning so much rn

I’d like to know what u guys think too :)
So I believe that the prince allows himself to be manipulated because he has lived a life where everything is granted to him, he has power, luxury, and an overall “perfect” life. In order to get away from living a “boring” life and being the one who dominates, he is willing to become a servant for Charlize. By living as a servant where he has given himself up to her, he is now able to live without much control which he has always wanted to experience (so in a way his freedom is having no freedom)
Now that he is beginning to develop romantic feelings or at least become infatuated with Charlize, he is becoming even more willing to stay submissive
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Me too