I just wanna complain because what the fuucckjk T.T when i read the novel A LOTT happened before the treatment happened. And during the rescuing too, but now i realized the way the manhwa is summarized made it look shit compared to novel i understand the vast difference is inevitable but yeah HAHAHA
A lot of “emotional” stories behind the characters! Their thoughts mostly for the vassals, etching the scene of their lord crying in their mind. Going on a killing spree — and yes, the MC was sobbing the entire time he was in Luhak’s arm in the novel and his cries can be heard while the vassals are fighting. So imagine the torture hearing their lord’s sufferings so yeah it’s mostly the emotionally part that’s missing. You will feel more inclined with the characters had they not skipped those — especially Mr. Froggy!
I'm not sure how to put it in detail but there was a long scene in the novel before luhak even spread his wings to cover sehyun when they rescued him.
(Below are from novel)
<Euncheong's cold voice carried both sorrow and warning.
"...Remember this. What we are about to do is not slaughter. But it must be more brutal than any slaughter has ever been. We will kill without killing. Under no circumstances" (done)
And in the novel, you can see how deeply luhak cares about sehyun. Cuz in the manhwa it's really hard to see? He's kind of portrayed as cold person too much in manhwa for me. ANDDD in the manhwa they straight up just fixed sehyun's wings. They didn't include the contract they made with the nature kingdom to acquire the highhh grade healing potion (the gold one that they used on the wings ti grow). And in the novel, all the vasals are waiting outside the door cold from the snow, but idk why theyre in a building in manhwa. It was too fast
Soooo the issue with wings started when the slave (i forgot the name) poured the healing potion over it. Since the potion is low grade, it kinda damaged the way the roots of the wings as it healed. (The wings regenerate) but since the root is damaged, therss a high risk of it defeforming. The only way to resolve it is to open the wound again and rearrange the roots, mind you anesthesia doesnt exist in this world. Sehyun made the choice to do it even if its suuuuupppeeerrrr painful because his wings is kind of a symbol in his kingdom. Basically if the people especially his vasals see that the king is flawed, they would carry the guilt and such he made the decision to hurt himself again just to grow his wings back normally.
The doctor said along the lines of "the wings should grow back as if nothing happened" as to not show weakness of something. Please correct me if I'm wrong as this was how interpreted the scene. GUYYSS T^T THE SCENE IS SO SAD. SEHYUN ALMOST DIED BECAUSE OF THE PAIN and luhak was a bit or actually traumatized because of how much blood came from the wound. Luhak was the one who did the root rearranging. (/TДT)/
I honestly sympathize with why Chohee acts and thinks that way. Insecurity and trauma isn't something you could fight alone unless you have someone by your side as a great support system. What she need is therapy and a good conversation with her family. But just because you have a reason to be evil doesn't mean it's right to do so.
Her way of bullying Ahjin is alarming, if she could do that to her friend at this young age, even risking her reputation and dignity, what more when she grows up. Honestly sad, but at the same time infuriating. (╯°Д °)╯╧╧









"The sounds I heard in my ears were like
harmonies you could only find underwater. If I
had to die, I wanted to drown in this ocean
named you. Death is scary. But I felt like I
wouldn't be afraid of any death if I died in your
arms."
When seungwon said that i nearly cried. How can a person love you so much that they would accept their deepest fears just to be with you.
In season 2, after he wakes up in the hospital he had this brief psychotic episode where he couldn't distinguish reality with his hallucinations from the building collapsing (past life) it got to a point where they had to sedate him cuz he was panicking so much . Also it's true he's addicted to alcohol since it's the only thing that soothes his body pain. But guys after they had a deep convo in the hospital, the seme actually helped him stop with the cigarettes (the uke suffers from addiction due to depression. Not a diagnosis but heavily implied) and i loved him for that
The novel had a great time telling the story thru the uke's pov. It'sike you're together with him when he's on his lowest. The writing in the novel is really good.
I read it on springofromance website yitled as "depressing illusion"