
You know what? Idk why people are saying this story is bad when, icl, it's quite good. The FL, although not so-called intelligent, isn't stupid either. It's a story about uncovering the truth and removing the rose-coloured glasses.
Not to mention the smut (not the best); it's consensual from the beginning – which is quite a rarity lmao.

ngl this story is Abuse Simulator 3.0.
Like, it's not a romance, nor is it written to be a romance, but rather it's a tragedy of a young girl who's sentenced for her mother's crimes. The ML doesn't love her but rather is obsessed with her and her life's essence, so he continuously tries to draw out emotion from her by traumatising her... yet is still left unsatisfied.
... ngl the plot for what it is, is quite good. Though the fact that it's a romance does sadden me lmao.
Being that yes the ML did willingly isolate the FL, to the point in which he didn't care if she died. Not because he was openly cruel but rather because he felt nothing to her at all.
He viewed the concept of mates as a weakness, as after meeting their mate dragons die shortly after their loved ones. Therefore as a way to combat against fate he distanced himself from his mate the FL.
However once she died he was filled to the brim with a deep emptiness, as that's what happens when dragons loose their mate. And it drove him to madness, to the point in which he wants to turn back time.
Although the story is quite cute with the reference to dragons and the kiddos, the idea of 'fate' is quite bothersome to me. Being that the ML only really cares about the FL becuase she's his mate, he can't escape her and he is very much bound to her and vice versa.
In their first life the ML tried to break the chains whereas in their subsequent lives the FL tries to break the chain.
To think that nothing would have happened if the ML treated the FL right in their first life instead of overcomplicating everything.