
as what someone else said, the line here is so thin. the duke first saw alois as an adult, came back to find him as a child, loved him—yeah that was problematic as hell, loving a child and it's not even familial love—but he said himself that he didn't tell alois his feelings because he didn't want to "lock him up"
grooming rooted from the term's meaning itself. when you "groom" someone, you make them feel and think that whatever's going on between you is right when it's actually wrong, in other words you establish a connection to lower their guard and exploit their feelings.
from what i read, the duke himself avoided that by letting alois leave his side to experience the outside world and by not professing his problematic love. he saved the child not with the intention to "groom" him. alois himself grew to love the duke as he gets a little bit older—not as a child, for he didn't know it was the duke who saved him—but as he becomes the duke's servant, did he only have his feelings.
hence why i don't think there is grooming here. BUT the age gap is really something, and it's problematic in itself that a grown ass man developed romantic feelings for a fucking child. i'm analyzing it and writing this long ass comment because the story really, REALLY had the potential but it was conveyed so wrong. i especially liked the past and future butterfly (?) effect shit, but come on did it have to be a child... couldn't it have been someone older.... ugh i'm having mixed feelings about this like it's cute but so disgusting.
i love the art by the way, and i'll be eating the smut scenes because at least it wasn't as problematic as the plot itself.
esp this shit I MEAN I LOVE THIS STORY and i get how it's very fast paced but SEX SHOULDNT BE FAST PACED LIKE pls have proper foreplay before u insert a fistful like dick inside those sluttly men holes alright ts wouldve been SO hot if doosan received yummy rimjobs and a whole lot of prostate and nipple plays.
DO NOT BELIEVE that it would be so good to just ram the dick in dry without foreplay IT WILL BLEED istg doosan lied to y'all.
Nah ong bro must have fingered himself.
But we fr missed out on some good foreplay!!! I love penetration, but treat it like a marathon, not a sprint, people!