this is something completely off topic, but i just wanted to say something. those two possibilities were something i thought of in the beginning of YOTD - with Soo Won instead of Zeno. i always thought it was crazy how Soo Won would immediately try and drop Yona just because she was in the way of his pursuit to become king, but then i thought…
“what if there was a small part of Soo Won that wanted to kill Yona so Hak could kill him? or threaten them with Yona’s death so Yona and Hak could truly hate him?”
he knew that they were going to hate him for assassinating the second king, so why not tear the relationship with both of them even further apart so they will hate him without regrets? he threw away his best friends, even though it hurt, because he knew what he had to do for the sake of the kingdom.
Like if we had to be “force” to live forever, undying, forever stuck at the age of 17…. Losing your king, your comrades/friends, and lover. Zeno doesn’t want to have to rewatch over again with Yona and the others. ╥﹏╥ I would blame him for doing it and it kinda sucks to be eternal when everyone you know will soon return to the ground. Can’t wait to see what happens