Lol, okay.
To the original commenter, don't read any further if you don't want to be spoiled.
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1. Unfortunately the ML is neither possessed or cursed. It's 100% unadulterated all psycho him.
2. The ML's men did not kill MCs mom, the ML did.
3.As above, also the second ML and his mom had no influence on how the ML turned out.
4. The ML's mom and ML... very heavily implied incest.
5. NOPE. He's still a POS, though MC makes him promise to no wanton killing as before.
6. Nope, it's a twisted love which torments the MC as he cannot believe he has fallen for the ML
7. NOPE. ML dies of toxin. MC saves him.
Correct end game but happily ever after is subjective. It's just not that kind of story. I did have such similar expectations as some of this list, but as I continued reading the novel, to my horror, I realized the author intended it to be a brutal, unforgiving story.
I believe so? But later it might have been consensual?
This is a direct excerpt from the translated novel:
"The pleasure and satisfaction he felt the first time he had Mongrel (the MC) were beyond anything he had ever imagined. It was a level of fulfillment he had never found with the Empress Mother or his concubines. Not just the body, but Mongrel’s subtle, fiery presence had become an addictive, hallucinatory drug."
The MLs mother is referred to as the Empress Mother in the novel, so...(⊙…⊙ )
I'm hoping someone will tell me I'm wrong or it's a mistranslation ╥﹏╥
I am only reading here and have no idea where the story is really going, but here's what I think will happen.
1. ML will turn out to be possessed/cursed (a way for the writer to justify what he has done; after all, it wasn't him; It was the possession/curse making him do those bad things)
2. the ML's men didn't kill MC's mom
3. Mr. Second ML, who looks like a green flag in comparison to the other dudes in this story but who is still problematic, is the one who killed the mom. (and it's likely he or his mom caused the ML to be the way he is)
4. While it's implied that ML's mom did something to him, it will turn out that she was trying to protect him from whatever was done to him. (after all, if she was the one making him messed up, why would she get him art therapy)
5. At some point, ML will start being kind to MC. His behavior will also change toward everyone as his 'real' self starts to shine because of his love for MC.
6. As MC finds these things out, he will gradually fall in love with ML
7. Not being accepted by the tribe and named or not being pure blood will prevent the toxin from working, so the ML won't die.
I think the end game is for MC and ML to be together and have a happy ending.