Mkay yea no dw in in the context of the story they decided to make it so that mana synergy or whatever can only occur through intimate acts, and if someone’s mana is depleted too much they die.
Michael developed a machine that allowed synergy w/out intimacy but at the time the device was not working. It is made clear that he exhausted all other options and what he did was for the purpose of saving the prince’s life.
It may be different elsewhere but where I live (the US), if someone is on the verge of death and cannot give consent to receive CPR it’s considered assumed consent because most people do not want to die. It’s also part of his job technically so imho I think that qualified as a form of CPR and not dubcon.
In other words: the only reason he did that was because the story made him lol, not bc he wanted to. And I think it’s pretty obvious why he lied about doing it, especially with what happens later. Idk just my thoughts tho
I hate this even more because of how good it started out. Fuck this. First dubcon warning was not dubcon, it technically qualified as CPR. Everything after was awful and noncon but then it just ends. Idgaf bro this is bullshit I got invested in the story, characters, and the world only to have the author take a big shit aaaaaaaalllll over it half way through. Ughhhhhh I’m so mad!!!!!!!!! The art is so fucking good too like those circles?!?!?! And the colorwork in general was stellar, wasted on this dogshit story hchtfngjfhfgjgiigdjsjidjdjdjdjjdjdjjjddj
Also Michael deserves better he’s actually the best and the prince should die pls kys uwu ♡
Rant over. I’m just sad tbh. ╥﹏╥