Yuck one of those asshole MLs. Not giving him the benefit of the doubt at all. I will not be gaslighted by the author later on as they try to convince me that this asshole somehow was forced to leave MC or there was a misunderstanding. You can clearly see that when he saw MC 6 years later he didn't give a fuck about anything other than sex so, miss me with that bullshit
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I just read chapter 80 and it is the end of the main story. Very underwhelming. Basically, Valerie gets hurt protecting Asil and then he gets hospitalized. Asil feels bad. Valerie wakes up and goes straight to Asil who welcomes him and all is well with the world. Listen, I was 100% expecting them to end up together and I made peace with that a while back but I wanted more. I would've prefered more heart to heart discussions and some distance in which Valerie, for the first time ever, respects Asil's decision over his own separation anxiety. Then, at the end, they get back together. But, whenever an author goes for "dickhead gets hurt protecting MC that they originally abused so said MC feels bad and forgives everything", it is such a let down....
Somewhat good news is that there are side stories to come so at least we get something beyond this
I'm rereading the earlier chapters of this to torture myself and I was thinking that the "noble X commoner" and all of its variations (rich x poor, CEO x employee, super powerful esper x lower rank guide, etc) are very rarely done right without any extreme power abuse. The one that comes straight to mind is the couple from "Taming the Tiger" which I always reread. I get that this dynamic easily lends itself to abuse and it is realistic and all that, but it is just overdone. Just because something is realistic does not make it enjoyable to read










ML is a dickhead for no reason.