
I read the book so if anyone needs spoilers hmu

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Radan keeps living with the prince for a while as the prince gets closer to his goal of overtaking Radan’s country. The prince’s guards continue to try and prove who Radan. They continue to be lovey dovey, the ML is still a grey flag but in the book they were more affectionate then they are in the manga at this point in the story.
MC decides the prince is too kind and that he must run away. The ML and most of his knights are off hunting for info, but Karoom takes MC on a walk and he manages to distract Karoom and starts to escape, but is found by Count Custer’s son (who is replacing his dead dad and holds a grudge against the ML). They try to gangr*pe the MC but the MC’s eyes get uncovered and they all die, and unfortunately Karoom saw the whole thing and imprisons him. While that’s happening, the replacement guide is found by ML and his knights and is tortured into giving up info on the unknown assassin. He tells them the assassin is Radan.
ML confronts Radan and Radan admits it and is all “but I’d never hurt you”. The ML doesnt believe it and they all leave to go storm Radan’s family castle, killing the king and imprisoning the sons. While here the ML learns about his tragic last and pretty much mentally forgives him but the MC escapes and tries to commit s*icide in a river.
He ends up with amnesia and is found by a SUPER rich eccentric merchant that had a prophecy about finding the MC in the river. MC doesnt remember anything but knows he needs to get far away and so he agrees to pretend to be this dude’s bride so they can flee the country long story short theyre found out, and the prince has been slowly losing his mind and consumed by like, i couldn't really tell if he was just learning or if something was actually going on w him, a weird madness.
He imprisons the merchants and is super angry Radan has forgotten him and that he’s now engaged to someone else so he chains him, beats him severely and r*pes him :(
Classic BL tho bc the MC is scared of him the next but then like forgets about his fear house later and is all “uwu ily prince” even tho he us LEGIT covered in bruises from ML.
Yada yada they are in love, the ML now controlls the other country and makes Radan’s brother, the one who imprisoned him, a total nutcase by torturing him and then installing him on the throne as essentially a puppet.
Not that much more happens besides them trying to figure out how to break the curse which is only possible after 99 blood moons (legit the moon turns red like every other month). Also during the blood moon’s Radan can look at other people without killing em. The merchant and co are released and he’s all “dang i rly wanted to marry that dude oh well” and then its happily ever after for everyone.
It got kinda anticlimactic at the end and also after the ML hurt the MC I was less focused haha

unfortunately i didnt know anything about this author before i read the novel lmaooo
I DID know there was a single r*pe scene but the reviews made it out like the ML was not in the right frame of mind but imo he was present enough to know it was wrong and I just couldnt really get past it. He was green otherwise but the actual assault was so bad I couldnt take the rest of the book seriously lmao

Tbf in this story it lowkey makes sense. If you read the book it goes a lot kore into Radan’s psyche and how fucked up he is from being caged his entire life. It’s why his speech is stunted and he doesnt know anything. The ML is legit the first person to show him unconditional love. I agree I hate damsel MCs but I think it makes sense for Radan here. He doesnt really know otherwise
Why doesnt this have the Shoujo ai tag??