the myth introduced in the game is true, thereâs no other culprit than adrian/satan himself. he HAS to kill to survive and the dr is aiding him on that altho his loyalty lies in the countâs state.
the devil is reborn into the body of adrian. itâs the same as the concept of reincarnation in christians wherein his memories as satan is no more (which was why he doesnât remember lilithâs curse), however, he retained his other qualities and powers such as being harmed by holy water etc. adrian has an epiphany whether he killed the og adrian and took over or that the count and countessâ child was always satan- bestowed with the name of adrian in his rebirth to earth. he did love his mother but seeing that he was the cause of her madness, he grapples with depression and self-identity. as he had no recollection of his past life, child adrian is as vulnerable as a human child. he endured the curse (described as worse than death itself) and grew up from a loveless marriage + his mother hates him to the point of murder. hilda will try to mend the alr strained mother-son relationship in the future. the mother will try to kill him along the process though.
adrian only seemed more satan-like to the people in the know (the players, hilda, mother, church), however people from the count and the presiding town loves him because heâd aided them in some way. adrian also does not want to take lives meaninglessly. he himself makes up excuses for the countâs residences. he went to great lengths in order to build this medical facility for patients with borrowed lives in order to satisfy lilithâs curse to kill. adrian doesnât know how to name these emotions and brushes them off as things he does to suit him most.
what pulled me in the story is hilda and how she narrates the story and game mechanics. she would eventually break away from stereotyping the characters of the story as game pieces/lumps of data and with hildaâs appearance, adrian can now break away from the path laid out to him, preventing him to be good. hilda will help adrian break the curse altho there would be human casualties in between which would take a toll on hildaâs mentality. adrian reassures her each time she gets like this much like the scene where she cried after accidentally purchasing the 700G bag- not only that but he gets better (in the released chapter, he only wishes for it to stop but in the novel, he openly communicates with her). they would later start a family together after adrian takes over the count but theyâve alr done it dozens of times before that just with contraceptives
the premise of the story was so much more interesting than their inc*stous rel. like the mysterious s-rank hunter who retired, mcâs superior, the redhead who sacrificed himself for mc at death throes, and the time dungeon. i got genuinely invested thanks.
imo it wouldve been a more interesting pair between the sister and the crazy crown prince. id like to see a kisaeng mc who actually banged (def not talking abt those korean SL pornos). mlâs fixation with the mc is bec of her âpurityâ (= virginity, childlike wonder) and its a trope with korean media at this point. the sister is too pitiful and what sheâs in an unrequited love with the mcâs other love interest? :(
he had many chances to do so lol could even blame it on the drugs but mcâs pitiful face made him wuss out. nothingâs gonna start, not unless uke bites back at the mlâs alter whore ego ig
âŚ. im laughing at my dumbfoundedness uhh the last line does worry me tho we saw the state the mc was in in ch1 cs those injuries r not possible with rape âplayâ hope they only did judo
still confused why the ml was riled up by that comment even tho he makes a lot of sexual innuendos abt their past. i alr know that the mc disappeared on him. maybe he doesnt like how the mc could talk abt it at all? he seems to be doing a lil revenge on mc after meeting up w him again idfk
their dcks look like the plushie toys i see online LOL (i wanna suck it)
itâs beta x alpha but what a huge downer. i hate it
i can also handle stressed out greek gods no need to pay me
is this discontinued? i read the raws and theres alr snu snu
oml i see the main ccs as my babies theyre so friggin cute!
im not rly sold on the idea of incest betw the ml and his dead brother. thereâs a huge possibility, yes BUT hmo,, what if the dead brother hated the ml and kissed him to spite him (by getting caught by the uke)? we saw how f up the mlâs family is. we also know that the ml and the uke were a thing-thing and not uke misinterpreting his unrequited love (ch 11: ml commented on how the uke easily gets a hard on even back then).
i say that the brother klld himself to traumatize the ml. i also think that the lighter h/c of the ml was so that the mother may see her dead son in the ml (since they looked v identical sat beside each other in their fam portrait, except the h/c)- smth mustâve riled him up + the uke mightâve ran away after witnessing the kiss so he didnât know about the brotherâs death.
the scene from ch 1 where we see the uke in ragged clothes, drenched in rain could indicate the abuse (s&m play) heâd go thru after entangling with the ml again. iâm afraid this would be rather exploitative while the ml may insist itâs âconsensual.â idk yet if the ml is angry at the uke or itâs just his sassy ass but weâll find out lol
on a sidenote: why hasnât anyone mentioned how the actor the uke was handling had the hots for him???? he wanted him to be more disappointed abt his secret life with the ml l o l