진이's manga / #Slave x Master(1)

-emperor jiskar x slave ray -ray is the reincarnation of the previous emperor of another nation who was betrayed by the kid he saved and raised (got poisoned and reborn as ray) -ray was given to the emperor, but since ray has all his old memories he reacted wildly and the emperor became intetested in him (also b/c he looks just like his past self, who the emperor was also intetested in) -jiskar brings ray to his palace and he becomes jiskar's favorite concubine -jiskar openly favors him partially d/t falling for him and partially to cut off the empress' family's power by showing that she and their son have fallen out of favor w/ him -it's a big political battle w/ ray in the middle, and the kid totally hates ray but is also 15 and immature and wants to be liked by his dad but his dad rly cannot let him succeed the throne for political reasons (and b/c he's not fit to be a ruler) -the knight christian seems to be developing a protective urge(?) for ray (and possibly remembers having met his past life), and the other knight is also growing closer to ray -ray is allowed to learn swordsmanship but not magic (buuut if ray gets access to a stone he'll be able to regain all his power from his past life) -political drama, w/ warring factions and power wars -they're on an annual hunt rn and the kid just got taken by an orc; jiskar was gonna let him die (b/c that's ultimately what needs to happen) but ray spoke w/ him and now jiskar's decided yo save the boy