A Trace Of Margins
basically palace of Bardo but shorter. Obsessed ML king captures MC who is his older non blood related brother. Then keep him held and rapes him bc he is infatuated with him. Even goes as far as shooting an arrow through his ankle. Then present day reincarnation MC runs into who he thinks is the reincarnation of ML but MC remembers everything. MC then gets caught by who he thinks is the actual reincarnation. but turns out that was just a guy hired by ML. MC never finds out ML is the real one
A Guide Out to Succeed
so mc is a guide ml is an esper. MC spends his life manipulating situations and ML to get ML by his side. He dies in front of ML and his gf. He regrets all he did and goes back in time 6 years to save ML and make him happy without being overbearing. Just stuff like saves his bff from being killed etc.
Concentration of Malice