I thought that she also stayed because of a literal life-or-death situation (as she wasn't the original in 8-ish years she would die due to magic exposure without him as a counter)? Was this just a forgotten plot point? Or did I just misremember...
@Zeesnowflower2002 I think rather than pedophilia, it more directly translates to "boys love." Shounen-ai is usually about highschool students so that's why it has "shounen" or "boy" in it's genre title. It's also not something that is sexual, thought of more as a "pure-love" kind of thing and...
At least the girl that may or may not be the fl actually seems to be a good person. Kudos to that, you don't really see that in these types of OP "normal" MC type of manga. Usually it's a tsundere. I kinda wish they could just remain friends since they already seem to have chemistry (and you...
Finally, there's an actual sensible person! I like him so far... if he was the ML I wouldn't mind as much as if it was the prince (lol, don't we get enough of those)