**ILLUSTRATED ** The shy son of a rebellion leader is taken captive by a fearsome knight in this medieval dark romance.
Tags: Dark Fantasy, Dubious/Non Consent, Depictions Of Violence, Dark Romance
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In the medieval land of Fomoria, the God-King Balor has ruled for 1,000 years, with absolute power and absolute cruelty to all who oppose him.
Yet in a small, hidden village, there are those who risk their lives to take in refugees looking to flee the tyranny of the sea beast’s power.
Gentle-hearted Esra, the rebel leader’s son, has spent his entire life in this isolated place, in his father’s shadow. Shy and physically frail, his greatest fear is that he will never become the strong leader he’s expected to be.
Until the day their secret location is discovered by the ruthless enemy army.
At their head is Sir Umbra, a fearsome Knight of the Order of Balor, crafted by his God-King to be stronger and larger than any mortal man, perfect of face and form. A terrifying creature of legend, Esra never imagined that he could end up face to face with one of Balor’s chosen knights… or that he would be ordered to warm his bed.
Domineering, cruel, yet capable of a shocking tenderness, the darkly handsome Umbra awakens shameful desires in young Esra, and a blooming forbidden sexuality. Now Esra must struggle with the guilt and danger of succumbing to the man who has destroyed everything he has ever known, and falling into a love that he fears may destroy him.
I need to know.. is this HE or BE? ’cause I really can’t take too much angst or BE…
I also need to know. I also can’t take too much pain.
Hello dear reader! There will be lots that will happen throughout the course of the story but at the end it will be a Happy Ending. Read safely on!
It will be HE at the very end, although there are a lot of events that will happen along the journey. There will be some sad moments because of Esra’s conflict but at the same time there is a deep blossoming love. We hope you enjoy this darkly romantic tale!
When will we get update???? 😢😢😢😢
Updates on Mondays!
What does BE stands for???
Bad Ending 🥲
I see, thanks. I kept thinking of Sad or Tragic ending, lmao.
You had me since the Dark Fantasy tag.
Uehehe continue on, gentle reader! We hope you enjoy it 🤭😘
It seems interesting… I gonna try to read it.. Thank you
Thank you! I hope it is to your liking!
Σ( ° △°|||) Nooooo! Recently I started one of those novels where MC reads a dark book because a character has the same name as him, only to wake up transmigrated into the book world!
For me to come across this same scenario right after… I think I’m just going to go hide among my fluffy books. Good luck with your work though! Bye! (ノ*^△^)ノ *runs off terrified
HaHAHA! I promise you things don’t go terribly for sweet Esra — in fact a lot of people would wish to be in his position! Although he is sad a lot. And there are some traumatic things that happen. But he gets the most attractive boyfriend…. (∩⌣̀_⌣́) Well, it’s a difficult decision to make. Either way, I wish you all the best, Esra!
What’s that story you mentioned?🤔 I’d like to know, if you can
It’s “Transmigrating into the Heartthrob’s Cannon Fodder Childhood Friend,” it’s very sweet and fluffy so far, and before that I was also reading “Death Progress Bar” with the same beginning setup but it’s a more action and intrigue type story.💕
Thank you! Stay Healthy!
I have been looking for that novel . Can you please be so kind and tell me its name
This sounds really really really good.
I hope it meets your expectations and more (⭒•͈ 𓎺 •͈ )
I recognize you from somewhere, if I remember correctly, did u perhaps win in the 2020 webtoon short story contest?
If I remember correctly, “End Simulation”
Ahhh! Amazing! We’re so flattered that you recognize our work! Thank you for reading “End Simulation” – it was such a difficult project but we’re really proud of the result! 🤗
Hehe, you definitely deserved it, the story was really well done, and the art was absolutely stunning!
Thank you so much for your kind words…. we hope you give this one a try as well 💕
Definitely! Setting up camp~~~
The tags, the illustration, the description, the long but eventually HE. 😫
Ughh, HITS JUST RIGHT 💘🥺
But my Lord, its fresh off the oven. I can still see its steam. I will persevere and come back for you my love.💓😖
Is this one of those stories where everything evil the ML did gets wiped away and forgotten about 😫, I really hope it isn’t
It won’t be one of those stories. The emotional core of this story is that Esra (MC) has to struggle with what Umbra (ML) has done as well as his own developing feelings in spite of himself. His grief and internal conflict is central to the narrative. We hope you enjoy!
Yay!! Imma camp and let chapters build up, but I’m definitely loving what I’m hearing about it 😀
The illustration got me 🤣
We hope you love it!! You will see some exciting content!
So awesome to see a familiar reader! The CG version will be updating weekly until it catches up to the Tapas version – so that we can write more chapters in order to keep up with the weekly update schedule! Thank you for supporting us!
Omg a new novel! This seems so interesting, thanks for sharing your story with us! Dark Fantasy BLs are my fav~
Ahhh! I’m so excited! I love Dark Fantasy as well and we really hope you enjoy this one
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Oooooohh I love the art! and dark fantasy? Oh yesss baby! Let’s camp!🤘(⌒o⌒)
Thank you for your sweet words~ hope you enjoy this experience!! 💕
Oh yea, everything about this got me hooked 😂
Just hope there’s not TOO much angst~💜
There will be an appropriate amount of angst, balanced out by plot and 8888 😝
The tags, the illustration, the description, the long but eventually HE. 😫
Ughh, HITS JUST RIGHT 💘🥺
But my Lord, its fresh off the oven. I can still see its steam. I will persevere and come back for you my love.💓😖
Yes, come back to us later when the bread has cooled~ We will eagerly await your return!
will the mc be abused? like mentally and physically? i can’t take too much angst but bc the summary is too cathcy here i am camping ╥﹏╥
MC won’t be physically abused, but he must deal with emotional conflict and distress as he is taken captive by ML, who is the enemy. The conflict comes from his blooming sexual attraction & the ML’s care for him versus the cruel things ML has done in the name of his God. It is a dark romance and fantasy story exploring a variety of emotions and feelings!
silently putting art as a lock screen
I already know that I will love reading this novel 😳😳
Thank you so much!! Hope you enjoy this story!! 🥰
not at the shou looking like a girl 😭😭
Will there be no updates on Tapas until the one on here is caught up?
We are continuing to update the Tapas version as we write it… we just write slowly because we have many other projects going on. The artist works on comics fulltime, so it’s a grueling schedule… but we love this story and we work on it whenever we can! Thank you for your patience and your support!
Thanks for replying, please take your time with the updates if you need to!
Is there a number of chapters already set for this novel?
I can’t say with any accuracy. It could be anywhere from 60 to 100. We have the whole story planned out, but we’re still writing it!
Thanks for responding! Glad to see that the number of chapters are anticipated to be a reasonable length — not too long or too short. 😁
I just finished glancing through the available chapters. Beautiful writing and illustrations! 💜
Oh. \(○^ω^○)/
Medieval fantasy? A shy and gentle uke? Stronger and LARGER than any mortal with a sinful body and hansome face seme? 🤤 COUNT ME IN!!!
I just saw this and looking at the synopsis, illustration and dark romance tag, I’m completely hooked!!💕💕💕💕I really, really, REALLY wanna read it now but I’m gonna wait to stock up chapters cuz the pain of waiting for addictive books to update is too much for me😭😭
But may I please know, how many chapters will this novel have author-san?
Interesting…shotacon?…shrug any ways aslong as its bl….its a go
I’ll support you
Love it so far new comer here. When will be the next chapter
I’m a Dark Fantasy addict and I just have to say that even for the few chapters this novel really hits the spot. Oh god, I really need to know whats gonna happen next.
Its triggering my sadist side. Need moreee!!
Thank you for picking this up!
This novel is so good T T I cant stop reading it. Thanks for writing this amazing story i love you writers ❤️
Stockholm syndrome is strong in this one gurlz
The Author is so good whenever there is snu snu I feel like I’m the one being violated. Lol
Why are updates soooooo agonizingly slow? as in almost non-existent?!
+1
I always feel odd… The bad odd when reading “falling in love with someone that killed the family you loved” kinds of novels…
Well… It’s certainly dark…
hshshs I love it so muchh
Thank you author and thank you illustrator 💓💓💞💖☺
When will this update? (・ัω・ั)
Dang this hasnt updated in a long time.
Beautiful, simply thrilling. The extent to which you create suspense far surpasses any other novels I’ve read this year, and that’s saying alot considering I read and try new novels every day.
Got attracted by the title and cover, and the description (including the tags) instantly hooked me! Wondering what will the gentle Esra become after all this. (curious!!)
Balor? Fomoria? Is this inspired by Orna perhaps?
reads description
“….dark medieval romance”
me: SAY NO MORE!!!! 😫🥰🤧🧎🏻♀️
has this been dropped? 😥
TWO YEARS AGOOOOO????
PLEASE TELL ME THIS ISNT DROPPED
You write very well, I enjoy your style. However, this dynamic is not for me. As a victim of non-con, I highly despise stories like this. I wish you all the best in your writing journey, but I’ll be dropping this book.
Is the author EVER GOING TO FINISH THIS NOVEL?!!!!!!!
This was good. I wish they continued 😢 I still think about it from time to time
Is this story going to continue?
I miss it terribly 😔
It is so well written ❤️🩹
Please label this as “On Hiatus” or “Dropped by Author” since nothing has been updated in over 4 years! Sadly, this was one of the few medieval BLs I’ve managed to find. And, who can say anything but “hello gorgeous “ to the artwork!