#zephtair

[manawari]

Doom Breaker is a top-tier story with genres that balance everything immaculately well. From the dark lore, the wars, the characters, the action itself. . . Even romance — that one thing most (as far as I've read) manhwas cannot drive properly.

I love that Altair is not only served as the love interest, she has her own circle of character that doesn't revolve around Zephyr. She's her own person. The story shows how well she and Zephyr work together even in separate ways. And in the recent chapter, I noticed something—

Altair and Zephyr's deepest thoughts both have thorns!

Since birth, Altair had been desired because of her beauty and her status in the world. Most men only wanted her because she'd make a good trophy for them. She knew her worth and if she wanted to fall in love, she wanted to fall in love with someone who was willing to go through a difficult path with her and see through her exterior. She believed that there would be no love for her in life.

In Zephyr's case, he was used and deceived. His life started off as a slave who had been beat around and had poured so much sweat and blood just to reach where he was. Even in his second life, he carried the scars from his first life. The fear of losing the ones he loved and the fear of being tricked again.

They found each other.

Altair finally found someone who was willing to walk the thorny path in her life. Zephyr wasn't a man who brought her down just like she feared, he was a man who held a torch in her life and gave her everything she (never knew) needed. She wasn't alone.

Because of Zephyr's past with the Smiling Woman, he was afraid that he might experience the same way. . . But not Altair. She showed him honesty instead of futile words. She never deceived him (well, except that kissing spell, but Zephyr had already anticipated that) and treated him like an object, which was also something he shared with Altair — they both wanted to be treated the way they were, not as objectives to be thrown away after.

ZEPHYR WILL ALWAYS CHOOSE ALTAIR

NO MATTER HOW MANY LIFETIMES

IT'S FOREVER GOING TO BE HER

AND ALTAIR WILL NEVER LET GO OF ZEPHYR'S HAND NO MATTER HOW SHARP THE THORNS BENEATH HER FEET ARE

[manawari]

"We were separated by fate, but in this second chance at life, our love story will continue and I will never let you go."