I see I am the only one whose mc isn't ready to trust his future father in-law at the first drop of (feigned) kindness because the way I figure it having suffered under the manipulations of his own sister he knows some people use feigned kindness to deceive too. It is going to take a lot more than what is in the demo to convince my mc this other king means it without ulterior motives.
Which seems kind of hard because the mc is still forced into a marriage they might not want. My mc certainly does not like Alex at this time and the only member of his new family who feels genuine to him at this moment is Calix who is at the moment also the only ro I can see my mc going for, sadly he is the wrong brother. My mc also doesn't want to be a powerless consort as he remembers what that brought his own mother. So mine will be looking for ways to get out from under the arranged marriage.
Although Astrite was not a tutor my mc already despises his new tutors, so I hope there will be options to be more hostile towards them than are currently offered. Since his biggest abuser was his own family's pet mage he'd naturally be ready to despise most mages right now and would resist being taught by another court mage particularly if that tutoring includes magic now.
Big thumbs up for being gay inclusive though and for letting my prince mc romance other boys.
One thing I do not understand is why Barrett consented to marry his heir to the mc in that arranged marriage when mc has better known older brothers, even if Aleks wanted a husband, not a wife, and his dad indulged him that far there seem to have been better options than the mc in that family, including the second youngest brother.