The MC's journey isn't exactly smooth, but he doesn't have that many obstacles in the current life after regression either. Befitting the 'Calm' keyword, the drama never lasts long in this novel, and the ML and the MC resolve a lot of things with words. Their conversations and interactions are heartwarming to read too, so if you are not fond of the typical misunderstanding trope of KR BL (no I'm not saying it's bad okay? I'm just saying it might not be everyone's taste), you should give this one a try. There are no toxic developments either, as both the MC and ML are reasonable and very considerate of each other.

My friend commented that the earlier chapters sounded traumatizing, and I also noticed some readers saying the angst hurt. Uhm... actually, angst is absolutely not a major part of this novel. The angst mainly happens in the recollections of the pre-regression life and in the characters' monologue, so if we're just considering the main plot of the novel, this work is very emotion-oriented rather than action/development-oriented, but it's not a very angsty work at all. It'll certainly give you feels, sure, and the flashbacks narrated through Renato's POV are very touching. But nothing bad happens at all, alright? Nothing tragic, either.

The world is omegaverse, so your second identity matters more than your gender. Hence, same s*x marriages can be done and aren't seen as taboo. However, same s*x with a beta can bear no children. MC reincarnates with the help of the Fairy Kind to go back to 6 years ago, the last day of the funeral held for his godmother. Due to being ridiculed and filled with fear for his whole life, he didn't do anything to protect his loved ones. All of them died one by one, and in the end, a duke's son who doesn't have royal blood succeed the throne and tried to get his blood and kill him. For the second life, although he is still very timid and also traumatised by all the events, he is filled with determination to save his loved ones. MC is a beta while ML is an alpha. In the previous life, ML proposed to him for a contract marriage, this life MC did it first.

The book has a lot of depth to it because MC's trauma is very well portrayed. He clearly suffers from trauma due to seeing his loved ones die, and also suffering a fatal stab to his abdomen, so when he sees the sight of blood, he will want to faint. When he meets the duke's son who was partly the cause for his doom and the reason for his suffering, he almost gets into a panic attack. When he regresses and sees his loved ones alive, his first reaction was to cry at them being alive and questioning how they came back. All his emotions being portrayed shows him being human and feels real. He is traumatised and is quite emotional due to having to rush for time, and it's all reasonable. It makes sense for him to do all this because he suffered.

Similar to MC, instead of being a Beta from a royal family, he is the illegitimate child of the royal family. As both have similar circumstances, they have pity for one another and hence seek comfort from eachother (kinda) ML treasures his step older sister as she was the one who gave him all her support and raised him together with his step mother, hence he was sad to hear that he had to leave the kingdom on his sister's orders as their dipsh*t father wielded him against her to seek discord.