The Softening Northern Grand Duke

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After a long and gruelling war, the famed archmage who’d contributed the most to the victory had taken his own life, leaving behind a final note stating he’d carry all the sins with him.

Beside his lifeless body, a young boy named Rothy was found, curled up and trembling.

Though Theon had never seen the child before, Rothy looked at him with a surprising warmth, as if they shared a bond that he alone remembered. The oddity of this stirred something deep within Theon.

Theon then had a very strange dream……

With the war over and peace just beginning, the cold, stoic Northern duke finds himself uncharacteristically softened by a tender-hearted young mage who slowly takes the reins to his guarded heart.

WINNER OF RIDIBOOK’S RIDI AWARDS 2024 EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR THE BL NOVEL CATEGORY (BL소설 최우수상)

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The Tender And Yielding Northern Archduke
말랑말랑 북부대공
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07/02/25 Spring Of Romance c85
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Alwaysgreatlife
Alwaysgreatlife rated it
February 2, 2025
Status: c31
The current interaction between them is so cute. O (≧▽≦) O

The intimate scene was a damn suprise.

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Right when our MC was praying too, a random c*ck appeared gave me shock.😅

I must say I didn't liked that scene it was very abrupt. I mean our current MC is 30 and ML is 16 so them f*cking wasn't in my bingo card even though that was just a future vision MC got.

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But I am looking forward to how the author is gonna build their relationship to reach that future.
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gzeroo
gzeroo
May 14, 2025
Status: c114
I recommend this as a 3.5/5 filler read if you just want to read a lighthearted and fluffy story with nothing too complicated nor too heavy in the story.

I think its pretty clear with the cover used, tags, and novel description but spoiler for huge age gap. There's 14 years gap I think between the leads.

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Nothing really happened between the leads until the end of the main story where the ML was 20. He still acts like a child all throughout the story. But there were sporadic smut scenes related to the future that the MC dreamt about. He kinda icky on that for trying to have a dream about a 16yr old and always thinking on how to make ML grow up to be that version that he saw in his dreams lmao but I know he just wants to have leads on how the ML grew up. Still icky to think about still.

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I would say that the MC was a green flag all through except for the age gap and marrying a minor thing lol He was always attentive to ML and truly cared for him. ML was also very lovely and a treasure.

Romance-wise, it's decent. There's really no build up or anything but more like a mutual understanding/liking which saves the readers any heartbreaks. The pair have cute interactions all throughout the story but nothing personally made me kick my feet in the air because of the sweetness ykwim? Maybe its because of the huge age gap for me but yeah.

Plot/story-wise, also decent. Got me invested enough to buy the raws and finish the main story. Might read the side stories once tl-ed since I'm not that invested to spend money to read the sides lol. Again, nothing too complicated. Even if there were setbacks on their way, nothing really posed any problem to them and were easily resolved. They're quite OP tbh.

Overall, a nice short read. <<less
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