Between the Laurel Branches
월계수 가지 사이로
original novel: 윤해월; webtoon story: 엔젤기니; webtoon art: 완무; Quartet Studio / Yesworks
In ancient Rome, a consul's gentle son falls for the stone-faced lictor his father hires to make a soldier of him.
- Format
- webtoon + novel
- Status
- Webtoon ongoing · Novel complete (5 vols)
- Episodes
- 24
- Age rating
- Edition-specific (see Korean links)
- Content note
- 18+
Webtoon ongoing · Novel complete (5 vols)
Not in English yet
Synopsis
Hadrius left Rome after a scandal with his Greek tutor. Four years later he comes home to his father, the consul Fulcher, and meets Tiberius, the lictor in his father's service, who looks like a statue come to life. Fulcher thinks his son is soft, so he has Tiberius beat him in a public bout, then orders three months of combat lessons. Hadrius falls harder. Tiberius turns him down flat.
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