Take a chill pill, remember this was based on renaissance kinda like that period. He's a prince by default and by those standards alone, him hitting his subordinate/servant/helper for not doing his duty is light.
- trigger has been entrusted with chloe's safety in the mountains back in the first few chapters or atleast to ensure that chloe doesn't run away and return her in the stables.
- although chloe is a slave, everyone has accepted that the archduke favors her and even thinks that they have a relationship.
So archduke hitting him is a very LIGHT initial reaction. He could've been imprisoned right on the bat or decapitated just because the archduke might feel like it.
Take a chill pill, remember this was based on renaissance kinda like that period. He's a prince by default and by those standards alone, him hitting his subordinate/servant/helper for not doing his duty is light.
- trigger has been entrusted with chloe's safety in the mountains back in the first few chapters or atleast to ensure that chloe doesn't run away and return her in the stables.
- although chloe is a slave, everyone has accepted that the archduke favors her and even thinks that they have a relationship.
So archduke hitting him is a very LIGHT initial reaction.
He could've been imprisoned right on the bat or decapitated just because the archduke might feel like it.