Wait who are you talking about?
Is it Bern? I'm assuming U read the novel (which I didn't)
While he probably did loose his friends from the academy (second prince, his love, Van), they were not really true friends as they only cared about his status or were just with him because of that spy girl
For him to not be getting the love from his parents: I don't think he ever lost it, as they haven't disinherited him (as they would have, if it weren't for them to be family as per the mother's words) but they were certainly (and justly) disappointed
Or are you talking about the second prince or someone else?
Yes I’m talking about Bern and I have read the novel. It’s true that they were his real friends but they were the closest he will ever have throughout the book. No one will ever be close to him in a way like that again which I find sad. And he actually will never back to the same level of love. I think it’s a quote or a fun fact or something but it said that they will always favor his sister way more than him so he’s friendless and has a bad/not the best relationship with his parents and a ok/ehh relationship with his sister. It’s one thing to be disappointed but it’s another thing to hold that over someone for the rest of their life. He was only able to be manipulated in the first place because his parents weren’t the best to him to begin with. Then there is his relationship which is extremely base level like there is no chemistry between the two.
Ehh that took a dark turn...
It seems that it's a bit differently portrayed in the manga (even if it's miniscule; for example the parents weren't shown to be overly resentful and at least to me his friend group was only held together by their shared love for the not-protagonist-girl, so I'm still hesitant to call them true friends when that friendship was not strong enough for lasting through that)
I hope it (the manga) explodes a new side to it
(Or at least not leaving his fate to be nothing but a sad "fun fact")
Thank you for sharing Ur knowledge on the novel (⌒▽⌒)
Of course! I have hope I guess that it’s portrayed better here but so far it’s not going good as the parents really don’t seem to care when he is alone like when his mother over hears him end his friendship with the protagonist girl and his father has no problems with using him for political reasons but won’t use the daughter for the same reasons. It also does help that he has no friends in the estate itself unlike his sister. It’s just so sad
I always felt so bad for the brother because he never gets his parents love or respect back after giving up everything for his family. He loses all his friends and the person he ends up marrying is only with him due to his sister like he really should have escaped his family they don’t love or care about him.