I think you misunderstand the story, the point of the matter is— the ML fucked up so stupendously that the FL no longer wants to put any effort into maintaining their relationship. it’s not a misunderstanding when the ml has demonstrated numerus times from the first time the fl met him that she isnt even secondary to him— she’s tertiary to every single thing in his life. what other conclusion is she supposed to draw when the ml continues to choose the princess over her? when he stands her up at events made for couples to be with the princess?
they could love each other to the moon and back, but love is rarely ever enough to keep a relationship. there needs to be consistent effort, appreciation, gratitude, respect, commitment, communication, trust and the ml has never shown the fl any of those things. i don’t hate the ml, in fact, i find him to be very endearing! but, i’m fearful to say that this is a failure on his end. he felt entitled to the fl’s heart because they’re engaged and thought he could just ignore and neglect her and come back to her whenever and that’ll be fine. this is the consequences for his actions. if the fl doesn’t want a relationship with him at the end (which i’m hoping for, honestly), it’s his burden to bear. he should respect that, learn from his mistakes, and endeavor to do better in the future so he doesn’t hurt anyone else.
Personally I don’t think she’s doing enough. Why is it that ml can ignore someone who is putting in effort for years upon years and suddenly make a 180 and everyone jumps to his defense? She did try to talk it out about 5 years ago, made excuses for him “he must be busy, oh princess must need help” etc. We literally see his perspective and everything he does ranks above fl. Fl makes the effort to try and get to know him but still the only thins she’s knows is that he is obsessed with the princess. Who in their right mind talks about the same person over years of meetings? Even the strongest minded individuals will wear when the same hurtful schedule is being used.
And still he’s not even a decent person, she’s out there chasing her dreams and the only thing he can think about is her failing and tying her down by his side. Even if he knows that makes her unhappy, also he still knows nothing about her???? His only compliment for her over two volumes is “wow she’s pretty” over and over???? Talking about “fairness” what about the years of effort she’s put in only to be brushed aside? Voicing her concerns and being met with “why are you complaining, I don’t even want to be here”
Not even trying to be mean, but I think your reading comprehension is majorly skewed. Maybe you should try rereading the story
I hate that people only blame ML and support their separation when they initially loved each other. But because they BOTH refused to talk it out, people are bashing at ML.
In other stories, i agree that these motherfckers are wrong for treating the MC bad, but he literally didnt try to hurt her! He literally thought that maybe he is hurting her and tried his best in his way possible, but she always brushed it off saying "okay, its fine". How are you blaming only one person, when the action of the second, lead to this HUGE misunderstanding...
I hope the ending is like her finding herself, finding love with ML, and ML supporting her and maybe changing rules in their own nation. I dont support break up of the 2 people that loved each other, they both hurted each other, but only 1 leaving it happy. There is no justice in that