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Trying to remember more on it I think he was partnered with Michel's father and maybe liked him(?) but Michel's father being an awful person made him go through all that. (This might be a stretch, so don't really focus on this part.)
I assume it's just rich/royal people behavior and Ian was the victim of it all.

i read a spoiler on here a while back on how "Ain" is actually the duke but im just genuinely confused, if anyone knows why Ain is roleplaying as a servant instead of owning up to his identity to our MC can yall explain it to me in the replies: