Honestly... brainwashing is such a overused excuse for shtty behavior... we really don't buy it anywhere. I still can understand in cases where the other people have no way of resisting it like in some rofans where the people used on are normal. But in his case? No excuses.
This poor excuse of a man LET HIMSELF BE BEWITCHED by that hoe because his wife passed. He was willing to become like that so he wouldn't have to deal with the grief and his family. And while I do get people so bad things while grieving... that's still no reason for him to be forgiven. If that how can't even leave his side or the spell would break without him actively trying... it means that sht would break like thin glass if he did... that is enough to tell me he is a enabler and is as much in control as he wants to be.
To me it's hard to accept his redemption arc if he at least doesn't wreck havoc on her and the others that used him to at least try to compensate the betrayal. And no trying to act dad after leaving for so long. I do thinh Seah is annoying but I don't dislike her as much as I do him.
Yeah! Mc says it in that last chapter that the hoe uses cones and fakes cuz she can't be too distant from him cuz his swords have a passive that keep trying to break the brainwashing/charm... and it's even more impossible to think someone that strong hasn't noticed himself being under a spell... like even that ninja girl managed to fend of the control at some point and she's way weaker than him... 100% sure he'd be able to free himself from it if he wanted it...
I think I'll let it accumulate about 5 chapters before reading... cuz I wanna see them defeated at once... this bit by bit every week and their nonsense are spiking my blood pressure...

brainwashing is such a difficult thing for me. bcuz i know he’s not in control. i know it’s not his fault and yet ion like him. well whatever ill see when the fight continues. i hope jihan beats the hell outta him