beta
I went back and started reading from the beginning and Cesare’s actions from the very start make so much more sense now. Why he was a little weird at the start, it had been a while and this was a Catherine who didn’t know him, and why he kept sticking around her. He tested her quite a lot to double check if it was the same person he had known in the brief time they were together 600 years before, and she very much was. This is especially true of her reaction to him standing in the rain before collapsing. And doing dangerous things when she should really just not. I don’t think he could explain any of this to her though (I also don’t think she would have believed it)
This is so messy but the random curveballs keep me going—just throw in tropes at random, who cares if it makes sense. The official title actually makes more sense because this harem was far more accidental than on purpose. We haven’t even seen the og ML she needs to be avoiding. I want to root for the cute priest but at this point I’m just praying he escapes her sister’s clutches.