Yes. He's the ML. The boy with curly black hair and sapphire blue eyes. First name starts with A and surname T (too complicated to remember). There's a novel cover of the boy and MC when they are both adults. Whether or not he's the Tara, meh it's complicated, but he is the confirmed ML, according to the novel spoiler thread
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I went to novel spoiler to find who the actual ML is... my face literally went like this Σ(  ̄□ ̄||) . I've never seen any story with more twisted plots. It's like the author can't get enough plot twists so they twist it more like they twisting handwash laundries. I can't even keep up how ML became her father in the first place. It's definitely not the red haired duke tho.. there's someone else, not biological (i think) but had some backstory with her *mother* and twiststtsttsts ..orz
Someone summarized what happened but my head still can't keep up. Like they said in the spoiler forum, everyone is toxic including the FL lol
I give up. Bye
I think half the reason Kirishima provoking Shouma to punch him is to cover up from Yoshino that her grandfather found out and beat him up. He didn't even dodge lol. Sure got weird ways to show his care I don't even know anymore ( ̄∇ ̄")
right? There's something fishy going on here, the way he implied that the grandpa is protecting Yoshino for more reasons other than that she is his granddaughter, and also the vibes I get from Kirishima everythime he talks to the grandpa are reeeeally sus, like he kinda despises her a little you know> Especially, like you said, the part where he talks about being used
If anyone looking for better translation, you can search on google "hiding the archduke's humiliating history" . Same manhwa with different name and better translation. There's one regularly updated on btt (iykyk) too