i’m irritated is this the pinnacle of what these authors think is a good ml??? genuinely remove the romance tag this needs to be horror
I don't think he loves her at all. I think it's just guilt and mild interest at this point. I do think he definitely could have genuinely cared for her prior to her memories coming back if his father wasn't so against him caring for the imperial family/anything that's not the duchy or their family though.
I really hope he's not ml, though its obvious he will be ╥﹏╥










pov authors trying to slip in their weird fetishes into their works: