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I can’t… I cried so much when they revealed Ernest’s POV. Baby boy has absolutely no one on his side, he’s completely and utterly alone. It really shows what emotional abuse does to a person let alone A CHILD, I know it doesn’t justify what he did to beatrice, but dear god I cried for him. No one deserves to experience what he did. It also broke my heart when all was said and done, the dumbass king said “I regret not appointing you as heir” to redhead in front of ernest, that panel where ernest is far away from them. UGH. I really loved seeing his development throughout the story, but I’m really hoping that in future chapters he has some sort of redemption. That author cooked with this characterisation.
Same! I felt as though his characterization was handled very thoughtfully. The author gives us insight to the environment that fueled and encouraged the decisions he later makes as an adult, but never absolves him of his actions nor infantalizes him. He's held accountable for the shitty decisions he made and is forced to reflect. Thankfully, he's not so far gone that he feels no shame or guilt for what he's done. I really hope we get to see him truly apologize to both the FL and the other girl he manipulated and physically assaulted. The fact that he's not the ML really ties it all together because he truly does not deserve to continue a relationship with someone after deliberately breaking their trust and treating them the way he did. We can recognize that his abuse played a part in his terrible actions without his victims being forced to continue an amicable or intimate relationship with him because he's still responsible for the harm he caused.
GUYS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REST OF CHAPTER 5 WHY DID THEY ADD A HALFASSED STORY AND LEAVE ME ON A CLIFFHANGER WHAT
I was thinking the same thing!!