honestly, it wasn't bad but the wife bro at that point I feel like the author just wanted to make it seem like the ml wasn't that bad because it was such a bad and abrupt plot twist.... and her saying "Forgive him for my sake" BITCH, WHY WOULD HE FORGIVE HIM FOR YOUR SAKE??? IT'S ALL ABOUT HIS FEELINGS NOT YOU GIRLY
EVAN???????? BRO WHAT I REALLY THOUGHT HE WAS UNRELATED TO THIS SHIT BUT I WAS TOO NAIVE
Yes if you want to remember him, because I had to reread it back from the start to get that shock moment when I saw him He only appears like in one chapter at the beginning of the manga that's probably why everyone doesn't remember him if you don't reread.
If you don't wanna reread, just know that at the start of the manga, it showed he liked the MC and went after her when she got demoted to a commoner. He didn't believe in the false accusations against her and said that she should be with him or something and he would sort things out for her. But then the MC rejected him, for obvious reasons being she anticipated her banishment.
Chapter 19 actually gave me heartburn. Like when did he ever fucking trauma dump?? The last time I remember, it was the girl who INSISTED on knowing??? He even said sorry for not explaining properly to her because she ASSUMED it was on the same level as molesting thus he explained properly what happened BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO KNOW! He didn't trauma dump or anything, if anything it was her low exposure to such things that was the problem.
Then she fuckin says that she said many 'unnecessary' things to him, downplaying what she said, and then starts crying because he pushed her away for saying all those things and he even apologised for opening up about his trauma?????
i actually teared up wtf