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Lol this is the first time I hear this. Spoilers I read are quite different. He genuinely fell for her, which you’ll get to see in the upcoming flashback.
Anyway, if it really turned out like you just described, I doubt the author would turn them into an endgame couple. I can’t imagine how twisted the author would have to be to believe that that would be a good love story lol. Unless it’s a tragedy in disguise

I used to hate him but it doesn't mean I like him. I read somewhere that his feelings for Ran is only an obsession and when they comes back to the capital he never cared for their children and only sticks with Ran.