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well the duke is being brainwashed bcs michael have the power of brainwashing ppl.
he's one of three ppl that dark have dark attributes.
apparently these 3 ppl that have dark attributes is reincarnation of gods beloved children that has comitted sins. the god cursed them to reincarnate but everytime they
remembered back their past they will ended up
comitting the same sins.
the first child (michael the priest) commit the sins by killing his lover
the second child (ayesha aka mc) commit the sins by killing her son
the third child (the author of the novel) commit the sins by killing his parents
also michael's lover that he killed is actually ayesha in the past life. bcs of that every single reincarnation of the first child he will only ended up falling in love with ayesha
if you want to read more detail pls read this
https://forum.novelupdates.com/threads/i-became-the-male-lead%E2%80%99s-step-mother-%EB%82%A8%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%98-%EC%97%84%EB%A7%88%EA%B0%80%EB%90%98%EC%96%B4-%EB%B2%84%EB%A0%B8%EB%8B%A4.115415/page-8
REPLIED TO THE WRONG PERSON
I AM SO SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT
Hahahaha
HAHAHAHHAHA
PFT BRUHHHH (≧∀≦)
what if the father is brainwashed too
? maybe he's also a victim and he really loved aisha but was brainwashed