I think it's because of one woman specifically. And i'm pretty sure it's Blanche's mom. I'm pretty sure she was a bad person so now he's sort of mortified.
Spoiler
He was raped by Blanche’s mom, cause they wanted an heir in case he died to something I think. I’m really pissed about that and it made me a lot more sympathetic of him, and I hope he gets better. I kind of like how they showed that he DOES have ptsd from that experience and can’t even touch a girl anymore and stuff. It’s really sad honestly
Aw man.. poor bby :(
Double spoiler:
It wasn't just the previous queen. It was the ML's own mother who helped the previous queen rape him as a child. There's a line somewhere in previous chapters about how he killed his own mother or something when he acsended the throne. The one woman he was supposed to trust the most put him in the most traumatizing situation of his life. THAT'S why he's scared of all women.
Not kill but imprisoned his mother. Wait, but 'the previous queen rape him as a child' ??? It happen when he's a child? No way right?
He was 14 apparently. Little older than Blanche.
holy shi- it's much more worse than i thought D:
He was 14 or 15, his wife was 20, ugh...
I mean his late wife, blanche's mom, not the current wife
A phobia of women perhaps? Seeing the other comments did made me much more patient w/ him. Poor guy :(( i hope he gets better soon!