
I think the fact that Rapiel's kid was someone else's doesn't lessen Aeroc's crime. Yes, it would have lessened Kloff's anger, but morally, Aeroc's actions were awful in the first timeline regardless of who fathered the child. He paid people to harm a pregnant mother. Even if he didn't intend for Rapiel to die, the dude was with child and everyone knows how delicate that situation is. Unintentional murder is still murder. It also makes it worse that Rapiel technically never wronged Aeroc. He may have wronged Kloff but he's never harmed Aeroc in anyway. While this doesn't mean Aeroc deserved everything that happened, the story does make it pretty clear that he brought those consequences upon himself
do you know what’s even more heartbreaking?
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in the first timeline, rapiel wasn’t even pregnant with kloff’s child, it was lord wolflake’s. i’m not justifying aeroc’s actions, but damn… his so-called ‘atonement’ was way more miserable istg