I just f*cking can't with this dad. He's absolutely f*cking *inhales* *exhales* AWWWWWWEEE...

Even though he's a cheater?

How is he a cheater if the empress agreed to it as she obviously did? And cheating has nothing to do with the kind of *father* you are. So of course I would still say that even IF he was a cheater. I hope you don't say Claude is a good father *if* cheating is actually enough to make you question someone's 'dad credential's. Claude's transgressions DO have something to do with being a father figure after all.

It's obvious the empress agreed to it because of how she was said to have treated the FL's mother kindly despite how she said the woman felt guilty towards her (the guilt clearly being about sleeping with the emperor).

I think an agreement was formed afterwards and although the empress was aware of it I think that it still qualifys as cheating, but she was cool with it cause they don't seem too in love

It would be correct to say that if an agreement was formed afterwards that this would still be considered cheating but *. Even if this is the case though I still don't think this has anything to do with being a bad father. Sh!tty husband yes. But bad father no. (Btw thanks for your very awesome reply!).

*Spoilerish ahead
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From what I've been told Estrella's mother threatened the emperor and it seems that the empress also has her own lovers. So I *think* both she and the emperor had a tacit agreement to turn a blind eye to the other's affairs from the beginning.

My comment about purely being a sh!tty husband if you cheat is based on the fact that it's called cheating whether or not you and your partner have children.

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I'm not saying that he didn't cheat just because he may have been threatened by Estrella's mother. I'm just pointing out that it may not have been, at least entirely, 'willing' (so to speak) cheating. I make a distinction between willing and unwilling cheating because I also make a distinction between criminal and non-criminal rape.

Also, if what I said under the last spoilerish section about the tacit agreement the empress and emperor had upon marrying is true, their relationship resembles other open relationships like swinger relationships.

I do have to avoid reading the second half of the comments, but yeah I do get what your saying and I do agree that he is a good father to his children, but I do believe cheating can effect your children in a way that can be considered bad parenting. I see his children are unaffected by it tho which is most likely because they are aware of the relationship their parents have, or because both parents took the time to explain it to them and make them comfortable. So although I was irked by his unfaithfulness of his parter (which I would never excuse cheating) but nevertheless he seems like a good emperor and father.

True. It can affect them in a way that can be considered bad parenting but as you suggested it is quite clear from the start that the other children were not affected that way. In fact, when you compare the way they treated her before they knew and after they discovered she was their sister, they treat her like a treasure *afterwards* unlike what one would expect in most cases, I do agree.