
This dumbass duke finally learned the truth in ch. 29. But not because he figured it out. That would make him redeemable in some way. No. He follows Helena and hides for no reason at all and happens to overhear Alicia and Helena argue and scream everything out loud: Alicia is an illegitimate daughter (meaning Helena isn’t the only daughter of Vikros), Alicia was the one locked in the dungeon years ago, and Alicia has holy powers. So everything he thought or was told was wrong and he’s sooooo happy to finally find his savior. You don’t get to be all blushy and relieved! You believed Helena was your savior for ten years! You should be miserable because you were treating your *actual* savior like shit the entire time! (╬ ̄皿 ̄)凸 Author-san is gonna have to work real hard to make me like this ML by the end.
So Helena tells Alicia to leave just before the wedding, which she does. While sneaking out, she runs into Chase, and he decides to follow her (even tho she previously rejected his confession - he’s totally devoted, second male lead-coded!) and helps her escape. On the day of the wedding there’s an explosion at the temple, with Helena apparently dead. Her icky father had planned to frame Karl (dumb fucking ML) for the murder, but he (fortunately??) survives. Karl lies and says that Alicia died, and Helena is alive. The crown prince vows to find out who actually set off the bomb. Meanwhile, Alicia and Chase have cute incognito moments while traveling, but they are eventually caught. Karl goes to see Alicia and being an absolutely awful motherfucker, he doesn’t tell her the truth about their past or his feelings. Nothing. Instead, he says that in order to take down house Vikros, she has to continue to pretend to be Helena, even tho he knows it will hurt her. Poor Alicia is distraught, but he just fucking leaves her there. He slumps down on the other side of the door, and says to himself, “This is the only way I can help you. I will protect you at all costs. Don’t leave me.”
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I fucking hate him.
First of all, Helena is dead dead right?? She better stay dead. And second of all, wow, he’s dumbest ML wtf. I hate it when characters claim they’re protecting their loved one by HURTING their feelings. Stupid excuse.