no amnesia/data reset trope for the robot pls pls pls i don't want our baby Mori going back only to find AIA doesn't remember him or Rider we've cRIED ENOUGH AUTHOR PLEASE
1. He's leaving to rescue Mori, knowing there's a huge possibility he'll get caught/harmed in the process and didn't tell Miria so she won't be implicated in the crime & there will be someone left to take care of Mori when he can't be with Mori anymore
2. He's going to the judge to deliberately get punished/incarcerated after claiming that, yes there was a kidnapping, but it did not involve Miria taking advantage of Shalam's barrier weakening. That it was just Rider on his own wanting to make money off of Mori, which would then increase Miria's chances of winning the judgement and getting back Mori.
3. He's off to see some less than law-abiding acquaintances to help him break Mori out of feral baby jail & go into hiding with him. Possible Rider backstory reveal? (least likely)
4. (??) Fourth unfathomable option from the author's brain that we cannot begin to guess for the reader's maximum suffering
a mix of 1 and 2 for me BUT NUMBER 4 MAX SUFFERING MIGHT HAPPEN
despite the kk@opocalypse happening, i still have my hilarious & well-written novel for emotional support :')
i was prepared to turn a blind eye and turn off my brain to any multiple-FL subplot, but surprisingly the webtoon isn't obnoxious about any pseudo harem aspect and seems to be taking the time to invest in characterizing the female characters well
the fact that they exist outside of being objects of affection & we're shown their childhood together, the way they seek strength, and that they can be silly like any pair of best friends is p.nice
Most of the time the male mcs are too good for a single FL lead that's why. Just like irl one hot rich guy can have multiple side chicks
man this is gonna be rough
i can only imagine rider and miria will be privy to what mori and the other orphanage children have been through and im cryin
also wheezing at shalam geeking out that even the judge awkwardly avoids his domain at risk of infodumping lmaooo
but then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter hiatus. one morning the wind turns, and there is an update. and so i must still have hope.
"actually you know what, declare a ceasefire uwu"
I wanted to like this so bad and just turn off my brain for fluff because there aren't any new ones to read...
but FL is the poster child for why people began writing counter-literature against mary sues (eg. I will Divorce the Female Lead's Older Brother) and pit them against new FLs with common sense who actually value their friends and family outside of being useful and just 'someone who loves them'.