i kinda wanna see in the extras where he finds the author and is utterly disappointed by how she's basically just an edgelord chuuni and comes to a realization that he literally gave up his entire smooth sailing life as the golden boy heir to obsess over THAT piece of work
or even better
the vengeful Ediths create a world where Cliff manages to slip in, & the author thinks it's a romcom/rofan but slowly comes to a realization that it's a horror/murder mystery and one of these people is secretly the one obsessed psychotic dude she couldn't get rid of
yes, broody hens are extremely protective of eggs they lay but ONLY when there's a rooster in the coop will these eggs come out fertilized & turn into chicks. and if they're not in a brooding mood, hens literally do not care about their eggs and will leave them anywhere to rot.
which makes this situation worse because it's probably wreaking havoc with his human (mammalian) instincts regarding child rearing bc it's different from avians who adapt better even when their clutch is taken since it makes sense for survival.
it's like they're essentially making him go through the trauma of miscarriages just for product.
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'.
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
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







our smart lil artist he can even say rider's name now aaahh. AND HE WAS RAISED BY THE DOG-LOOKING CREATURES!!! THAT'S WHY THERE'S A PAW ON THE COVER OH MY GOD LORE DROP