beta
his situation is one where you're only fucked if you fuck yourself over. he literally could've went, "bye, i'm out" the minute he regressed. given his knowledge of not just future events but modern society as well, he could've been his own powerhouse and pursued FL on his own terms.
FL wouldn't hate him if he was honest from the start, even before regression. and after regression he could've atoned properly by helping her and letting her be happy, but he continues to antagonize her and the people she clearly cares about.
sure, for pre-regression jiho, i have a smidge of sympathy for. he was literally ripped apart from everyone and everything he knew, immediately shackled down and manipulated in power struggles he had no inkling of, and forced to continuously risk his life for aristocrats in an unfamiliar kingdom that actively ostracized him and looked down on him as an uncultured savage as he faced demons and dragons in the frontline. his sins towards the FL in the prev timeline were unforgivable, but ultimately his choices were still deeply rooted in his desperate struggle to survive.
but THIS jiho????
mf'er could've chosen a million different things after regression that would have benefited both him and his goals better, but he continues to pick dumb after dumb crap because he wanted a shortcut and to remove any autonomy from FL. and now he's BigMad about the situation he landed himself in like, homie be forreal.