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I've read up until the latest chapter but I'm still slightly confused about a few things.
1. In the beginning, Carcel was shown to not care about Ines. He only cared after he got caught, then got upset that she didn't care about his infidelity.
Over time, it's been mentioned over and over again about how he loved her from the beginning and resented her for not seeming to care.
He put down his pride to visit her, but as she got sick, she didn't meet him and he got upset and signed up for the navy.
So basically, he never hated her, he just resented her because he didn't have her attention? So the narrative in the beginning was his inaccurate assessment of himself?
2. Why does it seem that his infidelity is being downplayed?
He was a debaucherous man, but the narrative has changed slightly from him being trash to just a 'slightly used rag'. He was and is the most handsome man in the empire, he must have had tons of women, and his experience even began from early teen years (14, I think).
Am I misunderstanding his debauchery in the past, or is it just being downplayed to make him more likeable?
I love Carcel and how he adores Ines, but that doesn't change that he was trash before. I'm not trying to find fault in his character, I just want to understand so I can read this without thinking "but you were a trashy rag" and doubting the narrative because it was bugging me throughout the entire binge read.