From what i can gather, he does not outright hate his mothers support and love. You can sense it in his vague wording he gave to the student. He's just distraught that he's not allowed to do anything by himself, he wants his mother to trust him. This is also ultimately a journey for Sheila...
I think it is allright that Monica died, the author wants to portray this world as a ruthless place for children. Naivity can get yourself killed in this world and also in real life.
The world is unreasonable and unexpected deaths happens to everyone. Mc is someone that can't put up with...
@pants It's like idols constantly think about idol stuff. But for real though, he has one page for each chapter. I think right now it does not have any relevancy in the story and he also gotta prioritize to get the story done by chapter 100.
@Tersione The character we follow in that scene mentions that she recognizes the smell and the word paradise is uttered from her. This suggests that the vial is actually drugs. She might have attended the masquerade party and ended up taking some for an extended time before getting out of there...
I think our villain is very pretty, but when i saw how gorgeous the heroine was i felt pretty bad for the villainess having to watch that scene unfolding.