@theilikepie I think you’re missing the whole point of the story.
Lets talk about male lead
- He can’t be killed because the emperor uses him to lead the knights, he’s an important piece of the empire. Most of all he lead an army, AN ARMY. I don’t know about you but leading battalion of army is very difficult and takes a lot of wits and flexibility. Being leader of knights isn’t just a bluff. It takes plans, YEARS AND YEARS of studying, hands on experience, and leadership. He can’t easily die even if the emperor chooses to kill him. Why? Because he has experience in battlefield where he can fight off, has money to run off to and he can start rebellion against the emperor because before the emperor kills him he had connections to learn the emperors planning on his assasination. Hes an “archduke” the second highest to the empire. You think being a king of an empire you already have the power to anything? No, you need the people to support you and also one of those important people that help the king expand an empire is the archduke, the male lead. If the king loses his MOST IMPORTANT piece of the empire, he would also lose his empire. Finding someone like the archduke is very difficult and maybe almost impossible because he has the skills others don’t have.
- Like I said, his cold blooded ruthless behavior and slaughtering comes from “Kill or Be killed” and his history of childhood. They slaughtered Beatrice’s empire because that empire can later on rebel on the male leads empire, so they had to subdue them. I don’t remember the story but Beatrice’s family was corrupted and it hinted greediness amongst them, this means they want more power. In order to stop them from doing that, the male leads empire decided to kill all of them. Also back then another term was used to describe his actions “imperialism” its when one country invade another country to expand their powers. The weaker ur empire is, the more your prone to invasion. Again it can affect THE PEOPLE AND THE EMPIRE. Imperialism was very common back then. It only stopped after 100 years ago. People back then was very brutal, they didn’t have the empathy like our modern world did. If you think people back then were nice and all like our modern era, then sorry to disappoint you. Imperial family slaughtering was a way to stop them from harboring revenge.
He was nice to her when he let her go, yes he could’ve killed her but he gave her sympathy since she was not a blonde royal and her husband sold her off.
- All his childhood he was treated miserably, he didn’t get the affection and emotional support he needed as a child. Children NEED love and support in order to grow, but there was no one there for him when he needed someone most. In turn, he does not know how to love people back because he wasn’t exposed to communication and affection. Psychologically speaking, he had his reasons to hate the people around him because he just wanted to have a chill life while others are greedy who wants more power and money. But at the same time he needed to kill in order to survive, it was his job and his duty to protect. Because back in the day they didn’t have peaceful butterfly modern world like we do. If he didn’t fight, it would be him who would end up dying.
- You find him unlikable because you didn’t understand and you lack the comprehension on what lead him to that kind of personality. You only ASSUMED and talked about your opinions on modern world with lack of research.
- This has some fantasy but at the same time his actions and the story has a very good sense of reality in it. It portrayed people dying in real life and maybe you should start reading history. This novel depicts maturity and understanding.
