I totally expect red haired chick to die sometime after she runs away, at which point he chases after her. As interesting as this all is, I'm more interested in what happens after the plot summary of him chasing after her when she runs away after turning him into a tyrant and ruining the empire. Like sure, this is cool and all, and the pacing is fine, I'd just like to get there at some point and it not be in another 100 chapters haha