What if our MC is a witch who cursed the disgusting piece of sh1t a.k.a the Count? That'd be awesome, lol.
I'm seriously trying to find any reason for his death to be more horrible, I can't with everything he did, ok, the husband died but her baby daughter????!!!!! Seriously????!!!!! No way, I'm gonna cry rivers, pls save the baby, pls go and look for her, pls do something! )":
Also agree, I don't think our ML is as monstrocious as the rumors are trying to make him seem, and our MC also seems particularly smart, I feel that there's still a lot of mystery. I'm excited to read more! Ty <3