@shotachin there is no middle-ground between who is right or who is wrong here—it is actually what I appreciate the most in this work.
Hansen is besieged by many enemies internal and external, and in the meantime he has to ensure is family stays safe and sound, and needs to maneuver through politics and schemes and take care of his fief. Result? = he leaves the young Ercella, already traumatized by her experiences in the reality of high society, in a wolf's den and lets her suffer through depression and more trauma. And she, in turn, redirects this all onto her son Vincent. Harsen is right, yet he is wrong. No one can say
Ercella's case is the one we are most clear about. She was traumatized—she lived in a world where she couldn't see any future without a choice in front of her, and all she chose was the best one available. This was what she told herself, others, and Harsen as well. What was the result?= what we see ensue here—everything forced on her by the external forces and the world, and her reaction to these. Depression, trauma, which lead to her descent into the indifferent mother she is to Vincent, and a heartless wife to Hansen.
For now, and I do hope it stays that way to not create any meaningless drama, Vincent is the only innocent one in the family. Though neglected and mentally abused by both of his parents, he still works hard, still shows effort to respond to his mother who, though abrupt, turned more affectionate. After these flashbacks, I hope we can see the fluffiness and their warm family again.
@gingervanilla exactly right. My mother, also a middle eastern, was forced to marry and give birth to my brother at sixteen years of age and me at eighteen, with her father dead, while my father was 10 years her senior in half-poverty. It was life that forced her, and her mother's hands to this marriage and birth of me and my big brother. In that sense, while the characters are all situated in a high-society and rich setting, the struggles in the family reminds me of mine and many friends' families in here. Pregnancy is not a merry go round process for most, even if it is wanted.
I also recommend the manga Kounodori to those that wish to know more about pregnancy in a episodic-story setting, as it shows more about its realities than the happy fantasy that most fiction decides to present.