he always loved the fl but he had to act like he didnt bcs he knows that the emperor will use her against him. Every night, he would always check up on her when she was a kid but he cant show the emperor that he's vulnerable around her. He always protects her as much as he could so he tries to stay away from her as much as possible to save her even if it hurts him as well. The father was devastated to know that his daughter misunderstood and killed herself. The reason why the father gave her the dagger was to protect herself incase someone tries to hurt her and the knight or the guy that came in the cell right after she kills herself is the ML and he was actually supposed to help our FL get out of the cell but our FL misunderstood it and killed herself.
Honestly, I hate fathers like that on a personal level, even though there might be a reason for them to act cold. My father was never good at showing affection and it hurt. A lot. Mom always excused him by saying "he just doesn't know how to show his love", but you know what? That doesn't help you feel any better... (︶︿︶)
So, duke might have had a reason to act like an asshole, but he still deserves the agony after his only daughter died. Like, how the fuck should she know he planned to help her when he never showed a bit of affection to her?
Fuck, the more I mull over it the angrier I get... (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
To anybody who read the movel, u have my any type of info as to how the father reacted after she commited suicide in the first timeline? ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶