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Yeah, it would have been pretty boring if the ml become the “villain who some how actually have kind heart and have tragic past to justify his action”. After reading your comment make me see the ml in a different way now. Thanks. His action is pretty logical and understandable.
Im glad my comment helped! :D lolol i really like analyzing interesting charas like him
The duke is actually a pretty interesting character since sometimes u cant really tell which of what he says is the truth or the lie. He's a complicated and a simple character at the same time.
Complicated in a sense that u never really know what he does behind the readers' backs (how did he threaten the marchioness? Is it really only a threat, or was there blackmailing, etc. involved? Just as one of the few examples) Sometimes he can be confusing, because of the lengths he goes through to appease MC.
But at the same time he's a simple character. He tells MC himself "I will indulge u... As long as u stay with me forever", very much like how u would spoil a pet dog so ur guaranteed their affection for u. When he said that MC will fall for him eventually, that's his goal out loud, only because it's the only way for him to guarantee MC will never try to leave his side. And, he is doing so only because he NEEDS MC, she's useful to him. So he would play his part, as a husband, and he expects she would play her part, as his purifier. **And he will continue to play his part obediently as long as she continues to play her part.**
Think about her role like an oxygen – if you were in the Duke's shoes, and you badly needed to breathe, and the only way to get that is by getting a (human) oxygen tank; then of course you'd be obsessed and possessive of it, because it's your only means of living. Especially knowing there are plenty of other people like u that needs that oxygen. But because this oxygen can think, speak and feel for themselves, what's the best way to assure it never escapes your grasps? The best way to assure no one can steal it from you?
It's important to remember how many times the author themselves reiterate thru side characters and sometimes MC herself how the Duke doesn't really love her, bcuz from here on out we can only imagine his obsession over her will gradually worsen, and some readers MIGHT mistake it as him falling in love with MC when its not. He's the type of character that wouldn't feel remorse after k1lling MC, but would feel that it was "a shame she had to die this early" and move on with his life. He's a good "villain" not bcuz the author made excuses for him like "look! He's actually good and kind deep inside!" but because he's a lil sh!t and the author warned us again and again about it.