% agree with you, by chance do you have a link to the novel? I'm starting to feel I should read it first instead before I continue （￣へ￣）
It might've just been a translation thing. Like he was saying that maybe it's only working out because of the war that was started by the advisor which Carlisle told him not to do. More Just questioning whether or not the ends were justified by the means.
I thought that too, so I checked the raws but translation seems the same. Also, no matter what ends wound never justify the means in that situation.
Ofc ends almost never justify means (bc you only consider that sentiment when the means were pretty bad)
That's why, at least how I read it, I think he was just pondering about it. Like he's not the one that planned it and can't change the past now, so all he can do is ponder about it and move forward. He can't really even punish the advisor rn or it kinda sinks his whole bid for crown prince which would let the other guy in, which would prob be worse for everyone
I mean I don’t think ends NEVER justify the means. Just in this situation. And yeah, I guess different interpretations. For me it seems more like he’s agreeing with it than pondering. But story-wise this whole bid was useless anyways, which personally I find to be a bad writing
Thank you
BRO HE DID NOT JUST SAY THAT. HE DID NOT JUST SAY THAT DELIBERATELY STARTING A WAR TO GAIN POWER WAS THE RIGHT DECISION. Bro, what the actual f*ck. That wasn’t a thing in the novel. That’s genuinely so messed up. Carlisle, I like you, but you’re really walking on a thin ice here. You want to be a good emperor? Good emperors don’t wage wars sacrificing their own innocent people just to gain a throne. I am so with Asha on that, what Rafelt did (or whatever his name is spelled) is so disgusting and I can’t believe our Carlisle is suddenly agreeing with it. That really… so disappointing. Genuinely Asha should just be the emperor, let’s be honest, she deserves to rule the most. She has her priorities and values right. I don’t know how to feel about him rn.
Spoiler!!!!
I hate that even in the novel waging this war on purpose does not get any consequences whatsoever. Like, no one pays for it, it’s just brushed off. Idk about others, but I think that’s such a big deal? To do smth like that?