that's what I'm thinking too, the only person in between is sonia the bitch, so the OG isn't exactly friends with ML
beside its not as if he feel for her after the first meeting, her current actions and decisions, her fiesty personality is the reason ML became interested and attract his attention ending him falling for her
besides when my best friend tried to introduce her friend to me, its not as if I'll automatically care for that person, especially if that person don't even try to get close to me, I might even ignore her back and just talk to her in surface level for my friend
Excuse you,?? he went to her house with Sonia and he saw how she was treated, saw the abuse and dismissed it as her being "weak". He did not give her attention because he felt she was beneath him...
The thing about having strength is to be able to use it and help the weak NOT scorn them cause of sth they have no control about
How would he know it's abuse though? His stepmother is trying to kill him constantly so getting hit might not be as bad to him, thus seeing it as weak.
What strength are you referring to tho? Even when the fl gained strength to fight, she didn't want him to help because it would jeopardize his position as the crown prince. He'd be seen favoring a certain noble over another and that could lead to a civil war if the nobles against him uses it as an excuse for him not being fit for the crown. He was only able to help because it became an international issue
EVERYONE KNEW...?? Everyone knew she was not in control of her family as the supposed Head. It was an open secret. If you can go to the chapter of their interactions before her regression, he had apathetic disdain for her without even speaking to her. His face was always to his side as he dismissed her presence.
Funi person, the victim mentality is strong with you.
OG FL was literally a doormat with no personality, he had no reason to help someone who, didn't even try to help herself let alone randomly interfere with a nobles house as crown prince.
He literally has no right to do so and attempting it would be breaking laws and the only reason he was risking it for our FL is because he saw someone who's not a doormat and he actually favoured her in his heart.
He owes the original FL shit, stop being an entitled drama queen looking to blame an innocent person.
We do be forgiving these ML of the vilest characters because they are "obsessed" with the 2.0 newly improved version of the girl they ignore even when they are aware of the plight and the situation of girls especially young girls in society...
ML ignored the OG girl because as a girl (who had been suppressed all he life and had to grow up without her parents or any positive parental guide) she was too pathetic and weak for his mighty attention or covert help...
NOW...
...Now she has dug herself up from the trenches, she is surely suitable to save his ass from The Empress.... isn't it a little ironic...
When he saw her in need, he looked away but she is lending her help because she can and she knows he needs it WITHOUT him asking...