but even if it's to say he needed more evidence, or he wasn't sure and didn't want to hurt leo bc she trusted her a lot..
i mean she's already hurt enough as it is, if he could sound out connie like that from the beginning, cutting her early in the bud would've had lesser repercussions.
the only pay off to that decision is......shock value lol
(idk i'm babbling i'm kinda drunk sorry lmao)
Connie went to visit the duke one time in s1. And she met leo when leo arrived from a party. And i think she interacted with connie when she visits the kids sometimes. But yea, phileo dont have enough evidence and he didnt suspect connie at first hence she was free for a long time. It was only when he discovered leo’s mom’s ties to the orphanage and the state of the previously ‘adopted’ kids that he became sure, which took sometime to investigate since they had their hands busy with the capital and the baby monster traffickers.
well it's out now, ppl have been saying it for a while but what i don't understand is that...if her dad already had an inkling since the beginning why would he even let connie near his daughter like that.
i feel like that's a plot hole, or idk i've never really read the novel just from people saying stuff here and there...