MHMMM. It's literally a slap to the face to the OGchild. Like oh yeah, nobody gave a flying f about u cuz u weren't a genius, sadly ur just an ordinary child.
This is why I can't stand stories like like this.. it's the same with the manhwa Pacifier something. Like damn, the OGbaby in that story likely died of starvation and that fking gave me shivers down my spine.. and now the mc is "forgiving" them(the ppl who neglected the OGbaby??? Who tf is sheeee... Makes me pissed. The only reason she survived is cuz she was "different". A normal baby would just freaking stay laying down and crying for hrs..
At the end, it's just money money and lazy writing.
She's useful~ that's it
I mean it’s not that she didn’t exist to Jeffrey it’s likely that he didn’t even know she existed or that she was being abused. We know Jeffrey was a complete shut in and og aerin died young from an “fall”, remember she wasn’t born to abuse she was with her father for what seems like a while before he died (going off the grandfathers memories of when they met and her not looking too much younger than currently). Her grandfather was definitely at fault since he’s the head and knew she existed but Jeffrey did/does not care about the family affairs enough to know all this (probably cause of whatever happened to his wife and child)
And if she did exist in his little bubble, would he care? We literally know he's a shut in, and as u said in ur last statement, he prolly does not care about family affairs. If he knows whatever happened to the fl, he would not bat an eye like let's be fr
His first interaction with the fl already proves that he's too busy with his research to care enough about some kid. And what r u implying in this "remember she wasn’t born to abuse she was with her father for what seems like a while before he died"??? R u saying that she didn't live a full blown abused life? Bruh, no matter how long/short, ABUSE IS STILL ABUSE. Neglect is literally abuse.
Again, just by their first interaction, If the fl didn't insist on talking to Jeffrey about his mistakes he would forgotten a "pesky" child who touched his things. Did u even see him literally LOCK in to his research right away after scolding the fl?
Sure the grandfather is the one with the most faults here. But it doesn't erased the fact that everybody in that damn house FAILED the fl. Jeffrey is also not innocent from this, if the fl was the OGchild, she would've died the same way even if she had interacted with him ONES. And I'm sure the OGchild would've gotten scared to ever interact with him.. she's literally an ordinary child.
So yeah. Our point still stands, it's literally cuz the fl is a genius.
Jeffreys first interaction with the current aerin was not him finding out about her abuse it was her looking at his stuff so no we can’t say how he would have acted towards the neglect.
And first chill out lmao I’m not excusing abuse I’m saying unlike most isekai stories the fl lead wasn’t in the house the whole time being abused. I’m saying that to show the short amount of time she was actually alive in that house (just to show how unlikely it was to have had Jeffrey know about any of this)
They are all dirtbags. From Jeffery to the grandfather and Harvernic. And before you start defending Jeffery and dear old granddaddy, it's important to note how she didn't even exist to them until she became useful. Jeffery growing fatherly instincts after she became his lab assistant.... How concindental