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I'm thinking h either assumes his daughter is dead or better off without him.
I feel like it’s more likely he would try and get his daughter only to find the king either with her or standing over her corpse.
If only the cover for this story had another ML, to give us some hope. Leaving the country to find refuge with someone as powerful as the trash king would be the only way for him to find security. At this point, I doubt he plans to leave the country without his daughter at the very least. The only real way for him to find refuge is to kill the trash king. And even then, he’s better off poisoning him or doing it in a way that allows him to survive the accusation.
Anyway, I really felt the relief that he felt when he fell to the floor after he went through the water. Like the small laugh he had, I felt that shxt deep in my gut. So far, despite the foul darkness inside the king, I’ve liked how consistent the author has been about the doctor’s emotional state and trauma. I’m hoping the ending stays consistent in that sense, rather than for us to get the usual Stockholm syndrome bit.