
Cliff doesn’t disappear in the novel. He’s still under the control from the author & obsessed with Rize (author). Cliff and Rize marry but their marriage fells apart and they later divorce because of other things that happened. Rize gets send to the monastery, Cliff breaks out of the control from the author and remarries another woman. (He also still inherits the title of the duke).

Can you really say that he's under the control of the author when he doesn't actually like Rize anymore- the real Rize, he likes the author Rize. I feel like that shows how he's not under the control of the author's plot. Idk it feels like a slight plothole to me. Bcs if he was following the plot the author made, he'd be happy with og Rize.
It’s been three weeks since the recent chapter so I’m confused(╯°Д °)╯╧╧