I will apologize first because im gonna give away some major spoilers
Yes jenette is the product of claude's ex fiance and his brother but the black haired dude is definitely not his brother and everyone is assuming that he is claude's brother and jenette's father which is not ( black haired dude is actually aerthernitas who was the successor of emperor cailum) AERTHERNITAS use a forbidden magic to make himself immortal powerful and beautiful since at the beginning he is ugly and got unstable mana however he was reborn in claude brother's body since he is the crown prince but got everything out of hand because claude became the emperor killing his own brother.
Well i can't really blame the readers because the artist of the manhua seems to be pushing it in the story while in the novel this arc should be pushed already in athy meeting a new male character then the foundation and claude trapping athy inside the palace so he can be with her again. Eventhough he can't still remember her. Then lucas already coming back to cure claude and this black haired dude read this carefully THIS PRANK OF HIS YES THIS IS ONLY HIS PRANK TO ATHY AND HIS FATHER ALL BECAUSE HE WAS SO OBSESSED WITH LUCAS AND SEEING LUCAS PAYS SO MUCH ATTENTION TO ATHY THIS BLACK HAIRED FREAK GOT SO JEALOUS. HE ALSO KNEW THAT ATHY WAS A DESCENDANT OF HIS WHO GOT A SECOND LIFE( that is why i really hate him) this freak will go to the black tower impersonating lucas calling himself the the wizard of the tower. Why he do that? Of course to let lucas notice him that is how he was so obsessed over lucas
This is his role to the novel which is why im wondering what the hell is happening to the manhua now
He pulled prank to athy and claude entertaining himself while he wait for lucas to notice him. more like NOTICE ME SENPAI
And no lucas is not his father
His father is cailum the late emperor some 300 years ago
There is also a story why black haired dude become obsessed with lucas but it will be another spoiler so i didnt add it any more
I dont think mr whitey knows
Only lucas knew who he was
But im getting a hint that claude also knew who he really is since when black haired freak ( he's name is carax in second life btw) started impersonating as the wizard of the tower claude already knew that he was a fake but didnt do anything about it and just let him be
See this is what i mean that readers are now implying that the black haired dude is claude's brother
But sorry everyone he is not claude's brother
Only the body is but the soul is not
He is not even jenette's father also
This is the reason why i felt like the manhua is drifting off in the original story of the novel