this makes no sense so far. If both are legitimate kids then why acknowledge one and shun the other? it would only make sense if blondie isn't the father's son but no one talked about an affair
Maybe the dad have this mindset that would abandon and embarrassed to have sick kids? From my understanding, it seems the actual older son had weaker body and embarrassed to be even related to them that's why they had the 2nd son be presented as the older one and forgot about the weaker child. Of course as a mom, she wouldn't want to abandon her own, but maybe forced to abandon the weaker kid and forced to have the second child, the second child being a reminder to the dad's abuse so she, in her irrational mind, hates the 2nd son.
Also this is my just my theory of how things went down so just take it with a grain of salt.
This author's work is always a hit or miss and this was a terrible miss. The way the shitty alpha ML didn't even apologize for the rape and even blamed MC by saying he thought MC didn't go into heats as in he was seduced by MC....and if you're going to use the "it's beyond his control" miss me with that bullshit. He was reasonable enough to not mark MC when MC protested so he was ratinal to some degree and could've stopped. Fun fact: that's how they dismiss the insanity plea in a lot of cases. If the defendant was rational enough to do action A (let's say it's putting on your shoes before stepping outside or stepping on glass) then, you were rational enough during the act itself if it's within the same timeframe.
Also, even if he wasn't rational, when he regained his rationality yet blamed MC and acted like a dick, that just shows how much of a major asshole he is. Case closed
Yuck one of those asshole MLs. Not giving him the benefit of the doubt at all. I will not be gaslighted by the author later on as they try to convince me that this asshole somehow was forced to leave MC or there was a misunderstanding. You can clearly see that when he saw MC 6 years later he didn't give a fuck about anything other than sex so, miss me with that bullshit











this story didn't land the ending. It had a good premise and wasn't like most cliché guideverse stories but the last 20 chapters or so ruined it