beta
I know Cliff is annoying as fuck and honestly every anger and rage aim at him is completely justified. Still, I can't help but pity him anyway because he's literally MADE to be that way, you know? I mean, I read the novel twice lol I like this story a lot, and I came to conclusion that there is nothing he can do to break free from the evil's grip because he was literally chained from the start to finish to that evil. His mere existence is to accomodate whatever heinous thing that evil being desired, literally no other purpose than that. The author influence on him is too strong since he was the original male lead, more than any other characters. Even at the moment when he starts to be able to regain his own autonomy, that bloody evil make sure that he immediately wrote a "pact" so he won't be able to do anything that is against her wishes. That's how vicious this evil bitch really is. Cliff was written to be an obsessed, love-fool jackass who's only purpose in life is to make this evil bitch the "main character" for the rest of his life and ironically, even he gets thrown aside when he is no longer interesting for that bitch (because he is later fully conscious and starts disagreeing with her).
So tl;dr: I'm not excusing any foul things he did but I can't help to sympathize with him ರ_ರ