
poor etienne :( all his emotions were obviously running high after hearing his pathetic dad knew he was abused ALL ALONG and never did anything to help him or apologize for not being there for him as a child. like fuck that guy man i get that hes basically powerless against the empress' family and etienne is his unwanted child but bro HOW can you stand knowing A CHILD is being abused? it just goes to show how much of an asshole he is by disregarding etienne's life and putting rishar priority over his in his actions to make him emperor. to him, that child is nothing but someone else's pawn. etienne is right for not trusting that asshole for anything, btw. the emperor clearly doesnt give a fuck about etienne and is only caring now because rishar had to make etienne visible to his eyes
no way this chapter just healed me