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I can't believe this is my takeaway, but here it goes. You start rightfully loathing the duke. The guy freaking r*pes MC. But it's so badly handled in the storytelling that at one point, just like the characters, you don't care/forget. It also helps that the MC is freaking annoying. This manhwa is the epitome of "you either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain". The story was way too stretched and senseless drama kept being added and dragged by no other than the MC. At one point you just want him gone. It would have been simpler for everyone involved. 100 chapters of misunderstandings and a wishy washy character that can't make up his mind is WAAAY too long for a mid story at best.