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Me trying to make head or tail of this fucker: ヽ(`Д´)ノ

I think he finds Nagare fascinating because of his unwavering ability to care and love others even at the expense of himself. Okaya cannot do that himself, either with his parents or his ‘friends’. You’d think he and yakuza guy are similar. But while Okaya cannot feel love, he recognises it and finds it interesting whereas the Yakuza guy probably cannot see it or finds it a nuisance (so he explains. Whether he’s just bullshitting or not is another story).
Since Okaya cannot feel love, he enjoys it vicariously through Nagare which is why he bullied him so severely to see how far his love went. In the end, Nagare proved his love for his mother to the utmost degree by throwing himself off the roof for a fake video that would slander her, which Okaya finds so cool about him but he also mourns the loss of his ‘toy’ which he cannot feel vicariously from ever again.
This is all just my own theory though. Okaya’s thought process certainly is interesting and we’re so close to his comeuppance.

So theory, I think the ML was not conceived with consent from the Duke. (Now after reading chapter 15, i believe it more due to the duchess's phrasing about ML's mother) There were so odd things about some of their behaviors especially from the duchess, she intentionally gave the FL the room intended for the son out of spite but after that she doesn't do anything malicious to either of them. So it could just be the case that the Duke and duchess are fighting behind close doors and, don't want innocent children to get into the crossfire or the Duke explained the circumstances of the ML's birth.
Also the Duke and duchess seem pretty chill with each other

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If she "water under the bridge"s her treatment by everyone for believing word of mouth without actually talking to her to get to know her, I will lift her by her collar
I just want her to point-blank ask them " why should I accept your apology or you trying to talk to me now when you didn't even get to know me before?"

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Odd question but what does Winterbell's blessing on Ren do specifically?
I know Winterbell's blessing, in general, makes people handle cold better but not immunity to cold. So what makes Ren's so special aside from turning his hair white?

Aside from what you said? Nothing lol winterbell said himself in the novel. His blessing actually useless than the other bells since his power is actually curse and destruction. And actually because his blessing ren two times more suffer in summers at azubell territory since he only get protected from winter not summer heat lol
There's so many got skip from the novel in manhwa. Yes ren's white hair only a cover to save him. His purple hair would make ren in danger so winterbell turn it white
But as contractor and dragon of destruction and curse he is much much stronger than the others. What make Ren is special because winterbell rarely bless human and ren has protection of winterbell. Winterbell promise to his mother that he would protect ren. He forgot yeah but after meeting ren again he promise to do it and that's why he agree to become contractor to ren
I had a theory that that the brother isn't actually real, then I re-read chapter 1 and saw there was a photo of him