These nobles really need to die, right. They be playing with his mind so good they have to die.
Also, i see why abel had to be reincarnated into a blond twink. How else will that psycho duke react to the new abel, right? He has to fit his type first for a new conflict. Yikes. He's been too nonchalant for a villain, so the writer strikes his heart to bring out his insanity hahahaha