Chapter 489 Explanation Regarding the Plot of the New Volume
First of all, it is clear that the male protagonist is indeed a scumbag who has a harem and has not been redeemed. (Although I have redeemed him many times in the text from the perspectives of motivation, psychology, and Veer.)
However, I will still explain the male protagonist here.
The first point is that the male protagonist’s personality is that of a good old man who treats you well if you treat him well. In the first volume, the male protagonist questions the female protagonist because of the death of the half-elf, and in the second volume, Chrisis also makes him unforgettable.
In the third volume, although it was written a bit hastily, Misaela’s affection for the male protagonist and the kindness of her sacrifice made it difficult for him to avoid her, and the male protagonist found that he did indeed have feelings of affection for the princess.
Ig cannot hurt the princess and break up with her just because Veer looks unhappy (this would only make the male protagonist a subordinate personality to the female protagonist).
Until the time when the male protagonist finally had to choose one.
The second point is that the direct reason for the male protagonist opening his harem is that the female protagonist agreed to it. And, similarly to Misaela, he also asked the female protagonist’s opinion.
Some readers say that this is the male protagonist and the princess working together to pressure the female protagonist into being the bad guy, but in reality, Veer and Ig both knew that if the female protagonist did not accept, she would have directly refused without worrying about Ig’s feelings and reluctantly accepting. The reason she was willing was to obtain the Sacred Sword from Misaela.
(In fact, Veer’s status is much higher than the male protagonist’s. She is not afraid of offending the male protagonist, and even before this matter, Veer always believed that her feelings for the male protagonist were insignificant and could be easily abandoned.)
The third point is that the male protagonist ignored the female protagonist’s feelings of grievance and took the initiative to be intimate with the princess.
Regarding this problem, the male protagonist’s intimacy with the princess was almost entirely initiated by Misaela, and the male protagonist passively accepted (with considerations for the female protagonist in his heart). Moreover, when they were intimate, he basically never showed it in front of the female protagonist (they didn’t know that the female protagonist had secretly spied on them).
Secondly, the male protagonist had tried to be intimate with the female protagonist many times and had asked for her thoughts, but the female protagonist also stubbornly rejected him.
Also, for the memorial ceremony, Veer originally took the initiative to participate to show that she didn’t mind. But she suddenly changed her mind and didn’t go.
The arrangement between the male protagonist and the princess was also temporarily arranged by Lancaster. Ig only knew that the female protagonist didn’t come and did not know that the female protagonist was watching the live broadcast. (In fact, the female protagonist didn’t want to watch it in the first place.)
Moreover, in a live broadcast for the whole world, even if the male protagonist was unwilling, he had to show a willing expression for the sake of national image and the overall situation.
Also, why the male protagonist knew Veer was sad but didn’t go to comfort her: Ig had not yet appeared, and it would take another chapter or two for him to show his sad emotions.
Or, rather, the reason the female protagonist is so sad is actually due to her inner conflict and awkward emotions.
Next are explanations outside of the plot, and some reasons of my own.
Originally, in the second volume, that relationship was added hastily by modifying the outline, and the male protagonist originally changed his feelings towards the female protagonist to be half-dependent and half-suspicious. Then, under Lancaster’s instigation, he broke up with Veer, and the princess took advantage of the opportunity, and then let the female protagonist understand her feelings and become jealous.
However, after the previous volume, it was illogical for him to easily break up with the female protagonist as a lover, unless there was an unforgivable misunderstanding between them.
After revising the outline, my original plan was to first let the female protagonist happily accept, and then gradually realize her feelings and regret it… However, due to the issue of length, I didn’t plan to write the academy volume, and I felt that this plot would be more torturous, so I used a more radical plot.
Again, it is the arrangement of the plot logic.
The first point is that in the second volume, the relationship between Veer and the male protagonist was more imposed and false. She deliberately played the role of a young girl and dated Ig. According to what is said in the text, it was to complete her experience as a young girl and reach the realm of a deity.
In my original conception, I wanted to temper the feelings of the male and female protagonists through this plot, so that they could truly understand their state of mind: Ig liked the female protagonist not only because of her beauty and his dependence on her presence, but Veer also saw him as more than just a pawn in her plan.
The second point is to complete the reason why Lance killed Lothel and was still trusted by Vicena, and why Lancaster chose Ig as his heir.
Before picking up the Sacred Sword, I described Ig’s state of mind and emotions… Or rather, Ig picking up the Sacred Sword represented his fall, being eroded little by little into Lancaster’s puppet through passive choices. (This is a spoiler, but it should not be difficult to guess.)
Picking up the Sacred Sword represented his final choice to marry the princess and become Lancaster’s puppet king. The “loss” mentioned in that chapter naturally refers to the female protagonist.
Then, the purpose of my continuous depiction of the female protagonist’s grievance and sadness is for her blackening and breakup with the male protagonist a few chapters later.
Or, in the final analysis, it is to ensure the smooth development of the plot in the third volume.
That’s about it. Of course, it’s okay to scold the male protagonist as a harem scumbag, but I hope everyone can understand him a little.
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ps: Although I had expected that some people would not like this plot, I did not expect it to be so intense… (I’ll try to shorten the plot and finish this volume quickly.)
