It's completely logical that the MC doesn't trust the ML. She can't be sure whether or not he's lying about the memory lost and even if he isn't, if a demon isn't evil by nature as demon aren't human so their personality is unclear.
Of course as the audience who knows that he's innocent, we'll defend him but from her perspective, he can't be trusted.
I can try force myself to understand the Emperor's intention but the mother? What do you mean you poisoned your daughter so she'd never come back???
Aaron is so autistic coded I love him he deserved to get dumped though
sorry !! i meant to upvote
Imma go buy me a gun ... then imma come back here and set these motherfckers off
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