Boys were all fine and good, but when you have many, you always live in constant fear that they will kill each other ruthlessly for the right to inherit one's title and wealth.
All his sons before Raven were ruthless and did sneaky things to each other all the time.
They thought he didn't know, but how can he not?
He often tried to handle their matters in the dark, but as his sons grew older, they became more determined for his seat.
Only when he was with Raven and little Gugu that he could feel at ease and enjoy the glory of being a father.
With Raven, he admitted that his constant spoiling caused her to become the way she was, so he single-handedly raised Little Gugu by himself, not wanting him to turn up like his brothers or be blatantly arrogant like his sister.
Earl Clifford had been slowly losing hope of changing his daughter. But who knew that the remedy for all this was dumping her all alone without guards or maids in Baymard?
