You can tell he's up to something.
Thing is, before we sympathize, you gotta remember that in the original timeline, these guys slaughtered humans without mercy - and even in this timeline, they would totally slaughter humans without mercy too... so don't sympathize too much.
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Well, you've never seen the interview... and more importantly, you've also refused to maintain proper respectful behavior in this discussion. Good day, sir.

Is he saying Ms. Main Character is dead? Because he better not be saying Carthillon is dead.
https://i.postimg.cc/VkhGWQD4/i.png

They didn't gut him? Really?
https://i.postimg.cc/6qqmtW3s/i.png
GOOD.... but frankly, I'd just escalate this to a death sentence. We're dealing with a freakin' Calamity man! There's no time for stupid questions! If he succeeds in whatever he's up to, then far more innocent lives will be at stake than just your kingdom. It'll be a problem across the entire world! Countless lives are at stake here!

This man admits treason to the empire
https://i.postimg.cc/LXfDmJkZ/i.png
and still thinks he has any status?
https://i.postimg.cc/hvcLgpPH/i.png

I knew he was stupid, but whew... It's a surprise he made it this far and he should thank his lucky stars they didn't decide to just kill him.

Two things:
1) Yes. Carthillon being competent is a good thing. I probably would've threatened to drop this manhwa if he was an incompetent buffoon... but it is completed so I'd just read it anyway.
and 2) The long flashback is OVER! Time to remind myself that Ms. Main Character is no longer overpowered but rather, underpowered.

I think this is doing that "you will become the calamity" thing. Man, what's with the calamity's obsession with taking her, a good girl, and making her an evil merciless slaughtererererererererer?

Yeah...
I kinda wanna say that I don't think it ended on a cliffhanger. I feel like when he woke up, his unstable mental state and his memories kinda bumped into each other, resulting in that scene.... or some something. I dunno.

Edit: nope. Read the next chapter. My bad.

For a man who complained about her self-sacrifice shtick and told her to do what she wanted,
he sure went off and did this stupid self-sacrifice shtick instead of doing what he wanted.
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The face of "Yeah, I'mma just ask the question ya'll are dancing around. I don't care about this stupid dance."
https://i.postimg.cc/Rh5HVqP2/i.png

The face when you know, but can't say despite wanting to.
https://i.postimg.cc/d0jX9TCj/i.png

I will say, imagine if he just owned up to it. Would she have been reverted back to a kid in chapter 1? Rather, would she have chosen to pass away at all?
The world would certainly be VASTLY different if she had two kids though.

This is a confession... if she wasn't a blockhead. lol
https://i.postimg.cc/Gmmk6nwn/i.png
Chapter 1 explaining how she has zero romance knowledge kinda gives her an excuse, but come oooooooooooon.

Also, Jeffrey should've been crystal clear. She should've preemptively introduced her as his wife starting that scene right there.

Well, I kinda suspected the blonde, but not to this extent.

This is the equivalent of "good enough for me" when it comes to saving people's lives.
https://i.postimg.cc/qqvHV7kd/i.png

And, he could've told her, confessed - at least partially - that she is reckless and he would lose his mind if something happened to her. Build the relationship to progress past "comrades."

Eh, she'll be fiiiiiiiiine. This is the actual OP Ms. Main Character. She isn't the weakened one in the main story.

Also, this is a long flashback... not that I'm complaining because this is great.

I wonder if he confesses to her soon after this, but she shrugs it off as if it's a joke.

For a moment there, I thought it was the green haired teacher.

This is the closest we'll get to a smug troll face on Jeffrey.
https://i.postimg.cc/VN8X6WqF/i.png

https://i.postimg.cc/hvgvB2Tk/i.png
Moment of realization where someone places value in your actions... actions that you yourself disregard.

I have this problem too. I'm like "I don't see what the big deal is" about something I had done - and the other person is like "DUDE! No one else would've even thought to do that!" or some something. Self-reflecting is tough when you don't know how to value your own actions.

But... this is what she wants. Her whimsy has gone in this direction... imagine if it went in another direction. Imagine if she was a vain jerk who looked down on human life. She'd slaughter innocents in the name of "getting rid of the traces and followers of the calamity."
It gets worse the more you consider how far "extremes" are... For example: She concluded that in this academy you're attending, there is a traitor who wants to bring back the calamity -> so she killed every student and destroyed the entire academy too.
And worst of all, Jeffrey would have to side with her as she can probably kill him - or at the very least, destroy the entire kingdom.

Overall, between these two extremes, thank goodness she is the way she is. I love how goofy and humble she is.

How old is she here? He's 28, as told in the past few chapters...
https://i.postimg.cc/rF93hDKQ/i.png
I know she doesn't show her age properly whatsoever, as she looked 40 when she was over 120, so I'm just wondering...

Is this why she thinks she can't be with him? Because she trolled him so much?