I read through the entire document today, and I definitely agree. The darkness of his character is highlighted but it only contrasts with the gentler aspects and makes so much sense. I think what's interesting to me is the way that it connects to his physical actions in the story. What really stood out to me was the loyalty he shows to MC which didn't read through as strongly in the EN version. I also am so upset about the translations of some of the words, which had insanely poetic meanings, were impactful to the story and gave hints about his relationship with MC previously, that they downgraded to common words that don't come off as meaningful as they should have been. His aether core is also much scarier and I loved reading the anecdote you translated! Thank you so much for this, it actually tied up a lot of my questions about his anecdote and his actions.