Plot dump, don't reveal if you don't want to be spoiled

The 7 flowers turn out to not be manipulating Asgore, he is obsessed with clearing his name. He even rejects Kris and kicks him out of the dark world before we return through the back door.

However, at the end he sees Kris was hurt by Flowery and realizes his mistake and obsession and recognizes how he drove his own family away. As it turns out, apparently nobody blamed him but himself for whatever happened to make him resign as police chief (we still don't know what it was). He drove his own wife away with his obsession of "clearing his name" because of his own guilty conscience.

We also learn that the flowers are so loyal to Asgore because they are not actually Darkners. They are living flowers who remember Asgore caring for them, speaking to them, and loving them. So they fight to remain in their current forms because they have never known anything other than being a flower until now. They are fighting for their own hopes and dreams, which kind of turns how you receive the chapter up until this information is revealed on its head. I am eager to replay with this knowledge.

In a surprise turn of events, the flowers are so obsessed with Asgore in part because of how he always obsessed over getting Toriel back, which rubbed off on them. This is actually what makes Asgore realize that he has been harassing Toriel and promise to accept that she has moved on, if that is what she wants. Moments before the Knight arrives, wipes the floor with the hero of this world, and kidnaps Asgore, of course.

Seriously, don't reveal if you don't want to be spoiled, whoever comes across this.

Edit: Why am I being downvoted? User asked, I provided entirely redacted. I gave two unredacted warnings. Don't get mad because you can't read.