he killed his fiance that was literally begging for her life, because she was a witch. But, if all of us were reading the same story, clearly the author left a lot of implications throughout the chapters that there's more to his action. He even admitted to himself the cruetly of his choice, which let's be fucking frank, a lot of ML that are written as "a cold-hearted tyrannical prince/CEO" that every reader simps, lack the ability to bite their tongue and admit fault.