Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Guts say that he didn't want to live in Griffith's dream? This would indicate that he doesn't want to be apart of Griffith's dream of having his own kingdom, basically not living in the kingdom where Griffith would be in charge ruling over him. If that's the case, then Guts could have waited until after Griffith married Charlotte and then left the morning of the ceremony. It's likely that nobody would really give too much mind to it and just assumed Guts went out to train or something as Guts has shown to have always been that kind of guy. Nobody would have suspected Guts actually left until after the marriage and Griffith being crowned king. That way even if Griffith was sad and depressed about it he would have been able to lay with Charlotte without any fear of punishment as he would be the rightful king and Charlotte would be his queen. I'm sorry but when you look at the story in a more "realistic" point of view, it makes it seem silly that Guts never at least talked to Griffith about it. I mean, it didn't even come to his mind that maybe Griffith thought of him differently considering the fact that he saved Guts more than on one occasion in ways that Casca said was out of character? Or the fact that Griffith and him seem to hang out with each other a lot more than the other members of the hawks? I feel that the lack of communication is what caused the unfortunate events leading up to the downfall of Griffith which in turn caused the dramatic event of the Eclipse. *sigh* It really saddens me, because I feel like this all could have easily been avoided. Well, at least the tragedy provides a masterpiece story! What do you guys think? You think this all could have been avoided if Guts left later or maybe things would have just been more or less the same or maybe even worse?