User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Episode 178: Fairy Strategist, Review./@comment-24277053-20140419123530/@comment-7418318-20140419133446

While I hate Cream too, he never did that. He was convinced that the pheonix would grant him immortality just because he demanded it after summoning the creature. He never even considered the possibility that anyone other than Éclair might die in the process.

The one who didn't care about how many people would have to suffer and die for him to become the eternal king was Chase.