And I don't think it quite threw him under the bus so much as it kind of... humanized him, I guess? I mean, he's probably not just mourning his wife at the time, he's gotta be thinking of his own failures as a father in that. The games state that they were looking for any other cure for Laharl's illness than sacrifice, but Krichevskoy couldn't find it.
On top of that, he wasn't the one who sacrificed himself, and the sacrifice called for someone who loved Laharl. On top of wondering if he gave up too early on finding a different path, he was probably wondering why he didn't do it instead of his wife, or what that meant about his feelings toward his son. Was there something that could have been done? Was there a way they all could have been together? If he wasn't the one that gave his life, did he really love his son enough?
Now, all that being said, I actually like your theory too, especially because it works even when you disregard the novels/if more things in the novels are shown to not be game canon. Having to go between Celestia and the Netherworld so much probably took a lot of time away from Laharl, and considering the Netherworld's relations with Celestia at the time it wasn't as though Krichevskoy could explain what he was doing.
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And I don't think it quite threw him under the bus so much as it kind of... humanized him, I guess? I mean, he's probably not just mourning his wife at the time, he's gotta be thinking of his own failures as a father in that. The games state that they were looking for any other cure for Laharl's illness than sacrifice, but Krichevskoy couldn't find it.
On top of that, he wasn't the one who sacrificed himself, and the sacrifice called for someone who loved Laharl. On top of wondering if he gave up too early on finding a different path, he was probably wondering why he didn't do it instead of his wife, or what that meant about his feelings toward his son. Was there something that could have been done? Was there a way they all could have been together? If he wasn't the one that gave his life, did he really love his son enough?
Now, all that being said, I actually like your theory too, especially because it works even when you disregard the novels/if more things in the novels are shown to not be game canon. Having to go between Celestia and the Netherworld so much probably took a lot of time away from Laharl, and considering the Netherworld's relations with Celestia at the time it wasn't as though Krichevskoy could explain what he was doing.