Half the time i was reading this

But he's 19/20??? How can he be a father figure lmao
I do understand the ML part, but not the father figure

yeah probably not a father figure but at least a big brother man ;-; If he starts actually developing feelings for her AFTER a time skip, THEN ill ship it

It happens later when she gets 17 I think

Wait really so he is the ml. If so I’m still upset about this cuz she’s 14 and all the grown men are thinking of her as a potential partner. I could understand starting to have feeling once she gets older but he’s already unwilling to let her go signifying he does have some feelings/ attachment towards her when she’s a minor. Like this definitely would not pass if this happened irl. But I guess I’ll see where this is headed. Usually I’d be more lenient since it’s a story and usually they have time skip early on and it implies that the ml only started to like her once she was grown but this time she’s still 14 and we’re seeing how he treats in a way that could be misleading.

yeah i agree with this ;-; its still a very iffy but ig 17 is better than 14-

is he the ml??? please i....that cant be that feels so odd to me

I think u have to take into account the setting of the story. Back in those days it's normal for those in 16/17 to get married. So it's probably normal for them to start to have a bit of feelings for her although i don't condone this. Also i think the author is trying to justify this by saying 'oh the king only saw her as rabbit when she was young'

Honestly ima just wait for a time skip so I can okay with this

It's not too big of an age gap between them. Its not the best age gap. But is is almost like a freshman and a senior dating than anything else.

The senior probably should go after an older girl. But depending on the personality and maturity levels of the couple involved it could work out. In this case since they don't get together til she is older its a lot better than what some other stories do.

I think the dude just has a character flaw from being spoiled. He gets whatever he wants anyway so he doesn't care about her reputation. That needs to be fixed imo.