read the novel or comments.
either way the dude still wants a relationship w a 15 yr, which he doesn't allow to be w anyone else romantically and restricts her movement which is controlling and manipulative. and I'm saying this flr the last fucking time, so open up your peanut brain and listen. GROOMING ISN'T ABOUT AGE, IT IS ABOUT A POWER IMBALANCE.
google is free.
if you wait for a child to reach adulthood before you have sexual relations with them, you are a groomer. she was manipulated - she was lied to and forbidden to leave in the novel, do your fucking research before commenting. No, not everyone is groomed in manhwas, not everyone is forcefully kept as a maid while begging to be set free, not everyone wants to be single and is pressured into a relationship under the threat of hurting her friends either. get the fuck out of here
she's 15 mate. the king sees her as a child. everyone else sees her as a child. you keep throwing around that she's 17,but she looks 12 and is physically 15. and yes btw if an 18 year old is waiting to do sexual stuff with a minor because of the laws of the place where they are, then it's grooming.
and I'm saying this for the last and final time - GROOMING ISN'T EVEN ABOUT AGE YOU IMBECILE.

in my opinion, an adult at 18 ML having an attraction to a 15 FL is normal bc they only have 3-4 age gap. But if an adult at 18 ML doing something nasty to a 15 FL is a pedo.
how about ur opinion? ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶