Nahhh I was bouta read it till y’all said the niece could be the love interest hell nah

She's not though. I think it was perfectly clear that ml only thinks of her as a niece but she has a crush on him and maybe that's out of respect. Personally think shuran or the high priest has a better chance than her

stop believing everything you see he sees the niece as nothing but a niece read then judge.