I want to like it, I really do

But this is starting to come off less like slowburn and more like 1 character being forcefully dragged across concrete by another toward the ending. 69 chapters and how much development have we really got? MC is annoying not because of his personality, but because every 5 chapters he regresses and goes against any development with ML he’s had.(Also the fact that ML destroyed MC’s first clan got revealed and nothing really came of it? Or am I missing something?) I’m just getting tired of the same pattern repeating itself. ML annoys MC, MC pushes ML away, ML acts sincere and vulnerable, MC is moved… until the next morning when we’re back at square one. Rinse and repeat.

Now this is just my opinion, nothing wrong with enjoying the story. It’s just not doing it for me anymore character wise.