Read the novel halfway. Honestly their personality clashed so much. Seungjoo is very close...

besties gimme some spoilers if udone reading with it

I want more spoilers plz about their relationship plz plz

I don't have spoilers much because I am halfway in the novel. But I can pretty much say the reason I can't seem to sympathize him after reading the novel is because his actions towards Muheun are mostly driven by ego and tantrum. He said he was driven by rational a lot of times, but the thing is he is always emotional when trying to reason about Muheun. Mostly because he just doesn't bode well with the fact that Muhuen only cares for him and not in a romantic kind of way. It was pretty obvious Muheun has feelings for him but he always sabotaged it, turning it into a complicated mess when it doesn't need to be. Like for example in the latest chapt here, Muhuen never outright rejected him. He is the one who assumed that's the case and he's the one who decides before he gets rejected it's better to give up. That's why their relationship is a bit of a headache for me. the relationship is a mess because we got an overthinker (Seungjoo) and a man with few words (Muhuen). This character traits aren't the best combination for compatible relationship.

I've finished the novel so I can do spoilers but I def need specific questions to work with. There are chapters that are completely muheuns pov so throw em at me guys

I really really wanna know how their relationship develops. I can tell Muheon is more in love but I don't get why he keeps holding back. And Seungjoo is definitely a spoilt kid but does he actually put in any real effort to hold on to his love??

what happened to the sus guy that seungjoo meets at the uni? and the corruption behind the exxocist nation? also seungjoo sister death?? theres so many mystery

Muheun at the current point hasn't actually acknowledged what he feels for Seungjoo. He's still trying to convince himself that he only cares for him like a brother, but he's had an obsession with Seungjoo (and vice versa) since he was born. It's not really addressed until the end but they're the reincarnations of the OG ancestors who were lesbians forced into straight marriages.

In the scene where Seungjoo tells him he won't love him anymore Muheun was actually coming to terms with liking him and his desperation to be with Seungjoo. I'm still unsure how he would have answered Seungjoos confession because he was conflicted.

Muheun has three motivators for distancing from Seungjoo (I still hate his inability to pick a lane though cause bro be with him or don't) anyway, the first one is Seunghee and Seungtae dying. Muheun blames himself for their deaths because he can see glimpses of the future and saw the one where MCs siblings die. He tried to stop it from happening but even if he can see bits of the future he has limited options in how to change them. Some cases he can't change them at all and others if he intervenes could cause a worse outcome. A broken leg could turn into death if he's not careful, he learned this the hard way during the time he was away from MC. Basically, it's guilt because he thinks they died because of him and he's scared he'll fail to keep Seungjoo safe and he'll die too.

Second is the association. It's already been touched on but the associations greed is at an all time high rn and they want Seungjoo for his ability to absorb spirit energy. If they get their hands on Seungjoo they'll inevitably do to him what's happening to Muheun and the others. Muheun doesn't want him involved with the association at all.

Third is the fact that they're soulmates and their fates are intertwined. He learned this from a vision he had when he looked at Seungjoo the very first time. He distances himself to weaken the connection of their fate which I'm assuming is because of the above reasons but I don't think it's explicitly stated.

Now, problem child Seungjoo. He's lowkey as bad as Muheun. Like 95% of their fights in the novel are simply a refusal to communicate. Seungjoo hoardes his emotions like a dragon, case in point how he just assumed Muheun doesn't like him back so he never bothered to tell him his feelings until now. He also has never expressed exactly how he feels about Muheun leaving him all the time until it boiled over. But then we enter our chasing arc and Muheun and Seungjoo eventually do work together a little bit.

During their mission together Muheun does what is considered a death penalty level crime but because of his usefulness to the association and his and Seungjoos family standing he ends up exiled instead. MC at the prospect of losing ML for good decides to get serious.

His version of putting real effort into their relationship is his self sacrifice. He ends up joing the association and he sets his conditions with one of them being he'll only work with Muheun and no one else which prevents his exile. And then he goes to Muheun and they finally talk it out. In my opinion his actions tell me that he's putting in serious effort.

The sus guy hangs around to the very end of the story. Seungjoo was 100% right about being used to get Muheun to step in to be the leader of the rebellion against the association leaders. He's really sus at the beginning but he's a good guy. He and Seungjoo are actually buddies at the end of it all. Sus guy does end up with a crush on Seungjoo though but MC is oblivious to it.

So, the corruption. The association president gets arrested and put to trial where it's revealed he was basically kidnapping children and making them work for the association. Most of it was coercing parents. They'd say they would take good care of the kids and teach them how to control their abilities etc. told them they could visit their kids whenever they wanted. Basically like it was a boarding school. Once the kids were inside though they would severe the ties with the parents and then the parents would try to see the kids or try to find what facility they were taken to but couldn't find them and the ones who could find them were met with kids who had been trained basically like assassins who didn't have their emotions anymore and didn't recognize the parents in some cases. Eventually, they switched to just picking up orphans with spiritual energy and paying orphanage heads for them. This was done by the association president and some executives and so with proof that they had gotten (I don't remember how they got it) they put the guilty parties to trial and got them removed from their positions. The end hints that Muheun is going to take over as president and Seungjoos family is going to continue being the main donator to the association.

There isn't really anything special to Seunghees death. Seunghee wanted to go to a movie with her friends and encountered a spirit along the way. The curse of the Seo family kicked in and she got into a traffic accident on the way. She was with Seungtae (Seungjoos older brother) and he was killed in the same accident.

Muheuns guilt stems from him being able to see bits of the future sometimes and he saw their deaths. He tried to stop their deaths but wasn't able to convince them to not go to the movies that day and stay home. While he can see the future sometimes he can't make big changes to certain fates. Like death is one he's never been able to change but he has caused changes to a future that ended with a worse outcome than the original. Think of it like someone is going to break their leg, Muheun interferes, they end up paralyzed. That's not a situation that happened but that's kind of how it works when he messes with stuff he sees in his visions.

This is so good!! Your explanation is amazing and it still makes me wanna wait for more chapters. I cannot wait for the tension of their relationship and how its developed in the manhwa.

Damnnnn here I thought Seungjoo would change much faster lol. I was right when I said he is an ass in the novel (just got by on chapter 27). It wasn't really shown here. Glad to know I wasn't making wrong analysis of his character.

For a novel/manhwa that specifically talked about Muheun, i thought it was a bit disjointed to have it being told from Seungjoo's POV... Thnks for the summary of the novel btw

I'm glad it didn't ruin it for you I always worry about that when I do spoilers to be honest but yeah the character development over time is solid and I enjoyed reading it

I'd have to say they're equal parts asshole in their own way it's just Seungjoo is more blunt while Muheun avoids the issue. And some parts may be a little off since it's been a minute since I've read it

dont worry ur not!! i think you received our question well, i like your explanation, u elaborated it good

When I read Muheun's POV for everything that happened since Seungjoo was small, I almost cried cause he really did struggle alone and it made so much sense why he tried to keep quiet and silently protecting Seungjoo. The age gap was definitely one of the driving factor and I appreciate this a lot because despite teetering on the edge, he was still able to be a mature older person. Is just that there are too many things Seungjoo probably wouldn't understand even if he is in the know due to him being the younger person and not having any natural ability with exorcism. Their parents, brother and sister were right, Seungjoo was spoilt by Muheun lol. It wasn't a surprise that he has that kind of personality.

I absolutely agree. Muheun has it rough from the get go with Seungjoo, and him not understanding because of the age gap and maturity level is valid. The problem is vice versa too. Muheuns issue is that he doesn't actually understand Seungjoos current maturity level because of that age gap. I've never met a 20 year old who just fell in line with something while also being told nothing lol Seungjoo was absolutely spoiled by Muheun so I doubt he'd listen to what Muheun wants him to do even if he knew the full scale but they'd get farther if they just talked to each other lol

I love how they handled the age gap too because most of the time the top has been in romantic love with the bottom their entire lives but here Muheun starts platonic (def possessive though) until Seungjoo is older and legal where it switches to a romantic love. Very well done in my opinion and it feels a little less weird that way

This is so good. I keep rereading your comments. I'm seriously getting hyped up for the chapters now

Do you really feel like it's platonic tho? This is me genuinely askingggg not trying to argue. Cause I have had my sus moments. Esp when he mentioned in detail how he feels when he sees the future of Seungjoo being awkward and bashful with a girl, in his high school uniform. Like I couldn't pinpoint exactly what kind of feelings were stemming from his feelings. And I also had my sus moments when he knows Seungjoo likes him. Like he is enjoying it eventhough he wasn't trying to be creepy about it. When he saw Seungjoo with his GF also he's so depressed. Like I am on fence because it seems like he has been having other than platonic feelings towards Seungjoo wayyy earlier. Don't know if it's posessive/obsessive/devotion/romantic lol. But he's right, it's not normal

It's my hope it was platonic first but there were SEVERAL moments where I thought it was a little strange I just couldn't pinpoint where those feelings were coming from either. Muheun knows himself when he called his feelings not normal. Not to mention Seungjoos siblings calling him out hogging Seungjoos attention all the time. My biggest one was also when he saw him with the gf and he seemed to take that like a rejection. Plus, he would wait for Seunghee to return from dates if she took Seungjoo with her just to pick up Seungjoo and she even said: "what high schooler wants to hang out with a kid all the time?" And he was like: "me". There's also the pride he had that Seungjoo would always choose him to run to no matter the situation and at any age. It almost feels like it's a combination of all four of those through the years. Possessive, Obsessive, Devoted at the beginning and than Romantic being added in later on but honestly I couldn't say one way or the other because even in Muheuns POV he's not sure of his own feelings. I'd just be making a guess

You should! I'm not going to say it's the best story I've ever read but it does get a bit more interesting when we finally get over the massive hurdle that is Seungjoo and Muheun lol

I'm glad I just want to make sure I don't ruin anything