Yea so far...all the Mc feels by saying cherish and all that...is still parental protection...but i really dunnoo how it will turn into romance when the dude grows up or something..i love the world building , the art, the mc as an individual as well..the lore...but man I'm struggling to ya knoww ...
Shizunfucker is a popular troupe in Chinese BL, wherein the person in a mentoring role, whether they're the teacher, master, or just some dude who helped raised the kid ends up getting fucked or fucks the kid in the future cause the kid fell in love somewhere along the way. Depends on what vibes the author is putting out but in this case, it looks like the mentor(Shizun) is getting fucked.

Ye i don’t have a buttfucking clue what’s going on but what i do know is that it feels kinda weird for the like father like mentor figure to fall in love w some kid he’s been raising like vice versa okay kids fall in love with mentor like figures all the time but ur not supposed to reciprocate that “love” cause they’re a kid that’s weird and half the time that “love” is just respect or platonic that they mistake for love and as the adult your suppose to you know set the line and stuff anyway i have no idea how they’re going to make that not weird because it feels weird already when he was like “have i been raising to be my ideal type” i was like ?? R u unconsciously grooming him or something? but the art style is good so i’m gonna try to tune in still but if it get real weird i’m out cause idk