People misunderstand Sam Myeong’s desire to be the King’s everything when they were children. In the Korean raws, it’s not as obsessive as it seems. It’s akin to how a parent feels bittersweet when their child leaves the nest, or like the feeling of rescuing and raising a bird, and eventually having to let them go. Sam Myeong felt sad that the kid who always relies on him will one day not need him anymore.
People misunderstand Sam Myeong’s desire to be the King’s everything when they were children. In the Korean raws, it’s not as obsessive as it seems. It’s akin to how a parent feels bittersweet when their child leaves the nest, or like the feeling of rescuing and raising a bird, and eventually having to let them go. Sam Myeong felt sad that the kid who always relies on him will one day not need him anymore.