I think he’s 16/17 and Seungho is in his early or mid twenties.
I personally think that he might be around 17-19 but was kinda protected and kept innocent by the prostitutes kinda like how you dont want someone to see the bad things in life that sort of thing if that makes sense and I dont think he even knew that he had to clean himself out after doing the do cause like hes never done it before SH and has probably never thoug
-thought about it, also with the not understanding the SH have feelings for him could be because of the gap in hierarchy SH is a lord and NK is a peasant and SH said himself that he would never have feelings for a peasant (I think he said something similar along those lines my memory kinda bad lmao(
Yes, that could explain why he does not take initiatives. He also fears SH's reaction since he is cynical and pretty unstable. At least, he was in the beginning. It's about time hopefully. I notices the author likes to draw NK as a silly and funny character in her posters (not the main plot). He smiles and seems playful with SH. Maybe we will get to see this side of his personality once he feels totally safe with SH and he can let go his fears.
Finally someone who understands
**ALERT Unpopular Opinion** How old is Nakyum? He seems way too naive and innocent for a grown up. I mean, not even thinking of cleaning himself after sex? Letting SH doing that for him as if he was his kid or something xD? It's cute and everything don't get me wrong, it's just that.. his passiveness and insouciance don't really match his background. He is an orphan who was raised in a brothel. Even if he was pampered and protected to the extreme by the prostitutes, he would still see how cruel life was for them and that should have made him tougher. There's no way the prostitutes would still pamper him after he's like 13-14. They just can't afford it. We could see that he kinda lived carefree playing outside and painting in the sand until his Nona told him to go live with his teacher so he could at least save his life somehow. Maybe he was 15-16 at that time and now he is 18 or something(?) But really, it surprises me, and a little bit annoys me as well, how much he is just there passively living his life. Even servant Kim tried to push him to be more (re)active. He does not take any initiative. He acts a bit like a child. He still did not understand that SH really cares for him. I love NK but he is too much of a cliche. Portrayed by the author like a gorgeous boyish-looking fragile and constantly crying Uke. If he could take some initiatives sometimes and surprise us with his acts, it would be refreshing. Or is he like that because he is indeed young? Maybe he is just 16 or younger? I don't know! What do you guys think?