
The 5 year old part was completely unnecessary in my opinion
Because other that shock value, it adds absolutely nothing to the story till now, and well it makes the romance very weird-

Mm yeah, I find it that the characters are making it weird by making it such a big deal. Both Shaayu and the Demon King already said she was born as an adult, with an adult mind and body. She just hasn't experienced much of the world.
It would be similar if there was someone who was actually the age of an adult, who was confined in one space for all their life before being rescued/getting out. They would be just as ignorant to the things of the world, if not more :/ it's all about how the characters act too, imo Shaayu doesn't act like a child and I don't see why she should be treated like one.

The plot was definitely what attracted me to the story in the first place. The characters were complicated and flawed and yet they were mature enough to realise that.
Some said that story was complicated, but it was not imo. The plot has actually been really simple, it's just two damaged people healing each other, even though the means is a bit unusual. The story wasn't like most, and it doesn't show the entire journey of the characters, but more so the journey of them both recovering from past trauma and moving on. That's the entire plot. The timeframe is set in just a small frame of a few months, but it does show segments of the past to explain their present actions
However while the ending makes sense, it doesn't seem right. The ending feels like an ending of the scene instead of the end of an entire story. While it does end with the resolution of the problems the MCs were plagued with, it doesn't show us the future, which makes it feel abrupt. It's like they gave us a conclusion that would satisfy you in the present, however it will still keep you slightly anxious about how the future will work out, given the fact they're still highly complex people, despite having their burning problems solved.

This story kind of functions like ouroboros or infinity. There's technically no end and no beginning, everything is simply a loop. The story starts when you acknowledge it as a story and try to find the author, but the moment you do, you too become a part of the story itself and everything leads up to the final chapter, until someone else realises your fate after reading the story
I don't know how to explain this in a few words, but the end opens into the beginning which opens into the end
This entire story is problematic. It has a lot of complex character relationships, however none of them are elaborated upon and the characters seen very one dimensional.
Like let's start with the relationship of the brothers. Clearly both brothers were suffering, even if the things that affected them was different. However neither of them took the chance to get to know the other and simply detested each other even as adults. And even after the FL tells the red haired prince about the way Ernst was treated all he cares about is FL and his victimisation. Sam for Ernst. Clearly they could've been good brothers and even better people if only one of them would've been mature and sensible enough to at least talk to them.
Now let's talk about the Queen. It's so fucking odd that while she was treated like shit by the King, she is ensuring her son did the same to another woman. Now I'm not defending her or anything, but what the King did to her was terrible, she was clearly in love with him and he disregarded that completely and took in a mistress and loved her, and when that didn't work out he came back like a dog to her. Now I know women with trauma may turn into abusers too, but it just doesn't make sense as to why someone who went through that, would want another woman to be raped or assaulted.
Let's talk about the Father of the FL too, he does absolutely nothing. He's just there for the fucking plot propagation or something because he is like a checkpoint of sorts to me. Somehow every decision he takes is wrong.
Now let's get back to the main character, the FL. She lived like a doormat for so long, which should've clearly affected her, but somehow suddenly she becomes confident. And secondly I hate how quickly she falls in love with the red haired ML, like girl you just got over your ex lover, people don't move on that soon.
I love how this story introduced so many problems and problematic relationships and solved none of them. This is practically TRASH OF THE HIGHEST ORDER and listen to me and save yourself from reading this flaming trash
I agree with you.