
But this is starting to come off less like slowburn and more like 1 character being forcefully dragged across concrete by another toward the ending. 69 chapters and how much development have we really got? MC is annoying not because of his personality, but because every 5 chapters he regresses and goes against any development with ML he’s had.(Also the fact that ML destroyed MC’s first clan got revealed and nothing really came of it? Or am I missing something?) I’m just getting tired of the same pattern repeating itself. ML annoys MC, MC pushes ML away, ML acts sincere and vulnerable, MC is moved… until the next morning when we’re back at square one. Rinse and repeat.
Now this is just my opinion, nothing wrong with enjoying the story. It’s just not doing it for me anymore character wise.

Age gap does not automatI ally equal grooming/pedo. The crown prince is blackmailing/threatening MC. Even if he is older, he is still a victim. Older people can be victims, younger people can be perpetrators. Context is key. Now if the argument is meant toward the author for including this underage/adult trope, that I could understand more.

She is so self-centered and clearly doesn’t care about Doyeon beyond basic niceties or how Doyeon can make her feel better about herself. Someone else commented how Jinju has never done anything to make her life better and they’re right. She’s a perpetual self-made victim. Doyeon deserves better and I hope end game is her starting to value herself and finding a partner who genuinely cares for her. Maybe the Professor.
Also they let the sister off WAY too easy in this. She deserved such a beat down after setting up another woman to be trafficked and rped.
I don’t like it when a barely involved third party gets all the relationship answers or knows everything about a miscommunication and just gives them to the other party. Just removes any reason for the main couples need for communication. Also it usually leads to everything being resolved in 1 chapter and removes the possibility of an apology. Bc in this one, and many others, ML treats the MC like garbage, someone unrelated reads a mind, knows a history, or learns a secret, and tells MC and suddenly all is forgiven. Like in this one, finding out ML actually “likes” MC doesn’t suddenly excuse him treating MC like nothing more than a sex object all up until the very last few panels… But this manga is like 90% porn so I’m less annoyed at this one than others.