
Since we have romance tag on this story then I guess we will have a ML for our MC. I think that Joel is the ML. For now he is the most possible candidate for being ML since we can tell he has a thing for our MC and he clearly did not give up even though she left.
Unless the romance tag reffers to MC parents' love. I would be a bit dissapointed tough. This story has potential to have romance for our MC. It would be good to show that even though MC is genderless she can still find true love like her father altought they can't copulate. It would be very refreshing to see love that doesn't need sex to be eternal.

Looks like he comes from a very prestigious family so probably something like homosexuality is unacceptable and something very shameful... Could it be that they tried to ,,cure" his homosexuality (ridiculous as fuck) so they took him to the doctor but the doctor couldn't do anything so they locked him up in the house and gave him drugs which they though would make him ,,normal"... It's scary how narrow-minded some people are.

I think it's more than the issue of homosexuality. I think he was raped by a man when he was a child, and it was his father that put him up to it. That's why because of trauma, he became the person he is now. Remember from the old chapters when his brother came and then he said something along the lines of "I'm living exactly as the way father made me to"? I think that was a premonition about his past, about how his father offered him to the person that Jihwa(?) imitated in his note/letter.
If we look at it in this angle, we can explain how he got worked up becayse of one letter from an old dude, how that Jihwa said he accepts him despite his past, and how he said he hates being touched by older men.

well technically homosexuality is seen as taboo in korea, up until these days. kinda funny when you think about how much yaoi manhwa korea publishes lol. but in the old days (joseon era, setting of this story) it is wrong to be attracted to men and some see it as "illness". i dont think he's gay in the first place, he fucked men because he resented his father, not him attracted to men in the first place.
idk he probably got abused or something? or witnessing his father fucking men? or his father fucked him? or his mom being lesbian??? lmao

Thank you for picking this up I thought no one will do that anymore, which is such a pity because it's a really good story. I also have an exam soon so I hope you do well on the exams (๑•ㅂ•)و✧ You're doing a great job and I hope you can continue when you can and have time (⌒▽⌒)
As for myself I pray I will be able to pass my exam at least(/TДT)/ Math is such a bitch, I hate it but I hope I will pass and won't have to do this ever again. (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
He needs an excuse to marry a commoner and ,,because I love her" won't make the nobles accept her. After all most of the royal and noble marriages were formed according to title and benefits. He needs to show them that making her his empress will be a good thing for them. Even in history books it's evident that most marriages weren't formed because of love. The youngest queen of my country was crowned at the age of 10 and 2 years later she married 20 years older husband. In my opinion it was a marriage formed in order to stabilize the young queen's position and after all she was just 12 y.o, she needed someone who would stand by her and support her. And it had to be an adult man who would rule the country with her. They were good rulers though. Althought they didn't love each other. But the queen lived in harmony with him. At least that's what books say. In other worlds marriages in royal families won't be accepted by nobles with simple ,,i love her/him"