Sorry it's long but it needs to be addressed
Also I'm not blaming the readers or even females but rather the people who don't even see a problem with this. It's an amazing book but the pedophile type tendency is too much too continue
After further reading through the comments I found that I am more then likely to drop this. My first red flag was when the characters were cheering on milten (the girl who was working as a merchant) to confess to the mint (the old man). Don't get me wrong confessing isn't the problem it's allowing and suggestions that were made through this part of the plot. The elf said that the 13 year age gap wasn't that bad within HER OWN SPECIES. Which shows that they have a different process but that's not humans. I get uaving a crush who doesn't see you the same way but this relationship is giving teachers pet by melanie martinez and not in a good way (it's extremely rare for it to be in a good way). Milten is 29 which puts mint at 42 years. Almost double her age and we were supposed to be like YASS GO GET YOUR MAN! But in reality I was like girl just sit down.
Second red flag was with the dragon baby. We were told by the mc that she is at a baby age and mentally.the relationship that we have been shown is caregiver and child but we are supposed to ship them? I understand that she is a dragon and has this immortal age but that isn't the point. You sat up here and drew her and gave her a child like body and mentally. Then when we want her to stay there or at least have been changed originally so that it wasn't weird we are seen as rude, annoying, and even over EXAGGERATING. NAH YALL GOT ME MESSED UP!! It's nasty I get that short people and even people who are childish exist I myself am both. That is still not an excuse for this behavior even if this is fictional.
I'm tired of yall doing this to female characters. Yall make them short, developed, and childish even though they are supposed to be powerful and functional ADULTS but oh no that's too good for us females. We get limited to overly sexualized and plot developers rather then characters. I'm sick and tired of seeing this and seeing people say be nice or just drop if you don't like it.
If you are an author or illustrator for everyone please don't do this.
For starts I should just say this upfront but the girl is being rude and mean for no reason. The ml has shown no reason for the malice that he has gotten from her since he woke up. I get she's traumatized but yall act like the ml didn't hear and see his village destroyed. He's been through it also so why should she get an excuse. Her brother had to be health back to health so you would think she sympathetic to the ml since he also had to have the same happen to him. The fact the master had even mentioned the hardship he faced and for them to be nice and care for him should have let her know at least a bit he ain't their enemy. Front the glimpse of their past it seemed that the issues came from adults not children. But maybe I'm thinking too much
If you saw this in the comments I messed up where I posted