Thats a kid... Usually age gaps try and beef up the younger one to c'est a feel of like equalityb in the pairing but when they don't it looks iffy sayonara alpha did it better where upon seeing how messed up the situation was man's just left cuz that's what you do sure they met up again when older but he took responsibility and left and that's literally the best thing to do
The emperor helped Sam find his daughter and they fell in love while the hot general looked for her, maybe Sam came to the palace to help with some plague in the lands that way we can have confinment but more like COVID and not prison and while there he became a dear advisor, and his daughter is found and becomes princess so now the emperor has an heir, and they all lived happily ever after until the brother returns for season 2











Let us say yay