honestly i understand what people are saying about how the ML doesn't look like he likes the MC. imo he seems to not have realized until the very end which probably stems from his childhood of being unloved. it's likely he doesn't know how to express that (hence the extravagant ways he went to give MC the things he might've liked). i think his way of loving was subtle, and i definitely don't see too many BL fantastical/romance tropes focusing more on the fantasy side of things, so i definitely enjoyed that. if you like the focus on the 'BL' side of things i don't recommend reading
honestly i understand what people are saying about how the ML doesn't look like he likes the MC. imo he seems to not have realized until the very end which probably stems from his childhood of being unloved. it's likely he doesn't know how to express that (hence the extravagant ways he went to give MC the things he might've liked). i think his way of loving was subtle, and i definitely don't see too many BL fantastical/romance tropes focusing more on the fantasy side of things, so i definitely enjoyed that. if you like the focus on the 'BL' side of things i don't recommend reading