if ur on ch.50 the romance doesn’t properly start until a little bit later, but the development is pretty solid imo. ur not that far from the end of the 1st act, which is when their relationship starts to change. re: ages, im assuming garam did his military service already, since bdk says (i think on her twt or blog) that garam is 20 when he attends gaeum. at that same time heejae is ~37.

Okay I'm on ch 50 and I really don't know where the story's going in terms of the romantic aspect, who is Garam gonna end up with? And I don't need smut and I love the plot as it's so different than most stories but I would really like some engagement. Hopefully I'll find that in the next chapters