I always see Mikhail as the ML ever since his first appearance, saving the baby from the kidnapper with arrow. Childhood to lovers troupe. And gosh, those who thinks this is weird might have too much perverted thoughts in their mind
It's not about a perverted mind like c'mon now he was literally asking her if he could be her brother when they were younger the story will be much better if they keep the sibling love between them instead of adding romance
Rereading this and those extra chapters once again made me realize that children are the most forgiving one in guardian-child relationship. They truly forgive their guardians easily while the guardians go through trials and errors (which sometimes hurt the child's feelings) to raise one
Luca really knew what he felt and what he wanted, to be happy. and I am so happy he got the ending that he wanted