I saw someone saying they feel like the MC and that girl love each other in the novel romantically but they don't really say it, mc calls her 'my heart'.
She does get a glowup, but it's a good thing because it made her feel better
@Clau They do sort of say it and their relationsip is as close to being romantic as it can be without being romantic. They are always very intimate with each other, but fully platonic. Both of them don't want romance for different reasons and both of them voice it outloud. The talk of them marrying each other does come up and neither of them actually against it, per se.
There is also a complication where Lee Ahn is an orphan and a servant with no family or background (for now) and she believes she is far beneath Geum Mugeuk and is unqualified to marry him and can only be his servant/employee. Of course MC doesn't care about that and the problem will sort of solve itself later on (not in a way you would think).
One thing everyone who is involved in marriage with MC is scared about is have the heavenly demon as an in-law :D MC is using this question to ditch marriage arrangements that could be pushed on him :D So basically there is no romance in the novel, kind of. Obviously MC and people around him have feelings and there are talks and such, but MC will have no couple for a long time.
But there will be a few other heroines who will develop feelings for MC. One is already definitely confirmed (we will see her in about 50-60 chapters or so) and one seem to be happening soon, but for now uncomfirmed. The story might or might not end with a harem.
