um what did you not read it properly
the reason he has communication issues is because he was sa’d by a woman and obviously the deal with the lapileon curse
ofc he wasnt gonna open up straight away? he’s been surrounded by constant work by the emperor and basically as his lapdog and just went along with it
plus his personality is timid and stoic because he’s careful surrounding the situation bc of the curse
but yea then as you can see overtime he opens up a bit cause FL is willing to help and kindhearted and can read the room and overall sympathetic and is trying to help their situation out of the kindness of her own heart regardless their marriage is contractual
never see a better ML. fr hated him at the beginning cuz bro just like couldn’t communicate but bro worships the FL and thats what we need more of fr. id give him life changing head