
A pointless ship, but you do you. Personally, I'm looking forward to the crazy red eyed bxtch to realize that no matter what she does, the ML will never want her. It seems she thinks she can just force him into a marriage.
Aside for the main couple (ML+FL), the other couple I do ship though, is the MC's sister with the real crown prince who's currently being mistreated by the emperor. Looking forward to them growing up and being with each other.

I thought about that the crown prince and FL’s sister, she had unrequited love for him in the original, but with them having more interactions I like to see if it becomes mutual love. I mean with her backing they could rule the world. Ive been rooting for the main couple forever so I’m glad to see this development, can’t wait till he learns that love isn’t a bad thing and that he’s experiencing it.

Can’t say I agree with your take on his looks, I quite like how dark, brooding and sometimes clueless he is. On the other hand, I can’t say I find the blonde bxtch attractive in any way. She went from trying to take the ML for herself and attempting to bully a child to being openly mocked by said child as well as both leads. She wasn’t even a worthy villain as she devolved into irrelevance.
Y'all don't be mad at me but I'm kinda starting to ship the crazy blonde red eye bitch with mc instead of the (annoying, clingy, can't make up his FUCKING GOD DAMN MIND) ml, like it could be that my brain has gone to far into the dark side but like they kinda work better than the "I need you only for your powers" relationship (I LOVE enemies to lovers type of shit). Like my two brain cells are like "they kinda cute together ngl"