Seungho definitely loves him, its just the kind of comic u have to reread and analyse to understand properly which is what makes it interesting, if u take everything everyone says or does at face value it's probably an entirely different story. its not rly comparable to the ones u gave as it is set in an entirely different period with societal issues, class differences etc. of course nobody is expecting a sweet love story but we can still expect development in the relationship, as we have already seen.
Agree to disagree, then. I also think this is more than just a surface romance story, and it takes some analyzing and intuition to understand. I just don't think that (personally) Seungho really loves him, at least not yet. (There just might not be another word to describe how Seungho is acting right now to Lord Min, and 'love' might be the closest equivalent to how Seungho feels.)
But I don't know about that last part. From the comments, it looks like there's a lot of people looking for a by-the-numbers normal romance manhwa.
maybe you're right i can't speak for everyone lol. and whether seungho loves him is up to interpretation i guess, the way he acts can't have any other explanation though really. he definitely doesn't treat him as though he loves him but i believe the author is trying to convey he does in a way he can't show it or know how to act on his emotions. why would the author make min say he has fallen for him if that's not the case? definitely not the purest form of love though lmao. hopefully we will get more context to his actions and his thoughts as the story progresses so we can make a definite assumption.
It's just my interpretation, but I was thinking that Byeonduck had Lord Min say that was to put the idea into Seungho's head because it's clear from his shock that even he didn't think that's what he felt. So maybe with the No-Name/Jinhwa subplot, it'll push the story towards more development and backstory for Seungho. And Lord Min saying that Seungho loves a peasant so loudly could have political outcomes if any of the other men there decided to spread the word, so that could be another subplot, maybe. But I'm just guesssing.
yh i think the plot will take a new route now that he has realized it, and that subplot seems possible. seungho already has a terrible reputation tho so he probably won't care too much for rumors but we will have to see, thats definitely a huge theme already though. i also find it interesting that the other men weren't hesitant in having sex (if it got to that point) with a low born either, but obviously thats different than falling for one lol.
I don't think Seungho loves him either. He's acting more like Nakyum is a possession or an object he wants to control/doesn't want to share. But even if he does love him, why would Nakyum think so? He's been assaulted and held captive. I just reread the chapter and I don't know why everyone's trying to make this into a typical romance story, yet they get disappointed when it's not like that every week. There are different kinds of stories. Just because the manhwa has a lot of sex scenes, doesn't mean it's romance. Idk, maybe read 'BJ Alex' or 'The Good Teacher' if that's what you want in a story. *shrug*