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i wonder if it was a male servant or ''low-born'' with whom he fell in love with
This is an insightful comment, I believe this has a lot to do with why he is the way he is. I kind of wonder if he may die in the end protecting Nakyum from the Assassin or get seriously injured as well? Either way I believe he is a complex character and story.
Byeonduck has done such an amazing job by making Seungho a layered character who can easily be mistaken as a simple one. There is a large misconception (both in the manhwa and real life) of Seungho being only a cruel, sadistic person. It’s clear that he’s been through trauma, especially about his sexuality. I see it as him being alienated by his family when they found that he liked men over women, which led him to have a private life (whether by force or not) and his own compound far away from his family. I think he even tried to convince himself that this is just a faze and that when he was done enjoying his time with men, he could just go back to women and forget that this all happened. This may be the reason why he is perceived as a hostile person in general. He’s not understood by anyone, not even the persons who he shares blood with. What I like so much about his confession is that he not only confirms that he likes Nakyum but that he’s also romantically interested in men, which we’ve never seen him express before Nakyum. It also ties in with his statement about killing everyone with an opinion about not only him liking men but as well one who has no social status. He also makes it clear that he’s thought about killing himself because of this.