
The reason everyone hates on female love interest side characters and they get the Sakura syndrome is because the MC has yet to achive their potential and have a long way to go. Usualy having a FMC and blatantly showing interest or a path torwards romance feels like the MC is getting distracted from their main goals and usually the FMC is created just for one single purpose that is the love interst. They end up feeling too shallow as if they have nothing going on thier existence other than the MC, and seeing the depth the MC has the contrast becomes off putting.
I think that if author's want to give the readers a likable FMC love interest they should put off all the lovely dovley things untill they trully become adults have build up on their dreams and are starting to achive them, only subtly hinting at the potential romance.
A slow burn always goes a long way
Thats my take on this (=・ω・=)

Yes, in solo leveling the romance was shown as something that is part in the course of life, as in everyone eventually settles down and creates a family with someone special to them.
The girl there also followed MC, but she just had an interest in him as a strong and mysterious hunter, and that he also didn't stink for some reason
overall it was very smoothly played out.
Your welcome (=・ω・=)

Do yall want to hear a secret about Orias and MC.
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let me warn you, you most likely (surely) won't like it
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The priest and MC are actually siblings. The moment when the player finds out she is his long lost sister who got separated from him, for some reason i dont remember, is when the BAD ENDING happens and the original game ends with the player being traped in confinement by the priest.
How to avoid the bad ending?
Is to not acknowledge the fact that she knows the truth to the priest, even if they both know the truth as long as she doesn't admit to it she will survive and will finally complete the capture target path "Orasis the priest"
Its fucked up i swear, thats why he is the easiest to capture if she choses his route only, because as lonas she admits the truth she ends up with him (albeit that is in the bad ending)

I swear i hope it was a MTL mistake, but im very sure that it wasn't
I think he didnt know at first but was sus about it or he just thought she resembled his sister, then he finds out latter on. He wants to give up on sending her away and lock her up (as such reaching bad ending), but he wont do that unless she comes up to him and tells him she knows the truth.
At that point i was like i hope she is just a lookalike and it got lost in translation
Muahahhahahahahhahaha suffaaaaaaaa hehehehehehehehehehehe
Well deserved