Status Updates From Palace of the Omega, Vol. 2

This story is intriguing but unfortunately the romance is becoming more uncomfortable to witness.
Well at least Khalid has an older appearance and no longer looks like a 10-12 yrs old boy.

Fumi Tsuyuhisa should have written Ilia and Khalid building a stronger relationship as adults before their first romantic kiss.
Illia kissing Khalid the same day they were reunited is suspicious and even more so after Ilia said to Khalid "you were cuter back then" after having a few flashbacks of Khalid as a child.
The writer knew what she was doing at the time of writing this.
Her sneakiness doesn't work with me.

Fumi Tsuyuhisa should have written Ilia and Khalid building a stronger relationship as adults before their first romantic kiss.
Illia kissing Khalid the same day they were reunited is suspicious and even more so after Ilia said to Khalid "you were cuter back then" after having a few of flashbacks of Khalid as a child.
The writer knew what she is doing at the time of writing this.
Her sneakiness doesn't work with me.

The 4-5 star reviewers/fans of this manga are liars.
They said Ilia didn't have romantic feelings towards Khalid before he was 18 yrs but that is a lie!
He had been seen to be attracted to the boy before he was of legal age in multiple scenes.
Also Ilia wasn't able to marry until he was 20 yrs old yet Khalid was married before he was 14 and is able to have romantic/sexual relationship at 18.