Yall keep talking about age gap like that matters. Ot doesnt matter how much years are between them just the fact that she is a child and he is an adult! Thats all i need to know to say he's a pedo. At the same time i really want to have faith in the author that he doesnt actually see her that way and instead just as precious family. It would make sense for the king to be kind of possesive of precious people considering how he's been treated by the dowager when he was young. That doesnt make trapping the saintess and nina right but it makes sense