In my opinion the way the mc thinks and acts is weird and his decision making process makes no sense at all. And while I like the idea behind the story the way it’s written made me drop it. The conversations don’t sound “real” and it messes with the flow of the story. The authors word choice is strange too, they use words you wouldn’t hear in everyday conversation which is fine if the word you use fits, like using the word nomenclature in chapter 4 it doesn’t really fit and should have been replaced with a different word such as term but it’s like the author wants to sound smart or make the mc seem smart by using “big” words but doesn’t really know what the word actually means. also some aspects of the story don’t make sense like an 8 year old boy being 70 cm the average height of a 2 year old is taller than that it just seems poorly thought out.

I’ve read to ch 777 and it never gets brought up. I’ve always just assumed it’s a mixture of the MC being influenced by the marriage ritual, and the fact that everyone in this story has a few screws loose.