psst they've met before as kids! XD <333333 very very briefly, and who knows if they remember each other :shruggers:

MC is Cheongyeon. A stereotypical naive, pure-hearted protagonist with special powers. MC is part of the Hwa Clan-- super-powered people who can control and communicate with plants. In this world, most of the continents are sinking but members of the Hwa Clan are able to grow and maintain Cheonji flowers which support the world's continents and prevents them from sinking. Members of the Hwa Clan have hidden themselves and most people believe them to be legends/myths at this point. MC has intentionally isolated himself since childhood to prevent having his powers exposed and works as a poor apothecary and part-time bartender. MC secretly tends and maintains the Cheonji flower supporting Cheongwha Town (the island he lives on) and has periodically suffered from bouts of depression.

ML is Tae Muwon of the Peira pirates. ML is the number two in Peira and eventually suspects MC is part of the Hwa Clan but can't prove it. ML is violent, volatile, rude, and has unnatural levels of intuition. He's a member of the Kwon Clan-- a group of people who used to live on the 11th continent before it sank and are now looking for a way to resurrect the continent via the Hwa Clan. Prior to meeting MC, ML is promiscuous and only beds women without attaching any feelings. It gets reiterated throughout the novel that, for most people, ML is bad news-- people actively avoid ML for fear of accidentally antagonizing him and and being on the wrong side of his anger-- as he casually hurts people over the smallest transgressions and does kill people pretty often. MC is ML's weak spot and the only person he never physically hurts.

There are quite a few supporting characters in the book-- many of which are Peira pirates under ML, but also other pirates and members of the Hwa Clan. Majority of Peira are refugees from the sunken 11th continent who, similar to the Hwa, have hidden themselves to avoid being ab*sed.

There are five planets (aka Peira's upper management) in the novel and they all have distinct characteristics. My favourite is Saturn-- he's introduced early in the novel and is already harbouring a crush on MC before ML and MC meet. He's a pirate and obviously very physically strong, but inside he's soft and squishy and so lovable. He never has a shot with MC but he's so smitten, even buying MC's herbal medicines without any idea of how to use them.

Bloodlines and purity of blood is a common theme in Korean manhwa/webnovels. I don't know enough about Korean culture to know why that is, but there's a lot-- A LOT-- of stuff about bloodlines in this book and who has "pure" blood or is half-blood. Friendly warning for people where this kind of talk is a sensitive issue.