It would be more heart warming if this story highlights the family bonding and have a posi...

uh I dont want any family bonding, I hope they realize how trash they were and suffer forever with guilt. maaaaybe the brothers could be forgiven (still no bonding though) but I hope the duke is forever miserable, more than she ever was.

I get that some people want to see redemption stories were assholes realize there mistakes, make amends and get a second chance0 (I do to sometimes). We all want to be able to learn and forgive. But sometimes for me I really don't find it realistic. This is one of them. They neglected her and mistreated her. If it were me I would also want nothing to do with my family. screw them.

I read somewhere that familiarity begets affection. Seeing someone frequently can make u attached to them. But the way her family isolated her cannot make her feel anything or any affection for them. With what face do they dare to feel regret for their sin?

I have to say first that do not expect family bonding and affection in this novel. The FL is someone who has experienced 500 years (those years, her family did not look for her once while they were used as hostages by the emperor against her), in which her feelings of resentment and hatred for her family gradually whittled away to indifference. She has no feelings for her family, which is worse than feeling hate. [Spoiler]

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there is a part in the novel where in the rebellion she sees the Grand Duke entourage approaching the gates. She thinks that they are there to attack her at first, and she thinks in her mind that while she does not want innocents harmed for her revenge, she will kill them (her family) if she has to. But the Grand Duke used a red flag which means to join and so she puts down the bow she raised

i think its amazing that it doesn't focus on that cos most stories like this always show the fl forgiving her family even after all the abuse they put her through n why would she need family bonding her father still very clearly doesn't care about her

That ploy works in other stories with redeemable characters, this family treated her like trash, left her to be bullied by the staff, never acknowledge her accomplishments and basically ignored her enough for days to pass before he was like "you know what, I havent seen that pain in the ass for a while". It doesnt help that during her childhood until adult years before she was yearning for their love and even while undergoing the magic sword ritual she still thinks enough to protect them. Its a toxic family and environment and they took her for granted. We need more stories that show that its okay to cut off people like that in your lives.

I agree! I feel they only want her back now because their pride doesn't let them understand how she could want to cut them off instead of being them who cut her off. Just their pride shattering.

honestly i think the only redeemable on is the youngest son cos when she first disappeared he cared then

wasn't it the fiance the one who cared? Im not sure though. I do agree that he may be the only redeemable one though, the other one didn't do much either, but the father is just too much, since he's the one influencing them not to relate to her