
I like how naive, pure and curious. I hope no I need Joseph to be the ml if not I’m gonna be heartbroken.

SPOILER!!
I read here in the comments that The one who brought her back was her father bcuz the blond bitch turned out to be a demon and caused a lot of damage so the father wanted to save his ass by trying to go back to the past but he ended up reviving the FL by accident and they both ended up in the past. But yuh the ml could be the mage or the knight who knows.

Rather than the father asking the mage, i feel like the mage himself wanted to do so on his own. When he drew his magic and we got the briefest glimpse of his eyes, I genuinely felt this guy was in deep despair. I built this scenario in my head where in order to learn about the spirits she got in contact with our ml, perhaps indirectly, and he came to appreciate her. Seeing as our past MC centered her life around her father's validation, she probably only has a faint recollection of him etc
Honestly I do wish she ends up with the knight. I know it's rather common for our ml's to be this all-powerful/ rich/ imperial status spouses, it'd be a breath of fresh air if he weren't. We already have women of low status's marrying up and I would like to see the same for men. He would respect her and she him. Idk i genuinely feel that they'd make a cute and fluffy couple. I mean the way the two blushed when they held hands...(▰˘◡˘▰)

I like your theory! It’s a high possibility that could’ve happened. I also read in the SPOILER!!!!!!
That FL and her brother leave the house and their father to go out and see the world. I’m not sure if the knight will go with her or the mage will even be the love interest but it’ll be fun to see all of em traveling together away from the father.
She did that