
one thing i hate abt the other characters is that instead of sympathising with her because they obviously knew that she lost a summon, a very close one at that, they IGNORED HER PAIN. congratulating her in such a grand manner without taking into account how she felt after losing to that jerk and what she LOST just doesn't sit right with me. I understand that they might not be close enough with her but they spent enough TIME to understand how much Undine meant to her. Especially her teacher, he should know what she's going through as a fellow summoner and her TEACHER and ELDER who obviously KNOWS MORE about spirits than her.

i don't think that lady ga-on was the one who planned against her. She might've been a pawn of either one of those two concubines or the both of them who are planning on slowly plucking out the flowers in the Emperor's Garden (figuratively, lol I'm getting emerged with these kinds of words so pardon me) and leaving the Empress and Lady Lyn for the last.
It really feels as if they tested the waters because of the rumor that Lyn and the Empress are getting along. So they wanted to frame the Empress but it backfired so they probably blackmailed that concubine to be a scapegoat. And I'm also thinking that they might be colluding with that guy that's said to be backing up Lady Lyn. ( ̄へ ̄)
also, idk if i'm dumb but i feel like undine has some connection to her mother... idk if it was implied and i'm just dumb or once again, i'm jumping into conclusions ¯(ツ)/¯