
F... I ended up reading a crucial piece of spoiler and I felt bad because the twist is so good!! (Not that I didn't consider this angle). But man, I'm having a nervous breakdown together with our FL rn. No matter what she does, nothing is going her way..

I don't remember exactly what they said and it's pretty brief, but here goes.. Spoiler >>
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The duke and her good friend had a hand in why FL's life is different in this life. They did it to help her. The story going badly has nothing to do with FL, but there's another third party who's messing things up. The spoiler I read didn't specify who tho.

Idk man.. have you guys never had so many things to do at once that you can only prioritise the one with the nearest deadline? Like that's what's happening here.. plus she's a damn kid.. her body is small and weak. She can't use any magic. She has no knowledge of the world or even herself. Ofc it'd take time and a lot of mistakes to grow..
Y'all are used to happy stories too much lol

If the count really is her dad then it's the dad's fault.. why dragged Kaitlyn in it? :/ don't tell me her mother found a way to relief her depression by killing another woman and did nothing to the count??

Or maybe it’s just what she made up as a child. ? Obviously she’s been harboring this belief for a while. As a little girl, she could have mistaken her mother distress and loneliness, blaming the wrong person
Obviously the dad is innocent and helped out of good will.
It’s very possible her mom feels affection or even love for her savior.
Maybe the mum told her a lie, but that would be repaying favor with hardship, so I would think a child misunderstanding is more fit.
(Although seeing the cray cray of both blond tween you might as well be right :/)

In my opinion i think its not just a misunderstanding of the child. The mum deliberately told lies. I think the maid mentioned that Fl got kidnapped when they went out with the Mum something like that. I really think it was intentional. That maid merrly whatever her name is wanted something more than just maid status.
It could be that the empress was really behind it because of her twisted obsession or the sentence wasn't completed and Lumiere just wanted empress to catch no stray from other's malicious attempt.