
Who is this red haired bitch? As far as I can remember she’s never been mentioned once? I thought things were supposed to be coming to a close, why are they introducing a new obstacle… ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭

Not really in the sense of yuri romance. It’s more like whatever the female version of bromance is/MC has sworn to protect/serve the queen (very close confidant/friend/family). MC ends up with a guy.
There’s more yuri vibes from some of the side characters though, but nothing really official if that’s what you’re looking for.
I totally forgot about this! Japanese manga takes too long to update (〜 ̄△ ̄)〜