They don’t fall in love until much much later
It will happen after a loonnggg while. The bigger point of this is that she goes on adventures by herself and that she gains a lot of different experiences. So that’s why it will take a long time for her to get her human body back bc the author wanted to focus more on the MC being active and fighting for her country instead of romance. So it will be an incredible slow burn but it will be worth it
I like how the emperor has thrown the crown away bc he thinks it’s trash lmao