
i dont like this male lead. there's a limit to teasing. saying that your dress looks like a tomato and that you came from a circus at a young age is on the fence because he was an immature kid, comparing you to a toad at an older age is pushing it because you've already went through etiquette and what not to say if it's offensive but outright saying if she's a virgin or not based on how mature her body in that era (or in any era) will just be assuming she sleeps with others and can ruin her and her family's reputation if anyone heard it and take it the wrong way. I hope he changes and apologizes because poor MC is getting confused if he's genuine or not, I mean she's downright terrified when she even wished to not get picked.

so i've read the spoilers online (just search using name of the novel then type spoilers) and MC is the true daughter of the Duke. She also has a twin brother that's lost somewhere but the fake younger daughter called Harris seems to know who and where he is because she knew that the MC was the real daughter based on their similar appearances.
The late duchess (MC's biological mom) and empress (idc if she's an ex-empress, she's forever an empress for the sacrifice she has done and the suffering she went through. MC's current mom) knew each other during the time the late duchess was kidnapped by the current emperor (late emperor's brother and killer) because he has a kink --- i mean likes to kidnap pregnant beautiful women (i'm guessing for experiments as it was shown that MC was experimented in her past 9 lives and the late duchess has kids with the duke who is known to have immense amount of mana). The empress' baby with the late emperor died and to save the late duchess' children, they both decided that the MC shall be disguised as the empress' kid while twin brother will be with the late duchess but since she died, the twin brother was lost.
The empress has a type of magic of illusion to make it seem that the MC is her daughter as if her real daughter didn't die and the late duchess' only gave birth to a boy. The empress really loves MC so much as her real daughter and it's heartbreaking that she lost not only her husband but only her biological kid.
The empress told the truth thus the Duke knows that the MC is his real daughter while MC may be put off the fact that she was hidden from the truth, she still loves the empress as her mom and same goes for the empress.
The eldest daughter just looks cold and stuff but she doesn't oppose MC but she's secluding everyone from herself for some unknown reason while also getting information from the fake youngest daughter for any information on who're plotting against the family.
Twin grumpy is very close to the fake sister but it's going rocky because he heard in the vassals meeting that the death of the duchess was tied to vassals. after some time, he's already far gone like in a brainwash kind of sense because he's also trying to get his siblings to be brainwashed as well.
Twin puppy adores MC so much but his last appearance was with his twin.
The fake youngest daughter as ive said before knows that she isn't the real daughter but the MC because she met or seen her twin brother beforehand. Idk how she got the stuff that belongs to the duchess but one user have stated that she's been scheming since day one to have a place in the duke's family and only priorities her own interests first before own her 'family'. She has a malicious intent against the whole family due to a complex thinking that if the truth comes out, she'll never get accepted. It was implied that she's older than she appears to be due to her scheming and mature communication skills. like what if imo instead of those where your soul regressed back to a child's body but in reality, you're pretending to be a kid because your body never aged and your real age is 20 - 30 years old. kinda different plot take ngl.
Anyways, MC and Harris are gonna take a blood test to see who's the real daughter. Harris knowing that she's a fake attempted to cheat but ultimately failed and caught. It was shown that MC's the real daughter.
I dont think spoilers mentioned where they found the twin brother but it was stated that he held slight resentment at first but off guard when MC shared her experience to him. There has been foreshadowings that his rehabilitation may not be smooth. He has connected relationship with the fake sister but it's not clear how deep it is so we will never know if he's loyal to the fake one or not.
The fact that the Heroine had to go through all of that because it's the only way to get the one she really likes (Alice's Butler) because he's a hidden character is... wow. I give her respect for that kind of dedication in this manga aside from the fact that she made topsy-turvy of the whole thing for Alice but if she haven't done that then MC wouldn't have gotten Alice then XD so I guess it's a win-win. Ex-crown prince is a lost cause so far tho.
I find it funny that she never thought to just befriend Alice and get with the bulter that way. Why do they always have to "follow the Otome Game plot".
You arn't the character you can test the system for crying out loud.
Well following the game plot gives certainty. Befriending the villainess unfortunately doesn't.