
Esther being just his niece (according from the comments) :< All those her looking like father wife and everything seems like a downgrade to her being his niece instead of like his missing daughter aaaah very unflattering twist

Yeah, what Iām saying. Like the whole thing with the Archdukeās late wife having a twin sister is like meh. Like of course it mustāve been a twin sister, of course the twin sister had something to do with the evil Duke whoās daughter then tortured her half-sister (even if little evil bitch didnāt know that) ā Iām just not a big fan of that trope at all.
And I donāt like that it means the FL is related to the bitch who tortured her and her father just because that family made a pact with the goddess, to always have a saint born into their family. I think it wouldāve been cool if that thing didnāt happen and the goddess wouldāve been like oh yeah let me make your archenemies the saint just to fuck around with you because I know what kind of evil people you actually are.

Well if she hadnt Brions blood she wouldnt be the saintess so there wouldnt be any story
And the goddess doesnt have this much power cause of the old promise she has her hands tied...she cant even do anything in the temple if the People dont pry to her. Reason why she couldnt help Esther in her past....
I read this for Kaya but Nasu is now my mannnn