
y'all, i was so impatient that i started reading the novel, AND IT JSUT GETS BETTER WITH EACH CHAPTER. i mean, rn there is so big action that is going to make your jaw drop, but everything, EVERYTHING is going to be fucking awsome

WE DON'T FUCKING KNOW. oh spoiler alert
they unlocked just now the pocket watch, which is also a soulstone (a part of the soul of an extremely powerful being, Luciel), and we're now seeing the memories of the lil bro (i'm kinda salty, cos he kinda was a bitch). so right now, i'm not that mad that we don't know if he's alive.
come on mielle, you are clearly dumb.
why would you tell your maid, who's totally inexperienced in these kind of things, about the fact that there's poison in the tea. to make it effective, she shouldn't have told her, so vivi, the maid, would have acted as if everything was normal. come on, even i, who's dumb can understand this much
i think its the fact that she is inexperienced. because if she was experienced than the incident would be tyed to her faster
or mielle really is just plain dumb, which is really probable
Mielle is a born and bred lady, who has everyone do everything for her. Why would she try to do anything by herself, when her role which she has accepted is to marry her beloved Oscar, tie the two powerful families together, and overthrow the emperor?
The thing you have to see it is from her perspective. If she had put more thought into it, like maybe Isis would (unfortunate she is not instructing Mielle properly) or Isis' father, who manipulated the situation with Asterope. The puppeteer does not have to dirty their hands, if played correctly.