I do think some of the development in terms of relationship mending is abridged… but I suppose as half the ppl never really saw Aini as anything resembling a threat, once she played by their rules and didn’t step out of line, she wouldn’t be much trouble at all, would she…? Just a pawn as she’s always been.
Really conflicted about the end. I am fully on her side in terms of reforming how the church operates. It is kind of galling that she is kind of the only one who seems to actively take an interest in direct social change instead of the prince who’s just like “of course the bastard daughter was treated as a servant, wasn’t she born to a servant?” like omg I still want to curse him out so bad for that. Happy for her, truly, but since she starts out kind of antagonistic, I feel like it’s not good for the story that her circumstances are making our other heroines look bad!