i wonder if it is his and not some autonomous thing left by another member, an inherited familiar
creepiest answer would be they cremate their dead and the smoke carries an imprint of who they were, so its effectively a collection of their ghosts
she probably confessed and he simply went with the flow from there, was a "good boyfriend" then once they dated long enough did the "appropriate thing" and proposed and just followed the "normal steps a normal person in a normal relationship" does to meet her and societys expectations
they absolutely COULD if they wanted to, what repurcussions that would theoretically have among the other nobles is a seperate conversation and depends on what kind of reputation and connections the relevant people have
the other nobles might not care enough to defend him or be equally...
when he said pharmacology i thought the idea would be that hes pressurinng uichi to live the life he wants for him, but holy fuck the dad is just likea retarded or something, like serious mental disability
your nitpicking, we saw people with psychic abilities, people who can open cracks in space, cello "erasing" a chunk of his opponent, the fact that magic existed was established just fine
and golden man being an ass was also foreshadowed
silhouiette doesnt match, maybe the story will be current queen is a tyrant and MC helps the princess overthrow her and then peace
or maybe not even an ant, a seperate race enslaved them