I thought the duke would have sense... shouldn’t he understand why she would want to be perceived as a boy esp as a slave..... but, well, i have to wonder how their culture treats slaves? he is really lax towards her (even pampering her lbr), and that’s either because of a) the in-universe status/culture around slaves is different from what readers might expect, b) archduke’s personality, or c) itsbadwriting.gif
truly.... what the hell is going on......