damn, really liked that series so its sad that youll drop it. others may find the fl weird, bur you have to think about, that she is a girl that was born in the war and lived her whole live during it and fighting. fighting for a king she never new and idealizing him etc. Additionally i believe they mentioned that she was (part) barbarian herself, so probably a product of a barbarian raping a woman of the kingdom, which lead her to beeing raised without much love (if she even was raised at all by someone and not just abandoned after birth). furthermore, the way she is right now allows for quite a bit of character development if thr crown prince treats her nicely (and no, that he liked to jerk arround with most of the people arround him doesnt mean he also would do it with his (beloved) waifu-to-be.