father is being blacked mailed to make her daughter eat the medication, even the temple influence on the empire is huge and the barony wasn't even included in the story, so it make sense for him to be blackmailed? idk my assumption
I have a theory. The church wants to stay powerful so they control the light element.
The element is either rare or they make it look rare. The more rare the element the more prwcious every user will appear.
So they will surpress those who are not directly a part of their chuech. I suspect that her dad didn't want her taken away by the church to be indoctrined.
Oh my gosh, I went into this story thinking it would be straight forward but OH NO it just took a drastic turn! I’m waiting with baited breath to read what happens in the next few chapters, please, please, please, don’t take two weeks, I think i might die if you do from anticipation!