Rosemary will never learn until her stepmother stops enabling her and her growing debt of consequences blow up in her face, all at once. The villainess reputation was only a matter of time considering Serena doesn't actually care to put up appearances that curry favor among people. I'm more surprised she wasn't considered a villainess until now.
Serena should have continued to leave home and be a full-time assassin. Staying there was a mistake when her only other ally the duke is never there and might as well not exist* (*the duke's money is effectively his representative, that everyone including Serena benefits from).
At the very least this manga doesn't do that typical nonsense of maids daring to be cruel to the noble daughter. Even the maid who did do as ordered seemed a bit nervous about doing it.
I dont get it, is the mom a former commoner? Is she just braindead?
Also what does author/artist think WHIPPING is?? That pic shows some minor scratches.
A real whipping tears the skin off your fucking body, that woman should be rolling on the ground in bloody agony.
Anyway I thought MC already had a bad reputation, how does this make a difference?