She literally talks about how she liked the MC from before, just 5 days ago.
She stayed out of the battle the previous chapter. Da fuck you talking about her being a damsel?
-Wow... she explained how she liked MC since ever just after the moment she was introduced... very subtle and not forced at all... (I mean, one of the generic love interests literally fell from the sky in front of him so at least this time the author tried)
-And two chapters ago the new generic love interest very conveniently met the new generic edgy villain of the week and almost got killed if not were for NICE GUY MC™ been there, is like she was just created to witness him be the hero or something... again very subtle and very not damsel in distress like...
You are right... I don't know what I am talking about...
We just need the generic edgy villain to try to attack her once he realize that he is losing after there is flashback explaining his tragic story... but that couldn't possibly happen, could it?
Hey don't get me wrong, I like Generic stuff too, is a guilty pleasure... but let's not lie to ourselves and pretend this is not just a generic power fantasy and is not lazily written...