nice misunderstanding among the head servants.... its not ibelina thats the active part in the relationship, so punishing her won't do anything towards breaking it
and if that gets known to the active part well then there is always the risk of it blowing up in their faces, which is funnily not something they have thought about as if it would have been something new for high royality to love thy servants
@wilstone
ibelina has far more adapted to the medival society than any other isekai mc i have seen so far and as such for her its simply outside of her field of view for a high ranking noble man like a duke to date a maid...
and the not adapted side of her thats still a modern woman is very busy with convincing herself that he is more of a little brother whom she just wants to help without impure thoughts...
both are walls that need to be overcome one from her and one from his side
so yeah he has to take his hints bind them together and hit her in the face with it because it maybe her wall but he is the one that has to smash it.