This was a really beautiful moment, as frustrating as this story may be, the one thing it does perfectly is characters and motivations, and this is the crux of it all, all the characterization and camaraderie came out
the way that this proposal truly accepted pauliana for who she is and is a celebration of that??!!!
the way that she has come so so so far and THIS will be her greatest recognition and legacy!?!??!!
shes been thinking so hard on how shes been blessed to be a knight and how shes lived a life so different than other women 😭😭
and whether she really feels the difference or not, because of her example shes inspired so many ppl 😭
and now finally this inspiration has
taken shape in such a way to Allow other women in the empire inspired by sir paul to set out to achieve what they want 😭😭
One of the few shoujos that acknowledged the FemMC's privilege (she could only become a knight because the law didn't explicitly forbid it) and then goes on to right the sistemic wrongs. I'm still amazed this story exists.
(also one of the few stories where one of the main characters has a child and is not immediately ended / becomes their defining characteristic)