Wait, why is the pharmacist staying there anyway? Wasn't she a prisoner? Did she not have her own goals originally? I get she is grateful for being rescued from the cage, but does she have any other reason to not leave the warring state and pursue her own ambitions at this point? She even asked MC why he was cool to her and he just said, "she's pretty" which even she mocked as a silly response. Then we got no more context for their relationship...