Loved this chapter. Thank you for the update!
Aria in her going-to-the-casino to get rich though. She's become so pretty! I'm crying because she's truly learned from her past mistakes. I just love her character so much. I love her sass, her wit, how she can also be calculating, clever and shrewd. She isn't trying to be some innocent, pure saint but she also isn't evil, abusive, crude, or tactless.
I hope she does continue down her current path and just brush off the Count and Mielle. They're seriously not worth her time. The right people have recognized her worth anyways and they're definitely on her side now. She just doesn't know it.
For now I think it's better for her to focus on earning money, but I'm worried some annoying spy of Mielle's (that panel of that servant as Aria was leaving is foreboding) will reveal her connections to the casino and damage her reputation. Hope I'm wrong!