Joshua, the tsundere brother, comes off as someone who cares but just isn’t good with words, which is why he and the original Seraphine didn’t get along. He checks on her when she’s sick, but his harsh words lead to arguments. The MC, though, immediately gets him and treats him like a younger brother.

As for Erez, once the MC tells him how hurtful it is that he always blames her, he changes his attitude right away. Then there’s this whole twist where he gets possessed by the soul of her ex-fiancé from her past life because of a weapon she made, and only the MC can handle it. So naturally, they start to get along.

I stopped reading when it looked like the MC was going to forgive the Duke. He’s not as awful as some other neglectful dads in these types of stories. He’s not affectionate with any of his kids, just gives them whatever material things they need, and even paid the royal family to keep the engagement going, which the original Seraphine wanted.

What I don’t get is how the family didn’t notice she was self-harming, especially after multiple su*cide attempts and fainting spells. Wouldn’t a doctor have pointed this out at some point? They were so shocked when the grandma told them about her bruises and self-inflicted wounds.

I also didn’t understand why they neglected or hated her in the first place. I thought they knew her mother died because she absorbed the latter’s mana. But apparently, they didn’t? And when the MC finally explained, they quickly said to her that she wasn’t to blame because she was just a kid at the time. It turns out, they hated her because they thought she was pushing them away, not realizing she was scared she might kill them if she got too close.