a little scrutiny that can be overlooked, but isnt significant if otherwise

Well, 'cause it's not 21st century....

i think that would rather further the plot hole since if we go that route, she wouldnt have any agency of herself, rather, she will be her fathers possession, hence she cant give herself away bc shes not the owner of her own body. but well like i said...its a passable plothole, haha

idk why do you people always bring up main characters age issue. it happens in historical manhwas a lot! I'm not saying because it happens a lot it's not wrong but you guys are so persistent (￣∇￣")

We shouldn’t place modern views on a historical manhwa. It just completely dumb since this story isn’t told in the 21st century. As for the father, rumors are is that her father is dead. (We don’t know for sure.) truthfully I believe the father just abandoned them because of the large debt but he was the man of the house but now that he gone. Nobles would take everything he own in replacement of the debt. Including the children/young women. (Most modern loan sharks does that too.) In this timeline they treat women and children as objects. Even worse if they’re lowerclass. Sadly this is how the past (and sometimes the present) was. But in a way that was a better option since let’s think about it. They had a choice of her working as a maid for 10 years or the sick aunt being put into jail. Let’s mention how if the aunt was put into jail and everything they owned is gone she would either end up as a slave, on the street dying of starvation, or prostitution. The option of being a maid is the safest especially since it seems like she would be working for the princess.