I understand why the FL doesn’t summon her divine beast to expose him. If she did that in front of everybody then everyone would think she stole “his” divine beast or whatever. Her talents won’t be acknowledged as her own but rather would be seen as Gasper’s. The way how ppl gossip, especially Noble men, are always going to look down on women.
Even if she did expose him now, she'd expose that she was complicit in his lie (which included lying to the Emperor/King), which she completely was. Ivona choose to help Gaspal lie and deceive the nation and even if she didn't know better, she technically (at the beginning anyways) did it under no duress. If exposed, she could receive backlash as she is not yet recognized as a powerful asset of the nation.
I believe that Ivona is trying to up her reputation to the point that if she did expose Gaspal (and her earlier self), she could at least be shown clemency in the eyes of the people and the court for her amazing contributions while also ruining Gaspal's reputation to the point people would probably start spreading rumors on their own that he maybe forced her to do it.
Yes, agreed. You make a very good point. I think it would also be consider treason or betrayal if they found out that she helped Gustave deceive the king.
Why can't she just expose him and use that to dispose of that trash from the society?? Obviously she's more powerful now and got backups behind her now .. especially the princess?? They sure like dragging this thing out and making gaspar looking more pathetic