
The baron seems fishy to me, no matter what he does, it seems like hes a bad guy with a facade. And the prince knows it.
She came close to realizing that hes slowly allowing her to rely on him so when dire situations, like this one happens, she'd immiediately want his support. I'd rather she depend on herself rather than this man ( ̄へ ̄)and I have a suspicion that thats the route this webroon is taking. Based on how she talks about supporting herself with her business. Also in the cover art im pretty sure, its her and her girls (● ̄(エ) ̄●)

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1. Daniel's mother is a fairy; fairy in Cinderalla.
2. Pevious Mildred, before her death, wishes that her three daughters can be happily married.
(Previous Mildred is death, now we have Now Mildred)
3. Fairies are sensitive to despair, and Daniel has to check out Mildred's residence to figure out the cause for the despair, which is why he is interested in the house. He is not money-hungry.
4. Daniel investigates the origins of the artist to potentially increase the price of the painting so Now Mildred and her family can get what they deserves, also to support Lily since she wants to be a painter too later on.
5. Daniel is, one-sided, fallen in love with Now Mildred.

can someone recap what happened before this latest chapter

There was an oracle from God that the church priests deciphered? and its top top secret, many nobles tried to bribe the church to get the information by giving donations but failed, the only ones to know are the church, Medea, Helio, Psyche, and the crown prince. The original oracle predicted that either the crown prince or Psyche will kill the king? and destroy the empire.. the crown prince went to the church to do an inspection to know who went in and left there and almost caught Medea. Medea, after receiving the word of god fabricated a fake oracle (rumor of the oracle) saying that she would be the one to kill her own father.
This hurts so bad. And im not talking about the hiatus. The fact that she'll never romantically like Lester ╥﹏╥ but I mean her reasoning is solid. Good thing its on hiatus though because after that confession, I needed a break anyway.