I suspect whatever force made the Yuri relive this story thought it a happy story, until reliving it led to her feeling nothing but despair so when someone read the story just resenting everything about the love leads it pulled Melissa in.
The memorial thing being gone doesn't seem like it'd stop him getting new abilities exactly if he's still able to get these new job change privileges. Feel like it has to mean something else.
Guessing Isaac is doing this return to his old body by burning out the last of his life so that Skele-bro can gather the essence of some dead wizards to empower him for the next run. If he died as it is it'd be difficult to get a big enough power up on his own to be able to face guys like that...
Maryrose may have already decided she'd rather die than lose her friend/face, so she's set up a fight where she can teach Kate a bit and die in the process to save her face.
@Twia
I think it strikes her as disgusting having a monster talking to her as well pissing her off having attacked MC who is pretty much her lifeline to sanity, but then even during the fight the MC is cheering her up so she goes to her slightly not sane cheerfulness.
It's shitty, but it probably was the right choice for Isaac given they're talking about non-stop torture. Still what now? It seems like's abandoned the senator route right now, so maybe on the search for Rubia's grave?
@kimkim44 towards the start he was restarting over and over with Rubia dead and unable to save her, made it seem like the rule for a while was that his "save point" or whatever would move forward over time with completing certain tasks, but then instead when he completed Rena's 'quest' he seemed...
Isaac probably had some reason for lying, whether it was just to give Skelebro purpose to keep going or maybe to get in good with Malphas, but I'm guessing while Skelebro is here he'll try finishing Senator Lady's quest to help get more lulium (along with maybe the desert legacy?) for the next...
Think it's basically each of the students of that great mage ended up cursed some way, the one girl to look like a monster to everyone else and our master girl to see everyone else as monsters which is why she's so insane over the MC since he looks normal in this world of horrors for her. The MC...
I can't help but think that wasn't a deity so much as the original Melissa's spirit that's haunting the world and cursing Yuri to be repeating this same life.