Man, I wish she was a bit crueler. Take Jeanette as a political hostage which might help because her father seems to care about her but on the outside it be like punishing the council member who brought in the late emperor and went against her. Yet she is also a child and doesn't hold enough power.
If this wasn't my new ship I be worried for the girl who refused to acknowledge the king's obvious friend then when confronted hit him. There's obviously a rift between power of men and women in this, and as what I presume a nobel lady from a family who has gone to the castle to work she be in...
It be nice if she would rip the Duke a new one for shaming her even before she arrived. The Duke should know what the public sees him and Serenia as, but gets a fiance and doesn't do anything to welcome her. He says to shower her in luxery, but the moment she arrives the servants all probably...
Wouldn't a way to fix an issue is for Sei to gain custody of Aria. Like put an excuse of that they both are from Japan, and that Prince Kyle being a child himself shouldn't have taken Aria and act as her legal guardian. Pull up evidence of the prince and his entourage being completely...