MAYDAY, this is the captain of the S.S Rubia! We have just taken a full broadside bombardment from battleship Isaac. I will now declare my defection to the enemy side because Isaac and Skely boi's bromance has just broken all known laws of causality AND MY HEART!
I know some people hates side story chapters like these, but I love them. In this story's case, since the narrative is primarily focused on Shuli's point of view, we'd usually take her words at face value since there's nothing else to work with aside from speculation. Well, it turns out that...
@cryum I'm willing to bet the story got changed around when the web novel was published as a light novel, as they usually do if the author or editor think it'll improve the story or encourage sales. Having an irredeemable, antagonistic "heroine" that you can't help but hate is somewhat overdone...