see her as beautiful until her skin lightens up. The only thing that changes is her skin color. Sure, they frame it as "oh well the military says she's a war hero and she was responsible for saving lives" but these high society pricks were the ones who pushed her to go into war knowing she could die a teen, so even if they say "well she's a war hero" the MAIN thing is that the light spirit blesses her and gives her light toned skin. She became "purified" when her skin became white. You can read the room and figure out that's not a cool thing to imply, and it's not the same as her being tan because literally NO ONE ELSE has the same skin tone and she can't even make herself "less dark", she goes from dark skinned to full light skinned. It's nearly the same as if there was another country that existed in this setting with "savages" because they are darker skin toned.