So reading up to ch30. No specific order but here are some spoilers. Sorry if its confusing..
Mc is probably the heart of Olga or something because her tears healed Dylan's wound. Neither of them noticed it at the time though (mc overhears dylan telling the marquis that he will not accept her as his sister and that she isnt his sister. Mc runs away from the training field into Yousef Forrest or the forest of mourning where beasts are and dylan runs after her and they encounter beasts on their way back. Dylan gets hurt protecting mc and she cries).
I think dylan is ml. Her reactions and comments about dylan as well as his about her dont really come off as siblings. One old nasty noble mentioned once that the 2 should marry, but ut was earlier chaps and the count said no. Bet that's gonna change
The duke and polia visit the counts mansion under the guise of investing in the counts gold mine. Mc and dylan overhear duke and polia insulting her and it's honestly heartbreaking. She sobs in front and in Dylan's arms.
Marian is totally loving mc as well as the other staff. Even the count and damon love her but dont understand just how much. They all see her as family...well I think dylan is just protective of her.
Its revealed..hinted.. that the stepmom diana and the duke possibly killed mcs mom. Diana had a disease that was going to kill her in a few months so that's why she was ok with dying. Remember she framed mc by making it look like mc pushed her off the cliff.
Polia is revealed really wick and sisniter. Apparently she abuses her personal maid and not only beats her but locks her in a chest. She is just like her mother the bitch diana from the brothel. She knows how to set up mc really well and play that up since the duke had an inferiority complex at mcs mom and even mc since they were so outstanding.
Closer to ch30, its shown how polia real ly is pretty dumb, mannerless, and not even a hair if worth as good as our mc. The duke starts comparing them 2 more and realizes this but wont admit anything. He also seems to be getting irritated with polia since she keeps playing the same cards over and over.
Oh polia is now in love with dylan and dylan cant stand her nor the duke. The whole count mansion hates them actually and not just for the revenge thing.
So the mc when she turned of age in her previous life she turned the half stone that the duke has black. Polia pushes her out of the way and turns it back red. Because mc turns it black, duke is pissed since his reputation is down and the house reputation suffers. Society thinks mc is an impure blood since only the selected blood of the house turns it red. I personally think there is a mixup in the understanding. One of the chaps where mc is reading in the counts study and she reads a passage on pg344 or something makes me think that. I think the 2 houses need to join so mc and dylan need to get together. Just my opinion of course.
Also did I mention that the counts mansion is all very protective of mc. Dylan even gets jealous when she calls his friend oppa lol.
Oh mc, when living with the duke, was known throughout the empire as being intelligent,creative, and to have proper manners and what'snot just like her mother. So when polia is compared, she falls short and that pisses polia off.