Two as One Princesses Chapter 8 Discussion

Long story short: The author didn't think this through, it shows from the early chapters.

I am actually rereading this as I know I did go into that story a while back, but I couldn't remember the point I stopped.

So so far, I can say that the writing of the translation is very good, and the setting makes no sense except if you consider that the world exists around the protagonist, specifically to enhance how pitiful and put upon she is.

several examples, not spoiling past chap8:

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1. 1. "evil dad" expects a god to be possessing his newborn. What does do? he isolate the baby in a cold cell, and tortures her everyday to "check". genius.
   2. The author describes years of stabbing the girl everyday, throwing assassins and monsters at her, trying to kill her via all means he can think of, but the instant the evil dad penetrates her with a finger and get a bit of blood is treated as some fate-changing moment, and the focus of the narrator is "what if she dislikes men". like years of torture before is nothing, and what's important to the narrator at that moment is for her to be able to trust men? seriously? "oh damn, what if the girl currently being tortured everyday is afraid of s*x with men later, that would be horrible" is how it reads... is this actually written by an incel?
   3. The world with "jobs". First description, first facepalm. So singers, even masters, are despised because... they are not useful in direct combat as their song benefits anyone who can hear? Of course it's mentioned they can heal or uplift spirits with songs, among other things, so it's like the author has not heard of bards, the guys who existed in every culture of every civilisation, or of medics, or of hospitals, or really, of any support role in civilian areas, DESPITE showing us how a singer who is a teacher/caregiver works awesomely. Free ideas: research area, intelligence song. School, concentration song. Construction site: strength song. Emperor court: rallying song. Discontent in lower classes: propaganda/happiness song. There. what the hell do you mean by useless?
   4. The author also visibly sets up a world of idiots who cannot for the life of them think of creative uses of their powers OR develop skills without powers (like, you know, everyone in the world).

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Edit: I cannot go further, the setting is too s*upid to take itself as seriously as it does, the gender-norms pushed by the narrative is totally incongruous with the setting and the melodrama is just ugh.