It's not that she doesn't care about the others. Sometimes it works like that, there are words that just hit you differently than others and i suppose hearing "because you're your father's daughter" Helped her feel better about herself since she admires her dad greatly-
Using the "Dad" card is the most effective way to get close or soothe Maybelle's anxiety.
the illustrator tweaked the scene in chapter 44 and removed Maybellerophon scene , but now they get people to adapting the novel script so the adaptation is more consistent now.
Maybelle actually was terrified when she saw Rykell's power (extreme magic demonstration b4 summoning spring season), and drowned in inferiority complex until Phon hold her hand and told her to believe in her lineage.
Phon also approached differently by spelling out Maybelle's main weakness (controlling mana) and assure her that she will make it through even if it is not perfect. yah, he stayed and helped her training afterall...
tbh, Phon is the most underdeveloped character , Abel and Aslan grow up in beautiful way... but Phon....
he spends too much time with Rykell.
and if we squint in season 1, Maybelle already has the bias tendency and favoring Phon over everyone. number 2 after Rykell actually
I 'm not really a fan of how the author portrayed the MC as slightly uncaring about everyone else trying to help her not feel nervous, but as soon as Bell steps on the scene everything is suddenly fine.
I hope they don't decided to just abandon the other characters development in favor of ramming home that Bell is the ML