MAYBE

so i might be wrong but in the first life, did gretel (the mom) get a proposal from the hero or was it forced by the marquis? maybe the hero rmbrs his past life and is trying to make amends WHICH explains why the timeline moved up and the marquis came sooner than mc planned

also i don’t want lucian to be the mL if the duke is the moms ml even if they’re not really related (but it looks like he is ╥﹏╥ )