...Astrid throwing Tan was wrong of her, yes, and the only justification I could excuse it that the last time she saw her son he was legit a dog so she didn't recognize him.
She's absolutely not being fair to her other child, either. The kid has to default to his dad and we know he doesn't want to go through with killing MC, but will stand aside if it does happen.
I think Astrid is simply pointing out that magic is a field that you don't progress in like leveling up. Whatever power you have, you have and you just have to work within those parameters.
MC is a child sacrifice and Astrid doesn't want her family to legit murder a child. Especially since there is NO guarantee that killing this kid will magically fix the desertification. She's been studying and trying to fix the region for years. She knows her husband plans on killing MC the moment she woke up, so she took her and ran. She probably cares about the people in the region, but those people aren't bound to the land. They can move. None of it is fair to anyone. She's just doing what she thinks is right.
Saw comments about Lady Astrid's moral not being the best. But fr, I dislike her even more here TwT
Our MC told her a very good reason about why she wanted to stay and yet all she did was obsessed about MC's power. Even her words about Hilda kinda don't sit well to me.
It feels like she's like those obsessed villainess who only cares about power. I know it because she tried to prevent MC to get sacrified, but her respond is just weird cuz it feels like she didn't care about other people without magic at all... I mean, she is a genius, so why not try to find a solution to save both MC and her people? I'm sorry to say this, but Lady Astrid please go back to sleep. Let the Duke and your children gets character development