as to why astrid decided to take only lectica is that she knows better than anyone how the house will act with her awakening. aka the sacrifice. so like hilda, she has planned to spirit her away to the mage tower before any of that and return to deliver the divorce papers considering astrid is done with the duke's bs
as for no one being surprised about tan or astrid. I imagine in astrid's case the servants have only see the prince as of late, so their priority of who to report is the instance of "astrid and the prince, or the prince and astrid.: yes there was the instance with the tower, but it seems agreed upon that it's the duke's fixation.
as for tan, thankfully our new butler has shown some actual reaction. it anything the duke's instance of giving tan a title, just moved to the face of tan who has become a human. as for the dog name... I think because tan was young as he is, they had only given him a dog name(?) though I think that's a bit illogical because pets can have human names too!
and with the head butler's perspective, aside from cautionary rules within the household. serving the household seems to have made them jaded. I mean imagine the days when astrid who have resurrected and maintain that forest as well. certainly a new catalyst but probably not the first instance of strange happenings
looking for recs, as titled :)
Idk what type of monsters you are exactly looking for but here some of them
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_monster_and_the_beast/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/madk/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/soara_and_the_monster_s_house/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/shotgun_boy/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/sweet_home/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/caterpillar_girl_and_bad_texter_boy/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/shokuryou_jinrui/
it's a sweet wholesome story about little bro and big bro trying to make a living after mom and dad dies. the two respectively end up picking the jobs that their parents previously had and it's implied that the talents they received is directly involved with their parents even when they were gone. the little guy became an artist and big bro got into translating
this seems to fit, but the younger bro is way younger
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/brother_am_i_cute_lovena_luv/
something else about this mermaid, I'm pretty sure he's one of those flying fish based on those fins. if mermaids display any traits like their fish counterparts, flying fish usually swim up to escape predators.
lq nuanced for what is happening