The moment MC is out of school, it gets BAD. It's difficult to build a good story where the main character single handedly ends misogyny (you can't just be like: mc exists, does things and bam everyone thinks sexism is bad), but the author didn't even try. The answer to that complicated problem is magic here. Ngl, the whole sexism thing is very extreme to begin, but explainable since there was such a drastic power difference between genders compared to our own history. Instead of trying to send a message similar to "hey, no matter what they tell you about how a woman is worth less than a man, women can very well see eye to eye with them or outdo them" it's sending more of vibes like "you know men and magic? well, no. Misogyny bad. Bad man stole magic from women. Magic will solve our problems and bring equality." Uuuugh, the whole saint plot just yeeted away so much potential imo. I guess making everyone equal when it comes to magic is somewhat of a step in the right direction, but it's so obviously an easy cop-out for the author to not have to think too much. What finally sent me over the edge was this whole lore bs about the saintess and a salty sexist dude who stole women's magic as a lifelong hobby. What the fuck?
They Say I Was Born a King's Daughter