I said it before, I'll say it again: WE know Iris feels like she's receiving comparatively less love from Mildred - because we've been observing her reactions over several chapters. Mildred doesn't have an omniscient viewpoint like we the readers do. IRIS is the one who said that she doesn't want to treat Ashley well bc she blames Ashley's father for causing their situation. Mildred responded to the concerns that Iris herself communicated. Stop acting like Mildred brought the blaming thing up out of nowhere just to make Iris feel bad, when she was just responding to Iris' own words. Mildred's doing her best with what she's told.
I actually love that she had to get reincarnated 8 times before the drastic shift in personality. It made sense for her earlier timid personality that with her first several tries, she'd just try to Be Better For Them, So They Would Love Her. Only after 8 failures does she finally truly accept that there is no changing them. She got to experience every possible outcome and confirm for herself that these people well and truly aren't worth her love and effort. Good for her!
lmao in the end jaein still hasn't let go of her ego - she created a false image of sora in her head bc she can't accept that she could lose to a normal person, because it means that she is ALSO just a normal person. like it just hit me that she hasn't actually learned ANYTHING from her losses, nothing at all has changed in her worldview - she's just created a special role for sora in her narrative, treating her as an outlier, instead of considering that her worldview is wrong actually. all so she can keep on thinking completely the same about herself. but now in addition to being kind of a dick, she's also meddling in the life of a stranger. jaein you creepy yet surprisingly loveable dumbass, get a hobby.
ooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I AM FULL OF VIOLENT URGES DIRECTED AT THAT poor excuse of a MAN