@Planguy well Freya comes from a country with a attitude similar to the colonization conquests of the Europeans such as Spain and England and even Germany. Though Ussapala is probably a mixture of the norms and the vikings from Greenland and Scandinavia.
I didn't lokenher attitude in volume 6 but her attitude is a bit better. But unlike Aura, Freya comes off as a bit of an entitled brat thst thinks she's owed something. Of course she is able to hold in her emotions due to her training of being royalty, but unlike Aura who seems knows she is self centered for the sake of being thr ruling monarch she's adjusting her needs and wants for trh country while respecting Zenjirou's wishes.
Freya i don't feel that. I have a feeling that she expects concessions from her partner but is unlikely to actively try to make life easier for her partner. To her it's an added bonus. Even her "love" is on preconceived notions Zenjirou's personality. And if anything doesn't fit her framed conception will immediately cause a cooling period.
Her needs seem to come first and if Zenjirou ends up happy it's an added bonus. But I don't see Freya as a person making sacrifice for someone else when that sacrifice doesn't come with benefits.
Simply put she is happy Zenjirou is treating her as an equal but I don't think Freya, deep down views Zenjirou as a equal to her. Maybe on surface level but I think that is as far as it goes. Aura has pride but she's been humbled on occasions (in private of course). Freya is lacking that a little.
Well her character did improve a little but only a little. But if she does enter the inner palace of Capua as a concubine, depending on her attitude and treatment she could lose points immediately.
Right now she even though she is up front with her personality, remember she is a royal in thr middle of a international trade agreement. She is selling herself in the best possible light while thr trade agreement is still in the works. But if it goes through, what happens after?
She might make trouble for Aura and Zenjirou. Aura was very upfront with Zenjirou. I still feel Freya has not been completely up front with Zenjirou.
I don't know why alarm bells are ringing in my head when Freya made her appearance compared to Aura during her first couple chapters. I didn't get the feeling at all from Aura.