@Teacats talk-no-jutsu to give her a perspective shift perhaps

@Spca112233   she doesn't need anything in return. She's already basically a goddess. What she wants is the princess to be safe, and giving her power directly is the way to achieve that.

@Echiko also i think if an author struggles to write 8 year olds then they should just write 15 year olds instead. Same difference when it comes to magic school.

@Kim Neko the promise: happy life. The present: child murdering terrorism

@Ellundril It's established that she has plenty of experience with slaying monsters, but little in the way of fighting humanoids. She's used to charging her attacks where she needs more agility against people.

@Kim Neko hate to insult the story like this but i must agree. She only went to the city because she was starved for bonds after the bears died. Literally anyone else besides a ducal family could've shown up and decided to live with her and that bond would have been fulfilled with much less stress.