When Ruvellis Kamaludin Shana Castina reveals of his death, Aristia is overcome with rage and grief. Initially, it gives the impression of being a narrative about a person coming into themselves, assuming power, becoming self-assured, and overcoming their trauma.

As proud daughter of House Monique, Aristia was raised to become the next empress of the Castina Empire.

Even then, she loved Ruvellis Kamaludin Shana Castina so much even though her love was unrequited from the beginning.

This is because although it initially sets itself up to be a coming of age/into oneself story, TAE eventually plays into its wish to be a character-driven romance. She is thrust into a position of power and saddled with responsibilities she has no experience handling (let's be real, a 16 y/o with mere 4 years of education added thereafter cannot handle statecraft the way a girl who has been brought up her whole life learning how to can). She becomes Tia's first real female friend btw (whitout political motives unlike the "friends" Tia met at the tea party and after that I think I remember she gets closer to Lady Genoa, but with her, the relationship is more because they understand each other). With the death of Tia, her husband grows increasingly angry and neglectful and she is constantly compared to and found lacking against the erstwhile queen and reprimanded for her incompetence.The Abandoned Empress has 148 translated chapters and translations of other chapters are in progress. And when she's sentenced to death by the emperor she loves, there's nothing she can do but curse the unfairness of it all—that is, until she wakes in the body of her ten-year-old self. For Allen's fans in the novel he realises his obsession for Tia is getting too dangerous and goes away to heal himself.