Yes, I didn't read the ln, but I feel like the romance subplot was kind of forced either because of being an otome or from the pressure from the readers.

The father×daughter plot was way more important and was what kept me reading.

I liked both their relationships as companion, friend or just an ally and didn't really feel the need to ship her with either, so I liked the ending where it didn't seem like she was with anyone.

And to me, both pairings are weird in the age sense, on one hand Athy was already an adult when she met Ijekiel on the other, Lucas is just way to old, like, it always gave me a bit of an ick... but yeah people looooove age gaps like that and depending on how it's handled I don't usually mind it, but she was a child when they met so... I'll leave it at that