For Pope Elsevier, it was also out of duty and a sense of responsibility.
She already knew the Pope had a great sense of responsibility, and this further emphasized it. And he was right indeed.
There was a great power imbalance between humans and the long-lived races who had powerful abilities.
One would indeed not be too careless to offend them or speak their mind openly when faced with beings with extraordinary abilities and skills like them. It was understandable why other mates would have been scared to honestly spill their thoughts.
Without knowing the truth about Ferdinand in her past life, Arabella was already too afraid to speak her mind honestly, what more if she learned the truth of his identity without going through a second life?
She may have chosen differently, like the others did.
She only had the courage to make this choice because of experiencing a life she had heavily regretted and getting the chance to know Ferdinand's real feelings.
