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Aurora, you don't have her written as a power-fantasy mascot; she's giving me this vibe like she's a problem the world hasn't realized it has yet. What I mean is that this is not a power fantasy, because those sorts of characters tend to only exist to gratify the writer as a self-insert, or whoever is reading it. Aurora though? She ain't like that.

A big hint is that she's not stabilizing anything, but doing the opposite. That purple mana isn't resolving fights; it's picking a fight with the ones who laid out the rules. I can picture her at a game, expected to play like the strongest piece on the table, but she feels like someone who'd quietly flip the table while all the other character pieces are still arguing about turn order.

Am I making sense over what I'm seeing?

Oh, you are making sense. Though, I think that this is more of a side effect of my writing. I aim to create a coherent world where characters make sense. Aurora is not unilaterally praised, nor is she detested. She is neither good, nor bad. And she has her personality traits that dictate her actions. So far, the objective is to explore the world and make it feel alive.

Personally, I think that she is also deceptive, but I am not sure to what degree readers perceive that. It was something that I detest about many fantasies, that I do not feel like the protagonist are worthy of the power they wield. They are given power despite their clear lack of capabilities, which feels to me unjustified. I strive for the contrary.

Hey, I'm all cool with how everybody writes; as long as I comprehend what you are conveying, and I am, it's a good read.

Anyway, I hope you like her and the world~.

You think she's deceptive? Do you remember the early chapters where she is putting on a performance as a helpless child on the road? I'm referring to the one after there had been an ambush. She's exploiting how others read her.