I hope Himari sticks around in Mia’s half of the story for a while. I think she could use an ally and a character to play off of (and maybe a girlfriend? They did have a meet-cute, after all). Meanwhile Philia is getting more used to people being nice to her, and it’s very cute to see.

I suspect that the thing Osvalt was alluding to is that the first prince may have been in love with, or even engaged to, the previous saint who recently died. At least, that’s what I’m guessing from the shot of him staring at the vase of flowers.