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The story constantly implicitly and explicitly bangs you over the head with the fact that Himmel is the most important person in her life and likely ever will be
Also count how many times you get th s short stories in the show about married couples which gets connected directly to Frieren and Himmel. The reason she helps Denken out next season is because him talking about all the precious times he spent with his wife before she died directly reminded her of the times she spent with Himmel
She's basically a grieving widow who never realised she should have gotten married until it was too late
