Think of it this way, at the end of it all, she gotten this as a result of her choice: 1) She has the antagonist sealed away in the depths of her mind, perpetually tormenting her. 2) Palpaleos is dead, leaving her a widow 3) She now has a country to run alone 4) She has an unborn child which may be the perfect vessel for the antagonist to possess or puppet to manipulate. Resulting in this war she fought to stop reigniting years later, potentially rendering her sacrifice meaningless. We have this term in the west called "dodging a bullet" which means you avoided severe baggage which came with such a relationship.