Has to lead on young men so that her daughter doesn't get a bad end
The mother remembers her shameful otomege otaku life too late, is a widow, the hardheaded daughter's primary motivation is to marry into the royalty so that they're both rescued from the crumbling noble house they come from and it's the daughter's flirty habits with the heroine's entire harem that results in the various bad ends she can encounter. Also, the daughter's true love is the heroine's sidekick who's the daughter's former playmate and the mother was actually a woman who married out of convenience for both families instead of love so she turned to otome games to ease the pain of being trapped in a long loveless marriage.