I'll have to recheck the last few chapters, but it seems like the main problem brought up in this chapter is that the apprentice has to be the one to drive the train, but it uses too much mana for them.
It's probably a case of "Sure we can use the enchanted rocks to run the train, but it uses...
I mean, to be fair, it's not really all that useful as transportation if the only people who can use it are mega powerful mages. It has to be useable by people with normal amounts of mana.
It seems like the "Hero" and his family are members of a cult/shadow organization, and would have attempted to indoctrinate Orn if they thought he was useful. Childhood friend is ALSO likely in a rival cult/foreign nation, but now thinks Orn is part of the cult (I don't think we've actually seen...
I thought he was talking out his ass about the lover's Quarrel, but he was right?!?!
Does he say that "Even monsters are living the dream!" line in the LN? Considering he has an actual harem in the LN, that'd be kind of a dumb line
I'll give Chronos props for one thing: He's not picky about his women. In what is obviously an attempt for a giant harem, he picked 50 women of various shapes and sizes, with most of the ones we see not being supermodels. Hell, most antagonists doing this would have them all wearing bikini...
If I had to guess, the entire family. Possibly even Kaya. Mirai was neglected by her mother, and then finds out that the person she CALLED her mother was essentially used as a suicide assassin. Then finding out the ENTIRE FAMILY is built off of things like this... it's no small wonder that she...
Any attempts at an explanation will end with either
"Those evil monsters have created a Cross look-alike to mock us! KILL THEM HARDER"
or
"Those evil monsters have brainwashed Cross after stealing his soul! KILL THEM HARDER!"
Her class makes her completely loyal to 1 person and grants her power based off of her loyalty... but the target of her oath can just be changed without her consent? That seems like a very stupid power. What happens if someone steals the knife? Could I just, steal the knife and order her to kill...
Wonder what would happen if he just straight up said "No, I kicked his ass, but I let him leave. YOU are the one that killed him." And just started a war between the demon lords.
Ah yes, the fake-a-heart-attack-to-avoid-sex tactic. Works every time
It might be more effective in large raid groups like this, as opposed to a small group of individual fighters. In a raid like this, they've got a commander to coordinate and give orders, with just the party it might not be like that
While I like the story, the ending for the prince is a bit... weak. I mean, the ending after (Seemingly) generations of royal corruption and ineptitude... is black hair? They killed the "Demon Lords" family for no reason and tried to ruin fmc's life... and they get their hair dyed. Realistically...