It feels pretty insane hounding a twenty year old for not settling down. There should still be a good four or five decades to figure out who’s going to inherit the hot springs, and there’s no reason it couldn’t be passed down to an apprentice or friend, right? It’s not like it’s some religious...
For what it's worth the novel makes it clear that the king's influence has hemorrhaged due to the actions and death of his son. Moreover he's overstepping; the Hero belongs to the Church, not him. He has no right to declare whether Nell should or should not retire.
Argus did fuck the dog here...
Maybe he was being considerate? It clearly hasn’t spread through the human(+assorted friendly species) grapevine, so if the Hero is keeping it a secret he might as well play along. If nothing else as a form of leverage, and to see what Shachiku does with the lie.
I was actually a little offended by how mid the first chapter was. About fifty pages of nothing. The only characterization anyone had was “in love with their love interest” or “dead.” At best there was some comedy out of the couple-routine but it wasn’t actually funny.
I’m prepared to eat crow...
It's a Dal-Young work, so...I give it like a forty-percent chance the MC doesn't press the issue, with a seventy percent chance the only person punished by authorities is Meltina, for making too much noise at night.
I dunno, how do we feel about these numbers chat? Too low?
My apologies if this is a joke that flew over my head, but in case it isn't: These are the raws.
You can still learn Japanese of course. Multilingualism is an important life skill.
Looks like slop is back on the menu, boys.
For that matter, why did he get anything? He already had the ability to craft. It's called "hands and sapience."