Yeah pretty much what saphirekosmos said. We're in chapter 4, y'all, with no idea where the author is going with this.
The only bit I'm sure about so far is that at some point, we'll get Reshutoka asking why Karina hasn't bitten her back. Like it's the ceremony of marking your claimed mate or...
Yeah it really feels like this. You can't get too gender without convoluted comphet gender logic unless you want to get axed. It's like the DCU mangaka just wants to focus on the game aspect before touching gender and getting potentially axed.
I understand this being a really cutthroat and hostile environment, but aren't people being a little too comfortable around an adventurer doing this for a promotion? Meaning, the guy has some serious skills and strength to get this far. Yajin can't really take on a squad of trained knights, but...
...gay dubcon, biting, canine gestures, and then a sudden veer into linguistics/anthropology/history.
Yeah, that sums up a good chunk of lesbian fiction.
Yeah, it looks to me that there's some serious culture clash going on here. It's a bit like that "steal the bride" thing some cultures have as tradition.
"the fact that I have used my magic to give myself the ability to pass as a girl does not mean I want to be a girl!"
and other lies you can tell yourself