My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending - Ch. 82 - The Encounter with Francis

[CAVEdude123]

Here comes some edgy tryhard trying to say what Francis did was stupid.
What he does is pretty reasonable considering the general opinion on Harold, who's probably very close to be called the most dangerous X factor in the world at this point.

Cuz he is? Lmao. If he thinks Harold is 'the most dangerous X factor' why confront him alone lol.

 

[pachingching]

yeah kill this wanna be playboy fraud with your own hands bro.

 

[Bibliothecarius]

Thnks for the chapter!!!

 

[glueweeb]

bruh

 

[BobBiscuit]

so like wasn't the whole premise to avoid the bad ending where he dies? i know i’m bringing this up rather late but he's now found himself in a situation where he's going to die very soon from the cursed sword, so at this point just kill the doctor. you're fucked regardless of whether you can prove yourself innocent so just kill the guy who is going to cause the end of the world and has made your life hell. unless i’m forgetting something that happens earlier that prevents that i feel like he's strong enough to kill the guy, and go into hiding for the last year or so of his life.

Doctor thinks Harold's gonna die soon due to the cursed sword, because he fully believes Harold has been using it more than in actuality. Reincarnator inside Harold knows about the sword's properties, though, and has been deliberately using it only as absolutely necessary, so he's got a lot more life in him than he's letting the doctor believe, but less than he would if he never got the sword at all. Beyond that, the doctor is well aware that Harold hates his guts and knows more than is letting on, and presumably has other contingencies to ensure Harold can't just off him -it's one part of why he keeps Harold running around across the nation rather than at his side. So Harold's trying to push the story along with just enough differences that he lives at the end, but the hero's party still takes out the doctor like they're originally supposed to.

 

[Highorse]

Here comes some edgy tryhard trying to say what Francis did was stupid.
What he does is pretty reasonable considering the general opinion on Harold, who's probably very close to be called the most dangerous X factor in the world at this point.

ts NOT reasonable at all vro
In your own words "the most dangerous X factor in the world at this point" and instead of trying to figure things out discreetly you confront the guy violently? By inviting him to your room? Without confirmation nor backup of any sort? Good lord the man had NO plan

 

[Schernobyl]

ts NOT reasonable at all vro
In your own words "the most dangerous X factor in the world at this point" and instead of trying to figure things out discreetly you confront the guy violently? By inviting him to your room? Without confirmation nor backup of any sort? Good lord the man had NO plan

He has a plan.....ambush Harold, be faster than Harold...its not a good plan.

 

[Tsumi]

He literally has been around them longer than he has, so technically he could just turn it on him instead 😐
Honestly hope mc makes up his god damn mind at somepoint.. its been 82 chapters and he's still treating it like a game that doesn't concern him rather than his life, bet that's one of the reasons he still cant say what he actually thinks through that filter

Not really? Maybe it doesn't come across well in the manga but in the LN Harold is seriously struggling. He's not super smart or brilliant; the only advantages he has are Harold's innate strength and his video game knowledge of the world. Said knowledge only gets him so far when he is deliberately forcing the story to change, not to mention the story only just glosses over the history before the hero party gets together. He's also hampered by the belief that no one would truly get close to him because of that filter, making him try to go it alone as much as possible. When he can't, coercion of others is the backup, not realizing there are those around him that will follow his words willingly.

 

[elmco]

Doctor thinks Harold's gonna die soon due to the cursed sword, because he fully believes Harold has been using it more than in actuality. Reincarnator inside Harold knows about the sword's properties, though, and has been deliberately using it only as absolutely necessary, so he's got a lot more life in him than he's letting the doctor believe, but less than he would if he never got the sword at all. Beyond that, the doctor is well aware that Harold hates his guts and knows more than is letting on, and presumably has other contingencies to ensure Harold can't just off him -it's one part of why he keeps Harold running around across the nation rather than at his side. So Harold's trying to push the story along with just enough differences that he lives at the end, but the hero's party still takes out the doctor like they're originally supposed to.

ah, yeah considering he straight up said to that one girl that he won't live long i figured using the sword a single time did all the damage, but saying that to deceive him makes more sense.

 

[brionacs]

Cuz he is? Lmao. If he thinks Harold is 'the most dangerous X factor' why confront him alone lol.

ts NOT reasonable at all vro
In your own words "the most dangerous X factor in the world at this point" and instead of trying to figure things out discreetly you confront the guy violently? By inviting him to your room? Without confirmation nor backup of any sort? Good lord the man had NO plan

How are you people not realizing that this is a literal win-win situation for Francis?
If he gets out unscathed, he literally wins.
If Harold does anything to him, all eyes are on Harold now after injuring an important figure of the country.

He's basically stacking the deck on his side.

 

[spectacure]

love how his responses get more in sync or even reversed sometimes, it's just hilarious when his words and thoughts match sometimes, or when his thoughts are more foul then the spoken words

 

[ENCORAAAAAAAAA]

Harold is a state criminal, stated to be on death row.
Even if he gets murdered, the Prince would never be held for it.

Deathrow or not he is serving his time and this guy doesn’t have the authority to just off him.

Because yes he’s a prince but a collateral one.

And being a prince he should know given such a serious yet fickle spy charge being dropped in favor of service to the state for a NOBLE CHILD.

Sounds like and is a political maneuver of the state to control Harold. Plus Besides that he doesn’t know the full situation between him and the sumeragis and if Harold were truly evil would put them in danger.

 

[ENCORAAAAAAAAA]

How are you people not realizing that this is a literal win-win situation for Francis?
If he gets out unscathed, he literally wins.
If Harold does anything to him, all eyes are on Harold now after injuring an important figure of the country.

He's basically stacking the deck on his side.

How does he win by getting out unscathed?

Plus he’s a collateral prince and Harold is very obviously important to Justus and The main family. They’d exert tighter control of him but he’d still be alive as their pawn either way.

 

[Highorse]

How are you people not realizing that this is a literal win-win situation for Francis?
If he gets out unscathed, he literally wins.
If Harold does anything to him, all eyes are on Harold now after injuring an important figure of the country.

He's basically stacking the deck on his side.

he's stacking the deck by betting his life? Really? To "find out why he's approached Itsuki and his sister"? He hasn't found anything conclusive and he jumps the shark. By the very own argument you posed,

He gets out unscathed; good, sure. But what's the plan? Threaten him so that he talks? About what presumably sinister intentions he has? Then what? Kill him? Arrest him? He could do all this without pulling this whole "aha I have you at knifepoint!" thing.

Harold does something to him (he is actively putting himself in danger here) he suffers the consequences. Which he didn't need to. There are other ways to probe what someone's intention is, and immediately entering violent confrontation is NOT the best idea. He's "stacking the deck on his side" by going all in immediately without looking at his cards purely because he thinks the opponent is dangerous. He's a moron, even if you give him the fact that he's good-willed.

 

[Hikarie]

yow he is out of the loop someone tell him what harold has done for Itsuki and Erica's family lol

 

[Morose]

Deathrow or not he is serving his time and this guy doesn’t have the authority to just off him.

Because yes he’s a prince but a collateral one.

And being a prince he should know given such a serious yet fickle spy charge being dropped in favor of service to the state for a NOBLE CHILD.

Sounds like and is a political maneuver of the state to control Harold. Plus Besides that he doesn’t know the full situation between him and the sumeragis and if Harold were truly evil would put them in danger.

You are comparing a situation of monarchy against modern standards, I guess?

I mean, as a Prince, even if he isn't really high in-line of succession, he actually has all the authority to question & even execute MC, because position-wise, MC is still lower than him (both as a noble, and as a convict).

Also, MC's charges of being a Spy/Traitor haven't been dropped.

They just changed his Death Row sentence to working as a Lab rat for dangerous experiments, which have high chance of mortality (MC had survived until now because of his strength and knows some aspects of Justus).

And it doesn't really matter if a convict is serving his time. A convict is always treated as one, even after they have served their term and are free, especially if it's a high profile case.

MC's current work is something that has been assigned to him by Justus, and it technically doesn't fall under his usual sentence (these are just extra stuff that guy makes MC do).

As for the charges, no one bother thinking about whether the charges are fickle or not, especially in a time when information isn't broadly available.

All that Prince probably knows is that MC was charged as a traitor and is currently working as Lab rat for someone as punishment.

And yeah, he doesn't know the situation/relation of MC and the Sumeragi's, but that doesn't mean he would trust MC even if he knew, because MC's public image is that of a traitor, and there is no evidence to prove he is not (Sumeragi's know some stuff, but not the whole truth, and they don't have evidence either for the stuff they know, so they can't say anything to support MC as their whole family could be treated as traitors and convicted).

Also, state doesn't really care much about MC, as they also believe that he is a culprit. The only one who has any idea of what MC is capable of is Justus, which is why he manipulated stuff in the background to get MC under his authority.

 

[ENCORAAAAAAAAA]

Also, state doesn't really care much about MC, as they also believe that he is a culprit. The only one who has any idea of what MC is capable of is Justus, which is why he manipulated stuff in the background to get MC under his authority.

I’d believe that if he was arrested as an adult and not as a noble child. There’s also the fact that only he was arrested and not anyone associated with him. Ancient standards or not the parents would be held responsible for being spies.

It very much indicates the state is using him as a pawn or atleast that Justus has that much authority to corner him without any hard evidence.

Prince here is a prince sure…but he is very nationally recognized to be working for the state.

Convict or not killing someone under the care of someone with enough power to influence the government can be seen as at worse an offense to the state and he would face consequences considering he isn’t a main heir.

Finally, Justus is using Harold beyond his experiments. If he wanted to kill him he could have just let him die, but
through Harold he gets a strong soldier obedient to his every will regardless of knowing his true intentions.

He also has a free scapegoat in Harold due to his bad reputation and is having Harold use the sword to both test its effects and have Harold die before his plan is set into motion to prevent him fighting back.

 

[darkrider999999999]

The art kinda worst than before? And the chapter is 16 pages? Something something about the artist not doing well and this will probably be on indefinite hiatus

 

[0Zion]

Waste this guy, Harold

 

[SpacelessRex]

You forget that, only a few people know about the truth regarding what happened and that Harold is innocent.

To everyone else, Harold is a Traitor to the Kingdom, and is a State Criminal on Death Row.

So, of course the Prince, who claims to be Itsuki's friend would try to interfere thinking that Harold is tricking Itsuki and his sister.

Also, this entire time I’m pretty sure itsuki has referred to Harold as “Lord” so maybe the prince thinks that Harold is under a false name and is plotting some thing