@flannan I mean yes, but that's baseline comedy. Slapstick on the order of watching a dog try to walk through a narrow door with a long stick. But with a bit of buildup or irony, you get better humor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjBUZ43bLjE
There's just no narrative reason to care about...
See, this kind of misunderstanding isn't funny if it's not a set up. If the MC had trolled the guy and steered the butler guy into thinking he was the dragon slayer then it'd be funny. Like if he noticed the butler scouting and wanted to mislead him so he pointed at the guy and yelled "oh wow...
@Aichan No, see, proving the enemy wrong is way more important than winning. If needlenipple man tells you that punching his needle nipples won't work then you ignore him and keep punching him in his pointy, pointy nipples.
You know how in some anime someone will say or do something and then there will be like four minutes of everyone in a twelve mile radius woodenly reacting to that thing? Conversation in this manga is like the verbal form of that.
@Goldenzeal It's also worth pointing out that they're the thieves' guild. Owning and managing property is somewhat antithetical to steal and fade. There are also competing powers in the mercenary guild and merchant guilds that need to be brought to heel. Start by building control and...