@Morose
@Yurisivel: The thing is, the majority of the Knight's didn't really know or understand what she did, so her breaking some of the Knights Chivalry isn't really a problem.
I'm sorry what? So its not cheating if no ones finds out? Are you being serious here?
If an athlete dopes in a way that avoids detection, wins the gold medal, then by your logic there is no problem? Not about the unfair advantage given to the doper, completely undermining the value of fair play, or leveling the playing field so that every participant having a fair chance at winning?
And, from the way the story is presented, i think this story is trying to focus more on the negatives of Knights Chivalry, with their unless notions of stuff and prestige that don't have any meaning. Especially Fia's brothers who keep looking at others weaker than them with contempt.
You're just moving goalposts around.
It's not about the exam, it was actually the bad things about the order in the first place!
You're not even confident in your new goalpost because "
thinking" it is, but not providing any evidence other than "brothers are bad", speaks more about their characters than it does about the organization itself.
As for her training, it was already said that Fia didn't even have a little bit of talent with Swords, so whatever training or hardship she did was mostly wasted or atleast only made her reach basic level of proficiency.
So the only option is to cheat then? Don't bother training because all your efforts are pointless and the only way to achieve your dreams is to cheat. How inspiring. 🙄
People are good at either one thing or another, while also being bad at one thing or another. Just because she failed and used Magic as a support to achieve her dream isn't really wrong as even her Magic is her own strength and ability. So, Fia cheating isn't really a terrible moral message, because the cheats she used is also her own powers, rather than external factors. What Fia did was simply use her abilities she is good at and used her brain, which isn't bad. Remember, there isn't much difference between a Knight and a Magic Knight.
That in no way excuses Fia for cheating to pass the exams. You admitted that she is cheating, but still think that there is leeway to debate the severity of her actions just because she
cheated with her own powers.
The fact that you're entire premise rests on there being no rule that "
prohibits use Saintess magic", really show how little understanding you have of why exams exist in the first place and why
cheating in any form undermines its foundations and everyone who participates in it.
Fia isn't really the underdog though. Its obvious that she is weaker at Swordsmanship and base physical strength, but she was a Saintess in the past, and gained back the base mana capacity she had in her past life. So, at base she is practically one of the strongest beings alive.
It's a shame I'm judging her as a knight then, isn't it? Clear underdog there.
As for why she was trying to avoid her brother, and even tried to gain a default pass, was because what she wanted to become was a Knight anyway possible (originally, she wanted to become a Knight so that she could prove herself to her family, but after recovering her past-life memory, she kind of forgot that notion, and aimed for Knighthood, as a different path of work). So, just because she tried to gain a pass on her test without doing much isn't that big of a problem, as people in real life also do that.
She didn't forget her dream. Why would she forget her dream of being a knight just because she remembered her life as Saintess? Those things literally have nothing to do with each other. Stop lying and twisting the narrative to suit your misguided arguments.
Plus it was her brother who was the tester whom she wanted to avoid, because they had never treated her properly until now, and it was possible that the brothers would have been extra hard on her (if she didn't use magic boost), and probably beaten her more badly compared to others just so that they could prove their superiority. In a situation like this, anyone would want to skip a test and go for default pass.
Because it makes for a poor story and even poorer character writing. But given everything you've argued so far, I guess its fitting you wouldn't see any problem with it.
