...and she hates it.oh? she is learning...
More like she is learning what kind of shitshow the nobility is up too....and she hates it.
A great chapter. Rozemyne is getting the responsibility part of power drilled into her by these events.
And i'll just add to this before someone says "it's another world/time we cant judge them with our modern values", there is numerous contemporary text from elites/intellectuals (often the same) calling slavery abhorrent even in times where the practice was more widespread like in Ancient Greece and Rome (the ones i'm more familiar with).So nice how the whole problem is that the nobles are not getting their slaves anymore.
I always hated the society depicted in this story and it never gets better. It is even worse that the MC is not even inclined to fight it anymore and just accept and tries to adjust to living in it.
The UIP would have a field day with that world.
Let's assume she fight it. What would realistically happen? She doesn't have enough money to save every orphan in the duchy.So nice how the whole problem is that the nobles are not getting their slaves anymore.
I always hated the society depicted in this story and it never gets better. It is even worse that the MC is not even inclined to fight it anymore and just accept and tries to adjust to living in it.
The UIP would have a field day with that world.
a lot of answers to the questions you posed here are explained later on but so far as what was already revealed.I kinda hate this chapter. Really hate it.
In contrary to messiah-like ideal hero/ines coming from another world with abundance of powers, this manga is not that. But with whatever you have, your position, your power, your privilege, you have to make a bargain with that. What you can do is pretty limited. This manga is everything but power fantasy.
Liberating poor orphans isn't as easy as you get rid of the cruel owner. There's circumstances around it that you have to learn, slowly. Even having her own orphanage still costs things and the management so other people won't just know Myne's trade secret. Her managing orphanage in a pretty much modern, sophisticated way still affects the other nobles way to get more slaves.
Especially the reminder that you can't do reform anything instantly unless you want to be condemned as the devil. And guaranteed, Myne doesn't want her family to suffer the consequences of her doing.
Also, I kinda hate that Ferdinand doesn't show any expression of remorse over this situation. Myne learns, yes. But in bigger picture, the world sucks! It kinda paints that Ferdinand doesn't care, despite his position is supposed to enlighten(?) people. I thought he had more heart than that. Or not. Maybe he's being practical, knowing the moral standard he learned from Myne is much different.
Or maybe, the church is just another magical institution, still dedicated for government's profit in the end.
Also MAAAAJOR SPOILERS IN HERE
ferdinand knows very full well exactly how cruel the world. just as an example Veronica used to poison his meals regularly to the point that he couldn't even enjoy a simple meal that's what the previous half chapter was indicating.
I think they need to Isekai some French people from 1789 to this world if you catch my drift.
Or just the sheer difference of cultures from our World to theirs, for Myne, this is slavery and prostitution, for the nobility, is doing the plebeians a favor, one which they should feel grateful for.I kinda hate this chapter. Really hate it.
In contrary to messiah-like ideal hero/ines coming from another world with abundance of powers, this manga is not that. But with whatever you have, your position, your power, your privilege, you have to make a bargain with that. What you can do is pretty limited. This manga is everything but power fantasy.
Liberating poor orphans isn't as easy as you get rid of the cruel owner. There's circumstances around it that you have to learn, slowly. Even having her own orphanage still costs things and the management so other people won't just know Myne's trade secret. Her managing orphanage in a pretty much modern, sophisticated way still affects the other nobles way to get more slaves.
Especially the reminder that you can't do reform anything instantly unless you want to be condemned as the devil. And guaranteed, Myne doesn't want her family to suffer the consequences of her doing.
Also, I kinda hate that Ferdinand doesn't show any expression of remorse over this situation. Myne learns, yes. But in bigger picture, the world sucks! It kinda paints that Ferdinand doesn't care, despite his position is supposed to enlighten(?) people. I thought he had more heart than that. Or not. Maybe he's being practical, knowing the moral standard he learned from Myne is much different.
Or maybe, the church is just another magical institution, still dedicated for government's profit in the end.
who was Arno?a lot of answers to the questions you posed here are explained later on but so far as what was already revealed.
yes the church is just another magical institution. they are responcible for providing the mana necessary to the duchys harvest during the winter ceremonies in the chalises then those are distributed by them to the land owning nobles and the central figure then that is then collected as tax (literal food is distributed) during the fall.
As far as Ferdinand is concerned you have to remember that he was previously under the previous high bishop and couldn't act so openly about anything he wanted to do or situations he could have wanted to be better. he was also always a pragmatic remember that he realised the potential that Myne had and encouraged others to act in a way that would allow her to do that all the while not letting it show in front of others what he was planning (the reason why he was having Karsted adpot her originally and they could cover it up). he works from the shadows and will always hide that which others shouldn't know and that are acording to tradition. he's a very firm centralist knowing when and how to follow tradition and when to abandon it and how to circumvent it while not going to far. Also MAAAAJOR SPOILERS IN HERE ferdinand knows very full well exactly how cruel the world. just as an example Veronica used to poison his meals regularly to the point that he couldn't even enjoy a simple meal that's what the previous half chapter was indicating. if even basic living conditions can be cruel you have to develop an iron stomach in all sences. Ferdinand never had a heart to begin with as was mentioned all he did was use others for himself if that helped them as well then that's great but if it so much as inconvenienced him he wouldn't care to deal with them (that's also the reason why you don't see Arno anymore anywhere in the high priests chambers)
I know that if your adversary can burn you and your family down with like two words rebellion armed rebellion isn't an option, i mean part of the reason both the US and French revolution could happen is because you had a whole class of educated people with no ties to nobility to lead it, here in this world this class barely exist (the merchants for example) but hey a boy can dreamUnless those french people reincarnate as adults with an unlimited supply of guns and ammo their changes of winning against the nobels of this worlds is 0% i mean even with the guns and ammo its only at best like 5%.
As a finisher wich is why a rebellion will most likely never happen atleast not from the commoners, they need the magic and most of them cant read and even those that do know , know very little about magic and how to use it.