Honzuki no Gekokujou ~Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen~ Dai 3-bu 「Ryouchi ni Hon o Hirogeyou!」 - Vol. 8 Ch. 40 - Gathering Ruelle…

[LiAuN]

She had one job--harvest the fruit. She did it, unassisted.
They had one job--protect her. She even helped them with it. They failed. This one ain't her fault.

you are absolutely correct. but you have to realize the abnormality of the situation taht is the night of shutzaria and that they didn't have time to do a pre time check.

 

[LiAuN]

At this point, she's "only" exceptionally powerful for her age. There are plenty of adults with more juice than her. Well, a handful of adults. Some adults.

Spoiler: spoiler

2 adults

 

[LiAuN]

This is probably something that happened in the LN, and is important or whatever... But..

You don't need to make everything conflict.

Idk, in this instance it just feels SUPER FORCED.

no it doesn't especially when you later on learn why. point is to develop the world that even those in it might not understand some parts of it. also it's not super forced basic info would lead you to this conclusion but most didn't consider it because of the previous info they had. the previous info of it being nothing special. the difference is that they didn't consider the differing circumstances because they didn't have time to prepare for them but the circumstances are logical.
1st they are gathering on the night of shutzaria as wind mana is strongest at that point.
2nd faybeasts are attracted to mana but
3rd as stated when previously gathering there were no faybeasts around. even if there's less mana there should still be at least some that would have come but they didn't which is where the problems lie. spoiler for the future

Spoiler: hunts

that's why in the future they go for ingredients that they know the dangers that will arise for them more each time that they go for another. so that they can control the circumstances that they do know of.

 

[AlmondMagnum]

Spoiler: spoiler

2 adults

Spoiler

2 adults for sure, but very probably more. Since Sylvester temporarily overtakes her before she enters the RA, as an 8 years old she's probably around the level of a mid to greater duchy's Aub.

 

[daedalron]

Spoiler: spoiler

2 adults

Spoiler

At that point in time, there are way more than 2 adults who have more mana than her. It is likely that the top Archdukes (Klassenberg, Dunkelfelger, Drewanchel, ...) and most of the royals have more mana than her. There is even an underage kid who has more mana than her.
It is only after the jureve that she will lower that number to probably less than 10 people. And then after her 4th step compression, the number of people with more mana will go down to 2 or 3.

(spoiler for mostly part 4)

 

[Aureliano]

no it doesn't especially when you later on learn why.

I dare betting it was because Myne was there.
This is no spoiler, I haven't seen anything after this.

 

[LiAuN]

I dare betting it was because Myne was there.
This is no spoiler, I haven't seen anything after this.

for once in the series no actually no

 

[CruiserEgg97]

Apparently Rozemyne's mana is too tasty.

I'm sure by Part 5 it shall be known to all. Especially in the final arc...

 

[OmnipotentCheese]

I'm sorry, this feels like BS. Their only job was to protect her, and somehow at the critical moment, they let one right through to the tiny ill child they were protecting?

This reeks of forced plot.

 

[daedalron]

I'm sorry, this feels like BS. Their only job was to protect her, and somehow at the critical moment, they let one right through to the tiny ill child they were protecting?

This reeks of forced plot.

I mean, it was a complete swarm... They missed just one beast, which acted more sneakily, in a swarm of hundreds. They were definitely under-staffed for the amount of beasts that came.