yeah fujiwara basically said, 'lets go out on our own and explore the world without any information or knowledge whatsoever' ...yeah he even more naive than the MC. readers need to understand, the risk of dying is more by ignorance than by exploitation. oh I'm naive and under a king who will exploit me vs I'm just going to go find work as an illegal immigrant with no experience whatsoever. which will survive?
EDIT: so I have no idea what the readers are really reading, I wonder if they can actually outsmart the king and come to a better conclusion at 15-17 years old.