Konjiki no Word Master - Yuusha Yonin ni Makikomareta Unique Cheat - Vol. 1 Ch. 5 - A Sudden Encounter, Part 1

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@GolgoXIII I called him true neutral, with chaotic neutral tendencies, for a reason. If he was real chaotic neutral, he wouldn't have relied so much on the guild to make the ends meet. Chaotic characters hate all kinds of rules, establishments, stiff organised societies, hierarchies, and such. He's not probably a strictly true neutral, however, because he rejected the king's side immediately and feels nothing about leaving people behind. Although at this point he might just have done it because this is not his world, many details looks suspicious, and there are risks involved.

He's not an evil character, however, because he honoured deals, made money the proper way, and so forth. He wasn't the one extorting and abusing the villagers, he just wanted compensation for getting rid of the criminals. What comes to the fish scene, why take it so seriously? In my eyes it looked like talking smack. If he was evil, he would have just taken the fish and hit the road, not stay around talking about it. It's not like he couldn't have escaped with his unique magic available.

@Deathhappens Lawful people love organisations, sticking to hierarchy, following rules and laws stubbornly, even if those laws were unfair and cruel. Nazis and Bolsheviks were lawful evil, for example. This is also why lawful evil is the worst alternative, unless we are talking about super strong, calamity class individuals, such as evil dragons. There's only so much a single evil character can do, but if the evil folks form a solid country, things can get really bad.

People often misunderstand what the neutral alignment means. It's not a good one, although it's not evil either. However, when people casually say they are (true) neutral, they usually are not. They might be neutral good if they were honest with their claim. Most folks living in developed countries are lawful good, although in less developed countries the majority might be neutral good because the government and society would be unreliable and corruption rampant, so their trust in laws and such would be scarce. A true neutral person would appear to be really selfish in reality. Someone like Trump. Of course these are simplifications since real people are more complex than fictional characters.
Neutral are actually what we call lukewarm in the past, type of people that you spit out of your mouth. They contribute to nothing, help you in nothing, and badmouth you for nothing.

In fact neutral have no spine to stand on that they cannot even run away from a calamity.
 

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