That feeling when no Riela to follow you everywhere half naked...
Why even live?
"Yeah I have to act like scumtos so the plot moves along like I know it from the game"
>_Immediately does something so cryptic that makes it obvious the previous stuff was just an act, probably changing the plot.
"What?!? She believes I'm a super intelligent mastermind and doesn't hate me??? How could this happen?!?"
I can see the flow the author wanted as its pretty good:
Tries to stick to the script, but then forced to deviate from the script as something doesn't go to plan, the tries to get things back on track by saying the most Chunni shit imaginable, his Waifu is suddenly intrigued and interested in him and now he has to keep up the act when ever in her presence - which she does a lot.
resulting him having to act like Cid in Shadow Mode in her presence from then on out. And It would be a great set up: the hilarity of being able to regularly interact with your celebrity crush and help them out but every time you meet them you have to act like the edgiest middleschool edgelord; Cid believes the shit he's spewing and thinks it s the peak of cool, our MMC knows better but still has to keep acting the part even as he dies inside.
The issue is this whole "Noble Gooner Party in the Capitol" arc is an utter fucking mess and the author lacked the narrative ability to set that up appropriately so it looks like he just goes full cringelord for no reason instead of being forced by the narrative jumping the tracks to throw a chuuni Hail Mary.
thanks for the chapter!
that said, is this mc fucking retarded? what was the point of the humilliation ritual if you were going to go off rails anyways? There were a million smarter ways to keep the flow of the story while not acting like a moron......
Yes he's retarded.
also he cringes at Enrique while he also tried to be the scum yet mysterious character on the Heroine ... this is one of those series that you just have to turn your brain off fully and enjoy the funnies and fan service (in essence manga wants to be Eminence of Shadow, Cid is funnier though)
Cid believes his shit, Scumultros knows better, and the author isn't doing a good job of managing the set up so Scumultros has no choice but to be a chunnilord.
author seems like he's trying to copy the Protag from an Isekai which title escapes me where the protagonist has to to return to the world he Isekai'd to when he was 13 and became the ruler-in-the-shadows, and now has to deal with all the stuff he thought was absolutely Peak Cool when he was in middle school but now knows is cringe (but deep down clearly still finds it cool). Its absolutely wonderful because the narrative forces him in his 20s to act like his 13 year old edgelord and give the cringiest edgey manga speeches; there is a reason he has to go through the constant humiliation of reliving his junior high poetry and self-insert fanfic.
But this one isn't pulling it off because there is no reason for him to be a dark and mysterious edge lord for his in-game crush.