Magi Craft Meister - Vol. 6 Ch. 26 - Dead Heat
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The Water Golems are just humanoid Metal Gear Rays.
@feha If a noble cheats at something as small as a friendly race, how can you trust them with affairs of the country? Also there is probably going to be a plot-trope that Reinhardt and his sister are part of the Royal Family, which makes the golems and serpent monster an assassination attempt.
@feha If a noble cheats at something as small as a friendly race, how can you trust them with affairs of the country? Also there is probably going to be a plot-trope that Reinhardt and his sister are part of the Royal Family, which makes the golems and serpent monster an assassination attempt.
@HDMI1 @feha
HDMI1 is absolutely correct. The entire concept of nobility is, y'know. Being NOBLE. He demonstrated a complete and flagrant disregard for noblesse oblige here. You might be referring to 'what country allows its corrupt power-holders to be shamed when they're all corrupt' or something, but if we're talking in terms of what the position actually entails and the expectations that were meant to be upheld... then the nobles are SUPPOSED to always be the ones who are better than everyone else. By way of hard work, compassion, and morality. An almost preternatural example of the ideal of leadership in the human condition.
Not just 'better' because 'one of my ancestors was a hard-worker so I don't have to be'. With that in mind, it's completely a good idea to remove him.
HDMI1 is absolutely correct. The entire concept of nobility is, y'know. Being NOBLE. He demonstrated a complete and flagrant disregard for noblesse oblige here. You might be referring to 'what country allows its corrupt power-holders to be shamed when they're all corrupt' or something, but if we're talking in terms of what the position actually entails and the expectations that were meant to be upheld... then the nobles are SUPPOSED to always be the ones who are better than everyone else. By way of hard work, compassion, and morality. An almost preternatural example of the ideal of leadership in the human condition.
Not just 'better' because 'one of my ancestors was a hard-worker so I don't have to be'. With that in mind, it's completely a good idea to remove him.
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'Former' count? So it's already decided he's going to surrender the rank?
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hope this arc is finally done, i kind of forgot what the main idea of this series was. i mostly remember the robot girl somehow transported the mc by searching multiple dimensions and wanted him to take over her original creator's research or something. then they went traveling around doing stuff but i forgot if they had any specific goals.
@kayriel nah, the mere fact that the phrase noblesse oblige has the word for nobles in it, goes to show that the concept is an ad-hoc construct made retroactively. Nobles are simply the people who, usually through force-of-arms, put a territory under their command. Allowing them to tax their subjects and conscript them into their armies (its not banditry if there are no laws against it!).
Granted, that is only half true, and the other half of it is that there are ppl granted the land by someone else. To keep the region pacified for them while retaining a share of the taxes and ability to call upon arms.
That said, it does make sense to use some of the spoils to develop the region, to increase future spoils and keep the populace from doing costly riots.
@HDMI1 it was not just a friendly competition though. There were bets riding on it (including one about making a girl his mistress iirc?), and economic decisions, and whatnot. But even if it were, it only makes sense to ensure that the aristocracy are the ones to gain the "honor" of "winning". Not like the commoners are in a position to complain.
As for trusting with management, I think moral incompetency has very little to do with incompetency at management. However, when moral bankruptness (the kind that doesn't touch the taxes sent to the superiors. If that happens, its time to off their heads!) results in plans that are exposed, that suggests incompetency, which is a reason to consider replacing the guy. But merely a single time can just as well be due to chance as it would be incompetency, meaning it smells more like an excuse for some superior already looking to get their hands on the title and territory to give to someone in their faction/family.
Granted, that is only half true, and the other half of it is that there are ppl granted the land by someone else. To keep the region pacified for them while retaining a share of the taxes and ability to call upon arms.
That said, it does make sense to use some of the spoils to develop the region, to increase future spoils and keep the populace from doing costly riots.
@HDMI1 it was not just a friendly competition though. There were bets riding on it (including one about making a girl his mistress iirc?), and economic decisions, and whatnot. But even if it were, it only makes sense to ensure that the aristocracy are the ones to gain the "honor" of "winning". Not like the commoners are in a position to complain.
As for trusting with management, I think moral incompetency has very little to do with incompetency at management. However, when moral bankruptness (the kind that doesn't touch the taxes sent to the superiors. If that happens, its time to off their heads!) results in plans that are exposed, that suggests incompetency, which is a reason to consider replacing the guy. But merely a single time can just as well be due to chance as it would be incompetency, meaning it smells more like an excuse for some superior already looking to get their hands on the title and territory to give to someone in their faction/family.
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The way they exposed that man of cheating reminded me of those old detective shows like CSI Miami.
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...wait a minute they built robots to do all the labour of moving the ships,right? wouldn’t it be easier And cheaper to just build the ships to automatically move like a motor boat instead of building a robot to row a boat?
@Stalkerman I think it's more of a competition to see who can make the best golem, not the best boat.
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thanks for the chapter. Glad this arc is basically over. I had a hard time caring about boat girl cause she was retarded with money.
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You've only talked about the job description of a noble, not what goes into what's supposed to make a noble different from your average commoner. Not the expectation, or at least the facade of it - one that many people have died in the pursuit of keeping that facade alive - or as a consequence of causing it to falter.
You've only talked about the job description of a noble, not what goes into what's supposed to make a noble different from your average commoner. Not the expectation, or at least the facade of it - one that many people have died in the pursuit of keeping that facade alive - or as a consequence of causing it to falter.
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@Stalkerman - yes, it is a good idea to make a motorboat. This race shows a general lack of innovation in this world.
@feha
@HDMI1 - no, Reinhardt and his sister are just ordinary nobles from an important family. It is still a crime to deliberately put them in danger.
@feha
I think the real reason is, that guy got caught smuggling strategically important materials. Etherite or whatever it's called. It should be revealed in the next chapter. Which calls into question that guy's loyalty to the country, which is a valid reason to remove his noble title.
@HDMI1 - no, Reinhardt and his sister are just ordinary nobles from an important family. It is still a crime to deliberately put them in danger.
