Maseki Gurume: Mamono no Chikara wo Tabeta Ore wa Saikyou! - Vol. 1 Ch. 4 - The Reason Behind Becoming The Crown Prince Overnight

[sjmcc13]

@sonyalexandra : Treating the 2nd son as slightly favoured can make sense, as he should realize he needs to raise Ain for a different role in society, and not that fo a general. However he is still neglecting the 1st born way to much.

However, thinking that the rest of the poor treatment occurs without his knowledge and blessing is quite frankly idiotic. No one is going to treat the 1st wife as a servant without the head of the house's blessing. The 2nd wife is only in a superior position because HE has broken protocol and etiquette. The servants would not treat them as such without him treating her as 2nd class first. His mother might have issues, but it would NEVER spread beyond her without him deliberately allowing it.

@Rayster : With regards to the other nobles

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They do not know, only the higher ups father and grandmother did. It, along with a promotion in rank, was supposed to be revealed when Ain was declared official heir of the house (and another promotion when he became head).
The rulers probably assumed the Earl would not be stupid enough to break an international agreement with a much more advanced nation that only benefited his house (would see his son raised to a duke) and disregarded rumors as just unfounded rumors until shown proof otherwise at the party. Plus I think Olivia was supposed to have earned a decent reputation for herself.

@undercurses : happy wife, happy life...

@aigomorla : I once have seen people complain that the image in a groups credit page was a spoiler, when it was from ch 1 of that manga, only included the Mc and a character that was already introduced and relevant in the previous arc, and was notable higher in quality so that it was obviously either a special page, or one of those LN illustrations that are obviously not a scene from the story.

 

[harryno5]

So are we going to find out why the queen (the grandmother) was absent at this meeting, and why the older sister appears to be a chibi neko girl?

 

[aigomorla]

@sonyalexandra
No thats not HOW it works in common sense society.
Lets see you were made a DEAL with the country to make the first son, the offspring of a PRINCESS, and one of a MUCH MUCH higher power of your own country, part of its integrated nobility, so that country would be BOUND to protect it.

You do not breach that promise, treat the princess like shit, and then not expect any type of fallout.

Infact the king of Ishtar is well in his rights and bounds to invade said country for making a fool out of them, and literally annexing the hell out of it.
And that country would not be able to do anything about it.
Lucky for them it seems the first king of Ishtar didn't like the idea of being conquistadors.

You just dont do something that stupid like that.
Infact the ARCH Duke should of gave him several reminders when the rumors about the first son spread around.
He should of also been constantly checking in on the treatment of said princess.
If you can't accept the terms, then don't accept the terms.

That Earl is an IDIOT. He obviously got fast tracked in nobility, with land and title, because the area was of interest to Ishtar.
A act like that would be and is considered Treason. He would be hung and made an example of by Royality on how grossly he fucked up, and almost costed the country.

@harryno5 just to lay this topic to rest.
It has been explained already in spoilers.
And no the grandfather did not SHAG a cat, or a TREE.
and if you need me to say it once more,

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Go google what Atavism means.

 

[Rayster]

@sjmcc13 , thanks for sharing!

Some personal ranting about noble character tropes:
Some noble characters in mangas like this one, such as the typical ones going for pretty female MCs/MC's girl or those that just abuse their authority without hiding it, are so blinded by their self-interests they make stupid selfish decisions with many cons that would bring many negative consequences, the least they could do is pretending and deceiving to gain trusts (in this case just give proper treatments to Olivia and Ain at least on the surface), it really amuses me as to how such nobles manage to keep their positions in noble circles (even for generations in some cases) before their issues stack high enough and proceed to crumble (

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I know that Roundheart house will be demoted but personally I think they deserve heavier punishments

). Maybe these characters are just stupid and not meant to survive in the nobility/political world, and it's only a matter of time for them to self-explode. Oh well, I have to always remind myself that sometimes some people are just stupid, selfish, irrational or just emotionally motivated that they just aren't concerned with the consequences enough.

 

[udesu]

Atavism aside, why no one assume about the possibility of the cat being adopted into the royals...

 

[sjmcc13]

@harryno5 : the continent is one where all races are equal... that would mean (require)a part of the nobility as well, and would lead to one VERY diverse family tree. Odds are that the king, queen and many, many nobles are not pure human genetically.

@udesu : An adopted kid is not likely to be the 1st princess.

 

[Artaris]

i still confuse about that cat princess

 

[Jake1456]

don't understand why people think he fucked a cat when cat girls are a common thing in a isekai

 

[sonyalexandra]

@sjmcc13 now, now, before you go calling someone idiotic. Did I imply that the rest of the poor treatments occur without his knowledge and blessing? How did my words lead you to that conclusion?

He obviously got fast tracked in nobility, with land and title, because the area was of interest to Ishtar.

aigomorla replied that to me, and so this is my impression of the Earl = a Great General = a muscle-brain personality. With that kind of personality, he might not be too adept at noble subtleties. You're right about the servants and guards, I agree they wouldn't dare to do those harassments. But, how about the 2nd wife? "never"? I'm not so sure about that.

@aigomorla I agree with your points, but I think the Earl doesn't even realize that he treats the princess like shit, like you suggest. In his mind, he probably thinks that he treats them normally. Look at the Earl's expression when he talks to the MC and his mother. There's no hint of hate or sneer on his face. Like you said though, the higher up lacks in monitoring maybe led him to this mistake of his.

 

[aigomorla]

@Jake1456
Because of some monk named Mendel and his law in Genetics. 😏

@Artaris
Google Atavism.
It means somewhere down there family tree, they could of had a cat person, and again somewhere in the family tree they had literally a tree.
And by some magic combination and allginment of the stars, the recessive/supressed genes became active and poof, you got your cute cat aunt.

 

[sjmcc13]

@sonyalexandra : If he was fast tracked to nobility he would be a barron, Viscount at best, Not a Earl, and there is no way they would let a new noble marry a princess without EXACTING instructions. Also, they would NOT have fast tracked him into nobility for the marriage because his land was where they were interested in, he would have had to be a noble already for it to be his territory. Heck the odds of a commoner standing out to become a general through all the noble elitism is insignificant without him having the mind to cut through and manipulate noble politics.

As well, if the abuse was not with his permission, it would not be long standing, either Olivia would complain after the first time, and it would end outright ,or she would just say no to doing servants work. Plus there are limits to slight snubs that he would not notice, since being a great general REQUIRES he be more than a mere muscle head the maybe not full subtlety but enough to see the basics is a must (unless the position is inherited), and there is no way they would let a princess marry someone that dense in the first place without drilling EVERY rule of high society and etiquette fully into his head to the point he would never publicly treat his 1st wife worse then #2. The 2 at the party are well beyond the limit any sane individual would try unless they knew they had his approval, due to how badly it would explode in her face if he did not approve, as his first wife being missing without a valid reason is is something that would start scandals and if she is from a noble house there is no way she will claim the cause is she can not read. It requires him to not ask where she is since Olivia SHOULD be by his side the whole night and he knows this.

 

[Fuew12]

Love to read some people just to blind about some comment who explain why the aunt is Cait Shit(or Cat looking person)
Also

Spoiler

in later part or rather part before adulthood, Ains will kill his father in duel when Istarica and Hymn end up in war

 

[kuyukotto]

the cat sith aunt is a WTF factor.

 

[MinecraftNoob]

So, when is the MC finally doing anything again? The last chapters consisted of him just listening to other people and looking surprised.

 

[Rayster]

@aigomorla , Ehh lol

and again somewhere in the family tree they had literally a tree

This sentence might make @Artaris confused again hahaha

To make it clearer, cat person as in canine beastfolk, and tree as in dryad, both are intelligent human-like species/races that can reproduce offsprings with humans biologically (controversial or not in their societies and politics) in a fantasy world setting (which means their biology doesn't exist in our reality because they are fantasy races), along with other species/races like elves, dragonkins, demons, etc.

Edit :
Mistake - Not canine, it's feline, sorry. >_<

 

[Naomi010Sentzke]

I really hate this father.

 

[Idlemage]

For those who dont know what atavism is YuYu hakusho explained it when yusuke came back as a demon

 

[sparky_firestorm]

To make it clearer, cat person as in canine beastfolk, and tree as in dryad, both are intelligent human-like species/races that can reproduce offsprings with humans biologically (controversial or not in their societies and politics) in a fantasy world setting (which means their biology doesn't exist in our reality because they are fantasy races), along with other species/races like elves, dragonkins, demons, etc.

-@Rayster

A good explanation for the uninitiated. But I think you meant feline, not canine. Cats are feline, dogs are canine lol.

 

[Rayster]

@sparky_firestorm , Oops, my bad hahaha XDDDD thanks for pointing it out! *embarrassed, drawing circles in a corner...

 

[Darkst33l]

So would he gain the power to beat Superman if he licked Green Kryptonite?