Moto Ansatsusha, Tensei Shite Kizoku no Reijou ni Narimashita - Ch. 27 - Serena can't catch a Break

[Gotham2298]

Rick has been a plot device since its introduction anyway

As the nephew of the king and head of their shadow intelligence, I would really like to know if he and Evan are like two peas in a pod.

 

[DragonFury1426]

Normally I justified fantasy setting to make modern weapons with the help of magic to make up the lack of modern engineering technique and tools, but from the looks of it people can't seems to use magic freely either, they need magic stones, and those stones is a relic class items too, so yeah, this feels like lazy writing

 

[derpdederp]

Its magic so dont gotta explain shit.

 

[Tarina]

RICK IS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A BASEMENT!

WITH A BUNCH OF SCRAPS.

 

[Oeconomist]

So, IRL, how well does “Teach me how to fight!” work as a pick-up line?

 

[Bibliothecarius]

Thanks for the chapter!!!!

 

[outinthegardener]

Lol, Rick must have invented the mini lathe too. Why a derringer, I wonder? Because they look cool? Not a gun guy exactly, but derringers suck. The short barrel makes them very inaccurate at anything but close range.

Anyway I'm sure Derringer Meryl approves.

 

[ToonLinkHox]

The ever popular "nebulous mid- to late-2nd millenium Europe" setting strikes again. It'd be kind of like a western author confusing the Sengoku period with the Meiji restoration. I think the main inspo is Victorian England? What with the afternoon tea, the overall dress, the classism and the nobility shenanigans, but then you've got Elizabethan domes and pillars, German-esque half-timbered housing mixed with full-brick/stone buildings (mandated post-Great Fire and brick in particular REALLY kicking off around the time of the Industrial Revolution) on the streets, and then that Derringer which was designed in 1865 and entered production a year later.
But then, if it IS Victorian England, why is it all swords and magic? Forget muskets, paper-walled shotgun shells were already a thing by then. Soldiers and nobility should at least be carrying some form of firearm, not bows and arrows. Nevermind the fact that in so doing we skipped like, CENTURIES of weapon development. From no gunpowder straight to flintlock and then to metallic cartridges, what a leap.
And even further, if firearm development is JUST NOW starting, why is no one still wearing armor? Armor eventually got obsolesced by firearms (that's kind of why you don't see it around anymore), but until that point, armor-clad knights were basically impervious to anything short of a longbow's arrow (and even then that depends on a lot of factors), a lot of blunt force or a very lucky strike. "Maybe they wanted to be more nimble to dodge magic!" A) it's plenty mobile and B) on the off-chance you do get hit, I know I'd rather have a steel plate (and presumably some chain and a gambeson) between me and a Fire Bolt or whatever.
...Hell, actually, on reread, has magic ever been mentioned before now? Admittedly it was just a light skim but I never once noticed anyone casting a spell or any mention of magic. There are monsters, sure, but no fireballs, no mages, no casting system. Was there a mention of magic stones I just happened to miss? If yes, why aren't they... well, everywhere, or at least slightly more present, and if no, there being monsters around is even more reason to wear armor.

 

[rluka]

I see the gun shown here as Medieval James Bond like tech, similar to how within the military or some organizations where they had tech that is league above most of the commonly found in real life.

It’s the scary thing about adding gimmicks in story just as flairs.
The best way of course is to avoid trying to detail things that are not important to the story, especially if you don’t know, or don’t fancy spending time debating against people nitpicking about plot-irrelevant historical or technical accuracy.

 

[Slingerman]

Now, now, Serena. Your world just works on Fallout rules, all the more opportunity to use the 'pants exploded' special attack!

Thanks for the chapter. Page 2, "Did the twins' father sent" should be "send".

 

[Werebearguy]

Assassin Prince (future king) time.

 

[Wolvenworks]

Magick. Magick is the answer to all your Qs. And a very coincidental streak of coincidences.

 

[Hicleric]

Guns are always guaranteed to bring out a huge swathe of negative comments regardless of their import to the actual story. Not even cars bring out this much rage...
It's just a plot device, so why rag on the author for copying an existing design or lack of fidelity to reality? It's fantasy, there's magic, belief is fully suspended.

I get it, I like guns for entertainment too, but I'd rather save my energy for ranting about some forced melodrama ya know? I'm just gonna enjoy that very meme-able shot of our MC cappin' a fool with a...delightful grin on her face

 

[E421T]

Guns are always guaranteed to bring out a huge swathe of negative comments regardless of their import to the actual story. Not even cars bring out this much rage...
It's just a plot device, so why rag on the author for copying an existing design or lack of fidelity to reality? It's fantasy, there's magic, belief is fully suspended.

I get it, I like guns for entertainment too, but I'd rather save my energy for ranting about some forced melodrama ya know? I'm just gonna enjoy that very meme-able shot of our MC cappin' a fool with a...delightful grin on her face

It wasn't really because of the fact it's a gun, it was because it's kind of a giant plothole. He could've pulled out a toaster, i'd have said the same.

 

[nomadicengi]

Lol, Rick must have invented the mini lathe too. Why a derringer, I wonder? Because they look cool? Not a gun guy exactly, but derringers suck. The short barrel makes them very inaccurate at anything but close range.

Anyway I'm sure Derringer Meryl approves.

Pretty sure lathes are a thing way before the industrial era. The difference is what material it can work. I remember seeing a video about manual wood lathes and then someone decided to attach belts for a water mill to power it.

 

[jidres]

Look, I don't mind the gun. What I do mind is that they used a derringer for the model, a gun so notoriously bad at aiming you were more likely to take out a friend than foe.

 

[Grye]

oh so we're making body bags huh

 

[Shamgarsan]

“Shaggard, I don’t teach fighting. I teach to kill. That way, you meet some son of a bitch who studied fighting, you send his soul to hell.”

 

[lowarctic]

the Remington Derringer is just like crabs: many species independently evolve into derringer shape over history

I call it “derringerization”

 

[Grikath]

Armor eventually got obsolesced by firearms (that's kind of why you don't see it around anymore), but until that point, armor-clad knights were basically impervious to anything short of a longbow's arrow (and even then that depends on a lot of factors), a lot of blunt force or a very lucky strike.

Armor never got obsolesced by firearms. In fact modern military are still wearing armor..
Armor has always been a choice between cost, mobility, and protection. And depending on historical period and tactics armor has never really disappeared. It simply became more personal and specialised.

And the longbow wasn't the armor-piercer most people believe it to be. To get that punching power on plate armor with a warbow you have to let the enemy get uncomfortably close and use a heavy bodgkin tip.
The thing that was the "long"range bane for armor were crossbows, which took a lot less training, and which fit much better with the operation of pike/bill blocks.
In fact, the first recognised snipers ( as a principle and a tactic) were crossbowmen.... As early as the late 13th/early 14thC.. And well into the 17th/18thC as specialists. Only to move on to rifles when they became available..