There is no indication that he has suddenly changed his immediate goal upon meeting the Gold Spirit. He just says in passing about her being accepted. Sure whatever he can accept her harassing him, but why even bother with the laborer job? It's a bad job that takes a lot of time and doesn't pay that well. Based on his capabilities he can easily do anything else and it would pay better. Hell his carriage moves really fast, he could have cancelled his registration process and gone to a different town where he may receive slightly better treatment. Unless he is specifically taking the job so he can see how Gold Spirit is doing, there's no reason to take this job and there's no reason to think he is doing that. I legit do not care why Gold Spirit doesn't like Univas. It'll probably turn out to be some contrived bs that makes the reader groan. The author has reused the same basic tired plot every few chapters where the same thing happens and Univas responds the same way with a shrug. He does not act like a human being, he experiences no frustration nor any thoughts of concern based on how much every human hates him. Based on how little he actually cares about what's happening around him along the way either he's totally thoughtless and can't conceive of why being hated to this extent is a problem or doesn't care that much about his goals. A person who actually cares about their goal should feel something more than whatever when they arrive at a city and are immediately hit with "wow that Univas guy really is a dumb shitty person that's the direct cause of everything bad in my life and the kingdom at large." I don't understand how you can read this story and come away with the thought that completely fixing Trans is something that's actually particularly important to him. The only way I could be as blasé about things as Univas is would be if it wasn't particularly important to me.
Univas's character is to be a doormat, used and abused until some kind souls take pity on him where he will still be the same person but the people benefiting from him are nicer about it. He will never change or grow in any meaningful way. He is not enduring because that would require him to actually care about how he's treated. Everything presented so far indicates the Univas does not really understand why the other humans act so hostile to him and he does not actually care how other humans feel about him. The latter is particularly gauling because his other big goal of changing how spirit pacts work requires the approval of everyone plus the goddess so he should have some intention of reforming his reputation but he doesn't seem to at all. Aside from the nun, he has not really helped another human on purpose. It was a spirit in trouble and resolving their problem resolved the human's problem. If he wants to change the spirit pact then he needs to care about how other humans perceive him since the reform he wants can only be pushed forward by him. If people don't like him it's more likely they won't even consider his reform proposal. Like in this chapter Gold Spirit points to a that guy that seemingly treats his spirits like slaves based on their picture and says now that's a real spirit user. People like that and people who think the situation is good will not listen to someone they hate like Univas. The way humans are written doesn't help either because most humans have been depicted as morons incapable of even basic reasoning. You're telling me Univas is gonna be able to convince people so stupid they think an incompetent person that can't use magic used magic to blow up their island?
