Ryuu ni Sodaterareta Saikyou: Subete o Kiwameta Shounen wa Ningenkai o Musou Suru - Vol. 2 Ch. 9 - Light and Dark Attribute Magic Practice

[MangaDex]

 

[notelgis]

So now he has to change himself to fit in to human society. This is just more evidence against humans, but Iren is such a mentally traumatized people pleaser, that he thinks this proves humans are good somehow? I'm getting really tired of how desperate Iren is to save them. Just declare them worthy already or give up. I hate Iren playing pretend to deceive himself into thinking humans are good people. Iren acts like the victim of extensive child abuse, desperate for his abusive parents (humanity) to finally accept him after they abandoned him. And if his "parents" still reject him, he will make sure that they are safe at least, even if he has to sacrifice his own loved ones to save humanity.

 

[isoycrazy]

So the prince can mature and grow. There is hope after all.

 

[JBlazer]

Jokes aside, this is what I love about humanity, and the thing I believe defines us as human: the capacity for growth and change.
We had thought them hopeless, but Reed was able to change his mindset and grow as a person.
I truly believe that, given enough time, humans are capable of anything, and both Reed and Iren are proof of that. Iren started using the magic he had grown up with, but switched to human casting to fit in. He then went to the natural next step of that: adding his own knowledge into the casting to change it. That's how an incomplete chant for light became castable and reproducible. Humans have unlocked light magic.
To grow and to change is to be alive.