@TheBlueCat
> People much more capable than myself have proven that time and again.
But even having "achieved a lot of things" is already exceptional
Most 33 year olds haven't really done anything besides just trying to live
Believing otherwise because of the few is survivorship bias
There's a reason why adults in their mid to late 20's go through the quarter life crisis
If there was anything exceptional about the MC, it's magic and totems - and that was only because he spent so much time in it
He may have been able to drive out a local monopoly, but it seemed like he doesn't think that he could undo the grooming done to his sister nor change tradition
in time. He's nearly of marriageable age, and possibly - only violence and coercion could change anything.
> I said that he could choose to do whatever... Just DO NOT abandon her.
Well, I don't think changing his values is on the list
He could also elope with her
but then all that goes against his intention of letting her be more "independent"