Seriously, what happened to the comment section of this site.
I was pretty good, before... people could have diverging opinions without resorting to insults.
Well, I have a policy of answering once people who use insults then block them, so I'll block Chrondoz, but not CountryMage, because CountryMage actually had an interesting answer.
so:
@Chrondoz Well, in fact he gets people asking him to do crap... ordering him around.
That he ignores the orders doesn't mean he doesn't get ordered. Thugs order him to follow them into empty streets, guild people ask him to take the promotion exam, the bath tiger asks him to clean the bath every 3 days.
The problem is that he'll need power to keep doing whatever he wants... for the moment and by miracle, he didn't attract the attention of higher-ups yet (no Nobles, no guild master, no "Thief boss", ...).
The problem is that:
1. He does nothing to hide how exceptional he is (goes around everywhere with a freaking dragon, uses strange powers freely, picks up incredibly high value ingredients,...).
2. He isn't building relations with higher-ups to have them on his side in case of real problem.
3. He tries to down play his powers while using them freely. This would make a Noble think that he could use the MC to do his bidding, and is clearly a good way to attract problems.
Also, if living peacefully is being attacked daily by thugs, I don't seem to have the same understanding of the word "peace", it seems.
Your argument isn't completely wrong, I think, but maybe next time don't start it with an insult, that's not the best way to have people listen to you.
@CountryMage
Yeah, I see your point...
Maybe that wouldn't entirely apply to him, actually. If his reputation was that he actually is an incredibly strong adventurer, people would actually hesitate to fight him? Well, he would probably attract some war-crazed people trying to challenge strong opponents...
BUT! He doesn't actually own or want propriety, because of his will to see the world and not stay at one place too long, so the only thing he would need to defend is his life... well, yeah, my arguments here aren't top notch...😋
I still think befriending higher-ups and making himself a reputation of a strong and invincible adventurer would be beneficial, especially after he moves somewhere else, so that he doesn't have to restart from zero every time.