multiple wives... this story is a pretty tame one. At least he has less wives than days of the week, there are so many where it is closer to days of the month... and yet I am interested enough in the backstory (let us not kid ourselves, most of the time that's what it is) to keep reading.
Yeah, pretty much this. And it really helps that Cain isn't a psychopath like I've seen in some other isekai stories...
Glares in the general direction of Meccha Shoukan, Koushaku chakunan koushoku monogatari, and Jichou shinai moto yusha
I think that the direction they're going with this is that Cain is quickly gonna wind up in a World of Cardboard scenario - that trope where Superman says to someone that life is actually pretty nerve-wracking for him because it's like the entire world around him is made of cardboard, and that it is so terrifyingly easy for him to knock it all down and crush it that he can do it on accident.
I'm hoping that his fiancés earn themselves some good powerups soon, otherwise I worry for Cain's peace of mind.
and it is almost like the reincarnators have to be brought with knowledge of all kinds of different things one can make in a low tech fantasy world. At least the guy from tsukimichi was taught by his parents since they already knew he would be sent there someday (even if it did not go as expected after being sent there), but so many others just "know things"...
Eh. It's a common trope because good world building stories are popular. The idea of starting out with little more than just the bare know-how and building up a modern society from scratch is practically the essence of what it means to be human. And I mean that literally, not metaphorically.
They know he was an accomplice, but they can't prove it. So they gave him a punishment they knew he would feel, until they can get proof he deserves worse.
Same reason they had to catch the traitors in the act before.
Yeah, more or less.
But it's more the fact that this guy has his followers and allies. He's not alone - he's part of a faction, albeit a relatively small one.
And the King would like to keep that faction as small as possible by not giving them any ammunition to use against him.
It is indeed a double-edged sword since all this guy gets is just a fine (albeit an appropriately hefty one) for his irresponsible conduct, and he's free to cause more trouble later on. But at the same time, the opposing faction has nothing to use against the King. Thing is, that fine was not simply needed. It was necessary. Otherwise, what does it say about his kingdom if he lets his aristocracy just go around doing as they pleased? Especially when it involves VIPs from other nations?
And so, the fine was that absolute bare minimum of what the King could get away with while saving face, and Corgino's faction knows it.
At least, I hope that they got the message. Because, from the look Corgino had on page 22, he's probably about to do something incredibly drastic... and incredibly stupid.
But I'm sure that the King is expecting this. After all, its well known that if you give a man enough rope, he'll hang himself with it. And once that happens, the King will have the incontrovertible proof of Corgino's misconduct.
I pity his family for what their head is about to bring down upon them.
