Corgino was a pretty bad villain to start with. Inconsistent, from bumbling buffoon to overprepared mastermind. Keeps looking for trouble with a MC that is clearly dangerous to threaten without extensive preparations. (MC has high individual battle power, social support, political backing, immense wealth...) Picking a quick fight with him or involving him in petty schemes can only backfire ten times over.
And now we have another villain who got off pretty easy after getting involved indirectly... with just a threat to not do anything evil in the future. So obviously, the first thing he decides to do is attempt to do something evil to someone he perfectly knows is a huge liability to him. In addition to all the things that make Cain dangerous to Corgino, he also has the potential for international repercussions.
Even if it cost him a lot of political credit, he could have just laid low for a few days, time for Cain to leave, then resume his activities. Since he's involved in slave trade, I fully expect that he has some high ranking customers. And given that Cain didn't pursue the matter any further, I'm pretty sure he could have held on his career with just a bit of setback.
This guy fits straight into the category of villains who are just actively antagonizing a non-aggressive MC when they actually should know better. And it's not a hypothetical: he has way more than enough information to know it's a bad idea, even as Cain's status as an apostle and demi-god is not public knowledge.
Then again, I'm also a little tired of Cain's naive forgiveness.
Here was a noble child who also had way more than enough information to know not to mess with Cain. (There is a lot he didn't know, but at the very least Cain was officially marked with a giant label of "do not mess with".) And he still went and stepped in anyway. He was ready to create an international conflict by harassing a foreign high-profile noble. All because of petty jealousy about girls who were also way above his grade. And this by itself could have been left at a minor conflict between children if the father hadn't made clear that he was very willing to leverage his status for legal immunity. And was definitely doing it often even before this case.
Cain forgives him immediately because "he's a concerned father who just wants to protect his son". This is stupid. Before learning Cain's noble status, he made it clear that he has abused his authority many times before. And a short, mildly stern talking to will not change him overnight.
At this pace, someone will have to literally die for Cain to realize that some people need serious consequences before they learn anything. All he's communicating, over and over, is "you can mess with me repeatedly because I will not retaliate". He doesn't need to get physical, not yet at least. He just needs to press the issue legally. Give this guy a full political and judicial burial. He has no line of defense right now. He would be the perfect target to start communicating "don't mess with me or I'll bury you".
The whole escalation feels forced and all I'm waiting is for Corgino to exit the stage.
Not looking forward to his karma, as one would in the case of a good villain.
Instead, I'm just waiting for him to not be part of the story anymore. He could die off-screen for all I care. Or we could just have a new arc start right away, without him, and he's never mentioned ever again.
Anytime he's mentioned, I grow bored and think about just dropping this manga.
Only reason I'm holding on is that I want to know if Aaron is going to be a better villain to get erased eventually. Or redeemed into being a god of entertainment again, free from the idea of pitching people against each other for a bit a gladiatorial distraction. Or whatever else happens to him. I was genuinely interested about the idea that the god of entertainment just got corrupted out of boredom.
And every bit of Corgino makes me think a little more that the curiosity is not worth it.
Or maybe I should just look for spoilers and drop this mess.