The Former Hero Wants To Live Peacefully - Ch. 12 - The Hero Manages Poorly
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MC got an Accountant!
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Kek, not even 3 pages after introducing the problem, the solution appears - a new haremette!
Not only that! She even reminds us that the country is starving so you can rise the price of your produce!
Now we will pretend to forget that the country suffers because of the false hero prince and MCs village can grow the vegetables only because earth gods support him (as Aqua said after she got released and promised to help him).
It's kinda incredible how fast and how much unlikable MC has became in those few chapters!
Not only that! She even reminds us that the country is starving so you can rise the price of your produce!
Now we will pretend to forget that the country suffers because of the false hero prince and MCs village can grow the vegetables only because earth gods support him (as Aqua said after she got released and promised to help him).
It's kinda incredible how fast and how much unlikable MC has became in those few chapters!
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Its really convenient when you can solve anything with Brute Force until you don't even care about the country you live in will fall or not
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the coup will likely work out just fine. from the initial party that went to defeat the demon king we have the prince acting fake hero (likely unable to fight), the dunce who just grew his harem and likely didn't bother moving an inch for training, the saintess who's just not strong on offense (but might be on support) and the sage who will not help them at all.
and then they'll have the real hero in the back who might not attack once, but will be able to easily defend every attack targeted against the village.
and then they'll have the real hero in the back who might not attack once, but will be able to easily defend every attack targeted against the village.
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Making provisions for the coup is a good starting point, but there are other ways he can help without fighting such as tactical advise and training.
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I can't get over how the Kingdom is about to be upheaved around him and the MC, who could easily resolve all of this by himself, just continues to throw his hands up and go 'pfft, not my problem'. Refuses to help or contribute in any way shape or form, regardless of how many people are going to be affected when their rulers are inevitably drawn & quartered.
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Thanks for the translation!
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For those who are degrading Noel as the MC/Hero, in his defense, he's already served the kingdom for the sake of peace, or at least his previous vision of it. What did he get in return? Having the fame and glory taken away from him is one thing, he didn't care about that, but the king of the country he served made an order to destroy his hometown to wipe out any evidence of the real hero's existence.
Though it's not everyone in the country who turned against the MC, the king is the figurehead that represents the country as a whole. His word and command could represent what the entire kingdom decides to do with its neighbors and citizens that live within it. This decision will ultimately lead the country to its epic downfall, with or without the coup. Their demise isn't Noel's fault, they got rid of him. Why should he take responsibility in saving the country who betrayed and abandoned him? I don't see his actions up to this point making him an unlikable character. His logic and reasoning are sound.
In comparison, taking care of a village is like taking care of a kingdom, but much smaller in scale, and Noel's basically working from the ground up as a villager, not the hero. Kingdoms don't appear overnight, so this village could be the beginning of a new one in the making where Noel, himself, will rule as its king. Will he be a better or worse king than the one who abandoned him? We'll have to see if it goes in that direction.
Though it's not everyone in the country who turned against the MC, the king is the figurehead that represents the country as a whole. His word and command could represent what the entire kingdom decides to do with its neighbors and citizens that live within it. This decision will ultimately lead the country to its epic downfall, with or without the coup. Their demise isn't Noel's fault, they got rid of him. Why should he take responsibility in saving the country who betrayed and abandoned him? I don't see his actions up to this point making him an unlikable character. His logic and reasoning are sound.
In comparison, taking care of a village is like taking care of a kingdom, but much smaller in scale, and Noel's basically working from the ground up as a villager, not the hero. Kingdoms don't appear overnight, so this village could be the beginning of a new one in the making where Noel, himself, will rule as its king. Will he be a better or worse king than the one who abandoned him? We'll have to see if it goes in that direction.
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His Logic and Reasoning doesn't really make a sense for me.
If he just taking a little revenge to the king and prince while hiding his real identity and help the coup to success, he can life more peacefully in his village in long time than life under constant threat like now.
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His method of peaceful life is already full of red flags
-Sheltering a former demon soldier
-Sheltering a soon to be rebel daughter
-Having the only source of good crops while nation suffering famine
-Staying in a village of a soon to be couped kingdom
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If he really wants to run away from all of the problem, its better for him to move to another kingdom rather than staying there and waiting for trouble to come to him...
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Noel's reasoning isn't all the sound tho because by ignoring said kingdom he's practically allowing them to continue harassing him and his village and impersonate his identity (which has already been established to be a big crime by the holy kingdom) which causes the people to be too fearful of protesting against the royal family for the harsh taxes for pointless and selfish projects.
I don't know where you got the thought that the country betrayed Noel but saying that the country turned against the MC isn't correct it's more like the country isn't aware of who the actual hero is and due to Noel refusing to take any form of action against the royal family the people suffer for it (putting Noel in an even more harsher light than before) so the country never betrayed him but the royal family and his allies did. Simply put the people don't deserve this harsh treatment at all period.
There's nothing wrong with him wanting to continue building his own little village but we the readers have basically seen Noel be relaxed and selfless with the people he's helped and even his ambition of building a village is for a selfless reason so why does he make such a stupid and selfish decision that could easily comeback to bite him over and over again when its been established that the royal family will continue to harass him if he doesn't do anything about it.
To summarize
1. The MC has and extremely out of character decision.
2. The MC's decision is stupid and lacks foresight which would easily come back and bite him
3. He's letting INNOCENT people suffer due to allowing the prince impersonation of his identity
4. By ignoring the problem he's basically allowing harassment of his village to continue putting his inhabitants in danger.
Noel is acting like the problem doesn't affect him in any way and his decision is extremely inconsistent to his character which has been portrayed as relaxed and selfless to stupid and selfish. His decision is actively hurting others.
Edit: I'd like to further emphasize that these facts make the MC very unlikable due to the fact that he's quite literally the hero and is allowed to get away with these insanely stupid decisions all for the sake of being selfish. You could say that this chapter where he makes this out of character and stupid decision is what killed this manga for many people due to the fact that being betrayed didn't really teach him nothing.
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Siiiigh.
I wonder why people are expecting a perfect being?
Noel got fucked over, and his job is done. His sacrifice is done. And he wasn't paid for it in any way, shape, or form. And why are you expecting him to save everyone? That's some unrealistic expectations right there. And it's not inconsistent. He can't help but help people in need, sure, but that's not to the extent of stupid self sacrifice or overextending.
And nothing's going to bite him in the ass in terms of kingdom harassment. They don't even properly know he's still alive, and none of them are interested in looking.
I wonder why people are expecting a perfect being?
Noel got fucked over, and his job is done. His sacrifice is done. And he wasn't paid for it in any way, shape, or form. And why are you expecting him to save everyone? That's some unrealistic expectations right there. And it's not inconsistent. He can't help but help people in need, sure, but that's not to the extent of stupid self sacrifice or overextending.
And nothing's going to bite him in the ass in terms of kingdom harassment. They don't even properly know he's still alive, and none of them are interested in looking.
They aren't going to have time to harass. That last panel? That's a rebellion about to happen.
In the WN, Gudal gets ganked by a wraith that was one of the women he'd ruined, along with his entire mansion. The rebellion goes off without a hitch, minimal casualties. The Saintess isn't meant to have worldly relations, so her powers are stripped, and she's re-educated by the Great Saintess. All of this probably within the next few chapters.
