@OnlyTruth
Nitpicking? If anything it was too many things at the same time.
I never said he calls himself superior, but that he act and thinks that.
- Morally: It's clear that MC is talking about ethics: he speaks about rights, about arrogance, about playing with lives being bad, about looking down on others, the hubris and not knowing his place.
- Superior: It's clear that the MC thinks to be better as the it isn't a discussion between peers. It's totally asymmetric: the MC said how it is, and the dragon has to admit defeat. People do this when they handle a mischievous kid, not when they talk to a coworker or a peer.
And about him being an hypocrite:
- he ask the dragon to not look down on others, while he looks down on the dragon.
- He ask the dragon to value people's life, while smashing his skull.
- He asks him to stop testing people while saying "I wonder if a dragon can still live with a hole in their head".
- He says "I don't need anyone to submit to me" When another character notes "L-Looks like he got it to obey him".
- MC asks the tortoise to be a friend while threatening his life. Such a true friend. If the positions were reversed, the MC wouldn't have accepted that behavior.
He is totally an hypocrite.
And on top of all this, and without waiting for his consent, he mounts/rides him, from the hole he pours something dense and mysterious into the dragon, making the dragon feel satisfied for the first time in his life. Obviously with the dragon brainwashed into liking the MC for he did. Disgusting.