Cunning does seem off, but ruthless has nothing to do with it. The cunning refers to acting deceptive, which he certainly failed to do. But it's just absurd to say that someone who pretended to be a hero for so long and was actually betraying them did not possess cunning. Moreover, in this situation, the opportunity to be deceptive presented itself to him on a silver platter; everyone else who hadn't seen him reveal his hand still thought of him as a good guy.The first line seems a bit confusing. Cunning might not have been the right word. Ruthless?
Cunning does seem off, but ruthless has nothing to do with it. The cunning refers to acting deceptive, which he certainly failed to do. But it's just absurd to say that someone who pretended to be a hero for so long and was actually betraying them did not possess cunning. Moreover, in this situation, the opportunity to be deceptive presented itself to him on a silver platter; everyone else who hadn't seen him reveal his hand still thought of him as a good guy.
So yeah, for me the issue is the statement that he "didn't possess" cunning. I think it would be better to say "He lacked the will to be deceptive/cunning and take advantage of that situation to escape." since he basically gave up pretending to be a hero any more (and the reason he gave up was because he had been defeated by a noble who despite that was genuinely heroic; he couldn't pretend anymore when he wasn't even stronger after all the help he had gotten. At least, that's how I understand it.)
But I don't know, maybe it's an accurate translation and the author just portrayed that character weirdly.
Yeah, so it's not about having guilt cunning or not, but that he wasn't so ruthless as to exploit Hilde for a bit more time.Cunning does seem off, but ruthless has nothing to do with it. The cunning refers to acting deceptive, which he certainly failed to do. But it's just absurd to say that someone who pretended to be a hero for so long and was actually betraying them did not possess cunning. Moreover, in this situation, the opportunity to be deceptive presented itself to him on a silver platter; everyone else who hadn't seen him reveal his hand still thought of him as a good guy.
So yeah, for me the issue is the statement that he "didn't possess" cunning. I think it would be better to say "He lacked the will to be deceptive/cunning and take advantage of that situation to escape." since he basically gave up pretending to be a hero any more (and the reason he gave up was because he had been defeated by a noble who despite that was genuinely heroic; he couldn't pretend anymore when he wasn't even stronger after all the help he had gotten. At least, that's how I understand it.)
But I don't know, maybe it's an accurate translation and the author just portrayed that character weirdly.
The statement doesn't say he doesn't have cunning, it says he doesn't have the cunning "to take advantage of that situation to escape", I think the qualifying portion of the statement is pretty important.Cunning does seem off, but ruthless has nothing to do with it. The cunning refers to acting deceptive, which he certainly failed to do. But it's just absurd to say that someone who pretended to be a hero for so long and was actually betraying them did not possess cunning. Moreover, in this situation, the opportunity to be deceptive presented itself to him on a silver platter; everyone else who hadn't seen him reveal his hand still thought of him as a good guy.
So yeah, for me the issue is the statement that he "didn't possess" cunning. I think it would be better to say "He lacked the will to be deceptive/cunning and take advantage of that situation to escape." since he basically gave up pretending to be a hero any more (and the reason he gave up was because he had been defeated by a noble who despite that was genuinely heroic; he couldn't pretend anymore when he wasn't even stronger after all the help he had gotten. At least, that's how I understand it.)
But I don't know, maybe it's an accurate translation and the author just portrayed that character weirdly.
Might team up with the main party moreshe will never smile again
They're basically dealing with a big conspiracy, so it would make sense for Marquis Haultodd to keep his cards hidden. It's been quite a bit since the chapters when Elma and the Marquis met, so maybe I'm not recalling, but I don't think they interacted enough or in a way for them to trust each other completely.This is all in retrospect, but if the Marquis truly did manage to narrow down the culprit beforehand, the man could've offered support behind the scenes or even tipped MC of the enemy's true identity ffs. If he was just being wary of the MC, then that wariness could have cost the lives of the MC party had they not been lucky and made preparations of their own volition beforehand.
Instead of being impressed that the Marquis showed big brain skills based on how it's written here, I just got frustrated that if that was the case, then he didn't act on that deduction at all.
Agreed. Other series would’ve had her refuse to believe it and blame the party for another 30 chapters before ultimately accepting itI do feel bad for her but I’m glad there was no misunderstanding or dragged out conflict of disbelief.
We don't know, we're about to be in uncharted territoryHilde character development arc when