Dex-chan lover
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A consistent symptom of a far bigger problem. His family and original kingdom fucked him over and a cult tried to kill him. I understand if he doesn’t want to kill them all eye for an eye, but there really was nothing stopping him from riding Vritra/Valitra back to prove he was right and they all wrong.
Every single problem that happened after is on him. Of course it wouldn’t stay as is, of course they wouldn’t leave him alone, of course they’d send assassins or kidnappers. It’s more impressive they did that for all the wrong reasons considering their guardian dragon is gone.
When a writer tries to make a “kindhearted” protagonist they should know there is a difference from kindness to naïvete. It’s a miracle nobody ended up dead here. The very first chapter shows his kingdom is run by a self-absorbed corrupt nobility and a fanatical cult, the protagonist suffered firsthand at that and yet he ignores the fact this means there might be thousands of people worse off since they don’t have convenient protection from a literal dragon and alchemy.
It's the batman hero syndrome that these mcs adhere to, claiming "moral high ground" even if that high ground is built on the suffering of innocent people whose problems would've been avoided had they taken the most efficient route (cutting the problem at its source)