Like the TL too.I am happy this is not dead. Yes he being selfish of taking care of his wellbeing. He tired of abuse and wants to live freely. Like he OP and tired of being treated like shit
Some doomed manga killed themselves on the foot, maybe this one too?It does look like it goes up to chapter 9, but it's got good reviews in japan. The problem is it's not a trash harem isakai, so it may be doomed. At the same time he is a butler who quit, so that may save the series?
The very reason he is calling him selfish is why calling him selfish makes little sense. His conclusion/guess was he dropped his job with the princess known for being selfish to live a better life. He basically concluded by himself that he left because his work sucked. The details might not be mentioned but it isn't a matter of the MC not giving the required context. I guess in a medieval context it is not out of place for someone to think it is a servants duty to serve a noble and especially a royal and they should be loyal even if they aren't happy there. But it is not like we as readers have to give a fuck about whether it has cultural reasons.Which he explained zero of. Even when asked directly.
There are a couple reasons to dislike Gik, but what you two said is not valid.
But this is a clear case of readers having main character viewpoint syndrome. The main character is the good guy, and anyone who is against him is the bad guy. Can't try to imagine the viewpoint of anyone not the MC, whose viewpoint we see.
Gik straight asked Lit why he was here in the empire. Lit explicitly acknowledges that his presence looks suspicious as hell. Lit has the opportunity to explain his thoughts and actions but chooses not to even when there are clearly reasonable suspicions against him.
I'm not siding with Gik, but I'm pointing out how comments like these don't consider the fact that what Gik thought was mildly reasonable.