inb4 Pon-chan is one of the characters that will be encountered in the free-city, or the one that will end up taking the gang there.
too much foreshadowing yo
@Yautja
I think that'd cross the MC's authority on how much he should discipline someone else's brat. If he'd cut off the brat's ear, it would also offend the village's chief for essentially taking away his job as a parent. You may think that's irrelevant, and the MC can do whatever he wants because he's the MC, but it does seem to be the consideration the character took when he was in a foreign village, under their care.
If you think about it that way, the MC has already done enough as it is.