The best time, I dunno... He did say he would be a one and done for those higher tier magics; Two targets with one shot would be a big risk. Even if that was a non factor I am too onboard with him just using it and "getting over it" because he was in danger - I think I have just seen it too many times that it has become a Vegeta: legendary Super Syain meme like thing, ya know? If he got over it in this moment it was just kinda fall flat cause it was too easy, and not really an emotionally invested kind of outcome it deserves to be.

I say this but it likely happens in the next chapter or two *insert depressed laugh*

Even if they are not corrupt, the longer the history the greater the chance that someone whom is/was corrupt would do minor adjustments or added in laws and clauses to protect themselves. Have that happen enough and you get cases where lawful people cannot act and the corrupt prosper with ease. It is a viscous thing that makes the overall image bad, doubly so in times where people of Authority have to "fight" to be in that position. It can be rare for good people to want authority and when they do it may not be hard to argue that they are just trying to take it back from the corrupt, if they succeed they are still left with a tainted position in most cases.

So it is not really that hard to become like that....

El Salvador (I am pretty sure that was the place) is an excellent example IRL of how messy that can get - the best/worst of it is that they are basically a top tier success story. From 2022 to 2024 they went from essentially a Notional Gang territory (that is overly simplified) to a place safe enough for tourists. That being said there are still "news" people that claim the president that made those changes is hateful and has done wrong. The human condition is a rough lot in life.

I thought I had added a line about that, that I did not. It is really that 2 week time skip that messes it up for me, there should have been a mention from the family in that time. Honestly I am just hoping they overlooked that time skip in the sequence of events and it would be page one of things mentioned/addressed in the next chapter. If it wasn't for that time skip I would be able to fluff it off as: things were just soo busy or 'cooling off' that it was not really a good time to bring it up, ya know?

Those outside of the family likely just assumed he fell to one side if they even thought about it in the first place. It would not really be farfetched that those whom are "too close" to the "problem" would just see it as him inheriting a trait or two and wave it off as that. As you mentioned they did say it was 'impossible', so I agree it is absolutely strange just as you said but I feel that is more a 'outside understanding' kind of bias. Their brains are basically programed that it is an impossibility so they would just unconsciously make false assertions that it has to be something else.

That is a lore wise answer but the story really did not address it in a meaningful way that it should have at this point, at least one person should have made actual mention of it. Instead of letting a ghost hump it in the corner in a backroom somewhere.

That certainly has potential, how ever they do it - I just hope it is done well. That is sadly the missed standard for a lot of things lol. Though thinking about it there are a number of things that could be could be very off-putting if they slowed the stories pace. Cain's "hostile" behaviour especially towards super young children would be off-putting if it was not realized as a mistake near instantly and just as quickly corrected; for myself personally.

There was a 4 year time skip in the last chapter. That put Diana at the Age of 9, and it established that school starts at age 11. So that leaves a 2 year gap remaining before she should meet the reincarnated heroine at school. I did not even think of it as being an issue because they frequently(?) skipped weeks worth of time up till this point, have they not?

To go back to the other Romance Targets, I believe it was stated that they would only be reachable once school started. So I would suspect a more highlight reel style depiction on her life till that point, unless they did some kind of major character development. Could go either way really, double down on time skip or bulk load life points to try and balance the time skip - though I think the latter is unlikely.

As it is said: Just because it is True, does not make it Correct.

I can feel that, Though one way to nuke the story would be to just have the Heroine killed... but most stories would Plot Armour the F outta that so it would just not work!

lol Would be one helluva sideways move in the story if that actually happened though...

It is not perfect, but I would call it pretty good all things considered. If English was not such a botched language that would not even be a worry; kinda wish AI would hit singularity already and craft a universal language...

Spirits and negative MOJO/magic are normally treated as a nighttime thing so it makes sense I guess.

That is a big 'ol yes/no, we really have become far too Flippant with our words these days. Keep in mind that they (we humans) used to have duels to the death in the past over what we would likely consider playground tier insults in the modern day.

Add in Nobility and a Yo Mama joke could have you in the gallows. Yo Mama is soo FAT that no persons question why the people go hungry!

Beautiful! Well Said! *Wipes Tears while Quiet Clapping*

Absolutely, the point I was trying to get at is: the combat seems to be there for supporting plot points only, it is like a 'check box' of sorts. It is a, "hey this is required for the story and basically HAS to be there but that's not what the story is about or for so we are not going to put any effort into it.".

I feel that is the expectation we should have - there will be combat, it won't be good or have a lot of effort, it is there because it has to be to push the story. - that was what I was trying to get at.

it is a rough thing, cause I feel exactly what you are saying... but I also know that I am hatin' on the overblown fall down get back up for fifteen chapters fights...

I just considering this as a story with a low to no focus on actual fighting, they also go into ghost mode for most of the travel related things as well.

I had to quickly jump back some chapters to make sure I am talking about the right story, my point about the travel may actually be close to a 1 to 1 with this particular fight scene. Considering when they (he and the earth mages) left the city to head back to his homeland. He was shown waiting at the gate, I would assume it was added purely for the interaction with his EX finance. Compared to the nothing outside of getting ready and informing his personal butler/aid when he left for the city for the first time in his new life, the next panel the MC was in - was him at his destination, a straight cut skipping ALL the middle bits.

This fight scene just sets up further that the Knight is a pride less bastard that serves his traitor of a master, confirming the both have the Morals of the lowest class, and does nothing more than show just that.

I just played through Borderlands 3, my tolerance towards garbage story lines is fortified to the max!
It is actually incredible that they made such a great game in many other aspects but then shat the bed for the story and removed most major reason to even play it, lol - like a .50 Cal to your own foot.

Adversity can trigger growth...I think it was supposed to up her mental strength, not grow whatever was grown here.

That is an amazing picture!

I think it is a culture thing, possibly, it is rather unclear. In the mining town the left previously the 4th floor was women only at the inn. Other than that it could just come down to a relationship preference; they may just really like having their own individual rooms...

I think it is one of those things where one side kinda starts to panic then the other side starts to panic in return. Both sides freeze up.

The problem from my understanding is that Hana the Dragon girl can see their emotions; and when she sees that 'black haze' of emotion from the other kids fear/panic/uncertainty when she tries to talk to them she does not get over that 'hump' and stops that crucial step before making friends as a small child. She gets to the point of: "you are playing with blocks, I like blocks" and then she stops there when she sees the uncertainty manifest as black haze when she needs to push on with - "want to play blocks together?".

Children being friends at the playground can truly be as simple as that. She just gets held up before asking the important part and young children are not necessarily going to realise that is what she wants with out being directly asked/told.

It seems that actually answered that rather well in the next chapter.