So little happens is chapters these days...
Maybe I'm getting impatient.
I should probably stop reading this for a few month, maybe I'll find the pacing more bearable if I binge a few chapters together.

I still don't understand why she didn't introduce them...
Like, who the hell goes eating together without introductions at all...

I was wondering how they would make this story interesting.
First, the MC finally understanding that he needs the sect to attain his goals, good stuff.
Then, the MC going batshit crazy when he meets that tattooed woman, and EVERYBODY in his team following his actions without even batting an eye, better stuff.
The Mystical Fox becoming a murder machine, awesome stuff.
Him taking his roles 100%, and not negotiating with possible traitor, at the risk of his life and his follower's lives, fricking incredible.

This just shot up my list of favorite stories now, like top five currently releasing.

I'm starting to think that the story the MC knew was completely manipulated by the Demon Uncle.
The family isn't completely devoid of guilt, as they did treat the MC in his previous life like a pariah, but it seems like the one who betrayed him was the Demonic Uncle.

We actually can't know what happened to the family after his execution, but I'm guessing nothing good.

I was also really hoping this story wouldn't have a "School Arc"... seems like it will... too bad.

Well, yeah, all that is true, but especially during a perpetual war, the origins and nature of your future ruler might also be important.
I feel like everyone focused entirely on her genius intellect and magic, not so much on who she is, where she came from and if she's actually a psycho. Or some sort of spy...

I wouldn't want a serial killer as my ruler, even if she's clearly more talented than anyone else.

This a an fantasy world tho.
I don't think it's related to our own in any meaningful way.
Also, if something similar to Hinduism exists in this world, I'm pretty sure it would be on the "unexplored continent", clearly inspired by Asian Mythologies, as shown previously by their depictions of Dragons.

And the more I read this, the more certain I become that the story will pivot to more fantastical themes later, and the MC will become a God killer... a God of War, if you will...

Yeaaaah... no, that's not happening.
Here's an exert of Korean Law on defamation:
- A person who defames another by publicly alleging facts shall be punished by imprisonment or imprisonment without prison labor for not more than two years or by a fine not exceeding five million won. <Amended by Act No. 5057, Dec. 29, 1995>
- A person who defames another by publicly alleging false facts shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years, suspension of qualifications for not more than ten years, or a fine not exceeding ten million won. <Amended by Act No. 5057, Dec. 29, 1995>

Nobody would publish that and the reporter would be in prison immediately, especially to defend a government employee, a firefighter and a national hero.

There's also the issue of Tort Under Article 750 of the Korean Civil Code, which basically covers hurting someone due to your negligence.
In particular, the damages paid would increase if the cause can directly be linked to the reporter, which it does.
If the reporter was doing something illegal, like trespassing, which he was doing, more damages paid.
If the reporter ignored public or common sense orders, which he did, more money.
If the victim is heavily harmed, more money.

The reporter and his publishing company should already be crawling under debt, they wouldn't have the gall to actually publish anything of the sort.

This is manufactured drama, and feels like the author has no idea of what he is doing...

This is actually intense.
Getting her cursed instead of him was genius.
We would be certain that he wouldn't die... but she could, I mean, she's important, but not essential, so the author could just kill her to make the MC miserable.

I really hope she survives, I've kinda grown attached to her.

The daughter seems incredibly interesting.
Too bad she's already dead, but maybe we'll get bits and pieces of her story while the MC goes around getting the gear she made.

There's a big, giant, unavoidable issue with your argument.
If she murdered the whole village and hurt badly his friend and ally to provoke him, it means she knows that it would enrage him, right?

Now, what do you think would be the best way to control someone strong "for the family"?
Kill and maim everyone he cares about, or blackmail him with the possibility of doing so?

And I'm OK with a direct conflict between him and his sister, but the timing is really not logical, and completely dumb, for both sides.
If she waited the end of his pilgrimage, she would have lost NOTHING, and possibly gained all she could.
He would be stronger, which apparently is what she wants, she could have threatened him directly, and not via his acquaintances, and he wouldn't have had years to prepare his revenge on her before she can make any use of him and finally, if she deems him dangerous, she could eliminate him immediately.
She CAN'T interfere with the pilgrimage, so evaluating his strength now doesn't help her in any way.
Oh, and the argument "well, she is crazy" doesn't work. You don't introduce a character as "a genius psychopath" but forget the genius part when it's convenient. That's bad writing.

Yeah.
I smell bullshit.
He either won't win or he'll let her go without harming her.
She can't harm him, and harming her right now would be stupid of him.

This is completely pointless. Making the MC meet her at this point is pretty stupid. We know he isn't at the top of the family's power hierarchy, so what's the point of this encounter.
Making him seem weak? We've already been informed.
Showing how evil the sister is? They already showed us she's been massacring the Tiger tribe for years, men, women and children alike.
Showing how ruthless the family is? They've been killing willy-nilly for centuries... that wasn't something that needed clarification.

I smell bullshit because this feels like filler content, with no character development in view. I guess the next few chapters will be pointless and boring...

The only thing this proves is that the patriarch that the MC is gathering clues about was utterly useless.
Everything he was trying to protect or nurture is being destroyed by his own family... be it the Tiger Tribe or the Grail's Village...

Oh.
I discovered something new about myself.
Apparently, I hate flashbacks even more than cliffhangers.
Every fucking manhwa is currently in a flashback it seems....

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Yeah... because they were soooo useful last time.
- Gave a "special silent whistle" that alerted the enemies.
- Took so long to come help that 2 students cleaned up the whole bandit camp and saved the hostage, alone...
- Even the Bandit King, who wasn't on site, got there before any instructors, had a discussion with the MC, and leisurely left...

The students are better off alone, at least they won't do something stupid with the wrong conviction that the instructors will save them...

Nah.
"Soon" is the end of the last chapter that releases right before this manga gets axed.
Like every other manga with similar stories.

Well, you're right on some points.
Viola would be past simple, but the translation of "il la viola" would be exactly "he raped her", so I'm not exactly pulling things out of nowhere.
This verb tense is rarely used verbally, I concur, and more used in literature, but the translation would still hold, and some posh people do tend to use this tense often.
But as you disagree that the past simple wouldn't be used colloquially, so do I disagree that it would be mainly used to mean violate property or trust (destroy, trample, desecrate), it's way more associated with the sexual violence action, especially because of TV news broadcasts and such, and because it's the only word that can define it (you could use "il abusa de sa confiance" for trust, ...)

But you are right, I didn't mean to scare Gakuku. Context matters after all.
Viola could also be the musical instrument or, like you said in another comment, linked to the flower.
And as a non-French name, it would be infinitely more associated with the flower.

Hum.
I know this will sound pedantic, but I think it's better if I correct you.
It's "Voila" or even more correctly "Voilà".
I wouldn't normally care, but "Viola" means "Raped" in French, soooooo...

Yep, and I hated this arc at first.
But is it not a romance manhwa?
And a level-up/battle manhwa?
And a murim manhwa?
And an isekai manhwa?

I'm getting the feeling that every arc will be in its own genre.
We get attached to the MC, but every arc as a clear beginning, set of characters, stories, lore and most of all ending.

This is simply genius.

Thank you very much!

Please spoil me!
Don't forget to use the "spoiler" tags for others, but this is so slow, and I really don't enjoy reading LN.

Dude, that means he would have to watch his descendants die over and over and over again.
That's even more fucked up.

Also, they said that the DH series don't really have a gender, I don't actually know if he even could have a kid...