Aside from her having a parent figure, you can't even trust villains who don't even know what empathy is not to harm the kid even if you did take back the curse and die. Maybe they directly kill her to silence her from saying what she knows.

Ask for a bit of extra money or connections for cheaper purchase of the safety device, if you say the truth about what it's for then certainly such a dad would be receptive.

"Work hard running a company and you get more money"

I call BS.

It doesn't make sense to accept Dario to accompany them on the quest. It's not dangerous. They have no need for Dario. Also Dario apparently has a aggressive personality thus would likely get in the way of a quest that involves talking someone into going home where force is strictly forbidden.

So Dario potentially gets in the way, doesn't contribute, and what, takes half the pay out? Thus all the longer before the kid can be left on her own with some safety.

Seems silly for a test that screens for only combat strength. What even is the point for that? (other than showing off Douglas's strength again) I could understand a test that screens for character somehow.

"ability belonging to other races"

A flower can transform into a human form but you are surprised a dragon, famous for being able to morp into human form in many versions of the mythology, can.

Well considering there hasn't been a single mention of space travel yet and a imminent dire war is coming....

Maybe it's artistically meant that it pierced through the box and landed on the side then exploded and the artist didn't demonstrate this well. Definitely should have had a hole drawn in the side if this was meant to be the case.

On a side note. divine punishment witch is going to shoot such a bomb at point blank range? I guess they'd simply use the ones they don't like very much and don't mind them getting caught in explosions.

I don't force people to adopt my language, i am not meaning to draw attention either. It's too absurd for anyone to flip out this much over what pronouns someone uses, especially when not a trans issue. The irony. Probably many of these same people flipping out would also holler about freedom of speech if asked to use a particular pronoun with a trans person, which is just massive hypocrisy. I don't know for sure that is the case but I find it likely.

To be sure, that 17th void monarch is a part of MC?

Well the ring technically only protects against one specific threat.

I already explained, repeat it one more time.

If the sword just happened to resemble the legendary sword or was gotten by chance or something then Helmut wouldn't act like that. "That" being physically attacking rich noble kid and uttering a quasi death threat, not "flinching". That reaction says Helmut wants to keep it a secret AKA is the disciple of that master. There is no other conclusion to draw.

Because Helmut acted like that. Noble kid essentially knows what Helmut wanted to keep secret as noble kid is smart. That reaction by Helmut not literally a confession, as "confession" would imply intentional. But acts the same as one. If Helmut had said "Oh, I got that sword from my master", the noble kid would know no more than what the noble kid knows now thanks to Helmut's confession.

This basic logic can not be spelled out any more than this. Probably wasted my time typing this out.

P.S. Your insane ramblings are mildly humorous but not enough to really fully read.

That's alot of nonsense. Too much for it to be worth the time and energy to fully unpack. So I will only respond to the ad hominem and one other thing.

"That reacting with instinctive alarm when confronted with sensitive information isn't "confession," it’s trauma-informed self-preservation."

I am saying anyone with half a brain will know they are on to something when Helmut reacts like that. If there was nothing to it, if the sword just happened to look like the famous sword, or it was the famous sword that they found on the market or something, then no one would react like that. Helmut is essentially confessing to the sword being that famous sword since the reaction informs the noble kid such and confesses that it's important to keep that quiet. So it's nearly a confession of Helmut having been a student of that famous master. The reaction telegraphs the information that Helmut wants to keep quiet. Your "self preservation" is harmful to self. As far as whether it makes sense for Helmut to basically confess and make a massive strategic mistake because 'too emotional', I won't get into except that it does not fit with the character shown so far.

"You overreacted with nearly the same intensity to a perceived threat"

I have not over-reacted. I have just discussed the topic,This absurd ad-hominem of yours is just too much. Comparing my discussing thoughts of part of a comic in a logical way to a character physically assaulting and giving quasi death threats, if this is as bad and dishonest of logic that I can expect from you, there is no reason to continue talking to you. Also your bad logic is no threat to me. Bye.

Since you don't even know the topic, there is nothing more for me to say to you.

Remember the blacksmith came to the noble, not visa versa.

Rules have nothing to do with this. You are talking about irrelevant things.

This isn't about social cues. If you strongly react to something, it means you care about it. If you strongly negatively care about being associated with a respected martial master, you are associated with said master and that strong reaction is a confession, this is basic logic. Helmut is not suppose to be a idiot, but you'd have to be a idiot to not realize this.

It's not even like Helmut was questioned about being associated with said martial master. It was just some information given to Helmut. The noble kid could have easily kept this information to esself.

Logic says to not behave like Helmut did.

There was no reason for Helmut to have such a strong emotional reaction either.

P.S. It is intellectually dishonest to call my opinion a "tangent" Sounds like a ad-hominem, using a word with a negative connotation like "tangent" to dishonestly dismiss my position.

FYI "tangent" is not even a correct term here. Tangent means "A sudden digression or change of course" If I were to go on a "tangent", that would mean I would be talking about something off topic. Since I am the original poster of this exchange where I mentioned this issue, in no way is "tangent" accurate as this is the original topic I started.

Tell me the reason/benefit of Helmut confirming said past with this action?

"Helmut has gotten a very clear warning about his mentors past history enough to be strongly encouraged not to display his mentor's swordsmanship or else Helmut could be killed by someone during the competition."

This is exactly why Helmut should NOT be behaving like this.

Instead Helmut should have responded nonchalantly like Helmut doesn't care. That would be the best denial possible. This overreaction instead is practically a confession.

That's not a strawman. It's a comparison, a expansion on YOUR analogy. With Helmut's skill, speed, power, compared to these opponent's cutting off a limb after the match is over with the opponents back turned is not much different than cutting off a limb during the match. Either way it is a unnecessary action for Helmut to win muchless to survive ijntact Helmuts self.. Like pounding on a opponents face after a boxing match win.

Cutting off opponents limbs in these arena matches is just evil of Helmut to do, I explained enough.

You might go into a boxing match reasonably expecting opponents won't be allowed to pound on your head for awhile after already defeating you.