You wouldn't need funds, you could ask questions of others. You investigate yourself, not pay others to do so. Even physically snoop around the mansion etc.

But a evil asshole like that, unlikely that was the first victim and repeated incidents of this, some of the truth is likely to leak out, even if it's just people never being seen again after going in. Hell, might not even be the first orphan sold to the evil asshole. Kids never seen again. Even that black puffy haired kid, wasn't that kid from the orphanage?

Even the noble willing to give substantial amounts of money to adapt a kid from a orphanage itself should be a big red flag, You could judge their story as to why, their mannerisms etc. what rumors say about the nobles situation.

But my impression is the orphanage didn't want to know, would have sold em off regardless.

I absolutely blame the orphanage for selling a child to a evil asshole like that, and no way would they be entirely clueless about it if they really bothered to look into it.

I hope Author has Amy smart enough to only pretend to be drinking, you'd have to be a idiot to eat or drink anything in that circumstance.

This guy is super evil well before this. Deserves to be crippled or killed or whatever it takes and not for trying to drug Amy. (obviously don't drink or eat anything)

Probably saving the other dragons life with this chomp

https://i.postimg.cc/Y0ccvNwd/i.png

No peaceful life for the theoretical betrayer or no peaceful life for the theoretical grandson?

Not even Helmut's face or hair to begin with, it's a disguise from the artifact gotten from the school.

Does a lich not count as a necromancer? Liches use the magic of necromancy, is that not a necromancer?

Best zone to date from.

Yeah I thought about fishing in the beginning as well

"Fortune" and "misfortune" don't "exist" though.

How boring. Annoying talk at the beginning about being king and ruling and then some Trex with a human like mind contemplating being stuck in a bad position.

Many animals don't commit suicide because they don't sit there getting depressed and contemplating their situation.

Impressive parkouring, but what trouble did they cause. And why was the gate shut early.

Hmm? Shoot em and they can't be your fall person. These big bosses are kinda stupid.

Maybe you viewed the chapters one after another, I viewed the chapters a week apart. I forgot that there was a line about "not misunderstanding" in the last chapter. A line that doesn't make sense anyway since Ronan's actions show Ronan is on MC's side. The latter is what I remembered from a week before. So misunderstanding Ronan obviously being on MC's side would be to see Ronan as a enemy despite appearances. Also three "not"s and a "mis" and a "right?"was a bit grammatically convoluted whether correct grammar or not.

Don't know all who hates and likes me, but some of my posts get many up-votes and not down-votes. Why would you care?

"The only Necromancer" except for all the other necromancers...

It seems like fighting that dragon would be easier than this. Instead of going here to get ready to fight the dragon, should have fought the dragon to be ready for this battle and or that war first.

What does it say on the banners?

To your first point, seems like giving a top tier essence could be called "babying". How directly aiding and guiding is less "babying" than dying to give a cheat like essence, is beyond me.

Totally on it having to be a super rare essence, but enough effort for long enough and you might get something not too far off.

Anyway let's compare benefit to the barbarian tribe.
Scenario 1. Carefully cultivate all barbarians to survive and get stronger with their own essences. Maybe not cheat like essences, but good essences.
Scenario 2. Die to give a single barbarian one cheat essence.

Sure #2 has potential of quality over quantity, but quantity matters too. Lots of barbarians surviving and getting stronger can be sea changing for the whole group, like what MC has done for them. Also it means alot more people living.

When MC stumbled upon a poacher group and there was a pile of forest animal bodies for some reason. That familiar/pet we haven't seen in awhile for some reason was hatched because of all this and because of the bloody environment has blood powers.

This one was one of the poachers MC spared. Didn't fight against MC that I recall.