Awww, how sweet.

Also, the jerk from the start of the chapter? I'mma casually predict "he'll get cleaved."

He's such a calculative snake. He really has no value in others -> he doesn't see them as "people" but as "tools."

Though, that last line makes no sense. Why does he want her bruised and battered...? The only logical reason I can think of would be "so she can rely on me" -> so "she is properly under my control."

Well, don't forget to breath while you're returning suffering a hundredfold. Maybe when you inhale, you'll realize that the person next to you hasn't inhaled in a while and is also suffering.

Wait, did the vial break? lol

The poor kid. Standing around dying of thirst as someone takes a BATH. Jeez, that's miserable.

True! The ability to make people abandon their reason, alone, is absurdly OP. Add in the fact they'll be enraged and attack you regardless of all circumstances? Risky, but with high risk comes high reward.

So, this jerk is actually more of a demon than most demons
https://i.postimg.cc/pVfcwg1J/i.png
What's the deal with him being alive and fine? Scumbag was a horrible monster before he turned into this demon form.
"People on strike are lazy" SCREW YOU! WHY DON'T YOU PAY PEOPLE WHAT THEIR LABOR IS ACTUALLY WORTH RATHER THAN WHAT YOU THINK IT'S WORTH? Because if you get paid based on what I think you're worth, then you'll starve to death as you're worthless in my eyes.

Man, if he survives this arc, I'mma be upset.
https://i.postimg.cc/Px43wDDF/i.png
(martial peak)

She's soooooooooooo stupid that she's almost an innocent victim in this circumstance.
She is a victim, yes, but not innocent.

https://i.postimg.cc/gr9LVdD1/i.png

Us:
https://i.postimg.cc/cLLtfDMx/i.png

That will create a power vacuum -> it will suck in everything and everyone until it is properly filled. Everyone nearby will try to fill it and get killed by someone else trying to fill it.

In short: it will be chaos.
What will that achieve? Nothing good.

I love magic. She made her own stairway to descend slowly, how awesome is that?!

Hoglet?
looks up the definition

Well, what do ya know? It's a baby hedgehog.

82 years sounds miserable indeed... but if I had to decide between that or spending the same time with other people... well...

In Library of Ruina, there is a WARP train that can get you anywhere in just 10 seconds. Convenient!
Wait... why is there a class system for a place you're gonna spend just a few minutes in; getting in, 10 seconds, and getting off?
Yeah, turns out, you spend 2,000 years traveling to your destination via another time axis -> and when you arrive, you're reset back to when you first sat down. You cannot die and you do not need to eat nor drink. This is terrifying especially since you're not alone. Being alone will absolutely drive you crazy, but I think it is worse to be surrounded by other people in this situation.

She found several water veins, waited for the nobles to leave -> to get all the credit for her actions and leave them out of it. She is very vindictive indeed.

Also, "Undine" is quite the name for a water spirit. When I first read it, I didn't imagine it was a "low-ranking" spirit whatsoever. I was kinda surprised but I was also "eh, it's fiction, so what do ya know?" Turns out, I was onto something.

Well, I don't blame ink for that reaction. I'd be upset too.

There is a lot of self-justification for one's actions out there,
https://i.postimg.cc/Xvn8dTk1/i.png
This is a really pathetic one. "Oh no, you see I had to call you trash! D: "

I do find it hilarious just how badly some horses are drawn in works like this. It's pretty funny. "I can't draw horses! I can draw background scenery, humans, swords, spirits, and all that stuff but I can't do horses!"

Also, for what it is worth, these aren't that bad. If I didn't see the screenshot in the comment below me, I wouldn't have noticed, so they aren't good... okay fine, it's bad, but it's not terrible like the horses in "I'm the Main Character's Child."

YANDERE! RUN!
https://i.postimg.cc/289XN6Tr/i.png

The horses?

To be honest, the political turbulence that's generally present and unpleasant can paint anyone who isn't Ms. Main Character in a negative light... It's hard to tell who is an enemy and who is just desperately trying to survive.

Isabelle, for example, is in the latter category. She doesn't exactly hate Ms. Main Character but she knows that she has to be better than her or else she'll be discarded -> so she acts this particular way which really brings in the anchoring effect -> making it seems like she hates her guts.