In a real life and death battle, no one will stop the battle and disqualify you for kicking, punching, screaming or headbutting in a sword fight. The person whining about a fight being unfair will be dead in like two seconds, so do whatever it takes to win.

She's like half his age, so... yeah, he only won due to his experience.

So... selling weapons to rebels in another smaller country to stoke a war -> to sell more weapons -> to create more conflict -> to sell more weapons -> etc -> is treason?
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Boy do I want to take the axe to several countries... or at least corporations.

Sigh... why do people take leadership positions if they look down on others?
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For crying out loud...

Oh hi there.
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Chocolate without sugar won't cause diabetes. Sugar already existed but people go out and do physical labor all day so they aren't really at the risk of developing diabetes. They could, however, be born with it which is a different topic... though, Mr. Main Character should invent insulin to help them out.

Before you dismiss Dark Mages as incoherent and unrealistic, keep in mind that there exist people IRL who are flat earthers. There are also anti-vaxxers and people who spend money on NFTs... so like, a Mage choosing to go into Dark Magic to pursue a unique and different kind of knowledge isn't really that stupid, is it?

By the way, I did google it and I learned that the Kola Tree is a thing and that's how some sodas are made.

Oh no. Royal Family inbreeding was indeed rampant. NotLikeThis

Hey advisor, you can just kill the king "for the people."

I feel like Mr. Main Character can and SHOULD do this
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thing already -> and the fact he hasn't is costing people their lives which... sucks.

I don't think he's surprised at the fact he's being looked down on. He just hates the fact it's happening because he's... well, and old man. lol
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Those demands are hilarious. I'm reminded of the Peaceoholics List of Demands against GTA over the Hot Coffee incident. If you don't know, these were the demands:
-Not to release Bully under any circumstances
-Volunteer to sell its violent and sexually explicit games in adult video stores only.
-Let parents return Grand Theft Auto for a full refund until they do a national awareness campaign to educate parents of content and possible effects.
-Create a fund for victims of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and car-jackings, etc.
-Make a national apology for misleading and lying to children, parents, and legislators about their intentions and causing insurance premiums to sky rocket.
-Give a written response within five business days of receipt of these demands.

tl;dr: "immediately sabotage your own business and admit responsibility for all human suffering and wrongdoing"

Well, it seems like we're back to waiting for the good translation, except we'll have to wait around 2 months to get any updates because they're still around chapter 500.
Is it possible to delete the chapters with the bad translation to get the good ones as they release?

S!
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So, this is a situation is a light hearted distraction from the discussion of WAR.

Also, to address Gardez70's comment from a long time ago... teaching one or two people isn't gonna do squat. The system is fundamentally set up that, so to get any real change, you'll have to destroy the entire system and build a brand new one -> and force people to accept that new system. Mr. Main Character is far far far too lazy to even try that.

She probably read the wikihow article on confessing and ended up going for that strategy.

We don't really know how big and populous the kingdom that Mr. Main Character lives in but we've been given some random information.

We've been told that the expectation is that all three enemy kingdoms will attack with an army of 600,000 on the low end; his kingdom has an army of around that size too. I googled and I found this:
"Historically, and in practice, generally, an industrialized nation can mobilize approximately 10% of its total population in a full mobilization, for a “total” war."

With this in mind, we can estimate that the population of the country Mr. Main Character resides in has a population of around 6 million, or more. Let's round down to 5 million "to play it safe."
I googled and I also found these:
"In Athens, slaves made up a third to a half of the population from the 5th to the 3rd centuries BC."
"Scholars estimate that between 10% and 20% of the Roman Empire's population were enslaved"
"In 1806, the Domesday Book indicated that 10% of the population was enslaved."

Applying this logic with the rounded down 5 million number and using the lowest number of 10% -> there are approximately half a million slaves. 50,000 slaves being bought at once is a LOT, no doubt, but if you mobilize the entire slave trade (as the merchant said he did) to get it done, then it is totally manageable.

As for the cost, the war being waged is literally because Mr. Main Character is literally too rich and must be stopped. So... my suspension of disbelief is Fine™

I will say, I'm glad Kania wasn't written out like 25 chapters ago and forgotten. She's a good sister.

IT'S MEGACHESSTRON!
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