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Iruma will have to face his demons. Or rather, his humans.
My problem isn't with Lloyd doing what he does, but with the framing the author chose.
Multiple times, he will face of villain of some kind. And multiple times, the author chose to put a comparaison with their punishment or lack there of (legal or not) in Lloyd's country of origin. Every time, the accent is on the severity of the punishment, arguing they should be punished more harshly. And every time the protagonist face one of these villains, the sequence of action is basically the same : He manages to put the villain on the backfoot, gives them an opportunity to back down, then the villain will try one last underhanded attack which will justify Lloyd's actions.
It's important to read a bit deeper than just surface level. Yes, every villain he took out deserved it. That's my point. There is only absolute evil in this story, no moderate evil. Every villain is so absolutely rotten that Lloyd can murder each and every one of them and feel justified. You never have a petty thief who won't correct his way yet isn't a big threat to anyone. Or a murderer who a complex situation who wouldn't murder indiscriminetely, yet wasn't truly justified in his crime.
The authors chooses to present villainy has an absolute thing, villains as unredeemable beings who must be punished through the harshest possible sentence. And of course, this also means the author chooses to portray the justice system has something to be avoided, since Lloyd will always be justified in dishing out punishements himself. It is all about justice, and more specifically about a justifing a view of the legal system as useless and requiring to tackle crime with self-serving violence. And could talk about the korean justice system, because boy does it have problems, but saying it saying it harsh enough is really missing those problems.
And I'm not asking about the story to be a deep exploration of human psyche or a well educated critique of legal systems. Quite the contrary actually: What the heck is all that doing in the funny isekai about making modern architecture in a cliche medieval fantasy world?!
Anyway, more importantly, the Viscount IS indeed in the wrong but, as is often the case with people with too much power, acting without diplomacy even when you are in your full right is unwise.
I mean, if the story was realistic, the news of this event would travel and other nobles would hear about this. Who do you think they would categorise as "good guy" and "bad guy" here? On one side, a noble just doing his business as usual. On the other, the son of another noble (with an already bad reputation to boot) who took over a portion of his land using a law nobody makes use of. From their perspective, they wouldn't be safe from having this happen to them, if not from Lloyd then from another upstarts.
There's some serious lore implications here. If we think about the sphere, they simply MUST have technology (or smt equivalent) on a different level from the ground. You have to wonder how much they know and what they can do. I feel that the experience gained in this fight will serve in the futur.
The key hitting the ring is definitely going to have consequences. The question is now or later?
And guess what? He's wrong. Like factually wrong. Harsher sentencing is extremely conter-effective. There are studies about this.
Justice is not an "illusion", it's a process. Something that requires complex, well-crafted laws. It can be ineffective, flawed or even corrupt. But wanting it to be harsher? that's just listening to your base instincts over reason.