@Hoomanadaw
Based on his inner monologue in ch4, I speculate that he made the same mistake as the reporter, going gambling with borrowed money while being emotionally unstable in hope of making a quick buck to recover his failing family business and that backfired badly. He had to run away and...
kaiji remember which bag he tried to open before so he purposely faked out and didnt lock it to make things appear natural. There're really nothing of value in that bag at all. This entire chapter can probably summed in 2 pages or so. What a waste of ink and time of translators.
Locks on zipper...
It's impossible to die as soon as when the hand was chopped off. I think it's more likely that her autores ability kick in and kill her instantly as soon as it sense danger, even when she's not dead yet. That also explain why she dont quite remember death being that painful, the ability kick it...
I dont think they had MC leaving because of selfish reasons. It's pointed out in the very first chapter that this is a dnd world and having the MC in the party means putting him in harm's way. Having him leaving is a painful decision but it's better than then him dying.
@Sweet_Seats
If she was born a super combatant she wouldnt be on maid duty. It's a world of magic, if she's really a souped up fire mage she could become a sorcerer queen and use her accumulated wealth and power to hire scryers and seek out her bro that way. That is, assuming she's actually...
You'd think a noble household would have enough guards to defend against a rogue maid. But omnipotent MC says no so it must be not. Kinda remind me of that pumpkin girl slasher manga. Oh well, so much potential so wasted.