Plot is incredibly stupid and seems like way too much projection from the mangaka. We could have reached the same place by having a normal A-ranked solo subjugation question, and finding three children abandoned in the woods. Blank canvas from everyone, and it would make far more intrigue about...
I mean is it really ROMANTIC love? That's the whole premise and foreshadowing, so of course. There are other types of love and affection. Could love Sayu like an actually father or big brother figure. Shame.
There was nothing in this chapter that made me have sympathy for this guy. We'll probably get a backstory when he goes to a local town, like all of them do, but give us something else. We could have at least gotten some description of why he was immediately thrown away. Did priest lady not see...
Why couldn't we just get Ellen being just stupid and doing her own investigations, her mom probably didn't lie. This is a BS timeskip. It's not even chapter 20.
I mean... at this point I'd rather just have Tiara just cut off her hair, take whatever she owns (to sell later), and catch a wagon to some other rural city. Jesus, this chick really needs to calm down. I understand there is always going to be a looming possibility of losing a protagonist...
There is the world of predators, but I've met plenty of people I met online. They were all sorts of people, but that girl is gonna see a bad world if she goes by herself.