A lot of this just feels like trope subversion.
MC: "Oh no! I'm a coward/useless!"
NPC: "Lolno. Calm down kid, hit the library, take your time."
MC: "Oh no! I'm special/unique! I have to hide it!"
NPC: "Hey anyone know healing magic? You know that stuff we casually ask for all the time?"
It's subtle but I think the friendly guy dying shook the MC up. Page 23 he full stops looking at the pile of gear and his eyes are deliberately out of frame. When he goes to pick up the magic crystal his hand is shaking, I bet he only stops once Roxanne is looking over his shoulder.
Yeah, I...
So...does she just make sure to keep herself pregnant in case she needs to make an abortion-golem when she needs one?
(There's a sentence I never thought I'd write.)
Kind of liking the world-building here. The world had what was effectively WW2 and the Crusades at the same time and eventually the biggest players forced a ceasefire by alliance. Now they have a religious UN of sorts with the 4 component factions in a state of perpetual Cold War as any one that...
I mean, day 1 the Academy principal literally told them "Do as you like, die as you like!"
If they weren't willing to risk their lives they should have dropped out.
Those rare moments when you can actually go off on someone without getting fired are a special kind of joy. I had the pleasure of arguing with a "customer" for almost 20 minutes as a cashier. Didn't get too loud so as not to bother other customers but out right called them a liar and an idiot...
I don't know. Despite the usual "REeeCuCkDetEcTeD!" commenters I thought it was pretty good. Dude has valid complaints with the way his life is going, takes a chance to do things over. Decides not to be as big of a dick as he could have(Letting knight-chick die to the boar/be forced to marry)...