@Psychronia most likely there will be some backstory where she was never given any attention by her parents and was actually raised by one of the maids or something so she avoided becoming an absolutely horrible person like the rest of her family.
@Psychronia yeah, it's called shitty parents. These are the same assholes that left their own newborn to die right after he was born because he supposedly didn't have magic. It's more a miracle that the sister isn't like them.
@traveling_chef Actually, based on the translated part of the web novel, the two show up again as minor characters here and there, which makes this change more baffling. I wonder if this was something they also changed for the light novel version, or if this is a manga exclusive change.
@jimmyclear agreed. People don't survive on the battlefield for 20 years on luck alone. Dude is hiding some serious skill if a legendary mercenary family couldn't make him fight seriously.
Story only has one chapter where they barely introduce us to the plot hook and everyone is already calling the story stupid SMH. This is why we can't have nice things.
@truepurple I think they're implying she's more like his mistress while Gudrid was supposed to be the legal wife for political purposes? Seemed like she was added just to make Sig have a lover so her introduction is a bit confusing.
I always hate it when a story goes "At that time, I had no idea..." because it usually never is at bad as it sounds and is usually just a cheap way to set up a cliffhanger
@Levenah In most societies such a dogshit contract being forced on people on their first day, who don't even really understand what they are signing away, to the point of practically being forced to die for them if asked (outside military service, but usually you know what you're getting into...