He did all those. The next "miserable" beating he'll receive after this is only acting, before he dropped his awesomeness and recruit the bad guy in this chapter to become his minions (the guy is actually OP). He's already living far from the family by now, get recognized by higher-ups, a badass, and about to stand up to his father and facing his childhood trauma. The father have already been shown to have some trauma and inferiority complex too, because he's been crushed and failed to become a national mage a long time ago, so he's going to rub that salt on an old wound.