Ohhhh, for once the mysterios past that suddenly makes him OP is revealed since the start, for me this is a huge plus instead of bsing halfway through a powerup
Like how this is setup, hopefully we get to the "good stuff" soon because a few too many slow introduction chapters like this is gonna tank it's ability to stay published.
@Feytas Ahoge? Ash mage? Ahegaoe? It is figuratively impossible to know what you mean when you censor your words! Which I guess is the intention, as if it was parseable at all then if there had been rules against saying "asshole", then anyone could have reported you :O
Feels like his secret is already known, considering the girl with horns is looking lovingly at a photo of the black mage trained by some old guy with horns. Maybe they were both horny and wanted to play with his body? Only one has gotten to, so far, tho. *badumtish*
If the hero is the MC's childhood friend in these types of novels, more than not they know of the Mc's powers, but don't reveal them / think them obvious to anyone else, but generally side with the MC.