Responses
It wasn't about protecting the old man, it was about making sure the cop didn't hold all the power as leader of the group. If he decided randomly that another member was a threat (he went as far to bring the MC to his "execution" to warn her not to disobey him) then there's no saying how willing he is to just kill someone else. The MC is always thinking in terms of the future, not necessarily what the consequences are now.
i just wish it wasn’t that old ass man like girl we know you don’t want him alive either
honestly i’ve really liked the mc so far because she’s very level headed but idk how i feel with the last chapter. she clearly saw how dangerous the villager was and how he was quick to threaten and even insinuate he would rape the women but she still thinks he can be controlled? i’m not saying the cop should’ve shot him but if he had died, i wouldn’t have cared. it just felt kinda out of character for her to defend him. i get her reasoning, if he can kill the villager, who’s to say he won’t kill the others? but did oreum really want a muderous, misogynistic old man to continue living with all of them? it just doesn’t make sense why she would defend him.