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The aunt coming into the picture gives even more context for how Richard was treated that led to him becoming how he is. It seems like both his father and aunt at least subconsciously blamed him for his mother’s death even if they never said it to his face. They want him to justify that loss with his existence. His father raised him from birth as a replacement to throw his responsibilities on so he could leave the capital and sit vigil for his wife.
Material comforts and basic physical needs being provided are not enough to raise a healthy child. He never got any affection or assurance from any of his family during and after childhood, so he almost still craves it. He feels crushed under the expectations that his father raised him for. He is someone who has taken advantage of his power before, but he has never craved it, and even felt it to be burdensome.
Surrendering control is like releasing that burden, and the dynamic he seeks out with Courtney allows him to pursue his emotional needs.

Honestly, the best course of action is probably to create a new village for those contaminated by Krukurk to settle in. Miraculously healing land that nobody could do anything to help since recorded memory is going to bring a lot of unwanted attention. It’s clear that the victims face stigma and rejection everywhere else, so setting up a private community for them to settle and rebuild a functional community would be best.

Feels like trope soup
Author decided to push the “select all” button when picking out the tropes.
We’ve got secretary x CEO dynamic, sex as a “need” for guiding purposes, accidental pregnancy, down bad man refuses to admit/express his feelings thus frustrating himself and sabotaging any potential relationship, and feels passing in the night
Lol

It’s kind of crazy how weak the ML is compared to the espers in every other Guideverse. He’s supposed to be an S rank mental esper but was driven to the verge of rampage after one attempted psychic interrogation of a normal guy. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an F rank esper depicted as that weak.
I get that the power scaling may be different in different series, but if the range between each rank is the same, most espers would be barely different from regular people.

I don’t get why everyone is treating ML like some white knight compared to Vorodin. ML admonishes his rival for proposing to such a young and inexperienced 20 year old MC in exchange for her exclusive guiding as if he’s taking advantage….when he is proposing a casual sex relationship with that same person on the same timeline. And FL agrees with him?
She was never going to accept the proposal for other reasons, but it’s really weird that they act like he’s such a creepy weirdo for proposing as they’re finalizing a contract to provide casual sex without emotional strings under a legally binding contract.
If I was going to judge either one of these scenarios more than the other, it’s not going to be the first one!
I also kind of dislike how the writing bait and switches the factor of her poverty. She has a lot of debt from her deceased mom, an ailing grandmother, no other family/support, and basically a one track future of minimum wage jobs. On top of that, her radiant guiding is super weak, so if she wants to work as a guide, contact guiding is her best bet for any degree of financial stability and success. If any of these factors was less difficult, she would probably have more options. These financial struggles are identified as her primary motivators in chapter 1.
ML recognizes that she’s “been through a lot”, which means that she’s under a lot of financial pressure to go this route whether she really wants to or not. Then the author tries to dismiss it by having her say she’s “just being greedy” to explain why she’s doing this. Yes, greedy for a lack of debt, being able to afford AC/heating, and the ability to pay for her elderly grandmother’s medical care. This statement discounts everything that was explained in her background and really doesn’t make sense with the rest of her characterization.
It’s primary purpose seems to make the ML seem like less of a bad guy for profiting from her unfortunate situation. It just doesn’t feel genuine to me. He knows she’s young and poor with no other options besides contact guiding, so cheap distractions from that just mess with the integrity of the story.
Honestly all his comments about Vorodin, comments about her age/vulnerability, and double checking her situation just make him seem sketchier. Because in the end he confirmed her poverty, minimal ability to radiate guiding, and lack of better options as he was putting down someone who made a marriage proposal..,then immediately decided to make a casual sex contract with her.
Nobody is specifically forcing or coercing her into this, but it would be accurate to say her situation is. I feel like if he was going to go for it anyway, ML would be a better person if he recognized her situation, but just understood her financial need and created a mutual contract rather than treating her like a child/victim only to go through with it anyway

Idk, all that buildup for such a cringe name? (●￣(ｴ)￣●)

Follows random woman around all day until it starts getting dark, demands her number, and physically restrains her when she refuses” “I’m not a weirdo haha”
Σ(っ°Д °;)っ

While I would spontaneously combust out of embarrassment if my partner ever said that in public, I do recognize that it was a glorious power move perfectly designed to piss off the doctor and psycho guide

These side stories were so perfect and enjoyable. Please make more
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That outfit is about to do the opposite of what he wants it to