Read the manga, absolute dogshit. For good measure, I read until chapter 47. (The only thing that helped me push through. Was the translator comments about how bad the story was).
The only good thing about this story is that the mc is as weak as a paper leaf, that is, until you remember that doesn’t matter at all. What point to have a weak mc if its weakness never. NEVER. has consequences? Ohh no he has to lead troops to war but he’s an anemic kid who can barely stand up? Who cares! He has two bulldozers of magic/combat duo that will absolutely demolish ANYTHING that vaguely threatens him.
My best friend sold me this story as political, but… there’s no intrigue, no ulterior motives, no corruption. EVER.
Everyone in the castle is a fantastic servant who cares only for their lord and their lord only works for the betterment of his territory. Then why is the territory so terrible? There was this whole thing about orphans being enslaved and it just gets solved later as if it never was an issue. Where did the funds come from? Were they always there? Then why wasn’t anything being done about it?
All characters who are good are good, all characters that are bad are bad. It’s so on the nose.
Talking about characters, let’s meet out wonderful cast:
☆ 35 year old Pedo who has the spine of a doormat and street knowledge of a blank book.
☆ Slave picked up from the streets that was apparently a god. Happy to be sent to war
☆Slave bought. BOUGHT, from rapist group that was apparently a god. Happy to be sent to war
☆Only remaining child of a single grandpa (mc sent his brothers to war) . Mc manipulates him to be happy to be sent to war.
☆ 6 Year old fiancée who, despite having stupidly high ambition as her only defining characteristic, has her highest aspiration to be mc’s girlfriend.
☆Random ass waiter who happens to be the leader of a shadow clan, is easily overpowered by previous cast and its just ok with having being forced to cooperate with random ass kid.
☆Random god woman who likes being drunk.
Mc has every, EVERY damn reason to work his ass off to become strong. But he doesn’t, he just comes up as a lazy nobody.
The only. ONLY reason, he ever gets this far, is because his appraisal skill, which he never has to work for, has no cost, and only tells the truth.
(To my best friend) do you like seeing me suffer? Stop recommending such garbage!!