Comment by Wisblade on anon

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@anon You just exposed the core issue without realizing it. You defend the MC by saying "they get paid", "they can leave", "he can do what he wants". That's a classic corporate cop-out: as long as the contract is fulfilled, there's no moral weight, no responsibility. But here's the truth: economic dependence isn't freedom. It's the exact opposite.

You admit the blonde is dependent on that salary. So no, she can't just leave. She has no leverage. She's stuck working her a** off for a guy who couldn't care less. He gives her crumbs while burning piles of cash on useless artifacts like a manchild with a gacha addiction. And you call that independence? That's not freedom - that's neo-feudalism wearing a silk glove.

This guy lives off others. Not by stealing, but by making them invisible. He doesn't oppress - he lets them submit. He offloads responsibility, expects loyalty, and gives nothing in return but cold indifference and the luxury of his detachment.

Now let's talk about that deleted message. "The guy is dead so who cares". Really? That's your bar? The MC knowingly erases a message from a valuable artifact - something that could've boosted his reputation, opened social doors, brought him benefits without compromising anything. He destroys it out of pure apathy. Or worse: pride. And you applaud that?

This isn't a genius. He's not a self-made man. It's an aristocratic slùt for comfort, wearing the mask of an independent soul. He doesn't carry his own weight - others do it for him while he pretends to float above them all. And you relate to that? Maybe because you'd love the perks of superiority without ever earning the burden of leadership.

He's not a role model. He's a passive narcissist, coasting on the labor of people who don't have the luxury to walk away. And what you're praising here isn't freedom - it's well-dressed parasitism.
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@Wisblade look my guy, I'll try to this brief:
I think it's pretty obvious that the MC is portrayed as flawed. No one is arguing that he is a role model. It's more like that his problems are Relatable and we root for him because we know people who want us to have our lives in the way THEY want.
About Blondie's job, you act like he can't work anywhere else despite being talented enough to work under the MC (later confirmed that he is so talented he would be a core member in other workshops). You act like he is living with minimum wage when literally the ONLY time he says he's broke is because he bought a girl a gift that we don't know anything about (heck it's only implied/said that it's expensive). I think your argument would be correct if we were told that a job in magic tool workshops is too competitive or pays dirt cheap but we don't know that (open to be proven wrong). 
About the message, again, The MC literally has no use for it and HE is the one who owns it now. The only thing that message would get him is a one-way ticket to annoying political fights, unwanted attention from the nobles (which, you know, he doesn't like), and hurting Catarina and her family. There's even a chance someone he invites fiddles with the artifact behind his back, discovers the message, and then drags him into trouble. It's straight up better for the message to not exist at all and he didn't want to deal with whatever landmine that jerk of a grandfather left him (an unrelated person) with, which is understandable.