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This series is amazing.The character progression, the story, depth, relationship, cruel depiction, even the world-building, and well.... the R-18 stuff just speaks to the essence and quality the author brings to this novel.It tells the story of an average, plain MC who doesn't really want anything; he just follows what he wants to do, things that he plans to do, and sometimes his dreams. It's mostly a slice of life of your normal average adventurer, but with him being a porter. He does stuff mostly solo, but he won't mind a bit of company, such as hiring s*aves. and s*aves in this world are more or less non-existent if we put it in your standard Isekai tensei novel. What I mean is that there are no such things as a collar s*ave or s*ave magical contract. Although the world has such game elements, it didn't affect the world's denizens that much; at least when I read this all the way till the latest chapter, there was no depiction that certain jobs were so persecuted. The synopsis might say "the lowly porter" but even porters are not that lowly; they have the backing of Porter Unions. They are weak, yes, but that's just your normal porter, not the MC. So there are no persecutions whatsoever, except in the aristocracy and wealthy merchants, and the story doesn't tell that much for it to matter.What I want to tell you next is about world building. There isn't much to say. So I'm going just short with this. The author—this guy is good. He develops such a story that doesn't feel out of balance—not that boring, but absolutely stunning and full of enjoyment. It's the kind of series where no such aspect of the game elements stood out so much that it tickled your brain and annoyed the living sh*t out of you. No one is OP, is what I would like to say, but heroes exist, and as of the latest chapter, it hasn't been told yet how strong they are, but the author is so good with this novel world development, and there are no mentions of unreasonable power existed in the story, so there you go.There wasn't much to be told about the characters; they are.... I guess you could say fun? charming? warming? In any case, they are normal and make sense. You wouldn't feel they were out of place. The author doesn't do any of that Japanese bullsh*ttery, so everything just feels kind of natural when you are reading them.R-18, I advise you to ignore the 'R-18' in some later chapters at the beginning of volume 1 and also in a lot of chapters. I kind of get why this is put into the R-18 category, but the s*x scene is just a pure waste of time (especially some later chapters at the beginning of volume 1), well, most of the time. So I just skip those things and read only for the story. I mean it; it's not sarcasm, and I'm being serious about it. Although it's R-18, it doesn't feel like that most of the time. Well, those s*x scenes are enjoyable, no doubt about it. It's not like other series with their ridiculous story-telling of it. When reading them, it's like I'm reading a doujin or something, so I don't have to turn my brain upside-down and put it in the washing machine just to be able to visualize it. Well, all in all, it was a great read, not gonna lie.Spoiler
It was truly a great read. Ch. 95 is where I will drop this. I'm still reeling from the shock that the MC's gf died. Unfortunately, I'm too busy in real life to properly digest this. So I don't really know how to feel. I did have the feeling that the author was going to do this sooner or later, but it still hurts me a lot when it happens. See you all next year; when this series has more than 200 chapters, I'll come back to it.
[collapse]Continuation:v4 and beyond!It was wholesome. So wholesome, in fact, that I was wondering why the heck the author did not do more updates on this series!? I want to read more, especially when the progression has become more serious (kind of). The princess, his ex-fiancee, and his sister will be coming. Not the next volume, but likely after that, or maybe the next one after that.Sei is now at peace with Mireia. His chest no longer tightens whenever he dreams of her. I love how the author did this. Now I no longer need to drop this novel. I love Mireia, I really do. I wish her happiness, be it in the afterlife or the next.PS: The synopsis needs a little bit of tinkering because it is kind of misleading. It's kinda like demeaning the MC too much. He is weak, yes, but NOT THAT WEAK. And being a porter is not a lowly job either; that's just the perception among those in High Society. And what do you mean he doesn't trust others? I read the novel, and there is no such thing as the MC having had some sort of major trust issue happen to him in the past or anything like that -_-) PS: I fixed it. Feel free to edit it back if you don't like it.