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Author tries to write a smart MC but fails.Social engineering requires a lot of preparation, not just being a smooth talker and being able to think on your feet. From pretext, dress (and other props), language (the words you use, the way you use them, even your pronounciation), all the way down to posture, it all has to be carefully rehearsed beforehand. The MC being able to trick not only the bard but the bandits and multiple groups of knights as well? And without any preparation beforehand? How is that even possible.The MC has lived his entire life on a farm in a remote village. He has had no contact with bandits or knights, so how can he know how they talk? How can he pretend to be a bandit or knight when he hasn't even seen one before? Furthermore, since he has never been to the region before, how can he know how the locals speak, their accents, lingo, and unspoken rules? Has the author ever heard of the concept of a shibboleth?The MC hasn't had the training needed to have a knight's posture, he cannot even imitate the way they walk. This was seen through by Falcon straight away, so how could he pretend to be the captain of the wolves? Yeah, apparently everyone believes him just because he carries a sword, even though he obviously doesn't know how to use it. It's like a kid with a sword saying that he's a sword master even though he can't even hold the sword properly, and everyone believing him. Makes the same amount of sense.What annoys me is not the MCs ability to adapt on the spot, but the fact that he would have to know tons of (non verbal) things that he has no chance of knowing in order to fool that many people. And on the occasions where he was seen through (by the bard and then by the bandits) he was saved by deus ex machina. I've lost count of how many times he runs into enemies, says some nonsense which are then seen through, then right as he's about to be killed some new guy pops up and now he has to lie again.It's like a Mickey Mouse cartoon. You can't take it seriously.
