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Thank you very much and I will do my best to make your read an enjoyable one.

While it seems useless in the short-term, I think it does help the worldbuilding and fleshes out the characters. That being said, as of Chapter 10, this first arc is finished and the story is beginning to pick up.

That would certainly be an easy way to remedy this but I like to have my MCs suffer. 🤣

You're welcome! ^^

I very much agree with you. But I'm trying to craft a nuanced and realistic character, thus he does things that outside observers like me or you would disagree with.