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It's already 2024 but we're still quick to judge girls/women (in fiction, in this case, since it would be a shame for me to assume that you're like that irl, too)? #－.－)
In settings like this where information isn't readily available with just one click, it takes time to find all the clues you need. The MC is not stupid, esp. in the scene where she saw the paper dropped by the info guild master. It was shown that she thought to seek out more information from a different guild since the info GM proves to be unreliable. Instant gratification and results doesn't come with settings like these.
It was stressed in the beginning that she's grown attached to the 3 ogML's since they're all she has interacted with since getting isekai'd. She even realized that her narrow world has been allowed to expand once they've let her go (and vice versa). Their behavior was irregular, and definitely suspicious... Is she not allowed to wallow and think about it, gather information and arrive to a more facts-based conclusion? Wouldn't you be confused too... if you wake up after 3mos and suddenly, your lover and friends has turned their back on you even after faithfully following the novel's plot? And you didn't even read about the new girl's name in the novel. She's not even overly attached to them since she's still aware that she's an outsider in this world.
The ML hasn't even presented green flags yet, but why are we so quick to take his side, huh? He's extremely dangerous in the MC's eyes since he's the demon king she stabbed (the scar isn't even just a stab wound, it's a long gash. Anyone who cooks and has held a knife to cut red meats must know (or at least a semblance of) the sensation of cutting through flesh); and he's the stuff of her nightmares? Can you guys not imagine the weight of murder, especially since she's a healer? And I say murder, since the guy was defenseless and incoherent at that point. It's not even been a year since she woke up from slumber. Like, the misunderstanding with the knight captain incident didn't even last a day (and didn't even dragged on for a couple more of chapters) and she apologized sincerely.
She's not a pushover, too. And she's serious about protecting her family and people. I especially liked that she's requested the precious holy sword for her alimony. Not only it is a valuable item to have as an adventurer, it's also good that she can feel more at ease especially with the demon king in her vicinity. It's an SSS-class item (๑•ㅂ•)و✧ If she can feel safe, then she can get to know the ML better ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
Also, she didn't just tremble in fear inside the carriage when confronted with demonic beasts. She used her experience in the subjugation, even though a healer can only do so much... She tried.
She's not an OP MC (at least, not anymore); cut her some slack. If you're an ordinary, unremarkable human on Earth... what makes you think that you can suddenly transform yourself when you get transmigrated to a fantasy world? The MC may be generic since we've read so much from this genre. But aren't we the same as real people? We're not so different, and not as unique as we'd like to think we are.
Some of you guys have such unrealistic expectations for girls/women, huh? But the bar is really in hell for MLs. So depressing ╥﹏╥
The MC can definitely improve (since there should be always room for it), but at only 23chaps... She's doing well enough for me!