Yusuha ?
Well that’s probably down to his/her reluctance to take lives
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Then she should have damn well chosen the mc over sister…we all know she preferred sister…at least up until the mc defeated her in the war and then personally. And even so sister was given a very long leash and considerable resources whereas the mc is a literal slave or at best a puppet to be kept ignorant and on a very short leash.
Even in spite of all of that Thalia still almost picked sister to resurrect…so it is safe to say we know where her sympathies lie.
The mc themselves is less than nothing to Thalia, she only cares about the parasites inside them and their “pure” bloodline.
That’s not what Julius could have found out though. At that time the mc’s big secret is that they were a fugitive Salantiran noble who tried to assassinate the Duke, those were sister’s accusations.
So the value of the mc’s life has always been about zero and it still is now.
My mc doesn’t either, at least anymore. Magic has never brought anything except misery anyway. It’s the one thing he might thus agree on with Ante now.
I dunno, the monarchs of the kingdom in Stardust have managed to thrive through mass fratricide for like 2000 years.
In the real world Ottoman sultans were also very adept at killing their (surviving) brothers…assuming the various wives and consorts didn’t eliminate the sons of their rivals first.
For all the pain and suffering they cause him my mc begs to differ.
This is the only one that is remotely plausible…the mc is not a literal god or something like a Q from Star Trek, otherwise they’d not have died at the pyre.
Not in the literal sense…in the karmic one however…who boy my mc is definitely even worse off than he already used be especially now that he has yet another useless parasite to contend with.
That is true for the mc, mainly because Thaubal’s torturous experiments and the fact they are forced to lug three completely worthless parasites around who do nothing but weaken them.
It does not seem to be true for the other Arcana users, Yu seems to suffer little to no side effects from his parasite.
Let’s put it this way, due to how Thaubal bound them to the mc the Phantasma are parasites for the mc, but not for the other arcana users, not even Eli and sister who were also experimented upon by Thaubal.
Of course even the Earthworm is a parasite to the mc and my mc wants all of the parasites, including the Earthworm gone.
That is his goal at least and one he has not a shred of luck in making any progress towards. 
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If you have U use their power during the Eli rescue, they’re basically out of commission for the entire fight after they let loose and they don’t look so good afterwards, and although part of it is definitely because they didn’t want to do it, it also sounds like it’s extremely draining to use it
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Hello there, my name is tahlia and I’m one of the people who thaubal tortured you for years in an attempt to copy their power, would you like to join us in destroying param ?
Hmm did you read the origin story of Isha in Yotai ?
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Whereas if the mc uses Arcana they are out of commission for months or years…at least without being tortured by Eli and Thalia under the guise of “healing”.
There is no indication it is that level of bad for anybody else. In Yu’s case a good night’s rest seems all that is needed to fix things.
It worked on sister didn’t it? You’re right it probably wouldn’t have worked even on kid mc in my case.
Sister and Eli were also both experimented upon by Thaubal, just with less bad side effects than the mc.
Except the mc hasn’t got one of those. The Earthworm thing is just as bad as the others. My mc is also not interested in getting one. But if I had to guess I’d say the correct Phantasma for mc’s bloodline is currently bound the patron of the those weird twins. Possibly the greater villain is therefore like the great, great, great grandmother of the mc.
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may the author smite me if i’m mistaken but i think that’s mostly because the raegusa spells are crazy powerful so they just take a lot of mana and a real competent mage to cast. same story for yu and zephyros, the stronger the spell, the longer the recovery, but a phantasma that fits your bloodline shouldn’t do any lasting damage
Yeah, Y is also halfblood, no? So has to pay double the toll.
Present evidence, Eli and Mc might suggest otherwise, but I still think there’s a catch to using them. Like, maybe so long as a soul has body, is attacted to smth, it won’t “remember” what happens to it.
But we DO remember with no body. We literally have an afterlife scene that we play through.
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There is a big difference between sister and the MC though
Sister actually craved that power and wanted to become a “Mateus”
Tahlia approaching her is like a wet dream coming true to sister
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Sister was also too ambitious for her own good and didn’t know her limits
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Eis you know different people have different reactions to this scenario , most common or weak willed people would’ve pleaded for like , people with stronger will would’ve remained stoic , people with political savvy and decent mentality can and will try to convince the aggressor otherwise , not to mention Julius was a political savvy king far more than leon can even dream to be , it’s kind of obvious he would go with the 3rd option.
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She also came up with a godawful plan that was predicated on her LOSING.
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Huh, I thought that was a meta stylistic choice to change/ keep your stats when Thalia has already resurrected mc? Like it happens just right a moment prior to mc opening their eyes. Meaning they are already alive during that and are coming to their senses.
Sorry, I’m using a phone and am super slow at replies.
Unpopular opinion i think if sister had mc’s power or talent she would’ve been able to make use of it and develop it more than mc ever could.
Even though i hate her but i have to admit that her ruthlessness , ambition and means to achieve the said ambition is something mc could never rival , we should be relieved she didnt have that much talent.
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So, way confused. I see a bunch of people saying Earthworm? Wasnt it Earthsworn? Or something similar to that?
Then i also saw someone mention parasites? Did i miss like a huge plot twist, or something?
Also, i see people trying to justify Leon burning the MC at the stake, cause circumstances. I mean, how? They already had you locked up in magic-cuffs, and sealed away. Like MC saved them all quite a few times, helped a plagued village was pretty much the entire reason why they won the war despite his arcadian magic nearly killing him each time.
So, war hero mage suddenly does one really bad thing. And despite never doing anything to hint at being a traitor gets burned to death. What makes it worse, is had they just waited a few months to a year. ALL OF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPLAINED. Its like Leon didnt even try to investigate anything. 
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You should probably read the last couple dozen posts
What ? While it’s true that sister was quite the achievement considering that she’s not a mateus, however she pales in comparison to the MC who undid her year long effort in mere 3 months on her own
If sister had the same compatibility with Phantasma as the MC then Thaubal would’ve definitely ruined her the same way he ruined the MC which would’ve either led to her death early on or becoming weak rather than strong
Remember that the only reason the MC is still alive with so many Phantasma in the MC is due to the MC pure bloodline
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It’s a mistake. The magic is Earthwsworn, Raegusa’s boon.
idonolikeusernames calls the phantasma parasites, even though they do literally nothing if you get them the right way and, as far as we know, get nothing out of it.
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you know thats a bit of a chicken or the egg question–if mireil had been more talented and never felt inferior to mc, would she have been as motivated and ambitious? im not sure she would have wanted it as much
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That is a very valid point but i am basing it off on the personalities we’ve seen as the reference.
Hell i hope we can make mc have such ruthlessness and ambition post burning , THAT would be something.
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