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Thanks for the extra info, you made the scene more bearable- is there any info on why the FL was also murder happy on the wizard test?
Lol, you mean beating those monsters like she had gone nuts? It's because that was the type of monster that gave her the curse, so now she just really hates them.
Oh I see, didn't realise they had the same name; Thanks lol
It's mostly simply the hero's reaction towards her. In the 'novel' (short), you get a few chapters of his perspective... and since childhood, he has been an ice-cold robot that cuts anything down that he finds annoying, which is... almost anything. He had never shown any degree of warmth, attraction, or kindness, so FL is viewed as some weird novelty pet at first. You know how sometimes you're attracted to someone but can't put your finger on it? For him, it's the only time he ever felt anything like that. The party is stunned that ML is acting like a polite human being to someone... and not just anyone... to some random broke, weak chick. This harmless little tag-along also does tiny things that make her mildly amusing (for example, that one magic staff looks different to each person, so the group finds it bizarre that it shows itself as pretty to her). Again, most importantly, they realize ML's irritable, frozen, murder-happy self is acting like a puppy on a leash because he's finally discovered human attraction and connection. He clings to it. It's convenient to all of them, of course, but they're also not about to tell him he can't keep her around... and they sure don't wanna lose the strongest dude on the planet.
Anyway. They hate women lying about curses because they're trying to abuse kindness to potentially baby-trap a rich, famous, beautiful demi-god dude. FL had her own reason, but 1) her curse was real 2) it was an actual S grade which is crazy 3) she wasn't trying to trap him to her with a baby or marriage 4) she legit just wanted to ask, not strong-arm like some obvious people 5) she still tried to accept nightly torture just to avoid bothering him 6) she eventually confessed and apologized despite theoretically being able to just not mention it until his power eventually cleared the curse. And, of course, the attraction and feelings were real on both sides, so theoretically the curse had little effect on ML pursuing FL, who would've been wild for the guy regardless.
Oh, and I mean, even if I thought the plot was irredeemable... they are HOT. Just hot. Wow.