The biggest issue I had with this story is the Noah's relationship with Rubia. At least at this point in the story, their relationship just feels uncomfortable to read, and it really feels like a unhealthy relationship to me. At least for me this caused the sections that I think are suppose to be fluff enjoyable sections to feel a bit disturbing, and when that's caused by the relationship between the main character and the heroine it ruins the enjoyment of the entire story.

So, onto specifics. This might just be me reading too much into it, or something with translation, but it feels like an unhealthy relationship. I think its mainly how Rubia talks and acts, for example she has a lot of lines that feel like gaslighting and manipulative.

To quote an interaction from chapter 26.

"The rubia I first met was... re-really... sca-"

"Sca"

Rubia's voice dropped.

If I say she was 'scary'... I'll be in big trouble...!

And this is by no means the only time that we get lines like this. While I'm not going to go find the lines I remember quite a few about "You wouldn't lie to me" or Rubia pressuring Noah in various ways. Another example is it felt to me like Rubia pressured Noah into admitting that she is weak without her sword. The internal thoughts we got of Noah at that time felt like "She told me her secret so I have to be honest" when Rubia's secret was her hiding her identity (Something that could of gotten Noah killed, because she had people after her) while Noah's secret is literally giving away her weakness that can easily be used to harm her.

I can go on and on about these interactions. How Rubia told Noah that she would be kidnapped and experimented on by mages, which causes Noah to feel scared and always hold her hand. How Rubia wanted to sleep together, and even after Noah said no she kept pushing the issue eventually getting her way. The biggest one that finally made me drop the book is how she acted at the blacksmith. Rubia, knowing that Noah is blind and helpless without her sword, purposefully wanted the blacksmith to spend more time on the blade since she wanted Noah to be helpless.

We get scenes like after Noah spent the night with her she woke up naked, which Rubia claims she did in her sleep. Then when Noah is getting dressed she asks Rubia to leave and if I remember correctly Rubia teased her for being embarrassed and said she would look away, but with the main characters blindness we don't know if that's true.

While this can continue, I think I've made my point where their interactions don't feel like a good relationship but rather one that feels bad. It doesn't feel like Rubia actually cares about Noah, especially with her direct actions where it seems like she was purposefully extending the time that Noah was weak. It feels just so manipulative when we see the prospective of the main character where she is scared and hesitant to speak her true feelings, where she gets pressured into doing things, where she is being taken advantage of.

Their relationship feels like such a crucial part of the book, with Noah's main goal being to save Rubia from having to sacrifice herself for the world but the issue is I don't have any attachment to it. There is just so many lines that it feels to me like rather than Noah protecting Rubia out of love, it feels like its due to manipulation. I wouldn't even say its malicious where Rubia is evil, I don't even know if the author intended it, but it just feels uncomfortable to me every time I read lines like this. It might just be a bi-product of having the MC be so mentally weak that it ends up coming off this way, but regardless it can all be summed up with it doesn't feel enjoyable to read to me.

From the get go, mandatory focus on the other female lead's bust seems to be in place--MC unnecessarily paying a fair lot of attention to it in a rather infantile mannerism too.

Then there's the constant apologizing and ramblings of the MC like complaining how her soon to be journey partner was so insensitive and yet she herself is totally unaware of the fact that she fails to consider her clients needs like it should've been obvious the client was in a hurry or so and yet she keeps on wanting to be sentimental and romantic, slowing down the journey.

All in all, MC is pretty unlikable from the get go and possibly a pe*vert that does not know the time and place for things, the supposed veteran status MC claims to have is more like pride at this point in time since her conduct was far from being professional, more like an amateur, yes. Even with the supposed lowered stats and handicaps, MC seems quite unreliable and full of themselves, shallow too. Seriously shallow given how much she apologizes and complains but never seems to actually learn anything good from it--Case in point, complaining about not having a romantic adventure and ending up camping in the middle of the woods due to the delay in the schedule, and yes, you guessed it right if you thought of MC apologizing but pretty much just for the sake of apologizing.

Not to mention the times the MC put the great sword, her literal lifeline, aside like it was nothing just to have a bit of fun like jumping on grass whilst out on a mission whilst also pouting and being such a child.

On that note, not looking too bright given how many flaws the MCs had raked up already.

most of the time she is trying her hardest to be seen as a dependable adult and spectacularly failed, so most people either see her as a goofy kid or a very poor child and some gets protective over her

she is fully blind when she let's go of her weapon or greatsword, without it she would be unable to even walk properly while feeling anxious

And what I liked about this is how as the stories goes, you realized how bad the blindness is affecting her even before the story begin by piecing together the scenes the author put

One of main and often problem our MC has to go trough as the story goes is having her sword constantly break mid battle, so most of the time she is forced to fight with a broken weapon

Well I hope you can piece together just how bad and hopeless her situation is before meeting the priestess, but I suggest reading the novel yourself