But this "charming fairy inn" is only one or two steps from being a brothel. The customers are allowed to sexually harass and manhandle the all female waitresses to a extreme degree, and the waitresses seem to be told (off camera to not make the owner seem too much like a pimp) to tolerate or even encourage it for better tips.
At least Seito defended her from such absurd advance. His anger over the customers touching her is appreciated too, but I can't help but wonder if that is more just a jealousy thing, the way its put. Especially as he keeps saying she should continue to work "for the mission".
And this is such a disruptive element to throw into the story too. The first time she went there, it was for date money, even though shes a wealthy noble (and had the pocket money to consider buying a extremely expensive sword, but settled for a more moderately expensive one), despite having wealthy friends, and despite the fact that Seito never asked for material stuff. Also, surely this isn't the only place in town to get a job. Granted that first one was more of a omake thing, but it kind of had to be considering the jump into making and preparing for the date was harsh. Also, this isn't a funny part of the comic.
Second time, 4 more chapters now on this horrid little quasi-brothel, for that we are thrown cruelly out of the story in a flashback fashion.(not that flashback/background stories are necessarily a bad thing, but this established nothing really, and it was done badly) And why would she go back to this terrible place? Surely this is not the only watering hole in the whole town she can go to for intelligence gathering, or even that being a waitress is the only way to gather such information.
The "charming fairy inn" chapters could be soft/quasi hentai and still be less disgusting and disruptive to the story then it currently is.
I guess the author ran out of ideas for awhile and used this fan service crap to fill in the time gap, I personally think the time gap would have been better served empty.
Edited by truepurple, 29 March 2012 - 08:33 PM.