Isekai Meikyuu De Harem O - Chapter 70

I’m struck, this readthrough, by his counterproductive level of secrecy. I think he has good reasons to keep some of his secrets, but he’s preventing Sherry from growing and getting more loyal to the team with some of them. In some cases he allows Sherry to believe things he knows aren’t true, and in other cases lying to her, to prevent her from figuring out that he’s got unique and abnormal abilities. But she already knows that! He could clear up so much for her by saying “I have a hidden job that lets me see things that apparently nobody else can see. That’s how I know about job levels and skill slots, because I can see them; that’s what I do in the labyrinth when I experiment, I’m looking at the hidden results of our efforts. Until I met you and Roxanne, I didn’t realise that other people can’t see these things, so we’re all still learning about what I can do. But because you and Roxanne trust me so much, we’re getting great rewards from my unusual good fortune.” He wouldn’t have to explain much more, because he stated unequivocally that he doesn’t know much about it. But he could stop lying to Sherry, and she could wholeheartedly pursue growth as a Master Blacksmith, knowing that the rules that held her back can be broken.

I’d be more on board if his lies and omissions were leading to some kind of drama to advance the story, but he seems to just be kind of persistently obtuse on the subject.