A young man gets kicked out of his house by his family for being too weak. He gets a magical macguffin from a family servant, and teams up with his devoted childhood friend (who loves him unconditionally because he "worked so hard") to go off and become and adventurer. Turns out, the magical macguffin contains the soul of a mentor figure (or in this case 7), who train him. He encounters a random girl in an ally and befriends her. She gets kidnapped. He rescues her, and she falls in love instantly. Another girl participating in the rescue also falls for him for no apparent reason. Volume 1 over.

Volume 2. He goes to a village that is in a border conflict, due to a body being found in their territory. The leader of the village is a pushover who is encouraged to conflict with the MC by his totally-not-evil brother who is the one that found the body with only one other witness and is now trying to push for a war. The other territory says that that was their retainer and that they think the first village was responsible. Then they find out from the other witness to finding the body that... WHAT? THE TOTALLY NOT EVIL BROTHER WAS EVIL ALL ALONG. Also the girls were probably there, but all I can remember is that one of them did a big magic attack.

In fact, it was such a poorly done twist that I almost suspected that wouldn't be the twist, because anyone with a brain would know that picking a fight with a territory 5 times your size was a bad idea, but apparently they wanted the story to both be predictable and run by idiots.

Like really, that Lionel guy both stole his prey (couldn't) but also couldn't kill it but also made a fake report about him killing and not only that he shamelessly asked for reward and then they gave him a gold coin... Snort. And various other things but I don't want to mention it.

• Comedy placement. The comedy is pretty typical for your average light novel. It starts to get annoying when it is interjected in the middle of a battle or otherwise supposedly serious situation.
• Ancestors. This somewhat ties into the comedy section. They are presented as memories of adults in their later years (but have appearances of their prime) who are there to train Lyle and teach him their arts. However, they seem to have the same mental capability as Lyle when not actively helping and giving advice. I'd like to believe it is possible to write good banter and dialogue without dumbing everyone down to children. Their role as mentors is also questionable. Sometimes they offer a plan and Lyle is literally just a mouthpiece for them. Other times, they want Lyle to figure things out himself when it really isn't necessary and a few words of advice could have helped immensely.
• Celes. The story makes it obvious that she is/will be the eventual final boss. Her defining characteristic are her cruelty towards people (especially Lyle) and how she charms essentially everyone else. You eventually get some basic explanation of Celes in volume 7 but it's not satisfactory at all. Seems like a very generic villain.
• Noven. There are little hints here and there that Noven isn't exactly forthcoming on what her objective (s) are. No one finds her suspicious until Miranda joins the party. And even then at the end of volume 7, Noven only reveals information on Celes/the situation but somehow gets away with not explaining anything about herself or her relation to Celes. Her inaction to curb Celes's influence early on or the fact that she withheld information from the party is glossed over and everyone (Miranda has reservations) is accepting of her?
• Lyle. This might be a combination of the dense protagonist trope and just how much you as the reader, are willing to attribute Lyle's general lack of awareness to his upbringing. The first few volumes were tough to watch Lyle flounder around but understandable, as we are aware of how much of a warped childhood he grew up with. I'd had expected Lyle to mature more than where he currently sits but this might be more of a personal gripe.