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Erevi may care for MC but she is a devout Nergalite & makes it pretty clear she has never relied on another person before. I feel if she finds out he has been helping the followers of the "whore goddess" she will be pissed! Sure it's probably gonna happen eventually but MC probably wants to avoid such fallout. Hopfully when Erevi does find out it will be in a more convenient situation for MC. Her feelings for MC may not trump her loyalty to her god.Ok, going through one by one. Erevi at this point actually cares about the MC, and has demonstrated that already. Once she finds out about him playing both sides, I think she will be rather forgiving, especially since to this point, he hasn't directly helped one to the detriment of the other directly.
The brainwashing on more children I feel like is not as big of a deal. Yes it's underhanded, but I don't think she would react horrifically if she found out.
Alice being a masochist is implied at most, and even then, this helps nothing. It's not like we even hear a word from her before she is sent back with no memory of the incident. And even without the injury, the degree of threat, especially to someone the MC cares about is too high to overlook as easily as he did.
And though I tried to hint at it, I will state it plainly. This is not a matter of power. Storywise, yes, the MC cannot win a direct fight. But he could rightly convince Naamah that it was in her interest to work with him instead of going for the stupid blackmail option, especially given the fact he could at any point (even if at great temporary loss to himself), sabotage their entire plan by severing the energy connection to the egg, or even bringing in LOCO or pointing the Queteshians and other factions friendly to him in the direction of the Tower. Or just fucking with the portal network to cut of Naamah for good.
The MC being toyed with by everyone around him from Erevi, to Victoria, to Venomina, to the vampires was excusable and understandable early on in the story. At this point, he is smart enough and has reason enough to actually stand up for himself strongly.
I agree about Alice (girl is definitely mind-fucked at this point) & MC only helped Naamah cos he knows he had little choice in the matter. As you said hes smart when he wants & he realised he was in a shot situation. But at least he could get Alice out & keep his secret if he helped. Hes also a massive horndog so the second Naamah showed interest hes most likley thinking what we all were, "why the fuck not? Might as well get somwthing". By worshipping Naamah he gets demon pussy & keeps her on side, hopfully until MC can figure something out later(?)
Naamah has been onto MC for a while. He cannot do anything against her without risking loss of Erevi & ED. He has obviously grown to care for them both. Erevi would never forgive MC sabotaging Nergal's plan & an attack on the Tower runs the risk of them dying. MC was in a difficult situation & was offered a way to fix it (short term) in the moment & he took it. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying that no matter how cunning he can be or skilled hes become hes still just a horny farm boy. Hes not knight in shrinking armour. Hes come along way from being everyone's toy at this point I agree but at the same time Naamah is likley one of the strongest entities hes come across so far, this is essentially a reality to check reminding MC that hes still not top of the hill here. Which he should remember now that gods are getting involved.