They mugged men heading to the government office to buy slaves so that they wouldn't be able to afford any. Even though they didn't know the MCs circumstances, their assumption that he was there to buy slaves was correct.
Wasn't it made clear that wasn't the case? They followed the mc after his first day of work, then offered to take his money or beat him. One even almost killed him for no real reason at the church. And let's not forget others came to beg the princess to save their families by buying the contract. They assumed wrongly, many times and mugged innocents trying to rescue their families, just like the mc.
Yes. An official of a government that they had every reason to believe is tyrannical. Who might I add, was in the process of enslaving her sister.
What sister enslavement plot are you referring to? Also, how is she tyrannical? She's the princess, not a queen. She commands borderline no power and handles minimal administration.
Were they told this? If they were, would they have any reason to believe it. Frankly, even if it is true (which we don't know for sure) that would merely make the powder girls guilty of blaming the wrong people.
No, it would make them guilty of insurrection based on ignorance. And if they knew history, the laws were initially struck down, then restored to placate the curse. Unless they've been lied to.
Not surrendering to slavers makes them the bad guys because?
- They were not slavers, they were church knights.
- They were not "the bad guys" for not surrendering. They were the bad guys for reasons listed above.
- They died fighting the effective policing force after terrorism.
There is a difference between a villain with a sad backstory and an antagonist who is justified. Unless attacking slavers and slave owners equals "bad thing they've done in the present day".
At worst they are guilty of not realizing that their benefactors don't actually care about their cause.
Again, you're latching on to this "slavers" idea. Like everyone who walks to a government official can't just be buying property right? Like how the mc buys the hotsprings and apartment complexes at that building. They must be buying slaves. They're unjustified both morally and ethically and chose to stupidly not surrender. And again, they refuse to even read the law, to even understand why the mc has slaves. You're just on this slave owner therefore bad argument. If you really feel that way why are you playing an evil mc?