When the knight captain looked through the status plate, his facial expression remained unchanged and without wasting a moment. He projected Kelly's status on the screen.
"He doesn't have a job"
"And only one skill and by looks of it, it isn't of High-Ranked either"
"Well at least he has two rare magic aptitudes. He isn't a good for nothing"
Everyone near his surroundings were talking about him in disappointed tone, well that everyone only included Nobles who didn't know anything about how to measure strength of an individual aside from looking at their status, by no means they were fools but by getting their expectations hopelessly up through Kenji and the other guy, they felt betrayed when Kelly couldn't stand up to their standards. In a way they could be called fools and Kelly, understanding the situation, ignored them while taking his plate and joining back with his classmates.
Kelly by no means was weak and proof of that was all the people who were experienced fighters like the knight captain watching him with wary in their gazes. It's true that when comparing Kelly with his classmates he seems pretty average. But that was because all his classmates were completely overpowered with some being top notch prodigies have great stats and skills but that is only the base stats. It is an overwhelming advantage but in long term it won't matter much even then, when comparing Kelly to this world's standards, he was overpowered himself. And with two of the rarest magic aptitudes, he would without a doubt be regarded as one of the most powerful mages. However, in front of Agawa and Kenji no matter how wonderful Kelly was. His strength paled in comparison to them both.
"Well, not having a job is a drawback. You wouldn't be able to get any derivative skills, and also your growth rate wouldn't be as fast as your friends. Soon your friends would leave you behind in dust."
Lotario said in a mocking tone, listening to that Daichi seeing his chance stepped forward to defend Kelly.
"Please stop Lotario-san! There is no way Kamimura would be a burden."
Listening to Daichi's comment which made matters worse, Lotario smiled satisfactorily.
Until now everyone didn't think much of Kelly nor viewed him in a negative way. But after the pope stressed on the importance of 'job' and having Daichi call Kelly a 'burden' when trying to defend him. To everyone it only sounded like Kelly, without a 'job' is a burden on the hero and his companions.
Kelly was certain the boys in his class who all hated him would jump at this new chance to belittle him. The rest of his classmates all had combat-based jobs, and he highly doubted Lacking a 'job' would be that much of a hindrance.