I said Fran deserved to be scolded for what she did. The characters in the anime agreed, including Fran reluctantly.

Fran cares about the people in the town. They care about her, and the risks she took deserved a scolding.

Nobody else seems to agree here, because the rest of you have blinders on looking at the outcome that she defeated a demon "so it all works out." The ends did not justify the means. That was the whole point of her getting scolded.

The series is about more than Fran and Teacher getting stupid skills and levels. That's what makes a LitRPG series like this tolerable. It's also heavily about Fran's personal growth. It's like the rest of you forgot what happened in every preceding episode.