This novel makes no sense. The MC is in this competition for the betrothal but he doesn't want o be in it because he knows the truth behind it. He even explained why he didn't want to be in it that he didn't want to use his knowledge of the book to somehow "win". Yet after he declares his withdrawal, he doesn't just get up and leave? He still continues? Why? The author makes no attempt at an explanation. The competition is voluntary, why would you need permission to withdraw?... more>> And even if you are waiting for permission, why participate? Make up an excuse and stay put.

You can make the argument that his host is a higher ranking noble so if he suddenly up and leaves, he would be offending them? But that's not how feudalism works. High ranking nobles doesn't have that much sway over lower ranking ones, especially if the lesser noble isn't a direct vassal. And if feudalism works different in this novel, it's on the author to explain it.

Honestly this makes the novel unreadable for me, it makes the premise seems flimsy and the author uneducated about his setting. <<less

If you stick past the first plot event (s) it's pretty good, but the novel somewhat suffers from two dimensional antagonists. I also wish this wasn't a purely romance setting based story as it could've been expanded upon and been a better novel like "tr*sh Of The Counts Family". With its current pace, it seems it will fall off after the first arc is completed. As it seems most of the good points of the novel is just the starting premise, which I wouldn't be surprised if it was copied... more>> and revamped from other novels the author liked, as the base setting and plot trend seems to suffer.

The character interactions so far have been great, other than the antagonist trio, who again, are 2d and only there to force the plot and fill up word count. <<less

What this has achieved in merely 2 chapters is what the average novel hopes to achieve in its first 10 chapters. The hook on this novel is spectacular. With only 1 chapter it made me interested in the MC and what he is going to do in the future and the overall world aswell. I feel like this novel has a lot to offer, so I am anticipant about it.

It's sort of early to judge this story but the writing and translation seem well done and more importantly it feels like it's going in a very different direction than your typical reincarnated as a minor villain story. Again it's too early to say this will be an amazing story but I can't help but feel optimistic