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Well, I guess you can say this is an average work, so instead of 3 stars it should be 2.5 out of 5 because there's nothing really outstanding about it.A big issue is that the MC has a psychological problem with lacking emotions, so basically it's impossible to empathize with him as a reader. I mean, how many humans actually lack capacity for emotions? Those who do usually see a psychiatrist, so maybe this novel would appeal to them? But for relatively healthy readers, it's too difficult to understand the MC's viewpoint many times.The most interesting character is the King of Essence, Wrath, and I was basically only reading the novel because of him. Wrath is really funny, and his arrogant but childish remarks never fail to make me laugh. But he's a side character, so I think it's a flaw in the author's writing that his side character who gets a few lines a chapter is reason that people want to keep reading.Other than that, I agree with another reviewer who said that the mother Sylvia, her maid Helen, etc and the people from the annex are quite annoying. I mean, I'm a woman, and I have never once met a woman or girl who has such an annoying personality. It's true that some mothers are very loving to their children, and I'm even related to a few of them -- my sister, cousin, and mom are all like that. But the big difference between those real people and the fictional Sylvia is that real people who are overprotective and overly affectionate to their kids actually display some kinds of flaws. Like, real people get angry, are mean at times, do some unreasonable things, and make mistakes so that their children resent them. Children always love their parents if their parents are affectionate, but they also have a complicated mindset because their parents are never perfect and make mistakes that the kids resent them for! Such as, maybe your mom spanked you when she was angry and used too much force then later regretted it. Or maybe your mom embarrassed you in front of your crush, or maybe she can cook a few dishes well but everything else tastes like a version of the other dishes and you are forced to learn to cook yourself in order to taste something new... the problem with this author is that Sylvia is too perfect in her loving mannerisms, and her treatment of her son is without a flaw.It's a little similar to the way that the MC is too OP, having both the golden finger cheat of rebirth and a system, which is basically too over the top because absolutely no one near his age is his opponent. I was never in a state of worry about the MC because I knew he could handle whatever danger came his way, which at first was not so bad but later was too boring.Basically, this novel is just too predictable. It is a little enjoyable at first but then a lot of small things start adding up which are annoying, and finally I just wanted to either drop it or pick it up later when I have absolutely nothing else to read... so I am putting this book on my reading hiatus list for now.