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Well, it's definitely not bad. At the beginning I wanted to drop the novel because MC infuriated me with his seemingly edgy behaviour, but either I got accustomed to it or author toned his commitment to excellence and practically non-existent emotions/feelings, that made him look unhuman, down, either way I came to like him.Setting is kinda your typical transmigration with hero academy, enemies (something between zerg swarm and generic cult with own ranking), and other powerhouses like Divine Beasts. Fore some reason the novel is already a transmigration one with original MC and a possessor one (he became side character who is OP in his own way).Our MC, Vargan, works REALLY hard and not in a straightforward way, but in an efficient one to achieve his desirable ending which is hinted by author but reader doesn't know what it represents exactly.There quite a lot of characters in the novel and they are prescribed just as much as necessary. Two heroines are likeable, Alicia, title heroine, has a saint-like personality but a down-to-earth one (MC severely reshaped her), when she saw that all Vargan's doings ends only in a good way she became truly devoted to him. Erica, Vargan's fiancee, is a some kind of tsundere with an actually weak self. Her relationships with MC are complicated and it's like the third part of drama in the novel.Novel is well-written which is alone a good trait and what I like about it very much is a nice mix of genre. Psychology (MC is very manipulative, but there are a lot of sharp characters here), comedy, action (and a good one), drama, actual shounen moments, romance, a bit of mystery (MC knows future events and setting but author doesn't rush with explaining details, like, reader doesn't know at the beginning why Erica's feelings about Vargan are very complicated, why MC has such thoughts about some event etc). There was even an action detective arc with heavy drama (I cried).