- #1
For the most part it's very enjoyable and a fresh take on otome games with pretty in depth world building. My main gripe is the MC attracting girls from all over. I get he's supposed to be this perfect butler and therefore a gentleman to all women but to me he's just overly kind and physical with women in a period of time that still is conservative about female-male relations.Sure it pushes the story along by having the FL get jealous. It doesn't match his supposed high intellect when he knows her destruction into darkness relies solely on when he's making her jealous. In his mind he doesn't affirm any real romantic feelings towards the FL but acts ambiguously with her as if leading her on while saying he has no other intentions. That's such scum behavior to me. He's such a schemer and incredibly insightful yet still doesn't physically distance himself from the girls interested in him. He politely turns them down by saying he's promised to stay by the FL's side yet still leads them on by being overly kind or simply allowing them to get close to him. It's really frustrating. If it weren't for how dedicated and how much he does for the FL, I'd be in support of her dumping his ambiguous with everyone's ass.I get that maybe my personal preference for overt ML's is creating bias but I also see it as a character gap. How could someone whose sole purpose is to prevent the FL from falling into yandere craziness, not maintain his distance from those girls. He should know better! Yes, it's good that he's trying to make sure she's emotionally growing and not as easily bothered by her jealousy. However, he's doing a disservice to everyone by leading them on without drawing a clearer line. Especially with the OGFL. Okay, he feels guilty for interrupting her event where she was supposed to meet the prince. Then shouldn't he make it more clear to her so she can find happiness elsewhere? Yes, OGFL is the one flirting with him on initiatives and taking his hands, etc. He feels unjust about being misunderstood or caught by the FL in such situations. Issue is, he could've avoided it by NOT letting the OGFL the opportunity. He's a skilled fighter, he can more than easily evade the girls trying to latch onto him. UGHHHHH. Honestly, I want to give even a lower rating bc of how pissed off he makes me and therefore creating unnecessary drama. But no. The author and translator deserve the 4 stars for all the other aspects.I expect a happy ending but idk if I have it in me to keep reading his scum behavior. Yes, he's super dedicated to the FL but he's also the one that causes her the most sadness every time he's ambiguous with other girls. At least in the OG timeline, the prince wasn't so annoying to lead her on while being with the OGFL, granted there was a whole engagement so that's a different type of betrayal. Still, it's not the prince saying one thing and doing another. He was clear about his dislike.edit: I give it 3 stars bc the ending was not satisfying. Spoiler
Alicia still hasn't given up and ML/FL are only marriage candidates not engaged.
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