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I'm not saying this is a masterpiece but that's exactly what I'm saying 🤣 If you still haven't read or started reading this gem... bruh, what the hell have you been doing in your life? 🤨That won't do! It's time to bring you into our Apple Pie Secret Organization 😤Why you should read this novel...• A REAL clever, sly & cunning MC• Cale, the MC, is a different type of MC, who wants to live a slacker life & tries to avoid annoying stuff that will make him work hard (but ultimately fails every time). He is also weak yet strong which is entertaining and quite different from most OP MCs. He's not the kind of OP MC who bulldozes his way through the enemies and defeats them singlehandedly.• Cale has a Master's Degree in the Art of Scamming. The novel's title should be changed to "Scammer of the Count's Family" 😂• From enemies to allies trope• Great camaraderie & character relationships 💯• Hilarious misunderstandings (they're NOT frustrating) • OP supporting characters actually have important roles during battles rather than solely relying on Cale. No one in their team is baggage. That’s what I like about this novel. Everyone is equally important and have their own roles to play. You cannot dispose one person. One may be stronger than the others but their team actually works well together.• Fleshed-out characters with distinct personalities. You can't help but get attached to them. 😭❤️• Character developments• Cale's plans don't always go the way he wants them to, which make the events & battles more thrilling cause you don't know what might happen.• Plot is plotting 👌🏻 Sub-plots are interconnected from the very beginning and will make you flabbergasted at how every small sub-plot actually connects to each other. Basically, there are no fillers.• Supporting characters are given their time to shine. They are given enough spotlight about their backgrounds, past experiences, battles, enlightenment, power growth, etc.• Crazy plot twists & mind-blowing revelations• Award-winning scammi— I mean, acting skills and Oscar-worthy performances 👏🏻• Enemies are not third-rates. They use their heads too and are OP• Battles are thrillingOf course, this novel also has its negative parts like:• Info-dumping (especially at the beginning when it came to the characters involved & the events that happened in The Birth of a Hero) • Sentence constructions are a bit confusing at times. They often get too long because the author — or maybe the editor — wanted to cram all the descriptions in one sentence making the entire sentence structure confusing. There's a lack of commas too. (Tho this last part is more of a translation issue) • Overuse of words like flinch, eyes clouded over, etc. (although this is also more of a translation problem) • Repeated narration of characters' characteristics/descriptions and repetitive narration of past events.