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So, I'm going to give this a 3 outa 5 starts, but in actuality the real rating would be closer to a 3.8/5 (yes, I rounded down). The reason? The world makes zero sense.Now, first off, I love this MC. I came to this story from the manga, and I absolutely love this MC. He is hilarious, tr*shy, a kind jerk, and says some seriously funny stuff. I also love the 2 MAIN heroines of the series (the saint, and the duke's daughter). They are both wonderful.Now, the downside..... the world building. I (personally) don't understand this world/country for anything. Originally, the setting was that the MC was born as the 2nd son to a mistress for a poor noble, in a country where women hold power (so, matriarchal society). To prevent being married off to some old hag, the MC escapes, becomes an adventurer, uses his previous world knowledge and finds some ancient runes with ancient technology (which, for some reason, is always better than previous technology). He scores, then loses as he is forced to go to the royal academy in the top class (where, supposedly, women there SUCK). Okay, sounds good so far.But it's only then that you realize that in this world, apparently 2 + 2 =/= 4. In a matriarchal society, the Queen would have the most power, and women would be the head of houses. BUT! That's not the case.... at all. King is in charge, men are the head of houses, and some men have multiple wives and still "trade off" women to ensnare potentially powerful men as rewards or payment. So, where did the original setting go?Since the only 2 ways I can read this are either 1, directly at Syosetu via MTL or Manga, I may not be completely up to date on how everything is set up. However, from what I have read, things aren't adding up right now. I'll keep reading (specifically the manga), because I want to see Angie and Livia confess their love to MC and I really enjoy the MC's personality, but I most certainly am not reading it for the setting or plot anymore.