As you start reading , you can tell the writing quality is quite high , the author does indeed have talent. Normally I would get excited whenever I encounter this level of writing because this tells me the author is capable to write at least a decent story and somewhat compelling characters. Once you have those elements ..other flaws can be more or less ignored. Well ...with all I said above this should have been at the minimum an ok novel for me to read ....and yet...I stopped at ch 22. Why? Due to the author's choice of MC. Within the first few chapters we have the interactions between the MC and the "first maid". In every interaction between them the MC is getting (to put it mildly) bullied , humiliated and extorted and yet he is getting more and more excited about her. This tells you everything you need to know about the MC. In short , the author presents the MC as being a generic , "lame"/ "beta"/ "doormat
