This novel basically consists of the main character being hyper-competent at basically everything he does. However, that's basically it. What little plot there is moves at a glacial pace. The storylines are uninspired and predictable, and don't really have much payoff. The author loves to say "In the future, everybody would understand xyz." However, that is just an excuse not to explain the character's motivations or background. 100 chapters in, and the author has several times mentioned the MC's mysterious background, but never explained it. The MC is passive to... more>> the extreme, always just going along with whatever situation he finds himself in. The author often hints that there are reasons for this, but never bothers to explain. This means the character's motivations are never understood, which just makes things boring. <<less

Clearly, this wasn't what I expected. The protagonist is just some kind of martyr—usually, that's a trait you'd find in Korean novels, but here, the main character, a servant, constantly endures all sorts of hardships in a supposedly comedic tone. Yet, I couldn't find anything particularly funny about any of it. He's constantly threatened with death, beatings, or other harm, and most of the time, he just takes it without any hope of striking back—something I've always loved about Chinese novels. This story just doesn't give that same sense of... more>> satisfaction.

You sympathize with the guy, but damn, his fate is just miserable. He builds a great house for his mistress but lives in a shack himself. He gives her and female friend top-tier swords but keeps the worst one for himself—just pure martyrdom, which is extremely unusual for Chinese novels. Let's just say I'm not used to this here, and I don't want to get used to it.

Spoiler

There's this so-called "love interest"—his mistress, who sees him as her "moonlight, " the one who'll accompany her for life, the only person in her heart. And yet, when the protagonist's own "friend" threatens to beat him after he gets out of prison, the mistress doesn't even try to defend her servant (i.e., the main character). It's just... suffering.

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I saw the "weak protagonist" tag—without the "from weak to strong" tag—and suddenly everything made sense. For some reason, I endured 100 chapters hoping for something different. Apparently, that was a waste.

Well, I hope you all understand what kind of novel this is now. <<less