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Personally my favorite webnovel, though I admit it's definitely a bias to favorite tropes and the fact I've been following it for a while. If you like fantasy settings with magic and etc, you wouldn't dislike this novel at the very least. 

The protagonist is fun and I personally enjoy how he's written. I wouldn't considered him overpowered as far as protagonists usually are, and he does adequately use and think through knowledge he gains from traveling from an alternate future. I do recommend at least trying to read it at least once. It's all in all a charming novel, and it's worth it even if it's on permanent hiatus. I promise it's worth it, it has atmosphere, and all the thrilling parts of kingdom politics a lot of novels lack. 

Notes:The TL is good! Some of the dialogue can be roundabout but that is likely due to the nature of the novel itself.  <<less

The only reason I'm not ranking it higher is that it's incomplete, but I have faith in the author that if the quality keeps up that it could be one of my favorite webnovels of all time. I'm 100% caught up as of right now (ch.138) and plan to actively keep up and buy raws for it. I also added this to my BL rec list but I'm making a separate listing for here, as a recommendation for someone who just happen to like these kind of stories.... more>>

It's scary how much I love this novel, really. It's so good. A lot of pitfalls that BL novels-- no Romance novels in general fall into is that they'll prioritize the romance over the plot, or fail to properly incorporate the romance into the plot leaving it to fall a bit flat. However, if this is something you're worried about (or just not really interested in the genre-typical tropes and etc) as someone who reads a lot of both non BL and BL novels, this is refreshing as just a pure romance outside of BL and isn't overshadowing the story and plot. 

Now one of the things I'll focus on is that so far it's not heavy into the royalty/politics side of things but it is being set up in the story from the first chapter and has been rising in importance in the later chapters and it's clear that it's going to be something really important. Other than that, there is a lot of really interesting world building and social dynamics that will be explored throughout-- though not so much initially. It's less so nobility/royalty so much as the hero's story kind of deal? You'll see more of it when reading.

Aside from that, the novel is genuinely well written and goes above and beyond into the world building and settings. One complement I can give is that while a lot of stories where the protagonist has the ability to tell they're in a story and etc can feel unearned/cheats, but you never get that feeling with the MC in this novel because he properly explains his thought process and knowledge, and he's only given just enough to get by. There's only a few aspects that feel maybe a bit too convenient but they can be forgiven just because of how much the protagonist goes to get to those points.

Both the translations here + the original author are really skilled. The original Author balances the tense/stressful scenes, the comedy, the anticipation, the character building, and the world-building without letting any of it feel tired. Despite reading both the translations and the original raws, I could still feel engaged with the story and scenes without feeling like it dragged on too long. A common problem with stories that have comedy or stressful darker scenes is that they'll let it go on for too long, either taking you out of the story or feeling too hard to read. This novel hardly ever lets you get bored of the story while keeping a vice grip on your attention.

While there's very little so far, as a majority of the beginning of the story is kind of isolated, I really enjoy how fleshed out the extra characters have been thus far in the later chapters (100+~) where they're given their own motivations and thoughts. Not only  does it make the mysteries that the MC has to uncover compelling, it makes these characters feel like something you can and should genuinely feel for.

Not only that, it's not really tagged.... but the author is too good at writing tense and borderline thriller like scenes? It's probably not tagged as it's not overarching throughout the entire story, but the scenes where it's meant to be scary and tense will genuinely be scary and you'll feel the risk. There's mostly always consequences and you can actually feel it. If any of these novels, please give this one a chance, oh my god. There's a reason 50% of the ridibook comments are confessing their love to this author. <<less

While the first two are a little more heavy on the politics side of things, this one is definitely more light-hearted, so it's going to... more>> be ranked lower than novels that I think it's better than, simply for the sake of recommendation. It's still good and does get into the details of the worldbuilding and etc, but the protagonist isn't that focused on it. This may change as the story goes on, so don't be deterred because of me. <<less

This one can be a bit of a chore to read, as it tends to be a little repetitive after a while, but it's a genuinely fun read! The world building is interesting and can be thought of cheesy depending on who is reading, but I think its generally worth it. I don't think you should read it if you're someone who needs to be heavily invested in the characters to read a novel. I think it's something you should get into because of the worldbuilding and etc. Not to say the characters are bad, but there certainly is a difference between the characters here than most other character-driven novels. ... more>>

I don't think the protagonist is bad by any means, he's just a bit of a s*ave to the narration? Like a lot of the time there is less personality and more like you're reading a strategy guide instead. He will often narrate things like: The wise choice, the best choice, the history, and etc. But he does have a personality and can be a bit funny at times, so don't fret too hard if you are deterred by this. I just feel like it should be clear that it's not going to be for some people.

Also don't worry about it being too much. It's definitely funny in some places, though don't expect to laugh out loud or anything. Though, maybe I'm wrong but the comedy tag feels like it's mostly for the premise and not the story? <<less