I Became the Villain of a Romance Fantasy

I possessed the villain of a romance fantasy story. My engagement with the heroine had been called... Read more I possessed the villain of a romance fantasy story. My engagement with the heroine had been called off and I became the EXP mob character who fell to his own ruin. But for some reason, the female lead won’t let me go. Collapse Beautiful Female Lead, European Ambience, Love Interest Falls in Love First, Male Protagonist, Mob Protagonist, Multiple POV, Nobles, Transmigration A good and relaxing slow story. Very suitable to read in between oh-so-popular action and cultivation stories. Very well-written, so personally, I highly recommend trying it out) Ok, I actually read it some time ago and details of the story are muddled in my head, but I just saw it again and had little rant about it in my head. I stopped somewhere around 40ish chapters too, so be advised from continuing and standart !spoiler! alert.Promising start with interesting idea, if somewhat basic: ML transmigrated into minor villain of otome game and tries escape the character's fate by eliminating his link to the game's FL - engagement. Only, FL hell bent on the opposite to ML's confussion. No wonder, as the heroine turns out to be switched too - to her time traveled future self. And FL went back not once, but twice! Her first, original timeline followed the plot of the game, her second life after time travel saw appearance of ML in villain's body. The start of they relationship was unfortunate and violent, which prompted dissolusion of the engagement as per ML wishes, but after learning about this new person and developing friendship and then feelings, FL time travels again, now with the goal to make this engagement happen, with ML non the wiser about it. All of this happens in first few chapters, setting interesting conflict of interests with two characters with significant difference in knowledge and expectation, with promise of fun comedic situations between weird couple. Good!Aaaand then ML caves in few chapters in and just decides to go with the engagement... Ok? That was first conflict setup that author just threw away. Now ML doesn't want to escape the engagement and all shenanigans revolving around FL and just goes along with it. Fantastic. To be fair, he still thinks that fate (plot) will force them apart even if ne doesn't plays his villain role, but he also not active oposser to the events anymore and that majorly changes dynamics between main characters. Oh, by the way, comedy? Yeah, how about twenty chapters of diabities inducing sweetnes with background characters gushing about two lovebirds. Great.But fine, they cute and the author throws few mildly interesting flashbacks that gives us more info about characters plus some action. Don't know what to feel about wanting more chapters about what happened then than what's happening now, but oh well.Aside that the author setup the story inside an otome game which promises additional conflicts with original cast of male characters composing FL's 'harem'. And we get first glimps of it short (huh) 30 or so shapters in with introduction of first OG ML. Would ML cave in and rethink his involement with FL after incountering someone who might potentially be FL's fate (plot) choosen partner? Is he going to fight for new path and decide to screw the plot and stick with his decision despite possible problems with other male leads? Or will first OG ML mop and be sad, only to be befriended by ML and just decide to move on with no future conflict in sight?Yeah, it's the last one. Promps to first OG ML, that seems healthy, but I don't need healthy. I need a conflict that doesn't get kicked to the curb like trash that you too lazy to even carry to the trashbin!First two setups fot possible clashes that were established at the very beggining: conflict of interests between ML and FL and conflict between wayward ML and plot choosen OG MLs whimpered and died like my carier prospects, relativelly fast and quiet painfull. And I want to be fair to the author, I only read first 40 or so chapters, and