Review Detail of t3ksp3c in Project: Mage - The Frugal Mage

Chapter 20 Review: So 20 chapters in and not only is the MC supposed to be frugal with his magic use but apparently the author has also decided to be frugal about focusing on this aspect as well which was the whole draw of me wanting to read this story. Instead there's a jarringly quick love interest that gets sickeningly saccharine and stays that way so far. And of course this is set within the overwhelmingly generic school setting with the requisite dumb antagonists who don't approve of him getting the girl. All of that is a major eyeroll but my real issue is with the lack of focusing on the magic system and especially on how/why the MC is a "frugal mage". At this point, unlike the couple's supercharged interest for each other, my own interest in this story has become limp and flaccid.