Review Detail of HaracasAye in Stone Mage: Revenge of the Villain System

This novel has a well developed background, you can see author has put some thought into it to make it unique and I give them props for that. The writing quality is good plus updates are stable. The problems however crop up with the plot and mc's character. Ignoring the fact that the mc is only a villain in name and closer to an edgy teen with a deep seated inferiority complex, he isnt active enough. The trope of a character being inserted into a story having a grudge with the hero isnt anything new, but they are driven by the heroes rapid improvement to take drastice measure and risks to keep up. We dont have any of that here because the hero/protag is a useless harem seeker, literally. The mc is content with reading all day and doing some minor training than purposefully seeking to improve himself. I know hes really young and cant do much, but that then begs the question, why are we wasting our time focusing on the events during this time period? Its nothing better than filler. This is where the plot falls flat, its boring, whole chapters are wasted on character's talking to each other or on events that dont really affect the story in the long run. Not to mention the absurdity of a food fight starting amongst nobles during a formal birthday party. I thought I was reading a children's story at that point.