I'm OK with the mc trying to avoid romance with the girls, I'm OK with him pushing them towards what he thinks will be better mentors for them, I'm even OK with him keeping his power on the DL, what I can't fucking stand is this false humility aversion to anything remotely resembling a positive character trait.
We're supposed to feel sorry because people walk over him, but everything about him screams I don't respect myself, so yeah I don't really care about him at all. At this point in the story I would rather see the girls end up with the rich kid, he at least seems salvageable.