I never got around to reading the novel because I disliked the very idea of it. Especially the mc but so many other parts as well. It's clearly decent since so many people praise it, but there are plenty of other things that are praised to the high heavens but are nothing except trash in my opinion, I'm saying that after actually reading it and trying to see what the hype was about. It's all a matter of taste and even the world's best work would be nothing but trash if you don't have tastes that match up with the author's.
Just going to give the manga a few chapters instead. I doubt I'll like it after seeing this first chapter, but it doesn't seem to be too bad.