Huh. You know, if we take out the monsters, this is exactly like those historical romance novels my mom (and I, in secret) used to read.
It's like someone took one of those plots and made a manga out of it. I like~
Now that I think of it, I can't quite put my finger on the difference between eastern romance novels and western ones. Maybe the lack of shyness when it comes to smut in a female-demographic novel? It's not just the western setting, since a lot of manga have that and don't give this feel.
What is it? It feels very discreet...hmm...