it’s all good. I 100% agree with your statement. I too would have also rated the novel lower than I would have if I didn’t enjoy the mc’s slow transformation. However, I think that the ntr (imo) wasn’t really hardcore ntr as both the girl and mc haven’t reached a consensus as to what their relationship was and it was only an engagement and they were not really married yet.
There really is a big difference for me with both and seeing that they were only the latter (with mc having one sided feelings?) it really wasn’t that bad.
Well whatever, it probably didn’t affect me as much since I keep getting baited into reading ntr novels, doujin, manhua/manhwa, and manga so..