It's a bit weird of me to review this one considering I'm the editor for Moonlight Castle, but I didn't edit this one, so it's probably fine. Presentation-wise, I love the higher fidelity of the new sprites compared to MC, though the shading is a bit heavy. The CGs are really well done too, especially the, uh, animated one toward the end. I do have to comment on something that bothers me the same way it does in MC, though: the sprites often go back to the neutral expression after each line, creating a visual flipflop of emotions. It also does that thing where there's an unnecessary line of narration in between every line of dialogue. But that's just the minor stuff I feel obligated to point out as an editor :p. Writing quirks aside, this was a solid story, full of comedy, drama, intrigue, and good character writing, all the things that also made MC good. Loved the back and forth dialogue between all of the characters too, it kept the VN quick and fun. I'm trying my best to review this one in isolation, but I have to admit that knowing MC's plot does help to contextualize much of the VN, such as where Nia went and who the "crocodile" is. As a result, I don't think it works that well in isolation, but as a side story to MC, it works really well, even as just a fun horny diversion. Maybe a bit too horny? Patrice needs to chill tbh. Just kidding, it's still great to get his perspective, even though it's a bit odd to see how these characters interact without Joel there. I think we'd been needing that, at least. Anyways, it was a lot of fun, well done. Shame about the ending, but it was inevitable given it's a prequel. I hope we get to see more of Oliver in the future, though. And maybe Hugo too?