You're very welcome! I greatly value your appreciation and acknowledgement :)
Regarding the free-time option, feel free to do whatever you feel is best. It's just personal preference honestly and just a suggestion of mine that I feel would add a lot more fun and longer lasting entertainment to the game, since usually seeing a "The End" screen after such an amazing engaging adventure can be genuinely disappointing. It's also awesome to know that there will be some diversity in the storyline, I am VERY excited for what's to come. And I completely understand that certain visual content won't be able to be made repeatable in-game, and that's absolutely fine since a gallery will be a perfect solution for sure! Being able to collect and unlock every scene from different playthroughs will be awesome and I am all for it! :D
On a final sidenote, just to add to the initial point, if a free-time mode ever does get implemented, I just wanna mention that it would be nice to keep any special scenes as only viewable through gallery (such as scenes unlocked from a certain decision made in a quest or figuring out a puzzle/ etc.) whereas other less rare interactions be made repeatable and viewable through both interacting with the monster girl or viewing it in the gallery (for example: cuddles, headpats, kissing, and maybe even the three basic forms of erotic interactions for at least a few characters)
Thank you so much for hearing me out and for even considering my suggestions, I really appreciate it a lot :)