Fun demo! :D
Some things I loved:
- All the female characters! Complex and complicated and not necessarily always likable - very human. I love having a fully realized world with interesting side characters instead of just focusing on the LIs.
- Incredibly sympathetic MC! (And intelligent and snarky to boot)
- Great sense of time/place
Other thoughts:
- There are a couple of typos (“subreptitious” or something similar iirc), which do distract a bit from the generally sparkling prose
- I really, really hope there’s a MC spinster ending that isn’t presented as a bad end. I can see the MC being happy as a spinster! (Though of course I want to see all the LI routes as well.)
Looking forward to the full game! :D