I had liked chapter 1 quite a lot, and I must say, chapter 2 does not fall short!
One of the strongest aspects of 1 to me was the worldbuilding: it was so detailed it gave me as a player this confidence that the author had the setting really figured out. That continues on this chapter, and while the first of the two exposition scenes (the magic instructor) felt a bit too cartoonily dismissive, the second one (the combat instructor) was straight up brilliant.
Delivered in a believable way for a character with his viewpoint, and crafted well enough that the subtle undertone gets across. It, coupled with the previous one, was enough to get me thinking "are we the baddies here?" - I suspect we most likely are - and you deserve all the props for getting such an idea across without spelling it out, but letting the player reach it by piecing together what you do give him. Trusting in both the intelligence of your readers and your skill as an author is a move that deserves so much praise.
The quizz while doing the plank may be another example of this. "Wrong." Oh, so there are right answers to these questions? Of course the instructor will have preferences, but to straight up tell you one way of thinking is right speaks volumes to their bias. Maybe the "chair" scene in the party is meant to drive that home, but I had already spent much time looking around and thinking "Who has to go, in the country? Who needs to rise?" by that point.
I think the best characters, by far (so far) are Hannah and Scarlett. The most layered and sympathethic to me - also, to me the best lines in the game are those you get if you turn down Hannah. And I love how she still got a big solo segment on, what I assume is, a lost-route state!
The story is interesting at every level. I want to see how MC develops his relationship with each of the love interests, I'm interested in the specialization choice (I was a lock for combat, but now I'm questioning that path), I want to see how the internal politics of the kingdom play out, and how the conflict between the warring states is solved (and the truth of it).
Props for the game so far! Very solid first two chapters!
(PS: Did Attack on Titan inspire you somewhat?
Certain elements of the worldbuilding make me think of it,
but maybe it's just me seeing similarities and parallels.)