I'm at chapter 4 or 5 and after visiting the tea house I get to a tunnel and run into a bad end and can't continue how do I avoid this?
Gotta make sure you've romanced one of the LIs. There's a forum of how to make sure you've gotten enough points by chapter 4 on the authors tumblr :
https://ataleofcrowns.tumblr.com/post/627362513923768320/walkthrough-unlocking-a...