Wow, there seem to be a lot of complaints here. I don't understand why people want drama or conflits so much. I get enough of that irl and I don't want any of that shit when I'm trying to relax with this game. I mean I'd get it if the game was becoming boring or something but imo 0.9 was anything but boring (pretty fucking exciting for me).
The second one seems to be MC's "stupidity" towards Alice. I feel like the MC mentioned enough times he knew that Alice was trying to "seduce" him but he just couldn't believe that and that makes sense to me. Throughtout the prior story the MC has basically just been trying to make Alice comfortable and there has been no indication of sexual tension between the two. MC even mentioned he hated his body's reaction to her shows of affection at times.Also Alice's reaction when MC told her about the family situation was a worried "would I have to be your girlfriend as well?" ending with a light tease seemed to indicate Alice wasn't looking to be his girlfriend at that point. So it made sense to me the MC didn't see it.
Lastly about the others laughing at the MC for not figuring it out or scheming behind his back. I mean, the girls are in a relationship with him, not his slaves. The whole scheme from Sandra was to add another girl to his ever growing harem, so absolutely not to hurt him. As such Lucy with the slap thing was just Lucy being Lucy (which was really funny to me), and Sandra seems to understand the MC well (as shown throughout the story), so she prob just wanted the MC to realise that he does have those feelings for Alice (he didn't seem to prior to the teasing). The laughing at MC or making fun of seems fairly natural to me. People making fun of each other when in a relationship is normal, it isn't to hurt each other, it's just a bit of fun. If they just accepted everything and complied with MC on everything, like slaves, it would be boring to read.
Also damn, I typed too much again (some of it probably doesn't make sense since I'm sleepy). Anyways, amazing work on the update as always K7. I cannot wait for granny to join the harem.