The Alexi quest was MUCH shorter, with only 2 different otions that didn't change anything or affect the story. You don't even get any new skills and the whole "i'll have to break my promise" made no sense what so ever, because he didn't he just threw a lantern and ran. Am I missing something here or what's going on? The whole prison thing gave several skills, several routes, is replayable and it even has a dead end.
Also anyone know how much longer is the whole prospective mage arc is going for? Feels like it's been forever since the actual main plot has moved
You don't get any new skills cuz there's no fuck this time

I too wondered if I missed something

The lantern is just as the other said it breaks the "return it in one piece" promise.
The new quest is a decent story and set-up for adventure guild, but what the dev said really feel like a big exaggeration, how can it even compare to the prison plotline when there's not a single sex scene, unless he meant something else

Also why so slow burn on Alexi, there's still not even a single intimate moment despite hving a lot of content with him. At this rate, I'm more attached to him as "battle brother" than sexually interact with him anymore
I don't mind lingering on this "free roaming" prospective mage arc if they can continue adding contents, but it's true it breaks the pacing of the previous VN portion, I think the dev is hving a little too much fun at it.
He can actually go on forever if he so wish, there's still tons of potential contents can be added here.
IIRC, he said he was working on raul's (bandit leader) plotline?