Huh. 2 Chapters later and even with a positive result with Kyo's "submission", an enthusiastic stress test application of the Futa 2.0 potion (which hasn't been used again since) as well as pretty much every surface area in the office, (and opting to instead be lovers on equal terms) and a promise to go for a round two or three or more in the future-- almost every interaction with her (Kyo) afterwards has been frosty at best.
More confusing still was when our musclebound swordswoman friend says passingly that Kyo is in the dumps due to Cat refusing to forgive her.. but I thought that's exactly the choice I made a while back?
Loaded the old save to see the conversation and whatnot, but it still seems kinda jarring if you go from that event to being moderately hostile the next morning when she shows up at Kat's bloody door with a *gift*.
Nitpicking aside, loved the new chapter. The training scene with the apprentice was a blast (nice to see her again), and I'm starting to really dig our mocha skinned bodyguard, as the writing is dancing a fine line between world weary, dutiful, perceptive and oblivious somehow, with all but the most direct innuendo zipping gleefully overhead. I was thinking she'd end up with a pretty flat personality compared to the rest of the cast, glad to see I was wrong.
The continued aggravation of the self important nobles is a fun narrative angle, and it's fun to see every character, including the MC, have to rethink their stance and world view now and then.
Aside from the option to have our new maid fullfill her obligations as a bedwarmer, the only downside I can think up is the fact it ends and leaves one hungry for more.