To stop servants from running away you need to train their loyalty skills to slow down their rate of drain. Unlocking basic servitude, dating, advanced servitude and master acknowledgement should basically eliminate obedience drain. Until you have those unlocked then you shouldn't really have more than 2-3 servants/slaves. Your social skills simply won't be able to keep more than that under control. Don't send them out on their own until they are properly trained or you go with them. As you level up yourself and servants you can teach everyone social skills to keep other slaves under control and control a much larger group.This game is hard. Couldn't even get to the first loan before all my servants, including my first one and daisy who I assume is story relevant, ran away. I can't cheer them up while they're gathering materials. Also, what happened to the alternate starts?
Alternate starts are not yet implemented