This was interesting. It was well written and the world building is interesting, a litmus test of mine is always if I feel like skipping at any point and I didn't here. I'm looking forward to reading through more of the story in the future. MC is a bit of a Mary Sue, but it's sufficiently well written that I wasn't distracted by it, and only really thought of it now when reflecting back. Though there's a little too much nicey nicey understanding and whatnot, from everyone, and it does feel very out of place to the setting of the powerful and rich and whatnot.
Only real demerit, and this'll be highly subjective, is that I'm not particularly taken with any of the LI. One of the issues here is them generally being vastly overboobed, Leala looks down right comical and otherwise mighta been my type, and Aerion has fallen into the pitfall lots of muscular characters seem to of absurdity with her chest. One slight, non-aesthetic, issue I have is that lots of the MC and Cerys's relationship is based on aspects prior to the game, so I as the reader don't really feel it, if that makes sense, so there's a disconnect where she's the wife but one of the ones I have the least interest in. Of the offerings I suppose Anwen is probably the best, I was glad when her nipple piercings return after her first scene. Aine also does some good dirty talk, I'm hoping she'll be the first one we can impregnate. Given the setting I wonder if there'll be some hot demonic or ashen darken elf antagonist in the future that might be more my jam.
I'm glad the Cenric lady brought it up because I'm so thinking the old man is behind this all. Not in an evil kinda way but sending the MC contracts before was to train him a bit, the attack was to force the wards to work together - which is what he's mainly angling for, etc. I dunno if I'd pin the murders on him yet though.
