I read your previous explanation and I see your point. Please consider these opinions as useful or interested feedback. Consider also new players having their contact with the game for the first time and not understanding the tweak you made at the beginning of chapter two. I see this as a bit of a hinderance for the future of your work and, even though you said you didn't want to break saves, perhaps this would be the right time to do it, as the game is still in the beginning...
You managed to create really nice characters, Kaija and Elea being my favorites, but Elea being the one for the reasons explained... And your story and setting seem really interesting. For this, it pains me to see so little support of your work.
As a patron of several other devs, I would advise you to invest some time in your patreon page. It's just a block of text that in any way makes justice to the quality of your work. Not a worthy showcase! I'm already spending too much money on AVNs and I can't find any way to support more projects, but yours sure is deserving, and perhaps we'll resume this topic in the future.
Wanted you to know that, besides the well intentioned criticism. From my observation of other quality AVNs here, if you keep the level and continue your work, recognition and money will come eventually.