Talked to the general, just told me time isn't wait or something. Rested at the only lantern that's available at this point being the cavern one (the merchant one isn't good and the beginning one is too far back) yet the door is still locked...
What exactly do you mean by rest at THE lantern?
As someone who managed to clear the sidequest, I would recommend you to rest at ANY lantern everytime you talked to one of the characters. There is no THE lantern, just any lantern. Basically, talk to the general/do what he wants > rest at a lamp > talk to Yukimura/do what she wants > rest > repeat. Once the general says he will send a fake letter the door will be opened but you might have to talk to Yukimura again, not sure. After that the armory will be inside the castle so dont make the same mistake as I did and search outside.
After clearing the quest you can return to the general and talk to him again and he will offer you a deal to become his underling. Say yes and he will fondle your tits and finger you. You can also level your exhibitionism level with him by standing near him and holding one of the buttons. FREE EXP!
Furthermore for those stuck with the optional boss for the side quest, If you max out your backstabbing damage skill then you can oneshot him and skip the entire buggy fight. bosses do not autoaggro at the start of the fight so you can walk away from them, walk around to their back and hit them to get some nice damage in early on.
That said the demo was absolutely fantastic and I really enjoyed playing it but I still dont get the use of exhibition jutsu vol. 2. What are the new enemies you are supposed to be able to charm and how do I trigger their fetishes?
And finally a save with pretty much everything done, I have destroyed every possible pillar with the flame spells as far as I am aware but most of them did nothing. I also found the secret village but you dont seem to be able to do anything there (yet).
All in all great game, looking forward to it and will almost certainly purchase it unless its being sold with a shitty DRM attached.