Amazingly well written, great world building, When it said "to be continued" I cried out in sadness! I need to see where it's all going!

For that scene with Anwill, I'd suggest giving an option in the lock-out romance to go the "no" route that's in the romance path? Like, I wasn't super interested in romancing him, but I also didn't want the reason to turn him down in the moment to be "well, I just don't find you attractive", when really it was like "I absolutely do not want to be taking advantage of your hero complex of me..."

I do want to express gratitude for the option of not pursuing romances though while still building a relationship with the characters!