Mmm...That makes sense, what bothers me still though is that in the tutorial it said that no captives can escape which is then wrong information. 

Aside from that, it also leads me to wonder what happens to the ones that do escape, particularly the ones that are seemingly special or unique characters like Emily. Do I get her back or like meet somewhere else sometime in the game or gone forever? I at least want those kind of characters to not be gone forever when and if they ever escape. 

Anyway, thanks for your opinion on the matter. 

Now that you mention it, branding did say that there would be a chance that they'd be returned to you if escaped? Idk. But yeah, it does make it harder on the premise that they will be treated criminals and looked down upon as far as in-game narrative goes.

As for Emily's escape sequence, mmm...I wonder. For now, I try to avoid her on the premise of role playing as a start up aspiring magician that had studied for years, though with little luck until the big break of getting the mansion whilst meeting a dependable stranger and partner on the way.

No protection eh, oof. Protect them all, one way or the other. Thanks for the head's up. 

Thank you for the clarifications. I will be waiting for the future updates and fixes whenever that is, both in the 1st and 2nd games. Need to finish the 1st game first at least once though, lmao. I have been playing at least more than 20 times already, most of which lasted only a few days in due to role playing complications. 

Yeah, I found that the hard way. At first, I had some bandits captured, thought it be nice to play as someone who was strick to hooligans or so. Thus, I punished them once I got back to the mansion. By the end of the day, two people died. I later found out by just healing them with a heal spell.