harem sells. and there were already hot side characters in the manga. the author took advantage of it. simple as.Guess the haremfication is 100% done and confirmed, unlucky. Pages 8+9 sealed off any possibility of him not turning full on spineless harem protag, meh.
Actually despise him and Jeanne now after these two pages. Dude was passive but devoted for ~80 chapters. Jeanne had a innocent but cute puppy love. Dunno why both had to change NOW and under these circumstances. This isn't even fun anymore, just evil towards Kanan as it just wasn't that type of series..
it probably won't do a legit harem ending though, it'll end with kanan (or with a total copout ending).
i personally don't care. it's not like you're reading high art here. the story was always average at best, everyone comes here for the incredibly well drawn raunchy art and interesting character designs. i love the saints eyes tho even that's becoming a cliche nowadays.