Ah yes... romance with the guy that protect the wannabe rapist... brilliant move. (I jest, the main thing is... fkn solve that first XD )
Like seriously... the story has it out of order... you deal with that trash noble first, then do the romance part, because now you don't have a MASSIVE loose rope... which makes it feel cheap because well... the noble is still free and doing w/e because of this guy. instead of the issue now being solved.