Some details omitted. The punishment when a truth officer commit a crime is the demotion of all ranks and positions. That includes getting their eye pulled out.
Political marriages are not only the norm, women prefer them too since that helps them marry an strong man. In this world where monsters attack all the time, an strong man is valued highly because he is meant to protect his women.
At this point Masaru even got himself involved in something like that in the novel with Gina.
She is a novel only character, her father had lost his sight and when Masaru cured him, both the father and Gina insisted on her marrying Masaru or at least becoming a concubine despite barely know him for a minute.
Later more stuff like this happens
Several women in a town Masaru saves, an elven knight offer herself as concubine or slave, a friend of Masaru offers to arrange marriage with as many of his sister as Masaru would like, etc.