The author know his stuff, we're used to MC going into villages, doing whatever they want, taking whatever they need and never going back... Well here, we can see the consequences of their actions the good and the bad, and I'm not talking about just Will! look at what Blood said "How far are you willing to go for her? are you going to adopt her too?" because that's what it means to save a person for real from their fate, if you want to be a hero at least.
Also yeah I'm very excited for the elf, I wonder if she really looks old now.