That doesn't have to be the case, as of yet it is still a mystery how the MC has such a high magic affinity (for a human).
Had to comment, I thought from the beginning that the lady at the river was the Crone undisguised! Nice to see someone else thought the same thing. If I had to guess, I'd say that the Crone is Lilith and she's crazy, but the plot twist of her being Selene is equally as likely, since nothing points one way or the other there and Belle could literally decide which way that goes off a coin toss at this point.
Yeah but not every mystery gets to be, or has to be, wrapped up. So the MC has an affinity for magic, that could also be a case that he's highly receptive, given that his mentor was training him and then wiping his mind with ease for some time. Or somewhere in the past, one of his ancestors learned Truthsaying from the elves.
This is pretty much exactly what I was going to say.
Considering the myriad of states you can be in, I suspect no one is going to have your save precisely.
I feel the need to say that of all the adult games I've ever played, yours does the best job I've seen of make it feel like I'm really investigating and learning about the different characters and allowing that knowledge to kind of snowball on itself. I plan to try to use a similar system when I make my own game (assuming I get that far).
And there will be more of them once I get the opportunity to go back and expand stuff after NG+.
