Since the last crash, I’ve been saving more.
I finished picking the fruit and was grinding a bit up to Ilo reaching level 21.
I saved before I moved on to the next area, so I guess I can try choosing different paths from that save.
I went with Borys. After the strange monster battle, I got to asking Borys about his home country, then the game crashed. Luckily my new saving habit worked out and I won’t be losing too much progress.