I noticed that as well. Except I encountered that when going through an earlier save, so I could just load a save from a later part of the game to get past it.
I have never bought a game on itch.io before, but I've also never been captivated by a story as when playing Witch Hunter. I can now say I have now bought a free-to-play game here at "full price". Thank you for writing an interesting plot and making the drawings and animations very enjoyable.