The demon scam

You lowers your gaze. "I understand... I'm sorry if I caused you trouble. I'll go on alone from now on."

Naria looks at you a little regretfully and sighs, but she can't change her mind. "Be careful now, you hear?" she says and you nod and turn to continue alone.

After a while, you don't know where you are anymore. Not that you knew that to begin with, but whatever...

Suddenly, you hear a familiar vioce singing happily up ahead. Merle!? Feeling dizzy with relief, you run towards the sound to find her sitting on the ground, playing with small blue rocks.