I just noticed that you streamed the game lol. Thanks for giving the second part a chance despite your misread. Rest assured, I read the rules properly.
So, I only self-inserted myself for the sake of battle testing the trialist's skills easier, which is one reason why they're so unbalanced.
The reason why your first fight (Novice Trialist) was easy was because Ari was there, the second one (Skilled Trialist) seemed unfair because the idea was to fight her again after you leveled up a bit.
About how the lady changes into Ari, I meant for that to happen, she's supposed to be skilled with illusion magic, and I put it there just for the fun of it. What I did not expect was for Fleur to change into Erun when you talk to her on the left. As for movement speed, I meant for it to be a Pokemon kinda deal where you wouldn't run in the house. I see now why this would be a disservice.
Going back to the first part of the game, I will consider making it clear when you've run out of dialogue options. You just kept saying No to the voice and you thought there was going to be something after 7 times lol.
okay thats all