"He who has not sinned shall cast the first stone."
And he who has sinned shall receive them.
Also, the woman and child from the beginning of the story weren't real, at least at that time. They were only illusions made by the hero to determine if the village was the one he was searching for. But at some point, they were killed by the village, but they probably weren't remembered considering how many people they have murdered for their belongings.