Shade then took Emilia to Old John Pawnshop. But after getting out of the carriage, they saw a "Closed" sign hanging from the pawnshop's door handle. Shade asked at the hat shop next door and learned that Old Dad John had gone out to visit friends today and probably would not return until tomorrow.
"How about we deal with this tomorrow instead?"
Emilia tugged at Shade's hem, not wanting to cause him any more trouble.
"That won't do. What if you run into danger again in the meantime?"
She had actually wanted to suggest staying at Shade's home again that night, but then Shade suddenly turned and looked at her, making her flush bright red.
"What is it?"
She worried that Shade had seen through her thoughts, but he was thinking of something else.
"Emilia, have you ever been to a church? I mean a church of the Orthodox Church."
"What?"
They got back into the carriage, which had not yet left, and headed to Dawn Church in the Tobesk Diocese. With the Saint Prayer Festival at the end of the month drawing closer, the fathers and nuns in the church were all busy with various matters.
The Elf Girl worshipped the Ancient God Tree Father. As a heretic, she naturally had never entered a church of the Five Orthodox Gods. After getting out of the carriage, she dawdled and refused to walk forward, claiming that she wanted to admire the scenery and would wait for Shade at the church entrance. But Shade still pulled her inside.
Compared to facing Relics, she was clearly more afraid of this place. She clutched Shade's hem and practically pressed herself against him, but Shade knew that as long as they did not go behind the church, she would never encounter a Ring Arcanist