115. A Minor Connection -2 (Part Two)

Her eyes opened wider, but her mouth was clamped shut.

She seemed to be pondering something for a bit, before finally opening her mouth again. "If... you don't have any promises made for dinner, would you like to stop by at our church later?"

"...?"

"I-I mean, you are my life's saviour but I haven't even repaid you properly yet, so... E-even if my cooking isn't good enough to serve a noble like yourself, Sir Paladin..."

Oh, she's inviting me to dinner?

I thought about her offer for a moment there, and then I suddenly recalled Adolf's face once more.

The people I had healed could use divinity to some degree now. That fact was still bugging me even as we stood here.

"Alright, I will. I have plenty of time to kill, after all."

"Well, I'll see you later in the..."

I looked up at the sky.

The sun was still up there, shining brightly. I figured that it'd be around a good four to five hours before it got dark enough to say that evening had come.