On this day, Ethan encountered the bravest person he had ever known—the old innkeeper lady whose name he didn't even have time to ask.
She gathered just three people, and despite being outnumbered, she fearlessly and courageously launched a challenge against them, even boasting that she would personally send them on their way.
In response to this...
Ethan felt nothing but deep helplessness.
This could be gleaned from the expressions of Little Dark and the fiercely combative Wind Element Girl. When the old lady's face changed, announcing her intent to send them on their way, Little Dark (in her black cat form) merely twitched her ears, not even bothering to lift her head, while the Wind Element Girl continued flipping through the Holy Scripture she had stolen from the Crown of Dawn Cathedral, maintaining the pretense of a literary girl she usually upheld.
