A first-person POV medium shot from the protagonist's perspective, looking toward the cathedral stairs under the late morning sun. In the center, a young boy with messy brown hair and round wire-frame glasses sits on the stone steps, wearing a faded brown traveler's tunic and a torn black traveling cloak, his expression vacant as the crimson root-veins on his neck fade. To the side, a horned priestess with a long silver high ponytail, pointed ears, and curling ram-like horns rises to her feet; she wears a white tabard over a pale-blue dress, gripping a long ceremonial staff in her right hand while brushing dust off her dress with her left, a soft, tired smile on her lips. In the background, a verger in a lilac robe disappears through the cathedral's heavy doors, clutching a brown leather ledger titled "恣い人" to her chest as the doors nearly close, leaving only a sliver of dim light. Around the plaza, townsfolk, including mothers with children and a soldier in field-grey, disperse into side alleys. The scene is rendered in a high-quality anime style with a bright, sunlit palette and a quiet, civic-spread hush atmosphere.