If you are goind to tell me its "Special fire" then don't make it look like a normal candlestick flame, at least have it colored in a way that represents it as abnormaly powerfull.
Religion in this story dosent seem too bad, the priest wants nothing more than to protect the child, while also have her help in this situation where she is desperately needed. All in all he is seeking the best option for both scenarios.
Bullshit that the charm didn't harm him, it harmed his potentiall and halted his training, in a world where strenght means everything in order to survive, there would be good reason for MC to kill her.
Cocky and rude, and she finally got wounded seriously. If she was a "villain" she would die in the next chapter, but of course that isn't gonna happen, because crying is all that takes to make people help you. And we have had too many chapters with her to just suddenly kill her off, even if NO...
I tought for sure that they would yell at her for doing something so dangerous, but I guess the adults/adventurers in this world are more fixated on the result rather than the method for how one would explain and show how skilled the person is, in this case, stabbing your hand with a knife to...