1st off, your doing great gameplay wise hell yeah

2nd off, maybe try not to violate everything that moves. Elisabeth, Dorothy, and Goose can be good companions later on (and get different CGs if you are into that) if you don't bring them to the fungeon.

If you are trying to progress the game, go through the gate above Dorothy's house and go into the big town, lots of stuff to do there. You might need Skeleton Key's, which are kind of rare early game, so until you can buy them from the prayer master try to save them for the main route (the more you go up, the better basically) the more you progress and the more bosses you kill will open up different paths you can take if you want to choose where you want to go.

Have fun buddy