How to Handle a Man
One overcast afternoon, I was on my way back to the quarters alone.
A palm... kiss?
You did it!
That was perfect!
Are you seeing this, Elisa?
He completely froze up!
B-but... I've been defiled now...
Doing something so indecent with a body meant to serve the divine...
I'll end up a fallen saintess who brings down the Order and has all the other saintesses burned at the stake...
B-burned at the stake?!
D-don't worry, 116th Saintess Muriel!
I'll make an exception for you! Instead of the stake, I'll offer you as a living sacrifice to summon the demon lord!
Once you're doped up on hallucinogens, you won't feel much pain!
S-stop saying such horrifying things!
If you ever look like you're about to become corrupt, I'll beat you back to your senses!
R-really?
I knew it... Saintess Muriel, you're the only one who truly cares about me!
Saintess Muriel... be with me forever...
Q-quit it with the clingy stuff...
Anyway. Hey, you!
...Me?
Yeah! About that palm... k-ki-ahem!!
Don't you have anything to say about Elisa's [show of affection]?
...It was cute?
Du-dun!!
D-did you hear that, Saintess Muriel?!
H-h-h-h-he said I was cute...!
Oh my... T-to say such a scandalous word so boldly...
116th Saintess Muriel... Could this... be, uh... a confession?
*Pant... Pant... Pant...*
W-what should I do? Just thinking of the word "cute" makes my face burn...
Maybe... this is Lord Gaph's divine punishment for my indecent behavior...
Snap out of it, you dunce!
You were supposed to make him fall for you, not the other way around!
Y-you're right! I think that was the plan...!
Don't give me "I think"—that was the plan!
Hey, are you all right?
D-don't come any closer! Talk from there!
And more importantly... Don't you have anything else to say other than c-c-cute?
Anything else?
Something like, oh I don't know... "[I'll take responsibility]," for example...?
Responsibility?!
Heh heh! Well of course!
You corrupted a pure saintess in broad daylight!
Of course you have to take responsibility!!
My head was starting to ache.
What is this, some kind of fantasy-world stickup?
C-compensation won't be nearly enough, but...
If you hand over that sword you're carrying, I'll let it slide, just this once! Especially just this once!
W-what do you say...?
...
D-did I come on too strong...?
If you think it's too steep, Elisa could... do her [show of affection] again...
S-Saintess Muriel!!
I know the grand sacred relic's important, but selling me off like that...!
I'll be tainted for sure this time!
...Sorry.
This was something given to me, so I can't just hand it over.
Du-dun!!
Y-you cold-blooded... awful...
So you take a saintess's purity... and you won't even look back, is that it...?
I never took anything!
W-what do we do, Saintess Muriel?!
He... doesn't look like he's going to take responsibility at all...
F-for now...
Yes?
We'll just retreat!
Wait for me! 116th Saintess Muriel!