Chapter 321: Stigma (5)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 321: Stigma (5)
This was absurd.
No matter how many times I thought about it, it was just absurd.
“Elena will call Do-jin ‘Puppy’ when we are alone.”
“…Puppy?”
“Yes, Puppy.”
“That’s… a dog, isn’t it?”
“That is correct. Did you not know? Do-jin’s face looks like a gentle puppy. It makes me want to dote on you.”
As she said that, Elena suddenly reached out.
“May I tickle your chin? Oojjoojjoo.”
“……”
She seemed to be serious.
It was so absurd I thought I was going to lose my mind.
In the meantime, Elena’s long fingers began to tickle my chin.
I was flustered and confused, but… the sensation wasn’t bad.
No, this wasn’t right.
I grabbed her hand to stop her, and she tilted her head, asking.
“Puppy…? Did you not like Elena’s touch?”
“I did like it… No, that’s not what I meant.”
She was really something else today.
Her usual spirited tone was now laced with affection, and I felt myself getting helplessly swept away.
I did my best to pull myself together and asked Elena a question.
“So… you’re saying you’ll be my girlfriend, starting today?”
“That is correct, Puppy!”
Elena nodded, smiling brightly, then continued.
“However, it would be best to keep it a secret from the team members for the time being.”
“Why?”
When I asked for a reason, Elena’s expression turned somber as she began to speak.
“Because Elena is the weakest.”
“…Is that a problem?”
“People might think that you are keeping me, the weakest one, on the team out of pity.”
What the hell was she talking about?
So… she was saying it might look like I was protecting her and giving her special treatment just because we were a couple, even though she was the least skilled?
“I do not want that kind of misunderstanding. I must proudly show that I am a member of this team based on my abilities alone.”
Her eyes burned with determination.
“So, Puppy, will you please keep your relationship with Elena a secret for a little while?”
Everything became clear.
She was serious.
There wasn’t a single lie from beginning to end.
I knew she had some feelings for me.
After all, she wouldn’t have brought up things like obedience otherwise, right?
I’m not a crazy person.
I only tried it because I thought I had a good chance of success depending on how I handled the situation.
There was just one thing I hadn’t grasped.
Elena’s feelings, which I had thought were just a simple crush, were much deeper than I expected.
The disconnect from that difference was probably what was tormenting me now.
“Elena.”
“Yes, Puppy.”
In the midst of my confusion, a question popped into my head.
Just how far would she go for me?
“Anyway, we’re a couple now, right?”
“That is correct, my Puppy.”
Haaa.
That word, ‘Puppy’… at first, I didn’t like it because it sounded a bit demeaning, but the more I heard it, the more addictive it got.
“In that case… can you do anything I want?”
The atmosphere, my tone, my actions.
All three were perfectly aligned with a seductive intent, so there was no way she wouldn’t understand my meaning.
Hearing this, Elena suddenly wrapped her arms around my neck.
“Puppy… Elena is not the frustrating type.”
Her blue eyes, brimming with affection, lightly swept over my face.
“I will do anything Puppy wants.”
Ah.
This was dangerous.
The affection, always hidden behind her strong expression, was finally revealed, making my body boil with heat.
At the same time, a searing desire whispered to me. To relentlessly devour those lips that spoke such sweet words, and to go even further.
Unaware of my thoughts, she continued.
“However, sex is excluded.”
“Right, except for se—what?”
No, wait a minute.
What did she say was excluded?
“…Did I hear that wrong?”
I tilted my head and asked again, and Elena mimicked my gesture as she replied.
“I said we cannot have sex… Did you mishear me?”
“Ah.”
So I heard her right.
“Well… um, this is baffling.”
Literally. Beyond shock and horror, I was just baffled.
After all the words and actions that led to this heated atmosphere, she suddenly says we can’t have sex.
“Huhu… Puppy, do you want to have sex with Elena?”
Elena lowered one of the hands from my neck and caressed my cheek.
Being treated like a child wasn’t so bad… but in this situation, it was starting to piss me off a little.
To show her how I felt, I grabbed the hand caressing my cheek and answered in a rough voice.
“Yeah, I want to have sex right now.”
At that, Elena’s expression turned slightly sullen.
“I am sorry, Puppy….”
The apology in her voice cooled my anger a little.
Seeing her make that face, it seemed like there was some kind of story behind this.
“What’s the reason? The reason you can’t have sex. You said we’re a couple now.”
“That is correct, Puppy. To be honest, Elena also… wants to tumble in bed with Puppy.”
“Then why?”
“Well… the thing is, Puppy.”
She continued in an awkward tone.
“Elena… made a vow with the Purity Cult when she was young.”
“…What?”
You did what now?
It was so absurd that I had to ask again. Elena squeezed her eyes shut and exclaimed.
“I made a vow… a pledge to protect my chastity until marriage.”
“……”
I wish someone would slap me hard across the face.
I need to know if this is a dream or not.
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The Purity (Castitas) Cult.
A faction that appeared about thirty years ago and rapidly expanded its influence, centered in Europe.
Their doctrine is singular: purity, just as their name suggests.
It means preserving one’s chastity until meeting the right partner and getting married.
And what does that mean?
What else? It means they’re basically enemies to someone like me, who dreams of a debauched life with all sorts of women.
“Seeing bastards like that thrive, the world must really be ending…”
Thirty years ago, Europe—no, the entire world—was a lawless wasteland.
It was an era where villains and monsters ran rampant, taking advantage of the chaos before things had settled.
People became more primal. They focused on surviving the day rather than preparing for the future.
This mindset led to widespread promiscuity and, at the same time, created many victims.
Just as sublime words like fidelity and chastity were on the verge of disappearing from the world, the Purity Cult appeared, crying out for virtue.
In response, those who had been hiding to escape the promiscuity joined the Purity Cult as if they had been waiting for it.
The sublime ideal of saving one’s purity only for the one they love.
Such vows spread like a trend, and the Purity Cult rode that wave to grow powerful in an instant.
They’re not as powerful as the Vatican’s Orthodox Church, but in terms of influence, they’re probably second or third.
“…If I had been around back then, I would have crushed the cult completely.”
I ground my teeth.
“Sigh.”
I say that, but back then, the Purity Cult was, in its own way, a form of salvation and peace.
Those who embraced the sublime vow began to dream of the future again, and inspired by them, the chaotic world found stability a little sooner.
I just never knew.
That the very same Purity Cult would end up slide-tackling me from behind.
“Cowardly bastards.”
Elena told me the story.
Why she took the vow of purity with the cult when she was a child.
“Elena and her family were even poorer when she was young.”
It was a cold winter’s day. The meager food they had barely managed to acquire had run out, and they were beginning to worry they might starve to death.
“As Elena went out to find something, anything, to eat… someone approached her.”
That someone was a priest from the Purity Cult.
A young man with a benevolent smile.
He offered a warm hand to Elena, who was suffering from the cold and hunger.
“The Purity Cult… does not turn its back on those who uphold their chastity…”
Already hardened by her fight against poverty, she didn’t believe his words at face value.
She only trusted his promise that if she vowed to protect her purity, they would share food with her.
As a child, she thought that if a simple vow could fill her family’s stomachs, it didn’t matter what it was. So she went to a nearby Purity Cult church and made the pledge.
And, as promised, she received enough food to feed her starving family.
“I am sorry, Do-jin. For the young Elena, that was the best she could do….”
Seeing my deep disappointment, she apologized.
When I heard that, there was only one thing I could do.
“It’s okay.”
To say it was okay and hold her warmly.
Still, I was a little relieved.
At least it wasn’t because she didn’t want to have sex with me, right?
So, after she had calmed down a bit, I subtly asked.
“Elena.”
“Yes…?”
“I’m just asking, just in case.”
“Please, ask anything.”
“That… vow of purity. If you didn’t have it, were you planning on having sex with me?”
She answered immediately.
“Of course, Do-jin… no, Puppy. Puppy is the only one who has ever understood Elena. Nothing is too precious to give to Puppy.”
“What if I asked for money?”
“Uh….”
Ah, why did I have to remember that useless part?
Let’s just erase the memory of her blue eyes darting around, not knowing what to do.
Back to the original problem.
“Anyway… the problem is the vow with the Purity Cult.”
The Purity Cult’s vow is extremely powerful and tricky.
First, it’s impossible to force sex.
The moment you try to insert a dick into the pussy, a powerful divine shield is activated.
On top of that, the moment the shield appears, a signal is sent to the cult.
It snitches to the nearest church that someone is trying to forcibly break a vow of the Purity Cult.
And what happens then?
A Paladin, part of the cult’s strongest force composed of at least A-rank Hunters, shows up.
To punish the one who tried to break the vow of purity.
Of course, the target of punishment can change depending on the situation.
If the one who made the vow tries to break it of their own free will, they are branded an apostate, and both the apostate and their partner are punished.
If the one who made the vow is being forced, only the person trying to violate them is punished.
The punishment for those who break the cult’s one and only doctrine is never light.
I heard they mutilate the genitals of the apostate and their partner so they can never be used again.
“Ugh, just thinking about it is horrifying.”
Anyway, I can’t let this be.
If I hadn’t known, it would be one thing. But now that I’ve had a taste of that affectionate expression and tone hidden behind her strong facade…
…my desire has gone from squirming to burning ferociously.
I have to taste that body, the one that would easily score 100% on a lewdness aptitude test.
Every inch of it, from head to toe.
“I’ll have to show her I’m not a puppy, but a wolf.”
As my will flared intensely, a proverb came to mind.
To catch a tiger, you have to enter the tiger’s den, right?
“Okay.”
Let’s go to the Purity Cult and ask them directly.
They’re the ones who made the vow, so they must know how to break it.
The Purity Cult exists in Korea too, though its influence is weaker than in Europe.
When the destroyed Gangnam was being rebuilt, a Purity Cult church was built along with it, I think.
I immediately drove to the Purity Cult church, located on a prime piece of land in Gangnam, and threw open the massive doors blocking my path.
As soon as I stepped inside, my eyes fell on a middle-aged priest with a benevolent expression and graying hair.
I could tell at a glance.
He was the highest-ranking person in this church.
I walked straight toward him with a stern face and asked.
“I want to have sex with my girlfriend. Please tell me how to break the vow of purity.”
I asked very politely.
Probably.