Chapter 2: Castration Crisis

『Wield it as you like. The power you have cultivated and your sexual desire, in the end, both stem from yourself. Since they are things... I cannot possess.』

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"Who the hell are you..."

Regarding the meddlesome advice I received in my dream to live as I please.

Seriously, who the hell are you?

Living as I please is obvious. Even without being told, I behave as I please and live as I please!

...Well, going to the Capital by Royal Decree is, you know?

It can't be helped. Okay?

While I was running to self-preservation like that, I heard a familiar voice.

"Have you awakened?"

"How long was I asleep for————eh, who?"

"It is Mei."

Fa?!

Eh, Mei? This stupidly gorgeous beauty?!

Standing before my eyes was a super-beauty with a blonde ponytail.

Her face was terrifyingly well-proportioned, yes, but those slit-like azure eyes that seemed to suck you in, and that white skin fantastical like snow makeup.

She is unmistakably my type; thank you very much.

Actually, if I look closely, she's wearing that black armor, but... why is the helmet off? And I have no memory after using that skill at full power...

Then, with strangely sparkling eyes, Mei dropped to one knee and bowed her head.

"I apologize for my rudeness until now. I have understood that you... Ars-sama, are undeniably a Holy Knight. That shield that blocked my attack. And your peerlessly powerful attacks and beautiful technique. And the technique that easily shattered my Adamantite helmet. Everything was perfect. I, Mei, am deeply impressed."

"…………"

She talks a lot, this one. Scary.

...I can't exactly ask "What are you talking about?" in this atmosphere. Nine out of ten chances, this happened after I lost consciousness.

Eh, you're saying I defeated Mei? Even broke her helmet? No way no way no way, what are you saying, there's no way I could do that.

...That guy who gave me weird advice in the dream.

His form was covered in mist so I don't know, but there's a high possibility he did something.

——Well, let's just nod and say it's convenient!

"Ah. Well, naturally... I suppose."

"...However, what was the reason you did not use that technique from the beginning?"

"Eh, umm, that was, you know. I was testing Mei's power. I wanted to ascertain the power of a Black Knight!"

"I see, so that was it. I had no idea there was such deep foresight."

Like hell there was, I'm winging it, idiot!

Her attitude has done a 180.

Hard to deal with, dammit.

...Although, being served by a beauty is a wonderful pleasure... Fufu.

"So that means you know I'm a Holy Knight now, so we're going to the Capital as planned?"

"Yes, as promised, I will escort you to the Capital and have you meet with the King."

"Roger. Are you still not going to tell me what I'm doing?"

"Beyond that point is not my jurisdiction, so I cannot answer. I am terribly sorry..."

Mei drooped despondently.

...You're not the type to make such a cute expression!! ...No, we just met so it's prejudice, but!!

I'm weak to gaps like a beauty I thought was strong-willed and emotionless actually being expressive!

Of course, I won't narrate such specific fetishes out loud.

I might be a pervert, but I'm a pervert who can restrain himself.

Even if my "son" stands at attention in the carriage, I can brilliantly cross my legs to deceive the eye.

There's no way I, overflowing with such consideration, would act dominated by sexual desire.

『Wield it as you like. The power you have cultivated and your sexual desire, in the end, both stem from yourself.』

I shook my head vigorously.

Why am I remembering events from a dream?

It's common knowledge that guys who tempt human instincts are up to no good.

"Ah, by the way, how long was I asleep? If we're moving from here, there'll be camping, right!"

"A day and a half. We will arrive at the Capital soon."

"Fa?!?"

My heart-pounding camping trip alone with a blonde beauty!?!?

The coachman? I don't know that kid.

"Kuh..."

Thump! Beauty Camping Chance! ruined by my oversleeping...

Leaving a village with only old people, roughly the first super-beauty I've met.

It'd be weirder not to get excited.

Leaving aside whether it floats or stands, now that the friction was gone, it was an event I definitely wanted to experience.

And yet? We're already at the Capital when I wake up?

I mean, isn't this the pattern where I wake up on a lap pillow? Even if the armor hurts, I'd be happy. Obviously.

"Is something wrong?"

"No... I just thought we were entering the Capital rather quietly."

"For better or worse, my face is widely known. In addition, the information that a new Holy Knight has appeared is currently being kept secret. Therefore, we plan to avoid standing out and settle matters promptly."

"Well, when the Saint appeared, the info reached even my village and it was a huge uproar."

And wasn't the Saint five years old or something back then?

Seriously, surrounding a brat and worshipping her, what's fun about that? Famous Class or not, she's just one human.

...If I say things like that, the Church will get mad, so I won't say it out loud though!!

"...You are right."

I said it laughing, haha, but when I looked to the side, Mei was staring into the distance with a sorrowful expression.

Did I touch a nerve?

But being devoid of a shred of delicacy, I was thinking about crap like how beauties are beautiful no matter what expression they make.

——The carriage advanced.

Entering from the back entrance (?) of the castle, we went a little further and stopped. Apparently, we were walking from here.

"Huge..."

"Is this your first time in the Capital, Ars-sama?"

"Yeah. Everything is fresh to a country bumpkin."

"Welcome to the Royal Capital Veil. We welcome you."

Saying that, Mei smiled faintly.

Mei's figure, holding down her beautiful blonde hair swaying in the breeze with one hand, was like a single painting.

"Ugh... my lack of immunity to women is showing blatantly...!"

Having been inadvertently captivated, I muttered while suppressing the stretching of my philtrum.

Mei tilted her head at my expression.

Stop it, don't stimulate my fetish...! I have a smile fetish...! You might think "what a niche fetish!" but...

A smile shown only to me by an older emotionless blonde beauty

No one hates that!

If there is, I'll kill them. I'll also kill anyone who says "It's probably not just to you."

It's fine.

At least in my delusions, let it be just for me. Otherwise, it will distort. My dirty heart.

"Please enter here."

I advanced following the guidance.

It seemed to already be inside the royal castle; sparkling and dazzling decorations were scattered everywhere.

Why do rich people love gold so much? I used to think that, but since Master said, "Gold is a symbol of wealth. If the one who rules a nation does not live richly, the people will also be thought of as poor," I've accepted it.

『Though, the gilt strips off in an instant, too.』

He also said that. You ruined it, Master...

Well, anyway, since it's my first time in such a luxurious place, as I looked around restlessly, Mei giggled.

"I understand it is novel, but we will arrive at the Throne Room soon."

"No, well, it's my first time seeing real gold, so I just couldn't help it."

I'm not thinking about whether I could peel a little gold off the wall without getting caught. That's the truth!!!!

"——The King is beyond this door. Since this is an unofficial setting, formal greetings are unnecessary, but please ensure you are not rude. From here on, it will be Ars-sama alone."

"I'm not stupid enough to be rude to a King. Alright, I'm off."

It seemed I had to part with Mei here for a moment. Sad.

——I opened the door.

Despite meeting the monarch of my own country, mysteriously, I wasn't nervous.

There's a risk of screwing up and getting decapitated and gibbeted! But well, if that happens, it's my own fault and I'll scatter gracefully.

Solidifying a certain kind of resolve, I entered the room.

It was a fairly large place.

A carpet decorated with red and gold was laid straight from the entrance, and beyond it was an exceptionally large chair——the throne.

There sat an elderly man.

I've seen him in portraits; the 32nd King, Cyrus von Reitzhart.

At a glance, he's just a grandpa, but the gaze staring at me was sharp, like a drawn blade.

"…………"

Remaining silent, I walked and knelt at a position slightly away from the throne.

"——Raise your face."

"Ha." (Yes/Understood)

"You need not be so formal."

But if I drop the honorifics, it's decapitation, isn't it?

No, do you only have zero or a hundred? If you live in a village, you don't get opportunities to use polite language...

I learned minimum manners from my Master, though.

"Are you Ars, who was granted the Holy Knight? I never thought I would worship that Class while I was still alive."

"Ha, thankfully, I was granted Sexual Knight."

I'm not lying.

Just the nuance and personal awareness are a little different. It's past the realm where I can deceive anyone, so I have no choice but to admit it! Dammit!

"I have already heard the story from the Black Knight. It seems you blocked her skill attack despite being Lv. 1. Won't you show me that power once more?"

"………………Ha!"

If I refuse, I die. How many times have I said this line?

Can you stop asking questions that I can't refuse from the start?

If you asked me completely "What's your type? What are your fetishes?" I'd answer joyfully.

When I nodded reluctantly in my heart, a bewitching woman wearing a robe appeared from nowhere.

Uhyoo——! This, this!

This is what I was waiting for!!!

Her boobs are practically out!

Why is the front wide open even though she's wearing a robe?! There's no point!! A mole in the cleavage is too erotic!

Internally, I was super excited.

A bewitching older sister with long black hair and drooping eyes.

I think it would be rude not to get excited with these elements present.

However, that scumbag heart of mine was drowned out by the King's next line.

"She is the Commander of the Court Mage Division. Lv is 86. She will now fire magic with suppressed power, so defend against it with your skill."

"...Ha?!"

"Okay, I'm shooting~"

Wrong! That wasn't a "Ha!" of understanding just now!! ...Umm. Not "I'm shooting."

I panicked, but the situation didn't wait for me, and the fireball the lady casually released was closing in before my eyes.

Wait, where's the idiot who uses fire magic inside a building!!

"Dammit, I have no choice——Holy Shield!!"

This time, like throttling water from a faucet, I reduced the amount of sexual desire used.

As declared, the magic didn't seem to have much power packed into it, so I should be able to block it without using much sexual desire.

"Ohh! Is this the skill of a Holy Knight!"

——A shining shield appeared before my eyes and blocked the fire magic perfectly.

Simultaneously, a faint sense of lethargy assaulted me.

And——the world seemed to be sparkling.

"Fuu... How was that? This is my power."

"Umu, it seems to be the power of a Holy Knight without mistake. I wanted to confirm that today. Hearing about it and seeing it in reality are different, after all. I will speak in more detail later. You may leave."

"Ha, excuse me."

It seems the misunderstanding about me has been resolved.

Well, it's not a misunderstanding, though. It's just the difference between Holy (Sei) and Sex (Sei).

If you rephrase it as the birth of life, it's holy.

I exited the Throne Room.

Now then, training... no, spending time elegantly watching the sun—wait wait wait, what is this "slow life" kind of thought.

"It became a mysterious feeling like I was me but not me... Is this what it means to consume sexual desire..."

This time I had my memory properly too...

Huh, aren't there more downsides than I thought?

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——To put it simply, I was tied up.

Before my eyes was a woman with short blue hair holding a sword toward me with a gloomy expression.

Dressed in white and gold, wearing a shoulder-baring white coat-mantle, and furthermore wearing black garter stockings, making the overall skin exposure quite dazzling.

Yup, she's a beauty. Undoubtedly a beauty.

"Listen well. I will now cut off your d*ck one piece at a time."

"I only have one piece!?!?!?!"

——So why did it turn out like this?!

"Rest assured. You have two balls and one rod. I can cut three times."

"I find no assurance in that!!"

Why am I tied up and about to have my crotch chopped up by a beauty?

To tell how this happened, I need to go back to the past.

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Two days have passed since I was safely (?) recognized by the King as a Holy Knight.

...No, well, I'm a Sexual Knight (I'm tired of saying this).

The inn arranged in the Capital was super high-class, and as someone from a gloomy village life, I just couldn't settle down. If I break anything in the room, my life ends.

I can't even relax and sleep.

"There's been no word since then, and I'm forbidden from leaving the inn. Seriously, what am I supposed to do?"

Just as being killed without being told anything is worse than being told to die and dying, being left alone with no information causes considerable mental anguish.

Since coming to the Capital, I've seen nothing but beauties like Mei and the erotic Court Mage lady, so being suddenly alone in an inn is too harsh a drop.

The inn is too luxurious, so I hesitate to surrender myself to my overflowing passion. I won't say with what.

As I was feeling internally frustrated, guooo, I heard a knock on the door, kon kon.

"Ars-sama. There is a summons from the King, I have come to pick you up."

The voice I heard was a woman's. It seems the time to hear about my duty has finally come.

Yokkoisho, I lifted my heavy hips and headed for the door.

Hmm, it's not Mei's voice though... well, they wouldn't dispatch a precious Black Knight for a mere summons.

Bearing a slightly disappointed feeling, I opened the door.

Then, standing there was yet another beauty with blue hair and azure eyes.

Her characteristic feature was pure white light armor. I felt an aura of strength that I couldn't say was inferior or superior to Mei's.

However... the way she wore a pasted-on, eerie smile bothered me. Hostility... I could feel it faintly. But there was a sense she was skillfully covering it up.

Because she's a super-beauty, it feels jarring. It was a discomfort so slight that probably no one but me would notice, but my insight—the only thing Master praised me for—was telling me so.

Well, she's a beauty, so whatever!

"Ah, hello?"

"…………Now, I have prepared a carriage out front. Please."

"Am I getting the explanation at the castle?"

"…………"

Ignored!!

I feel like we're not communicating. The conversation is one-way, or rather, she seems to have no intention of speaking beyond the bare minimum while keeping that smile pasted on.

Of course, I've never seen or spoken to this woman, and I haven't done anything wrong either.

Naturally, there's no reason for her to hold a grudge... No, actually, there is.

Thinking logically, this woman's Class is likely the Knight lineage.

It's generally called a "winning" Class, and they say they take pride in the Knight Class.

In short, their pride is pretty high.

That's why the impatience caused by the appearance of the Holy Knight, a completely superior Class that threatens their own status, is immeasurable.

I mean, if some guy who hasn't even trained properly starts saying, "I'm a Holy Knight so you guys are below me," he'd definitely buy massive frowned-upon glares, right? Even I'd hate it if a guy like that showed up.

Certainly, even if it is a sacred Class that was in the Hero's party, if you ask if everyone worships the Holy Knight, that is naturally not the case.

Even more so if this woman holds a position in the upper ranks of Knights... it would be a valid reason not to have a good impression.

I'm technically a Knight lineage Class too, though.

With a character that blows away pride instantly attached to the front of Knight.

Hello, I am a Sexual Knight.

While unfolding such a ridiculous accident-introduction in my heart, I was just shaken by the carriage.

Unlike Mei, whose attitude improved, being in a space alone with a woman who stays silent with a smile pasted on as if to say "I have no intention of talkiiing!" is painful of painful.

What did I do!! I faked a Class!

...That's a felony, isn't it.

"...Hmm? Huh? Isn't this not the road to the castle?"

"…………"

"Oi oi oi, we're entering some dim road!! What's going on?! Let me out!! Where is this!"

"Calm down and please drink this."

...The woman put some kind of powder into a cup and held it out to me.

"You put something in it!!!"

"...Tch, just drink it quietly."

"Saying that line after contaminating it right in front of my eyes means you're crazy in the head."

"...It cannot be helped."

Leaving aside the fact that the sequence of actions was nothing but retort-bait, I understood that the woman before me held hostility and malice toward me.

I understood, or rather, it's too sloppy no matter how you think about it.

...What is her goal?

While retorting fiercely, a calm thought floated in a corner of my mind.

I think she knows I'm a Holy Knight. In reality, it's a Sex difference, though.

Where did it leak to...? Probably shared with high-ranking people within the royal castle... and I feel something like a knight's pride from the woman somewhere.

I don't think she's a villain. ...No, what she's trying to do is totally evil, though.

If so, the possibility of a crime by a knight bearing a grudge against the Holy Knight is high.

——Now that I know that, run—!!

The moment I tried to smash through the carriage door and escape, fu, the woman's figure flickered and vanished from before my eyes——an impact ran through my head, and my consciousness was all too easily lost.

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"I have come to pick you up."

——And this.

"Calm down and please drink this (drug)."

——Led to this.

"I am going to slice off your d*ck."

——And now we're here!!

"Isn't this a little weird...?"

The plot twist is way too sudden; I can't keep up.

If she said, "I'm going to kill you if I get the chance!" I'd sort of get it. It would confirm she holds a grudge against the Holy Knight, and while I wouldn't like it, I could accept the reasoning.

But why the d*ck?

Why go straight for chopping off the worldly goods?

Just so you know, that threat works way better than threatening to kill me. That's my identity right there.

"I'll let you choose. Shall I start with the rod, or the balls?"

"The worst selection of choices I have ever heard in my life."

Judging by her face, she isn't going to accept "Neither" as an answer.

It seems the smile she had plastered on her face before we got in the carriage was just her "public" expression; now she was glaring daggers at me.

Well, she had those sharp, slit eyes that gave off a fierce vibe from the start, so it suits her in a way. Being a beauty of that category makes it even better... but this is no time to be thinking about that!

"I knew it. You hate Holy Knights, don't you? Because your position is being threatened."

I tried provoking her instead.

She's giving off an aura that suggests negotiation is absolutely off the table.

My body can move, but I'm tied up pretty well; I can't break free with my strength.

In that case, I'll stall for time by provoking her and wait for someone like Mei to rescue me.

Types like her tend to blabber surprisingly easily——or so I thought, but the woman tilted her head with a blank expression.

"What are you talking about? There is no one in the Knight Order who hates a Holy Knight. That is how precious and important the Class is... Ah, I see. Indeed, as you say, there may be some who do not look kindly upon a Holy Knight due to their position. But if you ask me, those people are fools who understand nothing."

"Eh, then why am I in this situation...? If you don't hate me, there's no reason to chop off my son..."

"——The problem is!! That you are a man!! And it has been decided that you will serve as Saint-sama's guard!!!"

"Hah?! So what!!"

Saint-sama's guard?

I haven't heard a word about that?!

...No, wait, she did say my duty was decided.

So basically, the thing I'm supposed to do in the Royal Capital is guard the Saint.

But I still don't get why that means chopping my d*ck off.

The woman shook her hair, shouting in agitation.

"Since you are a Holy Knight, I expected a pure, righteous man, like a saint! But you were an extremely ordinary man!! When you saw me, you were getting a little excited, weren't you! I can tell those things surprisingly well!!"

"Nguh."

I couldn't deny it because it wasn't wrong.

...It can't be helped!! You were cute! (Past tense).

"That said. A Holy Knight is a Holy Knight. I have no objection to you guarding Saint-sama. However!! To prevent any mishaps...! I must castrate you...!!"

"You're one of those types! You think all men are beasts! You think we're all trash who aim for a one-night stand the moment we see a beauty!!"

"Am I wrong?!!"

"You're dead wroooong!! Most of us are virgins who have ulterior motives inside but are too chicken to make a move, so we just fret about it!!"

Like me.

I have confidence in the strength of my sexual desire and the honesty of my ulterior motives. But if you ask whether I'd surrender to that libido and hit on anything that moves, the answer is obviously no.

I! Don't! Have! The Guts!

If I did, I would have graduated from virginity by now!!

"I do not care whether you have experience or not. If there is a risk, it is standard practice to remove it beforehand. Saint-sama is a national treasure. An irreplaceable existence."

"I think I'm pretty irreplaceable too, though."

"A Saint-sama will always appear in the world eventually, but hasn't it been two hundred years since a Holy Knight appeared? Even if you are irreplaceable, the fact is the world spins even without you."

"...Put that way, I'm starting to feel like you're right."

The Class known as Saint.

One who heals all manner of sickness and injury, bringing blessings and hope to the world.

The numerous miracles I've heard rumors about seem to be true, and the active worship of Classes appears to be partly due to the Saint's achievements.

...But that doesn't mean I'm okay with castration!

My rod and balls aren't things that can be lost for one individual's selfish reason. Besides, if I lose them, there's a high chance I won't be able to draw out my power as a Sexual Knight.

I have to convince her somehow——the moment I lifted my face, what entered my vision was the woman brandishing her sword.

"Wait, WHAT?!?!"

"Apologies for the cut! Rest assured! I am skilled at aiming and cutting!"

"Go look up the definition of 'rest assured' again, you piece of sh*t!!"

Tied up as I am, there's nothing I can do. Even if I wanted to break out with force, the way she tied me is exquisitely skillful.

There's no way to dodge. It's The End.

Contrary to my panic, I was filled with patheticness and apology.

Sorry, son. I couldn't even use you once...

I closed my eyes and prayed. That I could go peacefully.

——Gakin!!

"...Wha!?"

——However, the pain never came.

Without understanding why I was able to block it, I suddenly lost consciousness.

《Crisis involving the core of the Class detected. Automatically activating Extra Skill 『Lustful Sword Demon』.》

"Good grief... I didn't think my turn would come around in such a short span."

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Side Reese

My name is Reese. I am Saint-sama's guard knight.

Having been granted the White Knight Class, which stands as a twin jewel alongside the Black Knight Mei, I was immediately summoned to the royal castle. After undergoing a certain amount of study and training, I became Saint-sama's guard knight.

I was proud of myself.

The sensation that my efforts had borne fruit. The moment my efforts were rewarded.

I thought I had been rightfully recognized.

The White Knight is a Class suited for guarding, capable of balancing defense and healing. That said, I never neglected the offensive side of my training, acquiring strength not inferior to half-baked offensive classes.

——Honestly, I was aware that my ability was inferior to my contemporary, the Black Knight.

I felt faint jealousy over that and often lamented my own lack of ability, but... our roles are different in the first place.

The White Knight's mission is to protect, and the Black Knight's cherished desire is to destroy the enemy.

That is why I think I got along relatively well with her.

She looks like she's bad at talking, but she's surprisingly chatty. She still won't stop using formal language, but she surprisingly goes along with silly conversations. Also, she is incredibly cute.

And I, the White Knight, am the only one who can see the naked body of the beautiful Mei, whom everyone falls for.

Fufu... The bath dedicated to high-ranking knights is a wonderful thing. Thanks to it, I can fully savor Mei's splendid limbs and lovely unadorned face without anyone interrupting.

During baths, my gaze is inevitably drawn to Mei's twin hills, but if she possesses such magnificent things, it would be rude not to look.

However, recently, she won't get in with me for some reason. I wonder why.

Well, fine.

The most important thing is——Saint-sama!!!

Ah, she's cute. I want to kunka kunka (sniff/adore) her.

I want to hug her and never let go.

Talking about Saint-sama's appearance would take three days and three nights, so I will omit it, but she is ridiculously adorable and beautiful.

Her ice-like expression, her calm and composed words—everything about her is perfect and wonderfully beautiful.

Beauty! It is a word that exists for Saint-sama...!

I believed that, never doubting it——but.

——In the end, I was unable to draw out a smile from Saint-sama.

No matter what I talked about, no matter what I tried, to Saint-sama, I was just a guard knight. My existence... was likely not even reflected in those beautiful eyes.

That is both sad and lonely.

Just as I felt that, a sudden dismissal. I cried. I screamed.

I was summoned by the King and told,

"You have done well until now. From here on, I will have you serve as the Captain of the Fourth Knight Order and also as assistant to the Holy Knight."

First came surprise and joy. The birth of a Holy Knight for the first time in 200 years. That in itself is a joyous thing.

Next came sadness.

I was relieved of my duty as guard knight, and told that a Holy Knight who just popped out of nowhere would become the guard knight in my stead.

Ah, please do not misunderstand.

Just because I was relieved of my duty, it's not like I harbor jealousy toward the Holy Knight... Nun, nugugugu, guaaa... I don't!!!

I said I don't!!!!

Even I was one of those children whose heart danced at the adventure tales of the Hero's party.

It would be a lie to say I don't admire the trajectory of the Holy Knight who protected and guided the Hero.

That is why, if the Holy Knight who appeared was a saint like in the adventure tales, I could have forgiven it. If he had a gentlemanly, unpretentious, and noble spirit, even I could have accepted and acknowledged him as a Holy Knight.

——But!

Reality rarely goes so well. The Holy Knight was an ordinary person, no different from any random man.

Dejection——disappointment born from selfish hope.

I am aware this is just my ego.

However, as a human who loves Saint-sama, I wanted to push through with this ego.

In other words, what should I do?

Simple.

Cas-tra-tion.

Without a d*ck, a man is just a person.

Someone in research said the source of sexual desire is the male genitalia.

If something exists, you just have to remove it. Truly simple and easy.

If left alone, he would naturally die, but unfortunately for him, I am a White Knight capable of high-level healing magic.

Treating him so it doesn't regenerate is a trivial task.

And if I cut it off with the pain-nullifying sword skill 『Sword of Mercy』, I can send it off cleanly and refreshingly without any burden.

The opponent is a Holy Knight. That said, a Lv. 1 novice.

There is no reason for me to lose.

That————was what I thought.

"W-What... is this strength!! Are you not Lv. 1?!"

"Levels are just mere notation. The difference in physical ability can be filled by body enhancement through mana, you see."

"Even so——there is a limit...!"

My swung sword was deflected, and I staggered from the sheer impact.

——Strong. Too strong.

He's in a completely different league.

Even if I am not a purely combat-oriented class, I am 『Lv. 70』, you know?!

There is a limit to body enhancement with Lv. 1 mana!!

Moreover, this man's atmosphere changed abruptly.

Right now, I don't feel even a speck of desire toward me from him. He is selfless, truly like a saint——No! That cannot be!!

It is a fact that he ogled me!!

...Does his desire disappear only during combat...? Even so, I cannot keep someone with ulterior motives by Saint-sama's side as a guard!

I poured mana into my sword and myself.

The swordsmanship I have forged. With my small stature, I can move sufficiently even indoors.

I lowered my body as if slipping beneath the man's feet and swung my sword in an upward scooping motion.

If it hits, it will kill him. But if I hold back clumsily, I can absolutely never win. In a way, it was a trust that he wouldn't die.

With that in my chest, I swung my sword with full power——but.

"As if... I'd lose———!!!!"

"Your spirit is sufficient, but——the power does not accompany it."

Kin...!

With a high-pitched sound, my full-power strike was stopped all too easily. Following that, a strike from the sword the man swung sent my sword flying.

"————!"

Without shifting my gaze to the sword clattering across the floor, I was tormented by a sense of powerlessness and guilt.

...In the end, it was my own self-righteousness, a selfish act of independent action.

The crime of attacking a Holy Knight is immeasurable.

...Well, I was prepared for execution anyway.

"Hmm, that was a good strike filled with feeling. The feelings and anguish hidden in the sword...! Indeed, proof that the world is beautiful. Magnificent."

"...Kill me. Or hand me over to the guards."

"Well now. I merely asked about my role, did I not?"

The man said, playing dumb with a fufu smile.

...He doesn't even consider the fact that I attacked him worthy of concern?

He isn't being soft. To this man, it doesn't even count as an attack. That is a humiliation——and yet, somehow, it reminds me of the Holy Knight from the Hero's party I admired as a child.

"Besides, if I pass judgment arbitrarily——he will get angry at me. Telling me not to separate a beauty from him, and so on. Good grief, being faithful to one's desires is truly envious."

The man muttered something.

I couldn't catch the content, but the man seemed somewhat amused, and also envious.

"It is not my place to say this, but having been shown such power, and witnessing the size of your vessel, I have no choice but to admit it. You are... a true Holy Knight. I leave... Saint-sama to you."

"Very well. Out of respect for your sword, I shall fulfill that wish. Well, the one fulfilling it won't be me, though——wait, puhah!!!! This pattern again?!!!"

"What...?"

Suddenly, the man's atmosphere returned.

The tense air from moments ago burst all at once, and he returned from a Holy Knight to just a man.

...I see. Is he switching intentionally?

A man with two sides: combat and normal.

...That's it!

Is that what I needed?!

The reason Saint-sama never showed a smile was because I interacted with her as a guard the whole time...!!

If so, maybe this man can help Saint-sama...!!!

"I'm counting on you for Saint-sama...!!!"

"Eh, ah, yes."

Fufu, he's a hard man to figure out.

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"Gaaah!! Dammit!!"

This time, I was faintly conscious.

I didn't use the skill by burning through all my sexual desire, so that might be the reason.

...Umm, my body is being hijacked.

I don't spew such pretentious lines, and I'm not that strong!?

Eh, what, was it like this with Mei too? Do I die? No, die, me. That wasn't like me at all.

"Oi, who are you, seriously."

I tried talking to it, but not a peep.

I am grateful it prevented my castration case, certainly. There was nothing I could do in that situation.

However, I can't stand having someone inside my body.

I mean, when I date a girl or kiss her, that guy inside is watching too, right?

Ah, no way, no way. I don't have an exhibitionist fetish where I get off on being watched!

"Still, guarding the Saint is a big job. It's a Royal Decree so I have to do it, but I'm not really feeling it."

I thought this before, but what's the point of worshipping one human and making a fuss?

If the Saint was a lump of benevolence with a wonderful personality... I'd understand, but is it even possible for a human who suddenly got a Class to just happen to be a saint?

Eh, proof? My existence.

Well, I'm not a Holy Knight, I'm a Sexual Knight.

"That woman... Reese, said it starts in two days. Wait, was she really just a messenger...? Don't try to chop off d*cks if you're a messenger."

It's good that she changed her attitude and became admirable, but she'd probably kill me if I directed any lust toward the Saint.

Rumor has it she's an outrageous beautiful girl, so my expectations were reasonably high~. But with the risk of castration, my balls naturally shrink up.