The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire

175 – Before the Storm

”I heard it’s a fun game. It wasn’t. I lied. Lying is bad. Very bad.”

Puck. Puck.

I looked straight ahead, leaving behind the saintess who was repeatedly headbutting my back with her red, swollen forehead.

Then, without realizing it, I made eye contact with the poisonous yellow eyes reminiscent of a bird of prey watching for a natural enemy.

”Head to body…”

”Apis······. We decided to speak politely in front of the saint…”

From my perspective, I tried to stop him for now, but I couldn’t bear to refute those harsh remarks that were so firmly embedded in my conscience.

The author, who is a priest in name, has a relationship with a woman in his sleep, not even while drunk. Even more so, she is a monk who has sworn chastity to God.

The saint may have instigated the act, but I was the one who enjoyed it, so for now, she had nothing left to say.

But right now, she didn’t have time to worry about the guilt that was gnawing at her.

”Apis. What should I do? The hero will return soon…”

”I don’t know. Either get out or die.”

At this reply, which could not have been more insincere, my vision became distant for a moment.

Rather than being annoying, it looks like he’s about to die of exhaustion.

It was something that couldn’t be helped.

It was quite senseless to ask Apis, who spent all night searching for the whereabouts of the missing holy sword and returned home early in the morning, to give such detailed advice.

But as neither Downa nor Big Tim have yet come to their senses, unfortunately the only one I can rely on is her.

”Why are you having so much trouble just because you’ve reproduced once? After listening to the story. Also, the b*stard saint just made a big mistake and hit her once. When Hero comes back, just give it a cool treat. Just by holding her her hand her her her, the corners of her mouth her her stretch out. Wouldn’t that make your anger go away right away? Isn’t it?”

”Apis······.”

Ten minutes after starting the consultation, I realized that I had chosen the wrong person to consult with.

I don’t know if it was a difference in basic concepts between the long-lived and short-lived people, or if it was just a matter of innate nature, but Apis tended to take the very act of mixing her bodies with her man and woman quite lightly.

At a drinking party not long ago, I couldn’t believe my ears when she asked me a question while carrying snacks about when I was going to have s*x with the warrior.

Actually, I have been a virgin for hundreds of years.

The sharp sting rose up her throat, but she swallowed it with difficulty because it was clear that if she said these words, an arrow would hit her throat.

”You know very well that I cannot do that due to my position…”

”Ah! What on earth is that damn job? No! Even if it’s because women have a barrier! If you don’t have anything to wear out, what’s the point of giving it a try? Besides, you don’t even know me anymore!”

Was my frustrating attitude quite disapproving?

Suddenly, Apis cried out in annoyance.

The voice was so loud that we could almost feel that all eyes in the hotel restaurant were turning towards us.

”Ah, Apis!”

”Don’t even think about making up some lame excuse! Because my eyes can never deceive me!”

”Ouch!”

Apis placed his foot on the cross leg and roughly pulled my collar.

The distance has become so close that it doesn’t feel strange even if the bridge of our noses touches each other.

Unlike my shabby gaze that could hardly find a place to place my eyes, those unwavering eyes that looked directly at my face were unhesitatingly trying to uncover the pitiful truth that I had buried for fear of showing to others.

”Are you hiding something? When you say something nice, tell it all.”

”······!”

The reason why I have always rejected the affectionate attacks of the warrior and the saint.

Until now, it had been said that it was due to religious stance, public opinion, and guilt due to past mistakes.

In fact, the reality was so ugly that it could not be compared to what I revealed to the public.

I didn’t want to tell anyone.

My honest feeling was that I wanted to take it with me to the grave if possible.

Apis must have seen through my desperate thoughts.

There was no need to worry about how the warrior, who had an unusual desire for exclusiveness toward me, would react when he found out that I had s*x with another woman.

Of course, I was also keeping in mind that it was virtually impossible to ignore the fact as if it had never happened against a warrior whose senses were far beyond the human realm.

I knew better than anyone else that the only way to appease the anger of a warrior who had reached a critical point was to use my own body.

But up until now, I have closed my eyes and ignored all those facts, putting off making a decision again and again.

Because.

”Yes, in fact…”

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”So, once I started touching it, I didn’t think I could stop, so I had no choice but to grit my teeth and endure it. Is this what you mean?”

Because she couldn’t bring herself to say yes, she just nodded, covering her face with both hands.

Thanks to the intense heat coming from my palms, I could tell, even if I didn’t like it, that my face was now as red as blush.

”Hmm? Stop what? Well, why don’t you stop eating?”

”No. Keep eating. Holy woman. Don’t just eat meat, eat a variety of vegetables.”

”······Okay.”

Although I was somewhat bothered by the fact that a saint was involved in this masculine conversation.

Fortunately, the lady who was just picking out the meat from the breakfast the clerk brought her seemed not to care about our conversation.

”Ha, what else can I say? Was it just because of that?”

”That’s it!”

”Wow!? Madam! It’s a surprise! Why are you suddenly screaming? Damn it!”

Apis looked at me standing up straight away with both hands on the desk and said in horror.

Judging by the rare way he opened his eyes and seemed embarrassed, it seemed like Apis had no idea that I would raise my voice this nervously.

However, no matter how generous I was by nature, there were some parts that I simply could not tolerate.

Apis won’t know.

What an enchanting hell it is to see those peerless beauties with flawless faces and bodies closely hugging each other in rotation, creating a hell of ecstasy for those on the path to priesthood.

There is no one who has not experienced the excruciating pain of someone holding down a rubber hose entangled in a twisted faucet with their foot her.

Moreover, my s*xual desires were on the larger side than others.

When I was an apprentice priest, the guiding priest who taught me how to suppress my s*xual desires even scolded me for saying that I was born with the energy to fill a woman’s stomach just by holding her hand

Just once.

If I touch them even once of my own will, I will no longer be able to control the wrong desires within me.

Even if I didn’t know anything else, I could definitely say that one thing.

”If you look down on the s*xual desires of human men, it will hurt you a lot. Apis. If I hadn’t been a priest and had not been trained to control my s*xual desires as a child, our party might have doubled or even tripled in size by now.”

”That’s it…?”

When I shouted at her in a tone that could not have been more serious, Apis suddenly became dumbfounded and narrowed her eyes, expressing doubt.

Slightly red face. The wrinkled figure with a drop of cold sweat rolling down his cheek felt like I was looking at a curious child who had just opened his eyes to s*x.

Of course, she was actually a 400-year-old elf eldest sister.

”Hey customer…”

It was right then.

A young store clerk burst in from nowhere among us who were engrossed in an embarrassing conversation in broad daylight, and it was only then that I came back to my senses after leaving the house for a while.

”Huh! Sorry! For causing a commotion in the store!”

I quickly lowered my head and apologized to the clerk.

I made a truly uncharacteristic mistake.

It was always my job to stop my colleagues who raised their voices and argued over trivial matters.

Is it because I let out my anger that I rarely let out?

When I came to my senses, my emotions were already pouring out like a waterfall.

A sense of self-destruction came over me belatedly.

No matter how much you have accumulated so far.

How can you blithely say such vulgar things in front of everyone?

Who would guess that I am a priest now?

My mind was just confused.

”Oh, no! That’s not it, I was asked to deliver this…”

”······?”

After hearing those words, I slowly raised my lowered head, and belatedly realized that the clerk who approached me was not empty-handed.

Something the size of a person’s upper body wrapped in layers of dirty cloth.

”Hey, that…”

”······!”

Apis was one step ahead, and I specifically discovered the identity of the object.

”A person named Dabi asked me to tell you…”

There was no doubt about it.

Holy sword. It was a holy sword.