Seikishin -Saint Doll- Chapter 9

[Saint Doll] Arc 1 Chapter 9 – Gun and Strong Arm, s.h.i.+n and Yuri
A few days later.

s.h.i.+n has been repeating his training and subjugation request.
On the day after Shana is sleeping with Gain, she was comforting s.h.i.+n who was exhausted by his mission. s.h.i.+n is still in control of his reason and didn’t lay his hands on his benefactor, and satisfied himself with petting and masturbation.
He also gradually accepted the act of taking a life.

“You haven’t gathered your resolve yet ?”
Shana glanced at the figures of s.h.i.+n and Gain who is facing each other, then she looked at Yuri and said that.

“I am prepared. However, whether I want to become a shackle for him… I’m still…”
“Men dislikes a woman who stands in the way of their life. But, a woman who keep making an excuses and keep running away is also a subject of dislike”
“…I understand”
Yuri turned depressed from hearing Shana’s words.
When Shana saw Yuri like that, feeling it can’t be helped, she opened her mouth and say.
“I heard they’re going for thief extermination tomorrow. So he’s finally going to kill people”

Yuri raised her face in surprise, and she saw Shana looking straight at her.

“For your safety, you will be in standby at home with me. Gain will guarantee s.h.i.+n’s safety, and then I will take care of him”
“Al…right”
“……You can kill people the same way you kill monster, however there’s a big difference between the two. I bet it’s going  to leave a huge wound in his heart”
Shana continues her speech calmly while staring at Yuri.
“A man is going to fall for any woman taking care of him during his weakened state. I don’t know the reason why, but a Hero said this to me once, ‘After killing another person, any man will want to embrace a woman’, He said it while crying in my arms after he returned from a thief subjugation request”

“…”
“Basically, you should a.s.sume that your last chance is tomorrow evening”
Lastly, Shana looked at s.h.i.+n who is currently holding a gun in his hand. Then with a sad expression in her face, she says to Yuri.
“Don’t let me win the bet…”

“We’re going for thieves extermination tomorrow”
During training, Gain said that to s.h.i.+n in one breath.
“Your Physical Strengthening have improved considerably. You have talent, but you also worked hard for it. You mastered this faster than I thought”
“Thank you…”
Gain just praised him, but s.h.i.+n replied back dejectedly.
Whether he will be able to kill a person or not, that question hasn’t disappeared from s.h.i.+n’s mind.

“If you followed my order, then you shouldn’t lose. But, if there’s an Adventurer within the enemies…… don’t forget that they might have a Blessing too”
“Is the condition the same as previous mission ?”
“No. The fight will generally be decided by the Blessing”
As Gain said that, he took the battle axe on his back.
“That’s why Adventurers kept the details of their Blessing a secret. Regardless of its merit, if the demerit is exposed then it will be used against them”
“I understand”
“My Blessing is [Strong Arm]. I’ll only say that it— greatly enhances my strength!!”
Gain swing his battle axe against the ground with one hand.
Instantly, the battle axe splits the ground with a roar.
Together with a small earthquake, It creates a crater and lot of small rifts on the ground.
“If I got the timing right, I can split an Earth Dragon into two with one stroke”
“How about a Mad Boar ?”
“I don’t need [Strong Arm] for a small fry like that”
s.h.i.+n doesn’t have any idea about an Earth Dragon and used the only thing he knows for comparison, to which Gain responds with unbelievable answer.
“That is why people who knows about me will never approach the range of my axe. Though I do have a way to deal with those situation”
“I see”
“So, let me confirm it. The power to decide a battle. You have it right ?”
Hearing Gain’s question, s.h.i.+n resolved himself and decides to show him his hand.
“This is my power”
Together with his voices, the Desert Eagle appeared in s.h.i.+n’s hand.
He created one in an instant and showed it to Gain without pointing the muzzle at him.
“Creation type huh. That’s a tool called Gun right ? Is that even good enough for an Adventurer ?”
“It’s stronger than the matchlock”
Gain asked the obvious question. s.h.i.+n then aimed the gun at a stone the size of person head nearby and fires it. As the bullet hit its target, the rock was crushed from the impact. Gain raises his voice unconsciously after seeing those.

“Hee, that’s quite good”
“I can shoot 7 times, and when it ran out I can make another one”
“There shouldn’t be any problem then. Alright, try shooting it at my hand”
Gain spread his right arm to the side and instruct s.h.i.+n to shoot the gun at his palm.
s.h.i.+n wanted to reject his order, but when he saw Gain looked at him straight with serious eyes, he prepared himself and the gun in his hand.
“Here I go”
“Bring it on”

BANG!!

The bullet travelling faster than speed of sound hit Gain’s palm directly, it pushed his arm backward about 30cm and then stopped.
There’s no sign that Gain’s arm is torn, nor a sign of the bullet penetrating his palm. When s.h.i.+n confirmed that, he sighed in relief… and then Gain’s fist fall on top of his head.
“OW!”
“Why are you relieved when your trump card just got stopped!!
…Well, then again If not for my [Strong Arm] it would be pulverized normally”
Gain groaned in pain as he removed the bullet and threw it on the ground.
He then relaxed his posture and smiled.
“That will do. Ok then, how will you use it ?”
“Eh ? Normally people use it at middle range…, they shoot it from outside of spear’s reach”
s.h.i.+n was wondering about the meaning of Gain’s question and replied back nonchalantly, to which Gain responded with large sigh.
“You know that the bullet from guns just fly straight right ? It would be easy for us to avoid it”
“Of course I know that”
“Then for now, you should stick with using it in close proximity. Try to get close to sword range, and then grapple your enemy. Shoot them in their stomach or wherever possible, and when the other party flinched, shoot them in the head or throat”
Gain instructed s.h.i.+n while pointing to his neck and head, and s.h.i.+n murmured when he imagined doing that with the gun in his hand.
“Since you can release destructive power and inflict fatal injury just by flicking your finger, you should do it in a distance where it absolutely can’t be avoided. Your opponent might also wear a chainmail, so you should also prepare a knife for such case”
“I…got it”
“Alright, then you should use your blessing for tomorrow extermination. If you can deal with all of them, then I’ll acknowledge you”
“Are you sure ?”
“Yeah, I don’t mind. If you have a way to kill then you should use it. In the first place, that’s not a power where you can hold yourself back”
Using a gun won’t leave a bad after taste in s.h.i.+n’s hand, it’s also less burdensome on his mind, but will it really be fine ?
s.h.i.+n asked that to Gain, but he smiled and replied with an answer that sounds like rubbing salt to a wound.
“Can you finish your enemy using your bare hands then ?”
“…If I let them go, then they might kill someone else next…I understand that well”
During Orc and Goblin subjugation, whenever s.h.i.+n broke into their camp, he always saw the unreasonable appearance of the victim without exception.
s.h.i.+n realized just how harsh this world is, and as time pa.s.ses he begun to accept that fact in his daily life.
“Then it’s fine. We’ll only do light Physical Strengthening training today, after that we’ll prepare for tomorrow’
“Yes!”

Night

s.h.i.+n is lying in his bed and looking at the ceiling quietly. He is thinking about tomorrow’s thieves extermination. To kill another person, as a normal j.a.panese person, that was an area that he’s not supposed to step into. He can feel his heartbeat getting louder the more he think about it.

“I wonder if they finished already”
When he tried to divert his thinking from the topic of killing, the image of Shana floats in his mind.

Shana was with me yesterday, so she should be with Gain today.
She’s probably having s.e.x with Gain right now.

l.u.s.trous golden hair and beautiful eyes.
Those wet and red lips of her was enveloping s.h.i.+n’s c.o.c.k slowly and gently.
Her white skin was without tarnish and there’s slight salty and tasty feeling when s.h.i.+n licked it.
Her b.r.e.a.s.t.s was large and soft, and you can sunk your finger into it. You won’t get tired of it no matter how much you ma.s.saged it or rolled the tip with your tongue.
Under the hairless mound, her secret place is pink and beautiful, but it’s also ferocious and the taste of nectar coming out from it is exquisite.

-if you cannot hold it in anymore, it's also fine to attack me-
“Just what am I thinking”
If s.h.i.+n were to hold Shana, he surely won’t want to let her go.
He will want to monopolize her as he did with Yuri.
But doing such things will incite Gain’s jealousy, and it will sway him to a harem that he tried to prevent for the sake of Yuri.
-I’m sure I’m going to regret it-
Shana will accept him for sure, and Yuri will also give her body if s.h.i.+n wished for it.
That much is certain, but such result are different from likes and love, it came from a different set of values. It would be the result of desires and necessity for him to embrace every woman that came to him, that necessity is something incomprehensible to him as a virgin.

Knock knock
The sound of door being knocked has interrupted s.h.i.+n’s thinking which has devolved into a strange one.

“Who is it ?”
“It’s me, can I enter ?”
“Yeah”

The voice from beyond the door belongs to Yuri.
s.h.i.+n replied her back without being particularly wary, and then the figure of Yuri in her sleepwear appeared.
s.h.i.+n is shaking off his delusion of pus.h.i.+ng her down right away and tells Yuri to sit on the chair while he’s still in the bed.

Yuri remained silent for a while, and finally opened her mouth after some time has pa.s.sed.

“You’re going for thief extermination tomorrow right ?”
“Yeah, I’ll finally become a murderer”
Yuri worded it ambiguously and s.h.i.+n replied her back bluntly.
“……Then”
“What ?”
“Then you should stop. If it’s that harsh, you don’t need to live as an Adventurer”
Hearing Yuri’s words, s.h.i.+n shakes his head.
“If I do that, then we won’t be able to return”
“Even if you become an Adventurer, there’s no guarantee that we will find a way to go home right ? Not to mention, there’s more danger to be had if you live as an Adventurer. I heard 1 in 5 newcomer die within 6 months”
“If we choose to be protected in the village, you understand what will happen right ?”
Against Yuri who keep speaking such things while hanging her head down, s.h.i.+n declared it straightly.
“We can live at Shana-san’s house. You don’t have to do anything dangerous, our life and safety will be guaranteed”
“But there will be obligation we have to do instead!!”
“It’s okay. It’s not like I will be forbidden to have s.e.x with s.h.i.+n-chan.
I just need to endure sleeping with different person everyday and having children”
“That’s-…!?”
When s.h.i.+n raised his voice, Yuri also raised her head and looked straight at s.h.i.+n’s eyes with face full of tears.
“You don’t have to kill people! You also can live safely without enduring painful feeling !
Compared to seeing s.h.i.+n-chan suffer… the other choice is much better !!”
While screaming, Yuri took off her clothes.
She exposed her b.r.e.a.s.t.s which is much smaller than those of Shana.
She put her hands on her pants looking as it is and continue to speak.
“That’s why… you should take my virginity now”
“What do you mean that’s why! Telling me suddenly to….. hm ?”
When he was stopping Yuri’s hands and diverted his eyes from her b.r.e.a.s.t.s to the window, s.h.i.+n noticed something.
“……? Is that… Shana-san ?”
Yuri followed s.h.i.+n’s line of sight who has stopped moving and notices it too.
Shana was walking toward the village’s center while wearing normal clothes and carrying a lantern.

“Yuri, do you know about Shana’s night time job ?”
“She jokingly told me it’s not prost.i.tution once, but other than that she didn’t say anything”
“I recall she mentioned Miko several times”
“Shana-san is also a Blessed, so I wonder whether she also need to sleep with someone, but then it’s strange isn’t it ?”
“Yeah, if she have obligation to do that then she can invite them at home”
While experiencing somewhat unpleasant feeling, Yuri took her clothes that has fallen on the floor and wear it while s.h.i.+n is speaking.
“Shall we check it out ? Afterward we can continue with the previous talk…”
“Yeah”
With hesitation, Yuri took s.h.i.+n’s extended arm and stand up.
Then, she declares.
“All of me belongs to s.h.i.+n-chan”