Seikishin -Saint Doll- Chapter 12

Arc 1 Chapter 12 – At The End of Wavering Feeling.

//TLnote : As of this chapter, I’m changing the translation of G.o.d Power (The term they used to describe MP) to Divine Power. This is a really elementary mistake, sorry about this//

Their journey home was peaceful.

On the road, Fea is having fun flying around aimlessly.
When she was tired she took a rest on s.h.i.+n’s shoulder, when she was hungry she asked s.h.i.+n to open the kuru fruit that she brought. Basically, she’s just doing whatever she wants.

“By the way, how did you handle the thieves ?”
Next beside s.h.i.+n, Gain asked a question while pulling a cart.
It was the one left at the entrance of the cave, it can still be used fortunately.
They loaded the cart with money and items from the cave, there are a reasonable amount of weapons, armors, and food inside. They can definitely turn it into nice amount of fortune by bringing it.

“We can take the money as it is. The Guild will handle the food, items, and valuables. You will receive compensation in shape of money after some fee, but if there’s something that you want, they will take it into consideration”
“So we won’t get everything ?”
“It’s because some of these might belong to n.o.bles or the victim’s bereaved family could want something from it. Dealing with those kind of things are troublesome, so we entrust it to the Guild. After all if it took that much trouble and time just to obtain some money, it would be easier to just hunt monsters and receive the bounty.”

s.h.i.+n listened to Gain’s explanation and ignored Fea who is currently lifting a red jewel while saying “I want this one!!”.
Certainly, it was impossible for s.h.i.+n to manage a cart worth of goods without his own home.
If one didn’t have a buyer or place to sell it, then it would be easier to just dump everything to the Guild.

“You can just put that fairy and jewel in your pocket. Give Jou-chan this hairpin as present or something”
“You sure !? This musclehead is surprisingly nice!!”
Fea’s eyes went wide and she hugged the big jewel between her bosom.
s.h.i.+n looked down at the hairpin with jewel on it that was given to him, and then he looked at the Village’s gate far ahead. He can see the appearance of two people in front of it, they’re Yuri and Shana who are waiting for them to return.
s.h.i.+n then nodded with a convinced expression.

“Yes, I’ll do that”

“I’m really glad you’re okay”
“Welcome back”

Standing in front of s.h.i.+n is Yuri who celebrates his safe return with tears in her eyes, looking at such sight, s.h.i.+n realizes that the day is truly over.
Even though they were criminals, he still had killed a human being.
He knew it’s not going to happen, but s.h.i.+n is still afraid that Yuri is going to reject such person. Then as he can see, the result is not something that needed to be said, and that fact relieves him more than anything else.

“By- By the way. Here…”
After finis.h.i.+ng their report to the Guild, the four of them are lining up on their way to home.
Yuri has been staring at s.h.i.+n from the beginning, and when he can’t endure it anymore he opened his mouth.
Inside his hand, there’s a hair clip with a jewel on it. He was thinking that all girls love jewelry as expected, and while Yuri was staring he smiled back at her.
“It’s present for Yuri”
“Really!! Thank you!!!!”
“This glittering, as expected it’s……Mugyuu!?”
Yuri stretched her hands not to s.h.i.+n’s hand, but to his shoulder.
Above it, Fea was sitting while pressing her cheek against the red jewel, and she was kidnapped by Yuri in a blink of an eye.

“This is a fairy right ? It’s so cute!!!!”
“NOOOOOooooo!”
“I really wanted a pet like this. I’ll make sure to feed her, take her for a walk, and give her a bath. Thank you very much!”
“A-, Er no……”
“Fea is not a peee——t!”
Yuri is hugging Fea while pressing her face against her cheek.
Fea is surprised with Yuri’s unusually high tension, and in a panic she escaped with teleportation and hides behind s.h.i.+n.

“I’ll do my best and make a really frilly dress. I’m sure it will suit you Fea-chan!”
“Fugyaaa——!!!”
“……Yuri, you like dolls ?”
“Cute is Justice!!”
The two of them are running in circle around s.h.i.+n. Their interaction of a hunter and its prey continues until they arrived at Shana’s house.

“Hey, you sure the two of them will do it today ?”
“Well, the gloomy atmosphere is gone now, so we should be thankful for it. Probably”

Night.

As the ruckus between Yuri and Fea continues, the tired s.h.i.+n goes up to his room first.
While lying on the bed, he could hear the merry voice of those two from far away. His cheeks went loose from the bright atmosphere for the first time after coming to this world.

“I feel a little bad for Fea, but I’m glad that Yuri was able to laugh”
Even though its only for a while he could forget his current painful reality, and at the same time, he could reconsider his current relations.h.i.+p with Shana. He’s sure that Yuri know about those.
Since it was painful for him, he needed to depend on someone. Then he also released his pent up l.u.s.t on Shana’s body, the one he leaned to. But because he’s a virgin, he had an excuse for not doing the actual deed.
However Yuri doesn’t have anyone else to depend on.
She only have s.h.i.+n, and in order to lessen the burden of her only one, she even tried to offer her body to the village herself.

“It’s all because I keep running away…”
If I wanted it, then I should have said it clearly.
This is a world where life and chast.i.ty doesn’t have any value after all.

And so, in order to not let her go.
In order to not let her get taken away.
s.h.i.+n decides to stop lying to himself today.

“Alright, let’s go”

“I- I’ll let you off the hook for today…”
“I can still keep going though”
Inside Yuri’s room, a fairy is sticking her body close to the ceiling.
Yuri put their game of tag on hold. She didn’t want to cause any ruckus since night has come, and that also means it’s time for Shana to go to s.h.i.+n’s room.

“Haa, Haa…… By, by the way, You’re called Yuri right ?”
“What is it ?”
“Why are you still a virgin ?”
Yuri turned speechless after hearing Fea’s words, she couldn’t understand the context and meaning of her question.
“The Fairy race have the Blessing to preside over Contracts and Marriage, that’s why I know Yuri doesn’t belong to anyone”
“But don’t I belong to s.h.i.+n ?”
“This place isn’t your world you know. There’s no such thing as a Miko with a hymen in here”
Right now, not only she was speechless, but Yuri is also petrified.
[Miko]……  That is the name of Yuri’s Blessing that she didn’t tell to anyone.
While Yuri looked at Fea in front of her and wondering why she knows about it, Fea shrugged her shoulder like she was astonished at Yuri’s confusion.
“Hymen serves as a Seal for a Miko, and don’t confuse it with those other fake Miko.
There can only be one true [Miko] in this world. One appeared during my mother’s era around 500 years ago in the past”
“And then, why are you asking me that ?”
“Hmm~ I don’t really care about it. This might be a coincidence, but I thought it would be nice if the Miko is Contracted with a Hero”
Fea then slowly comes down from the ceiling.
“I have registered s.h.i.+n, the Hero as Contractor, and using that same power I could made another Contract between s.h.i.+n and Yuri”
“A Contract ?”
“Yes, a chain¹ that will prove you’re the Possession of your Contractor. It’s similar with that ribbon on your neck, except the restriction are far stronger”

Fea then showed the red bracelet on her right arm and continues to talk.

“One is the power of Teleportation. I can freely transfer myself between the Contractor and his Possession.
One is the power of Gate. Once per full moon, I can make a gate that will reduce the distance between the Contractor and Possession to zero.
One is the power of Chast.i.ty. Unless the Possession wished for it, then it will be impossible for anyone other than the Contractor to lay their hands on the Possession.
One is the power of Judgment. When the Possession betrayed the Contractor in the truest sense, then the Possession’s life will be taken”
Fea paused for a while and stared into Yuri’s eyes after saying that.
“And then Recovery. As long as the Contractor and Possession keep thinking of each other, then the Possession will never die. It’s only a pseudo one, but if the Contractor still has Divine Power, then the Possession will have a near immortal body”
Hearing Fea’s words, Yuri’s lips turned into a smile as she asked her a question.
“This is just an if, but what if s.h.i.+n-chan thinks that I’m a hindrance, what will happen then ?”
“And then lastly, the Curse. If the Contractor discards the Possession, then the Contractor will receive all wounds healed by the power of Contract in the past within one night. ……Did you understand everything ?”
“Well since the restriction is really convenient, I was thinking ‘maybe there’s some kind of trap or something ?’ Ahaha”
For some reason, Yuri looks really happy and smiled as she said that.
“About the curse, is it possible to not tell s.h.i.+n-chan about it ?”
“You don’t need to explain anything at all”
“Then there’s no problem. Can you turn me into s.h.i.+n-chan’s Possession ?”
“You don’t have any hesitation ?”
Yuri said it without showing any worry.
On the contrary, Fea who had proposed it is the one who turn anxious instead.
Fea hasn’t told her about it, but there’s a condition that need to be fulfilled for the Contract to happen. The Possession must not prioritize their own life over the Contractor’s life, If that requirement is not met, then the contract can’t be made.
Fea then remembered her past where she laughed after hearing her mother’s explanation, she had said that there’s no way someone with that kind of resolution could exist.

“If I can stay on s.h.i.+n-chan side without becoming a burden to him, then that would be the best”
And thus, before resolve of the girl in front of her. Fea decided to use the power.

It was a time when Human and Fairies still lives together hand by hand to hides from the monsters.
The [Contract] was made to protect the mother who is going to give birth to the [King]’s descendant. The blood from loss of virginity will be used as the price of the contract, and the girl who will turn into a mother shall be given an immortal body. There are even women who jumped into a pack of monster to protect the King and his child.
Now hundreds of years has pa.s.sed since Human and Fairies went their separates way, and the people have obtained their moment of repose. As for the power itself, there’s almost no fairy who know about it left.

“That’s why, could you please make the Contract with me ?”

-knock- -knock-

Shana woke up after the door of her room is being knocked.
Since Gain is in another woman’s house, she knows that the one behind the door is s.h.i.+n without a doubt. s.h.i.+n should still be in a distress right now, and since he hasn’t come to met her up to now, the idle Shana went to sleep. She sighed while wondering whether s.h.i.+n had come to her room for her body or other purpose.

-Attack if he came to your room-
Gain’s words crossed Shana’s mind.
When a man visited a woman’s room at night and the woman opened her door and permitted him to enter, then the action is mutual. That is the rule of this place.
And then there’s also the matter of the bet between Shana and Yuri, s.h.i.+n will act as the judge by choosing between both of them.
If he choose the village Miko, then the village will have authority over him.
If he choose the Fallen woman, then the village will accept him as an Adventurer.
Yuri is recognized as s.h.i.+n’s belonging from the beginning, so if he decides to “use” the village Miko, he has to share his belongings with them in exchange.
Everything is for the sake of increasing the amount of Blessed.

“Shana-san, may I enter ?”
Hearing s.h.i.+n’s words, Shana opened her door silently.
If his purpose is her body, then after he took even one step in,  Shana decides to overwhelm him and settled this.

“Sorry for the wait. So, why do you come to my room today ?”

After Shana asked her question, s.h.i.+n is thinking for a while.
And then, He lowered his head.
“Today I came to express my grat.i.tude to Shana-san”
“Grat.i.tude ?”
“Yes, for accepting me when I need a place to escape. Thank you very much”
s.h.i.+n didn’t come here to embrace her.
Shana was relieved, and at the same time also disappointed slightly.
Their only resemblance is the fact that both of them are a Hero.
His face, height, and expressions are all different, but for some reason s.h.i.+n reminded Shana of “Him”. That’s why, this is the time for her to go away.

“If I keep going like this, I’m sure I’m going to put my hand on Yuri eventually. And Yuri will surely accept me without saying anything. We’re going to keep repeating this, and I’m sure I’m going to regret it later.”
“And so, you’re going to confess to her ?”
“Yes. I’m going to say it clearly that I love her. I’m going to embrace her, and also let her embrace me. And afterward, I’m going to take responsibility”
Shana smiled from hearing s.h.i.+n’s words.
She was happy at the premise of s.h.i.+n realizing his thought, and also at the image of Yuri accepting him with smile on her face.
“Alright, if you were turned down, make sure to come back here. I’ll help the heartbroken boy to lose his virginity then”

And thus, s.h.i.+n stands.
In front of him is the door to Yuri’s room. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
He could feel the sign of people moving beyond the door as he waited quietly.

“Come in, s.h.i.+n-chan”
“Er, I don’t know what to say if you suddenly tell me that”
After the door is opened, the smiling Yuri immediately urges him to enter her room.

“I think my relations.h.i.+p with s.h.i.+n-chan doesn’t have that kind of meaning though”
“Well true, then can we talk with just the two of us ?”
“Nuwhoat?”
s.h.i.+n said that and stared inside Yuri’s room.
Above her bed, Fea’s figure who is rolling around sloppily can be seen, she was kissing the red jewel which is as big as her head. When her eyes met with s.h.i.+n, she laughed mockingly with nis.h.i.+s.h.i.+~ tone while glancing alternately between him and Yuri.
“Nah. Don’t mind me, just continue. The truth is, I never saw humans mating and I’m really curious”
“Get. Out.”
“Puu~ Fine, I’ll follow Shana instead!!”
After Fea flies away while shouting, s.h.i.+n looked back at Yuri.

Every day feels long to them since they was transported to another world.
After days of worries and troubles. the thought of those two people have finally overlap.

“There’s something I want to talk about, is it fine ?”
“Yes, if it’s s.h.i.+n-chan, it’s fine”

//TL Note¹ : The kanji used to describe chain is 楔 Kusabi, it can be translated as wedge and bond. I’m sure the author aimed for double entendre here, so I used chain since I think it can be implied to both meaning//