Diary of Guarding Monster Girls

Sunrise time.

Having changed into a new outfit, Herbert held the sleeping Valentina as he sat at the cave entrance, gazing calmly at the slowly rising sun.

After a hard night's work, Herbert had an epiphany at sunrise about the philosophy of life, the changes of all things in the world, the operation of the universe, the ups and downs of fate...

He understood.

This realization obtained at sunrise was named by Herbert as the "First Law of Sunrise."

This sage mode, detached from the world, lasted for a while before Herbert came back to his senses and shook his head.

"Nenasha."

["..."]

"Stop playing dead."

After much calling, the Evil God, who had remained silent all night, finally resurfaced.

["Ah hey ~ Did you call me?"]

Herbert had a transcendent expression; a beauty in his arms wouldn't disturb his calmness. But internally, he vented with full force:

"Why the hell didn't you do anything earlier!?"

Damn it, why?

["Ahahaha~ You two were so tangled together doing this and that, it wasn't convenient for me to interrupt, was it?"]

The Harmonious God laughed awkwardly for a while, then teased: ["Or do you think I should have helped spice things up?"]

["Provided some rhythm? Or shouted in your ear? Surely I can't distract you with a chat, right?"]

Herbert couldn't help but roll his eyes and said helplessly, "Is that what I'm talking about? I meant when I asked you for help before, why didn't you respond?"

Even before Valentina had her way, Herbert had been silently calling for help from Nenasha.

Help me, help me, help me!

Yet at that time, the Evil God was silent, blatantly ignoring his crisis of chastity, standing idly by!

["Ahem, at that time, uh, I fell asleep, fell asleep haha."]

After a moment of awkward laughter, Nenasha became a bit furious and said angrily: ["Besides! You didn't lose anything!!!"]

What are you barking about over there?

Did you lose anything?!

You bastard, you're insufferable!

"Oh, you're right about that."

Herbert stroked his chin, uncontrollably recalling the intense battle from before, nodding in agreement.

"Indeed!"

What you say does make sense.

["Ha!"]

The Harmonious God let out a cold laugh, extending a shadow tentacle in front of Herbert, making a threatening gesture as if to "cut it off."

"Ha."

Herbert snorted, clamped his legs, and stopped talking nonsense with her, moving on to the main issue: "Okay, serious talk, my vow of purity hasn't been affected, right?"

In the vows he took, he pledged to maintain purity throughout his life.

But what happened last night was obviously not in keeping with that purity.

From any angle, Herbert's actions last night were pure oath-breaking behavior, a complete betrayal of his vow.

The fact is, from the start to the end of the battle, he hadn't felt any change within himself.

No change at all—in terms of the vow.

Although Herbert had repeatedly confirmed on his own that the power of the Holy Mark was still present and had not been affected at all.

But just to be safe, he wanted to confirm with Nenasha.

["What problem do you think there could be?"]

Nenasha snorted with disapproval, coldly laughing: ["She's not even human, so you couldn't break your vow even if you wanted to."]

"But those records in the scriptures..." Herbert remembered the strong brothers he had seen in the scriptures.

["Can they be compared to you?"]

The Harmonious God sneered, questioning: ["Can you obtain the power of a monster? Can they? Why compare yourself to them?"]

["My dear ally, please remember your status—you're not a mere weak mortal, but my contractor!"]

["Don't lower yourself to their level."]

The Divine Spirit spoke arrogantly, while the mortal listened calmly.

"Mm, you're right about that too."

Herbert was certainly aware of this as well.

However, even though he knew in his heart, after going through the real situation, he still couldn't help but feel relieved.

Nothing wrong.

Really nothing wrong.

The Holy Mark is still there!

And after feeling relieved, Herbert's heart gradually began to loosen.

The last worry in his heart was gone—he could freely pursue his desires.

Previously in the monastery, fearing breaking his vow and being scrutinized by others, he hadn't actively pursued anything.

But now, with hidden dangers gone, there was no longer any worry.

["Hey, didn't you notice anything?"]

?

Herbert tilted his head in confusion, asking, "What should I have noticed?"

And upon hearing this obvious question, the Evil God was enraged.

["Great!"]

Nenasha huffed with anger, annoyed: ["You're worried about being punished by someone else's vow, but didn't you think about my blessing rewarding you?"]

"Oh? Oh!"

Herbert suddenly realized.

Yeah.

I'm not just a paladin blessed by the good god but also a contractor favored by an evil god.

How could I forget that?

Earlier, Nenasha had been suggesting he have a deeper interaction with monster girls.

"Oh, sorry, I forgot."

["You forgot?"]

Upon hearing the Evil God's cold voice, Herbert was suddenly alert.

Crap!

["You actually forgot? Do you have no respect for me at all!!?"]

Though he realized his mistake, Herbert couldn't help but tease a bit.

He spread his hands, the meaning clearly conveyed.

"Respect? For you? This..."

You mean this, oh, right?

["Hehe, alright, alright! Since that's the case, let me remind you... what truly is terrifying!"]

["This time, I'll send twenty trolls your way! Twenty!"]

"What do you mean by trolls… ah!"

!!!

At this moment, some dark memories Herbert had forgotten suddenly resurfaced.

No, that's not right!

In this urgent moment, he quickly shouted, "Of course, it's not respect for you! It's love and admiration!"

["No, thirty... Hmm? What did you say?"]

Herbert knew it was a one-time opportunity, so he quickly said, "My relationship with Him and with you has always been different!"

"He gives me power, so I respect Him, but that kind of relationship is too distant!"

"Our relationship isn't like that, is it? We're closer, more familiar... you know, right?"

["You..."]

Listening to Herbert's words, most of Nenasha's anger dissipated, and she said speechlessly: ["Ah, I'm aware you're full of nonsense..."]

"But you still won't do that, right?"

Herbert spoke with genuine emotion, sincerely saying:

"Right!!!"

No trolls, please.

I beg you.

Oh great Evil God!

Don't send trolls!