The devout Saint Song echoed far and wide.
The noble Saintess was deep in sincere prayer.
At the very front of the Chanting Church Hall, a young girl suddenly opened her eyes, blue as sapphires. “Where is this place?” The next moment, countless memories surged within her, most were of the teachings of the Chanting Church, and of the virtues.
And her name was: Aililan.
She was the Saint of Chastity among the Seven Virtues Saints of the Chanting Church. For a moment, a visible panic flashed across the girl’s eyes.
“Wait, Aililan?”
“Damn it!”
Did she just transmigrate into that infamous game, the one overflowing with blonde troublemakers, where the appeal was all about their mutual entanglements, blondes everywhere, and so many suffering heroines it became a meme?
And what’s worse, she wasn’t even the game’s overpowered, player-controlled, ‘blonde protagonist.’
Instead, she became the tragic Saintess, endlessly tormented and with countless CG defeat scenes at the hands of that overpowered blonde?
At this moment, the Saint Song soared to its most majestic peak.
The Seven Virtues Saints all stood up.
[Humility!]
[Gentleness!]
[Temperance!]
[Generosity!]
[Diligence!]
[Tolerance!]
Following her memories, Aililan proclaimed her trait in a loud, solemn voice: “Chastity!”
To assign the trait of chastity to Aililan, one of the game’s greatest sufferers, in this yuri-themed blonde-fest game, was the cruelest irony.
Chastity, my ass. Try telling that to the dozens of defeat CGs featuring me!
After the sacred ceremony ended,
A sublime power gathered toward her.
Aililan’s eyes lit up, her right palm closed in mid-air, and in the next instant, a Virtue Spear of holy light appeared in her hand. She could sense this power could pierce anything. “Maybe… it’s not so bad after all?”
There were, after all, seven Virtues in the game.
So why was Aililan the only one with a tragic ending?
Simple because she lost what mattered most. The moment she, the Saint of Chastity, lost her defining trait, she lost her greatest source of strength.
Aililan realized something crucial.
If she wanted to protect herself in this mess of a game, she absolutely had to—
“Protect my chastity!”
She declared with firm resolve.
In a game crawling with blondes, keeping her chastity intact should be a piece of cake, right?
As the clergy of the Chanting Church gradually dispersed from the grand hall, Aililan stayed behind to say farewell to each of the Seven Virtues Saints.
Unlike herself, the repeatedly-defeated Saint of Chastity with dozens of CGs, the others were all paragons in their own virtues, genuinely pure, truly ‘good chastity’.
“Aililan!”
The Saint of Temperance, Lizberu, approached with gentle grace. She had long, silvery-white hair cascading like a waterfall beneath her Saint Crown of Thorns, down to her slender waist. Her face shone, fair as the full moon.
Aililan’s first impression was perfection, and in fact, none of the Seven Virtues Saints could be called anything less. Only the most devout and virtuous girls could become one of the Seven Virtues Saints.
Lizberu gently stroked Aililan’s golden hair, doting as she spoke, “You’re the youngest among us, and the one we worry about the most, because you will face the Sin of Lust among the Seven Sins.”
Aililan pressed her hands in prayer before her chest. “Thank you for your guidance. I will remember it well.”
“Aililan.”
“Saint Lizberu, please speak.”
“I have a question for you. What do you believe chastity is?”
“Chastity is, naturally, a body as clear as a sweet spring, untainted and pure.”
“Sigh~”
Lizberu let out a barely perceptible sigh, then spoke gently again: “Let me give you some advice. Chastity is not only of the body, but also of the soul. Loyalty to friends is chastity; fidelity in love is also chastity; being kind and gentle to others is chastity of character. Chastity is everywhere. All these virtues will be your source of strength.”
Aililan was momentarily stunned.
She had never thought of these things before.
Standing before Lizberu, she actually felt like some vulgar fool, to have equated chastity so shallowly with mere physical purity.
Wait a second, how did I end up in a game like this and hear such profound wisdom?
Isn’t this something only a true saint could say… Oh, right, these really are the Saints of the Seven Virtues. Never mind, then.
“I have truly heard your teachings.” Aililan pressed her hands to her chest again, this time sincerely eager to learn.
“We’ll be waiting for you at the Saint Seat of the Seven Thrones.” Lizberu smiled, then departed with the other Saints.
Watching Lizberu’s beautiful figure fade into the distance,
Aililan suddenly realized something.
Hey, why didn’t I see Lizberu in the game? With looks like that, a body like that, and words so full of wisdom, just send any of these Saints out and this game would be a bestseller!
Of course, that wouldn’t include herself, the failure Saint who’d enter a CG with every defeat.
Aililan left the hall as well, all the way mulling over Lizberu’s words.
She had just stepped out of the great hall when…
“Aililan, I’ve finally found you.”
A brisk voice called out. A female knight in silver-white armor was waving to her, as if she’d been waiting for quite a while.
The female knight removed her hawk-helmed visor, revealing a delicate face. Long blue hair fell in front of her chest, and beside her golden eyes was a stunning beauty mark. Sapphire earrings on her lobes sparkled beneath the clear sky.
She was the picture of a mature, commanding woman.
“Fina Nisi?”
Aililan drew in a sharp breath. Even with her in armor, she recognized her in an instant.
Because Fina Nisi was the game’s ‘blonde protagonist’- the player-controlled character, the ultimate scoundrel, the most notorious blonde.
As the game’s overpowered protagonist, Fina Nisi was known to players as the Back-Deviant Knight, and she was the captain of the Chastity Knights under the Saint of Chastity.
In one of her own defeat CGs, there was a certain epilogue that read: The Back-Deviant Knight rode her poor steed to death.
Fina Nisi saluted once more. “I’m glad you, Saint Aililan, still remember my name.”
Aililan warily replied, “What do you want with me?”
Fina Nisi stepped closer. “Respected Saint Aililan, would you be free this evening? I would like to invite you to dinner, as encouragement from you, my superior. What do you say?”
Aililan withdrew her small hand and snapped, “Knight, remember your place. You are inviting one of the Seven Virtues, the Saint of Chastity herself. This is a grave offense! On account of your position as captain of the Chastity Knights, I will pretend this never happened today.”
Aililan turned and walked away.
Now was not the time to pick a fight with her. Fina Nisi, that overpowered blonde protagonist, was terrifying, she could force Aililan into a CG in just three rounds in the game.
Endure.