PS: The previous chapter was blocked, so this is actually Chapter 120, but I'll keep writing it as Chapter 119.
Early the next morning, Aaron got out of bed clutching his head.
Ugh, the back of my head hurts!
A lump had swollen up on the back of the Viscount's head. He instinctively looked beside him, only to find that Eleanor was already up.
Damn it!
Remembering what had happened last night, Aaron punched the bed frame in frustration.
Last night, inside the Kotatsu, they had come so close.
But at the critical moment, the statue of Selûne that Eleanor had placed by the bed suddenly flew up, and a lunar warhammer formed from divine power gave Aaron a vicious whack!
Aaron had been stunned on the spot, and it took him quite a while to recover.
"Mama Selûne? Why? Am I not your child?"
He had demanded an answer right then and there.
But the one who answered him wasn't Mama Selûne. It was Eleanor, who was too embarrassed to lift her head.
Miss Cleric quietly told Aaron that she had taken a "vow of purity" before Selûne's statue a long time ago, swearing to remain chaste until she came of age.
If she succeeded, Selûne would grant her a divine blessing.
This was a fairly common vow within the Church of the Silver Mother. Many unmarried girls took such vows to keep themselves away from debauched, impure lifestyles.
Aaron couldn't understand it. He was already an adult, and Eleanor was clearly at least a year older than him. She should have fulfilled her vow already!
Mama Selûne gave his head another whack. "Aaron~ Half-elves don't come of age until they're twenty!"
Oh! Aaron finally realized.
That was right. Half-elves came of age at twenty. As the offspring of