Felix thought for a moment, then said, "Actually, there really is a third choice, and that's to turn the other person into someone you don't hate!"
"But that's hard. Very hard. People have a hard time escaping their comfort zones. The qualities that disgust you are often the rules of survival the other person believes in, even relies on. Making someone give up the beliefs they've always held onto—how is that any different from denying her life up to now? Without those filthy sins, there might not even be any life of hers to speak of."
"Is it really that difficult?" Ash sounded a little down.
"For example," Felix said calmly after glancing at him, "your sin is that even though you know your sweethearts aren't willing to share love, you still can't control your heart. Changing someone else's nature is as hard as making you give up that promiscuity of yours and devote yourself to only one person from now on."
Ash felt a little embarrassed. He ate his cake and gave a wry smile. "Sometimes your tongue really is poisonous..."
"Of course. I'm the Poison Art Saint Domain." Felix said, "Actually, what does having one less sweetheart matter to you? Setting aside Sword Maiden, Witch, and Silver Lamp, if you wanted, Daedalus would be willing to serve you body and soul at any time. And I'm quite certain the women in your life are definitely not limited to the ones I know. You have at least more than five possible partners to choose from... Even if you have a Demigod Soul Body and can abuse yourself however you like, do you really have that much time to satisfy all these girls' need for companionship?"
"Since she has flaws you can't accept, and you can't accept all of her,