"Surrendering lets you keep your dignity, but getting caught red-handed means losing every last bit of face."
Vesir said pitifully, "If they find out I secretly crawled into your blankets, they'll definitely think I'm some really lewd girl, thinking about seducing you all day long, saying I'll give up lust but never managing to... You don't want them laughing at me like that, do you?"
Ash wanted to speak, then stopped, stopped and wanted to speak again, feeling like she had just insulted everyone in the tent. And before you defend yourself, can you stop playing first? Saying something like that with such pure, holy innocence while you're playing the keys so hot they're about to burn really isn't convincing at all...
Actually, there wasn't anything particularly wrong with what Vesir had said. After all, if she had already decided to turn herself in, then of course she couldn't be caught red-handed. The sentencing for the two was completely different.
Although Vesir didn't care if other people called her despicable, shameless, or unscrupulous, she was still a girl with no experience in such matters. Deep down, she did have at least a little modesty.
If her secret tryst with Ash was discovered, never mind Sword Maiden and the others laughing at her behind her back, even her usual title might get polluted. For instance, if someone's pitch slipped just a little when speaking, they might pronounce the "silver" in "Silver Lamp" as "slut..." Vesir did kind of want to hear Ash call her that, but if anyone else called her that, even she would be mortified.
More importantly, Vesir was actually only saying it. She had never planned to turn herself in at all!
Before succeeding, she had sworn so solemnly, but after succeeding, of course she would never look