Witch Hunter: Lord of Lust and Sin

"..."

Richard could only sigh, it was one thing for lies to be made of him but when the truth about his own interest comes out-

"Are you sure being part of that list is a lie?"Cindy asked while looking at the image of a fictional character who looks well underage on the news channel.

"I was a child back then! Those were files from when I was 13! Is it more normal for a 13 year old boy to get the hots for a 32 year old MILF?"

Richard answered Cindy but his response was shot down with one question-

"Why didn’t you delete it though?"

"..."

Of course, if those were marks of his past, then he would have easily just deleted them when he got over it. But-

’After going through them... I can’t just forget about them, could I?’

Although his words were only in his mind, the thoughts he had were laid bare by the Goddess which caused Cindy to stare at him with disdain.

Normally, he wouldn’t really care about it but this was something about his own degeneracy-

"Degenerate"

The words of the goth chick did not cause Richard any joy. While fictional goth chick berating you could give a certain sense of pleasure. When it’s done by a young girl who looked less like a "goth mommy" and more like a "depressed emo" her insults turned into sharp knives than the expected sexual slaps.

"How?"

At first the Goddess’ words felt like they were trying to help Richard. But the more she said, the more those words of hers became spears impaling the poor man’s psyche.

Yes, Richard did have a hard time letting go of things, some may even say that he was a hoarder.

Even though he didn’t really feel any lust towards the childlike characters anymore. Looking at the characters that gave him joy in his youth was like a drug. A hit of nostalgia that made him recall "better times".

Unfortunately, all those feelings of his that could have become the "good points" in any other fictional character from anime, manga or even western media was immediately shot down by Cindy’s realistic response.

"That’s just an obsession, he’s not a good person who can’t let go of important things. He’s just an obsessive fool who can’t give up a sinking ship. He’s the type of idiot who would declared, "the captain sinks with his ship", despite not having a single investment on the darned vessel"

"Legends are stories of failure, beautified by an obsessive character. The story did not care whether the "Legend" failed or succeeded, what matters is that the "Legend’s" heart was "in the right place". A stupid reframing of tragedy that fools idiots into doing stupid shit for an ideal"

"..."

Cindy did not answer the Goddess which led to a sudden silence in the room.

On the other hand, Richard did not try to pour any more oil on the flames. He could already tell that there was something more to Cindy’s hatred but he did not push her any more than he should.

He lived for years with a volatile woman, he knew well when and how to approach such situations.

’Now that I think about it, why did I even put up with her?’

A question popped up in his head, Andrea had never truly loved him and yet he still persisted in maintaining their relationship.

’She was there for me during college, helped me out when I was starting my business... when did it start to fall apart?’

Now that he was thinking about his own situation clearly, he felt something off about his relationship with Andrea.

The words of the Goddess explained things a bit but not completely.

Even if Richard accepted that his failings were something he inherited, a nature of his ancestry of his genetics. It still didn’t explain the sudden change in his relationship with Andrea.

Yet, the more he thought about it-

"What do you know?"

Richard felt like the Goddess knew something he didn’t, maybe she knew the answer to the question he had. The suspicion that was brewing within his mind but one that he was unwilling to accept-