Harem Ethics 101

98. Like a Bag of Chips

Crouching next to me in the fiery grass of the grove, the warden considered my question about whether or not she’d ever gotten over the ‘ghoulish’ feeling of absorbing crystalized spirit made from the dead bodies of creatures.

“Mostly… In the case of monsters, I view the act of taking in their spirit similar to eating food. Their crystalized spirit is not their soul, it is just their body in a different form… It also helps that most of them are mindless beasts who’d just as soon gore you than cuddle with you,” she said with a light giggle.

“What about in the case of non-monsters?” I asked.

Her specific wording and the implication of taking in crystalized spirit being like eating made the question impossible to ignore.

Her voice darkened with unease. “Consuming the crystalized spirit of a person is considered taboo of the greatest severity in most places.”

“Right…” I said, deciding not to point out how she didn’t really answer the question and instead focused on punching throug