Holy Knight Michael

Set in a fantasy world plagued by dark magic corruption, the story revolves around the Holy Church's strict ranking system, where paladins absorb toxic corruption to fight evil and desperately rely on purification powers to survive. In the first timeline, the Holy Church brutally exploits and abuses the high holy knight, Michael. In this universe, paladins act as magical sponges that absorb toxic dark magic during battle, creating an absolute biological dependency on a compatible "purifier" to extract the corruption before it destroys their minds and bodies. While the Holy Church celebrates instant, high-ranking holy spells, the low-tier purification featured in the story is an agonizingly gradual process that requires hours of continuous, direct skin-to-skin contact to draw the dark energy out of the paladin's bloodstream bit by bit. Because this slow-draw method forces the warrior into a state of total, defenseless vulnerability, it creates a deeply intimate bond.