Virgin: Protection Magic Walkthrough

If you’re stuck at the Shrine of Solitude, here is the canonical solution, as compiled from decades of forum posts and strategy guides.

Every veteran of 90s-era JRPGs knows the moment. You’ve just liberated a fairy village, scaled the Tower of Trials, and finally reached the serene, sakura-draped shrine at the world's edge. The party’s mage—usually a shy cleric or a haughty princess-type—stops walking. The music shifts from triumphant orchestral swells to a nervous, plucked koto melody. A dialogue box appears. "T-the path beyond this gate is forbidden. I... I must maintain the Rite of the Unblemished Veil ." If you’re playing blind, you have no idea what that means. You try to walk forward. You are blocked. You check your key items. Nothing. You talk to the village elder for the third time. He coughs and says, "Some doors are sealed by more than iron, hero." Virgin Protection Magic Walkthrough

The problem? The game never explicitly tells you what "unblemished" means. So begins the player's frantic descent into guide-dependency. If you’re stuck at the Shrine of Solitude,