@Lustrius @CapableCivet : I think it's more a dumb excuse because in his previous life, he was a 30y old virus nerd, probably a virgin, and never had any relation with girls >.<
His jump back reaction is coherent with this theory for me, he just found an excuse to justify his "touch a woman...
Marie-Antoinette was Louis XVI wife... And she invoked Louis XIV, her husband grandpa... (well, story told us that the 16 wasn't a good king that played with locks and didn't like ruling the country, when the 14 was the one with the greatest impact on the France country of his century...)
It fee l as if there is a missing chapter... The end of the 2nd chapter; he open the mysterious pagoda, and at the start of the 3rd: he fell head on ground... -_-'