A gentle light filled the queen’s bedchamber.

Though it was a dazzling light, it was not blinding.

It was warm like sunlight bathing the skin on a winter’s day and carried a sense of compassion.

It was divine authority given physical form.

Li was a beloved child of the goddess.

The pure prayers of a beloved child reach the goddess.

Power overflowed in response to that prayer.

[Goddess’s Healing]

From Li’s hand, the light of divine authority poured into the queen’s body.

As if time itself were flowing backward, vitality returned to the queen’s skin and a healthy redness spread across it.

“Ooh!”

The king knelt, clasping his hands together as he offered a prayer.

Grandfather and Grandmother took the same posture, showing their gratitude toward the goddess’s divine authority.

“It’s not over yet!”

Li cried out.

She felt something catching at the center of the queen’s body.

It was the core of the far-reaching death poison Grand Fever.

Li understood it.

That was precisely why she strengthened the divine authority.

She prayed for the queen’s health and offered thanks to the goddess.

Li’s mana, vast like a boundless ocean, burst forth in a raging torrent.

She imagined it as scrubbing away a stubborn stain.

If the goddess were present, she would likely say not to compare an evil god’s curse to a stain.

But to Li, that image felt right.

Sweat seeped from Li’s brow.

Her knees shook violently.

Even so, she never rested.

If she stopped, she would have to start over from the beginning.

Li’s mana was immense.

However, it was not infinite.

As her mana dwindled, her physical condition would worsen.

She forced herself onward through sheer willpower.

In her previous life, she had nearly died several times.

Compared to that, Li knew she could still go on.

“Curse of the evil god, you are not wanted here!”

The core of the far-reaching death poison Grand Fever was stubborn.

Even so, Li persevered.

She wanted to save her.

Because she wanted to save her, she kept going.

At that moment, an octopus suddenly crossed Li’s mind.

When she had gone sea fishing, she sometimes caught octopus.

Even small ones had powerful suction cups.

When she tried to remove them from the fishing hook, they would cling tightly and wrap around it.

The trick to peeling them off properly was to start from the tips of the legs and work toward the base.

Li curled the corner of her lips into a grin.

Shifting from the image of removing a stain, she refined her mana using the image of peeling away an octopus’s suction cups.

[Goddess’s Healing]

She layered the magic again.

Li’s mana spread even to the tips of the roots of the far-reaching death poison Grand Fever.

A drop of sweat slid from her forehead, traced her chin and fell.

“With this… it’s completely gone!”

Li’s mana firmly peeled away the roots of the curse.

Then she wrapped the core in mana and compressed it.

The goddess’s great divine authority surpassed that of the curse-killing evil god Zoyu.

She confirmed that the influence of the far-reaching death poison Grand Fever had vanished from within the queen’s body.

Strength drained from Li’s knees.

Dropping down into a neat girl’s sitting position, Li declared,

“She’s all right now!”

Li was drenched in sweat, her hair stuck to her forehead.