“I won’t! I won’t!”

Even while being pulled, Anlis clung to Velian without budging in the slightest, tightly attached like a barnacle on a cliff.

Her cheek pressed tightly against Velian’s skin, rubbing against it as she greedily inhaled the rose-like fragrance, letting out soft murmurs.

“It’s... it’s Mom’s scent.”

As she spoke, she even bit down on Velian’s neck.

It didn’t hurt, just carried a slight ticklish sensation.

Like a kitten acting spoiled, leaving a faint red mark on that delicate skin.

It completely flushed Velian’s face red!

She was practically like a boiling kettle letting off steam.

“I’m not your mom! Let go of me!”

Velian was both embarrassed and furious.

She had been careless just now, not dodging, thinking that Anlis wouldn’t do anything too outrageous in front of so many people, so she hadn’t avoided it.

But now that she was completely caught in her arms, Velian couldn’t even struggle free!

After all, due to the price she paid for searching for the Hero’s secret technique, once the trigger condition was met, all her power was suppressed.

‘Wasn’t this curse a bit too intense?’

With Anlis acting so unrestrained, did she not have even the slightest sense of shame?

Clearly not, since she was completely immersed, treating everyone around her as if they didn’t exist. If Velian wasn’t holding down her hands, her clothes might have already been torn off.

Velian was being stared at by six pairs of eyes...

That’s right, Anlis’s father and Fula had also entered the room just now, their expressions indescribably strange.

‘This was utter humiliation! Things weren’t supposed to turn out like this!’

She planted this curse to cause trouble for the Hero Anlis!

So why was she the one socially dying now?

And Anlis kept whispering “Mom,” “Mom” in her ear.

She really wanted to eliminate everyone who knew about this!

Clearly, Velian wasn’t the only one angry, Lisna’s veins bulged as she reached out and grabbed Anlis’s ear.

“Who are you calling Mom, Anlis?! You... how can you be so improper!”

“Ahhh! I want a loli mom! I want a loli mom!”

Anlis cried out in pain, but still had no intention of letting go, instead hugging even tighter.

“Sorry that your mom isn’t a loli!”

Seeing that pulling her ear didn’t work, Lisna switched to tickling her underarms.

Anlis burst into laughter, her body writhing nonstop, but her grip not only didn’t loosen, it actually tightened.

Even Velian, pressing down on her hands, was starting to lose control, her fingertips trembling slightly.

“Wait! Y-you... don’t touch her yet!!” Velian suddenly cried out, her voice even changing pitch.

Her undergarment strap seemed to have been pulled loose!

Hearing Velian say this, Lisna could only stop.

“Anlis, what’s wrong with you? Weren’t you such a well-behaved child before?”

“Something’s wrong!” Archbishop Meli finally sensed it.

“There’s a problem!”

This could not possibly be the natural disposition of the Hero.

Such unrestrained, absurd, and abnormal behavior had already gone far beyond what a normal person would do.

The two archbishops vaguely sensed something off.

Their gazes repeatedly shifted toward Anlis’s father.

“Sir, you must be the Hero’s father, correct? Just now... were you with her the entire time?”

Bolai nodded and recounted everything that had just happened.

After hearing his account, Lisna couldn’t help but feel her heart tighten, quickly walking to his side and gripping his hand tightly, her eyes filled with lingering fear.

She had never imagined something so dangerous had just occurred.

“In that case, everything makes sense, this must be a curse! Corruption creatures are always extremely cunning, it’s very likely they used some kind of trump card at the moment of defeat.”

Archbishop Meli analyzed, a gentle and sacred Holy Light glowing in her hand.

After a brief spiritual inspection, she indeed discovered the curse at Anlis’s lower abdomen.

“But there’s no need to worry, the influence of a mere level-100 Abyss creature is something I can easily remove with one hand, it won’t cause any trouble. Please bear with it for a moment, Your Holiness the Saintess.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Archbishop Meli slowly guided the Holy Light at her fingertips into Anlis’s body.

The Holy Light flowed along Anlis’s blood vessels and meridians, quickly finding the Corruption curse located in her lower abdomen.

She focused her mind and gathered her strength, attempting to use the power of Holy Light to completely eliminate the curse...

But the next second, her movements froze.

“What’s wrong?”

Archbishop Gran saw her stiff expression and asked curiously.

“I...”

In the end, she couldn’t bring herself to admit in front of Gran that she was completely unable to break the curse.

“I, ah, I caught a chill yesterday, it must be affecting my performance, that’s why I couldn’t completely eradicate this remnant force in one go, it’s really quite stubborn.”

“What do you mean caught a chill? If you can’t do it, let me handle it. Meli, you’ve been too comfortable for too long, can’t even break such a small curse anymore, you’re lacking experience.”

“If you can do it, then go ahead!”

Meli’s face flushed red as she stepped aside for Gran.

Archbishop Gran naturally didn’t hesitate, proudly lifting his chin as he stepped forward, continuously channeling Holy Light from his body into Anlis.

He was full of confidence, but the next second, the proud smile on his face froze as well, gradually turning ugly.

“Oh my~ so our experienced Archbishop Gran also couldn’t break the curse? Don’t tell me, you can’t either.”

“Bullshit! That’s because... I had a bad stomach last night, you know, stomach issues come from impurity, I haven’t fully cleansed myself yet, it’s perfectly normal for it to affect the power of Holy Light.”

Gran stroked his beard, speaking without a hint of embarrassment.

Naturally, they couldn’t break it, not to mention that the only current method to remove this curse was to kill the Corruption Monarch.

Just the overwhelming difference in level alone made it impossible for them to shake the curse even slightly.

Instead, because both of them had successively infused Holy Light, they stimulated the curse inside Anlis, causing her to become even more out of control.

Velian clearly felt Anlis’s strength increase again, her hands already reaching toward the ties of her corset, her fingertips applying slight force, loosening the ribbon.

“Can you two stop making things worse! Just knock her out! Don’t you know how to knock someone out?”

But the two archbishops did not act.

“That won’t do, what if being unconscious prevents the release and causes side effects? Besides, I’ve just discovered that this curse seems to have... no particular negative effects.”

Archbishop Gran said thoughtfully, and Archbishop Meli did not refute him, their tacit understanding in certain matters was surprisingly consistent.

“How could there be no negative effects, look at my daughter, she...”

‘She was basically the definition of shameless now!’

And the target of that shamelessness was the Saintess! It was a good thing the two archbishops didn’t accuse their family of blaspheming the Saintess because of this.

“No, we’ve already seen through its essence, this is actually something similar to an aphrodisiac, as long as the Hero’s needs are satisfied, she should immediately regain clarity.”

Archbishop Meli added.

“So?”

“So, the Saintess will have to make a sacrifice. Well, after all, there’s no other way, the Hero and the Saintess are naturally a pair, and with the current situation, haha, besides, the Hero seems to quite like Her Holiness the Saintess, so I think this is something that can’t be helped.”

Archbishop Gran laughed awkwardly as he said something rather strange.

“Huh?”

Lisna and Bolai were stunned.

Velian felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

‘Wait a second!’

Isn’t she the Saintess? Even if she’s a fake Saintess, she’s still a Saintess! How did she get volunteered as a sacrifice so quickly?

“I...”

“How can that be allowed!! I refuse!”

Suddenly, Fula, who had been standing silently at the side with an unusually dark expression, stepped forward.

“I refuse to let this happen! How can this be allowed!”