The Author's POV

Coming into the Pillar of Gluttony, I expected things to be rather serious, but I was surprised to see that the situation wasn't as dire as I expected it to be.

In fact, the situation was a lot more advantageous then I thought it to be.

"Is this your doing?"

I turned to look at Liam who was hanging on the bridge of the Princess's nose. He seemed battered, and tired, but the moment our eyes met, his expression relaxed a little.

"Oh, hey Ren. How have you been?"

"You did a good job."

Ignoring his light hearted greeting, I lowered my head to stare at the cheeks of the Princess which were currently inflated. I could feel a certain energy from within, and when I turned my gaze away, I locked my eyes on a certain figure in the distance.

'It must be her doing.'

There was only one person that was capable of producing such pure and powerful energy.

Although Liam was strong, he wasn't at this level just yet. It could only be her.

"I see… I think I understand what's going on."

Rumble! Rumble!

At the same time I realized what was happening, the Princess trashed around and destroyed everything that her feet stepped onto to. Gradually, however, she was able to somewhat stabilize the injury that she sustained in her eye, and the energy inside of her started to calm down.

"We can't be having that."

If there was anything that I couldn't allow, it was that, and as my vision blurred, my feet touched something soft.

I was standing right on top of her cheek, and the moment I appeared over there, I felt two eyes lock on me.

When I turned my head, our gazes met, and I lowered my hand and pressed it against her cheek.

Her expression changed drastically at that point, but it was already too late.

Exerting a lot the mana inside of me, her cheeks started to inflate even further, and the energy that she was trying to keep in check became even wilder.

Rumble! Rumble!

"Hmmmmm!"

Her trashing increased, and it became hard for me to keep myself steady as a result. A large shadow cast behind me, and I knew exactly what she was trying to do. Thus, frowning, I opened my mouth and imbued my voice with the laws.

"Stop."

Her body stopped at my words and her expression changed once more. Golden runes and words clamped her hand above me, and covered every inch of her body.

"Mhhh… mhhhhhmm…"

be saying something, but I honestly couldn't understand a single word

I cared as I continued to imbued her

swelled even further, and their size grew to such

extent that I could see

"Don't move."

free herself from my restraints, I'd

it was an agonizing pain, but I resisted through the pain and continued to

within my body into hers, the golden

"Mhh!!!! Mhhhhmmmhhh!!"

throughout, but I paid them no

the tear around her cheek deepened, and

met with two eyes that were glaring hatred in my

the gaze before pressing my foot against her cheek and finding myself standing

"Let's go."

Liam gladly took, and pressed

her, and when I looked

BAAAAAAAAAAAANG—!

explosion unlike

I snapped my fingers, the Princess's body inflated rapidly, and her cheeks finally

blood rained from the sky, and pieces of flesh fell all

same time, a wave of concentrated energy burst out from that direction, shredding

my hand and erecting a barrier around the two of us, we

I felt the energy. It was quite overbearing, and

to suppress this much

the seven clan heads without a reason.

here for now, I'll finish

Liam, my vision blurred once more and what appeared in my vision was an enormous crater that seemed

my finger and a small light entered the

she didn't die

fingers, a body burst out from

Clap!

hands. Just in case, I tapped onto the barrier and a small white

'Just in case.'

body before me, I relaxed when I saw that the Princess had fainted. While her cheeks had burst, they

sight was quite

and I could tell that she was about

couldn't waste any time and stretched my hand which passed

'I'll make this quick.'

a wave of warmth entered my body and I found myself relaxing as the laws within

was

for the fact that I had felt this sensation before, I'd have fallen into a deeper sense of depravity, but I held my focus and transferred all

"Uagk."

time that I retrieved all of the laws, I felt a sharp pain course through all parts of my body, and I almost fainted from the pain right then

fact that I wasn't able to suppress the pain was a testament to how painful it was, and I almost cried

took every last bit of me to suppress my scream as I gritted my teeth with everything I had, and my body flickered wildly at that

Cr… Crack!