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 that she

continued to imbued her cheeks with

even further, and their size grew

to such an extent that I could see the

"Don't move."

she was about to free herself

my body would start to flicker in and out of existence and accompanying it was an agonizing pain, but I resisted

the laws that were contained within my body

"Mhh!!!! Mhhhhmmmhhh!!"

rang throughout, but I paid them no attention and continued to

tear around her cheek deepened, and

looked back, I was met with two eyes that were

stared at them for a short moment, and savored the gaze before pressing my foot against her cheek and finding myself standing right in front of Liam

"Let's go."

hand, which Liam gladly took, and

I looked around and

BAAAAAAAAAAAANG—!

was an explosion unlike any

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

pieces

of concentrated energy burst out from that direction, shredding everything that was

a barrier around the two of us, we were able to avoid getting injured from the residual

when I felt the energy. It was quite overbearing, and if not for my

she was able to suppress this

of the seven clan heads without a reason.

here for now, I'll finish

vision blurred once more and what appeared in my vision was an

entered the hole. Shortly after, my brows relaxed and

she didn't die

a body burst out from the hole, and I clapped

Clap!

in case, I tapped onto the barrier and a

'Just in case.'

the body before me, I relaxed when I saw that the Princess had fainted. While her cheeks had burst, they were slowly healing, as her fleshed wiggled and

sight was quite

trembled, and I could tell that she was about

this, I knew that I couldn't waste any time and stretched my hand which

'I'll make this quick.'

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

feeling was

I'd have fallen into a deeper sense of depravity, but I held my focus

"Uagk."

same time that I retrieved all of the laws, I felt a sharp pain course through all parts of my body, and

was a testament to how painful it was, and

me to suppress my scream as I gritted my teeth with everything

Cr… Crack!