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

as I continued to imbued her cheeks with

matter of seconds, her cheeks swelled even further, and their size

an extent that I could see the skin

"Don't move."

herself from my restraints,

did so, my body would start to flicker in and out of existence and accompanying it was an agonizing pain, but I resisted through the pain and continued to inject mana into

inject more of the laws that were contained within my body into hers, the golden runes that surrounded her body

"Mhh!!!! Mhhhhmmmhhh!!"

muffled screams rang throughout, but I paid them no attention

time, the tear around her cheek deepened, and blood started to

I was met with two eyes that were glaring hatred in my

moment, and savored the gaze before pressing my foot against her cheek and finding myself standing right in

"Let's go."

reached out my hand, which Liam gladly took, and

looked around and saw that the place was safe, I snapped

BAAAAAAAAAAAANG—!

an explosion unlike

fingers, the Princess's body inflated rapidly, and her

rained from the sky, and pieces

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

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

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

she was able to suppress this

seven clan heads without a reason. She

here for now, I'll finish

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

entered the hole. Shortly after, my brows relaxed and I nodded my

she didn't die

fingers, a body burst out from the hole, and I clapped

Clap!

in case, I tapped onto the barrier and a small

'Just in case.'

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

sight was quite

tell that she was about to

this, I knew that I couldn't waste any time and stretched my hand which passed through the two layers and reached out for her

'I'll make this quick.'

that were contained within her body and channeled them toward me. Almost instantly, a wave of warmth entered my body and I found

feeling was

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

"Uagk."

course through all parts of my body, and I almost fainted

a testament to how painful it was, and I almost cried out

scream as I gritted my teeth with everything I had, and my body flickered

Cr… Crack!