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In the chatroom, Mae’s fans, while not echoing the sentiment, had come to agree with the sentiment expressed in a recent chat message.

Mae had really stumbled into some seriously bad luck finding such a cursed item.

On the production side, when Mae heard Mervin utter the words “cremains,” she nearly lost her footing, almost unable to stand in shock.

Thankfully, Gentry was quick to steady her with a supportive hand.

“Don’t worry, Mae. Now that we’ve found the thing, we just need to deal with it,” Gentry said, trying to appear helpful, though deep down he was feeling a bit shaky himself, especially after Mervin’s earlier jab about Ghostly. He was afraid his ruse would be seen through, so he stuck to offering verbal comfort.

Fortunately, Mae wasn’t putting all her hopes on Gentry. She turned her hopeful gaze to Winnie. her voice trembling. “Winnie, can you take care of this?”

“No biggie.” Winnie was about to name her price out of habit when she remembered they were filming. She held back.

Instead, she looked at Mae and asked unexpectedly. “When you found this thing in the bag, was this ruby bracelet the only item?”

Winnie’s question was out of the blue.

The guests on set and the live–stream audience were baffled. What did she mean by that? Wasn’t there just the one ruby bracelet in the bag? Could there be something else?

When Mae had first shown it, she had said it was just a bangle she had found.

After Winnie’s accurate detection of the cremains inside the bangle, no one doubted her words anymore. Instead, they began to ponder if her question had some deeper meaning.

Mae, the one being questioned, stiffened almost imperceptibly, a reaction that went unnoticed since she had already been rattled by the talk of cremains. Only Mae knew the ‘panic that flashed in her heart when she met Winnie’s clear, piercing gaze as if seeing through everything.

In just a second, she managed to say through gritted teeth. “Just this one.”

The audience didn’t question her response, and Winnie seemed puzzled for a second before casually shifting her focus back to the bangle and remaining on the ground.

Dealing with it wasn’t hard, but she didn’t want to reveal her talismans in front of the camera crew, especially not her secret identity as Master Winner.

So she turned to Mervin and asked plainly, “Master Mervin, can I borrow a charm?”

Without specifying which charm, Mervin understood her request.

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me, but I can draw one right here,” he offered.

basic Charms, and although simple, they were enough to

thing.

it herself, but she was deliberately asking him, probably to give him a

also a good opportunity for him to promote the

this, Mervin shot Winnie a grateful look, then turned to the host to ask for some

did his look seem so odd?

items, all necessary for setting up his

basic Exorcism Charm, why

but the other guests and crew, having never seen a real charm drawing, didn’t find Mervin’s request out

meanwhile, showed his approval and took the opportunity to

think. Before drawing. one must pray, and cleanse,

paused, as if to drive the point home, then added, “A truly inspired person can feel the resistance when drawing

live stream audience were taken aback by Gentry’s explanation. They

just a quick sketch.

are just printed. Why the need

charms? Obviously, hand–drawn ones are more powerful.”

didn’t contradict Gentry’s explanation to the audience and simply said, “Due to the rush,

involved the occult, and Gentry had set up an altar in

the crew had prepared many items in advance.

Mervin’s instructions.

backpack aside, approached the prepared altar. At that moment, his demeanor changed completely.

hands, lit a candle, and bowed

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serious concentration, he began to draw the

including the crew and guests, held their breath, not daring to make a sound for fear of

spent a full twenty minutes on

choosing a cool location, it was still the height of summer and swelteringly hot. No one expected Mervin’s charm to

waited with him for

Mervin’s final stroke, difficult and straining, that his tense expression finally relaxed, though his forehead was covered in