After extinguishing the lights in the bedroom, the loss of visual clarity plunged the room into darkness, and her other senses gradually began to sharpen.
She could even hear the faint chirp-chirp of crickets vibrating their wings against the outside wall, and… the soft, steady breaths of the cute girl sleeping beside her.
“Hualí, are you asleep?”
Penina asked in a low voice, staring at the pitch-black ceiling.
However, her only response was the occasional dream-muttering from the cute, pink-haired girl.
Penina shifted, turning on her side and resting her head on one hand. Guided by the faint moonlight streaming through the window, she carefully observed Hualí’s sleeping face.
The silvery moonlight fell upon the pink-haired girl’s exquisite little face, casting a faint, silver-white halo over her features. She was incredibly beautiful.
Her features were sharp yet delicate.
Under the moonlight, her long, curled eyelashes shimmered with dots of light, as if thousands of stars were hidden within them.
Her lips were red and full, glistening like a delicious peach-flavored jelly.
Looking at them made one want to steal a kiss just to taste what flavor she really was.
Her gaze slowly drifted downward, tracing the elegant curve of the girl’s neck and collarbone.
The impressive large cotton pads on her chest rose and fell with the girl’s steady breaths…
Wait! Something seemed wrong.
Penina squeezed her eyes shut and opened them again, but the proud scale of Hualí’s chest remained, reminding her that she hadn’t misjudged.
But this wasn’t right!
Back when they had parted ways at the Demon Castle, Hualí had been small and cute.
How could she have…
It hadn’t been that long.
Since when had Hualí become bigger than her, the Saintess of Light?!
‘She must have padded it!’
‘No matter how I look at it, she has to be padding!’
Penina bit her lip. In her life, she hated dishonest bad girls the most.
Padding was one thing — after all, a little padding hardly counted — but padding it to this extent was a bit much, wasn’t it?
Wasn’t this just treating people like fools?
“Mmm…”
Just then, the sleeping Hualí smacked her lips and rolled over, exposing her entire back to Penina.
Penina’s eyes lit up.
She thought: ‘Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will never be defeated. I must find out exactly what this evil thing is!’
Penina reached out, wrapping her arm around the pink-haired girl’s slender waist beneath her nightgown, slowly sliding her body against the girl’s back.
Seeing that Hualí showed no signs of waking, Penina breathed a sigh of relief.
“Ugh…”
In her sleep, Hualí seemed to sense something.
Her cute little brows furrowed slightly, and her eyelashes trembled.
Perhaps because the sleep-inducing effects of the Sunflower Incense were too potent, she didn’t wake up after all.
‘This feeling…’
A look of confirmation flashed through Penina’s eyes.
‘Is it truly an evil Magical Beast?’
She had heard rumors that the styles of women’s clothing produced by the Demon Race were particularly unique, often stuffing processed Slime Magical Beasts between the layers of fabric as filling.
Seeing it today, the rumors were clearly true!
As the Saintess of the Light Cathedral, the one and only Chosen of the Light God, and the embodiment of light and Justice!
She, the Saintess of Light! How could she tolerate the existence of such an evil Slime?!
[The Saintess of Light has launched an attack]
“Mmm…”
Feeling as though her chest had been struck heavily, Hualí frowned in discomfort, letting out an unconscious mutter.
Even her previously steady breathing became somewhat erratic.
Magical Beasts were dangerous; there was no doubt about that.
Even a Slime that appeared completely harmless and was surprisingly delicious when made into a snack — even if it had long since lost its most important Magic Core and was essentially dead — as long as it was a Magical Beast, the possibility of it suddenly reviving and attacking humans could never be ruled out.
Moreover, it was being used as underwear, worn just a few centimeters away from the heart.
Penina couldn’t bear to think how much danger Hualí would be in if that Slime ever came back to life and attacked!
Therefore, for the sake of that idiot Hualí’s safety, she had to personally eliminate the hidden Magical Beast!
That’s right!
Everything she was doing was for the sake of Hualí’s life and safety.
She definitely didn’t have any other motives.
The righteous Saintess Miss courageously challenged the evil Slime Magical Beast, determined to rescue the imprisoned little Hualí!
[Slime King HP: -1]
[Slime King has been struck by Holy Light. Elemental disadvantage detected. Slime King has entered a brief state of confusion. Damage received +150% during this period]
Penina seized the opportunity while the Slime King was weakened to press her attack!
After an intense battle fierce enough to grind down the very foundations of the world, the righteous Saintess Miss triumphed over the evil Slime King, successfully rescuing the little Hualí who had been trapped in the Little Black Room!
With the shadow of the evil Slime King gone, the little Hualí regained her freedom.
A faint smile played on Penina’s lips, as if she were saying: “There, there… Big sister has defeated the evil Slime King. You won’t be in danger anymore.”
Perhaps on some night many years later, Penina would recall this evening when she carried out the will of the Light and saved a cute girl she believed to be in deep peril.
“Ugh… Pe — Penina… Why… why are you touching my head? I feel uncomfortable…”
Hualí slowly woke up, her voice thin and weak.
Penina’s body suddenly stiffened.
She had become so engrossed that she forgot to stop, ultimately waking the sleeping Hualí.
“I… I was helping you defeat the evil Slime King,” Penina said solemnly, rubbing Hualí’s head.
“It’s fine. Be good. The danger has been resolved. Hualí, go back to sleep. Don’t worry about me.”
“Hey! You don’t actually think I’m that stupid, do you?!”
Hualí quickly broke free from Penina’s grasp and jumped off the bed.
Immediately after, the rapid sound of bare feet stomping on the wooden floor echoed through the room.
“Ow! That hurts!”
In the darkness came the sound of a knee hitting the corner of a chair, followed by the girl’s pained cry.
At 11:00 PM, Hualí turned on the bedroom light, forcing the crimes committed by the Saintess Miss to be revealed under the light.
With tears welling in the corners of her eyes and her legs pressed tightly together under her nightgown, Hualí’s cheeks flushed with a deep crimson that wouldn’t fade.
She clenched her fists in anger.
“Hey! You were doing something bad while I was sleeping, weren’t you?!”
“Huh?”
Penina propped herself up, discreetly stuffing the evil little garment under the quilt.
She blinked and asked blankly, “Was I?”
Hualí’s face turned red with embarrassment, and she stomped her feet in frustration.
She had only just recently felt relieved that Penina seemed normal.
Looking down at her chest, which had returned to its flat state, Hualí gritted her teeth.
“I saw you hide it! Give it back to me! You’re brave enough to do it but not brave enough to admit it — Penina, you have no shame!”