In a humble tone, a girl in a puppet costume brushed past the hypnotized guard and entered the queen's bedroom.

After taking off the puppet costume head, a face full of smiles, but devoid of joy deep in the eyes, was seen by Isabella.

"Last time I saw you, you were..."

"Apologies, let me introduce myself: I am Xiale's loyal servant. If you wish, you may call me 'Cai.'"

Upon hearing the introduction for the second time, Isabella could still assert: the girl in front of her had a strong opinion of her!

Otherwise, she wouldn't have deliberately emphasized her relationship with her master in the first half of the sentence.

Sister Glasses had encountered Cai in the corridor.

Because the queen had been taken care of by Cai before, Sister Glasses had a relatively good impression of this Holy Maiden, so she didn't pay much attention to the unauthorized intrusion.

However, her attitude was not important, but Isabella had a strong opinion about it: "I don't like people from the church. How you got in here is none of my concern, but you need to leave as soon as possible."

Just as her opinion of the other person, Isabella's first impression of Cai, or her later impressions, were all extremely negative.

In her deep heart, Cai firmly held the second spot on the "list of most disliked people," second only to Lucia.

"I will never welcome you as a guest."

Her aversion was already apparent.

However, Cai still raised her lips, stared directly at Isabella with a mocking look, and told her, "I came to help you. To make this visit, I specially put on a puppet costume to disguise myself so as not to attract too much attention from passersby."

Officially, one reason Cai couldn't return to the Pope's country was because she was kidnapped by Wang Xiaole.

With the identity of a "hostage" in kidnapping, she couldn't blatantly appear on the streets.

So, Cai used the puppet costume.

Now, Cai had developed a habit of putting on this costume before going out. When accompanying Bai Meow to stroll around, she also used the same method to avoid attracting attention.

Of course, this was quite troublesome, and unless it was necessary to go out, Cai generally wouldn't leave the palace.

Living in the same building as someone she disliked, this was something Isabella had no idea about. Just now, part of the words she heard from Cai contained some lies.

Cai could come to the bedroom without causing a commotion not only because of the forbidden hypnosis curse but mainly because the place where she currently lived was not far from here!

The real truth had to be left for Isabella to discover on her own, at least she couldn't possibly find out anything from Cai...

"I don't need your kindness. Your help will be to leave this place!"

Her tone was so firm that logically, if Cai didn't leave, she would be forcibly driven away in the next second.

"Can I go? Don't you need me to help lift the curse inside you?"

With just this sentence, Isabella's resolve began to waver.

She had heard Sister Glasses mention before that when she was unconscious, Cai had treated her with a curse removal method.

The so-called "sleep curse" was a curse.

Afflicted by the curse, Isabella could only remain awake for eight hours within a day, with the rest of the time being forced to rest.

The negative effects of the curse were immense. If possible, she truly hoped to lift it, or at least alleviate the drowsiness caused by the curse.

Her lips moved as she subconsciously wanted to say something, but the words that came out were, "I will find a way to lift the curse myself, no need for external help!"

Even though she knew that lifting the curse would benefit her, she ultimately didn't want to owe too much to others, especially when that person came from the church.

Since she was unwelcome, Cai could only turn around and leave.

However, before she could go far, Sister Glasses began to persuade, "Your Majesty, why give up treatment? If you don't find a way to cure the sleep disorder, you will wear yourself out eventually."

Eight hours of standby time equaled a standard working day for an ordinary person within a day.

Isabella's profession was emperor, and naturally she had more things to handle than an average person, not to mention she needed time for meals and baths.

The reason Isabella's days were manageable was due to her frightening work enthusiasm and high work efficiency.

Like a workaholic, she still didn't feel like she didn't have enough time, and told Sister Glasses, "I won't wear myself out. Even if I'm only awake for eight hours a day, I won't mess up one government affair."

Seeing the queen's heart was as hard as a rock, Sister Glasses came up with a reason she couldn't refuse, "At the current time, it's only enough for Your Majesty to handle government affairs and have basic rest; but what about His Majesty? Your Majesty, do you plan to continue neglecting post-marital life and keep ignoring your partner?"

Upon hearing this, Isabella still seemed unresponsive. Naturally, it was only on the surface. Thanks to her trusted aide's reminder, she finally noticed: her time was limited, but the things to do were endless; since she got married, her old time was no longer enough.

Just like the days spent with Master a few days ago, in order to make time, she skipped work for the first time and put aside her work. However, she couldn't afford to do this every time work conflicted with her love life; after all, she had a very strong sense of responsibility.

To balance both sides, she needed more time for herself.

"What do you want from me?"

From the glint in Isabella's eyes lifted by Cai, and the probing tone in her voice, Cai saw that she was being tested.

"I don't want anything from you. I'm only expending my energy to help you out of gratitude."

For the event of "Holy Maiden's return," Dibiles and the Pope's country had prematurely turned their backs and thereby started wars with two powerful nations.

Cai knew that Wang Xiaole was the one responsible for this result, but she also understood very clearly: in terms of facts, Dibiles had indeed been implicated by her.

It was precisely because Cai didn't like Isabella that she wanted to quickly repay this favor and help lift the curse out of this motive. "Your gratitude should be directed towards Master. I didn't go to war with the Pope's country because of your relationship." Cai's words ended here.

Seeing that Cai still had no intention of changing her mind, she stepped forward and walked past her.

After that, Cai also quickly left the bedroom.

Both went to the same place.

Isabella's first curse removal was completed at the altar in the royal garden; to this day, the altar had not been dismantled and was about to come into use again soon.

"Eat it."

Cai took out the sleeping pill she had prepared in advance and handed a pill to Isabella.

When the latter swallowed the pill, she didn't doubt it, because if she had half a doubt, she wouldn't have come to this place.

After taking the sleeping pill, Isabella lay down on the altar and soon fell into a sleep state.

Since no unrelated personnel were required here, Sister Glasses, at the moment the ritual began, tactfully left the place.

Cai's task remained the same as last time; she had to use her own power to treat the sleeping beauty.

Slightly different this time was that the pure white light radiating from her body was far more pure than before.

This also meant that this time's curse removal was even more difficult!

It was now nighttime, and the river of white light formed was particularly conspicuous under the cover of darkness, akin to thousands of fireflies gathering together.

As the white light entered the body, abnormally thick gray mist poured out from Isabella's body; these mists seeped out through tiny pores, transforming into murky black liquid, spreading down from above like a venomous substance.

"I won't make the same mistake again."

Learning from the lesson of being hit by the rabbit last time, as soon as the black orb appeared, Cai took a step back, taking a certain distance from the strange object.

As the orb changed, a pair of long ears grew, resembling some kind of animal.

At the same time, Cai removed the inverted cross pendant she was wearing, flipping it over to extend it into a cross sword.

"The acting side isn't obliged to wait for the opponent to transform completely!"

Cai didn't give the opponent much time. She swung her right hand on the spot, tossing the cross sword out, rotating it towards the front.

If everything went as expected, the long ears would be cut off in an instant and fall to the ground like broken grass.

However, Cai also understood that in this bizarre world, what was least lacking was surprises.

Before the long ears could be cut off, a square object unexpectedly stood in front of the cross sword.

Cai had anticipated such a change before making her move, so she naturally had a countermeasure.

In the next second, the cross sword suddenly swayed to the side. Before it hit the square object, it swerved and passed by.

The turn was no accident, and Cai couldn't control the sword she threw; the only reasonable guess was that she had initially made a rotating attack.

After half a spin, the cross sword flew behind the long ears and was about to slash the target.

What Cai didn't anticipate was that the unexpected happened for the second time.

Clang!

The square object also turned, blocking the sharp sword in front of the long ears.

The cross sword was knocked aside, and before it touched the ground, Cai quickly ran towards the spot where the blade fell.

At that moment, a silver hammer suddenly appeared, and the black substance held the weapon, fiercely smashing towards Cai who was running towards it.

Cai caught sight of the attack coming, but her right hand didn't stop and she prioritized picking up the cross sword again.

Considering that in another half second, the hammerhead would hit her waist, Cai jumped up; she stepped on the surface of the hammerhead that just passed by, using it as a foothold to jump even higher.

The tip of the sword slashed from below, the brilliance hitting first before the black entity withdrew the silver hammer, swung it towards Cai who was running towards its direction.

Cai saw the attack coming, but her right hand didn't pause, picking up the cross sword again.

Anticipating that the hammerhead would hit her waist in half a second, Cai leaped up, stepping on the narrowly passing hammerhead's surface, using it as a boost to jump higher.

The sword tip slashed from below, the light striking first before the black entity drew back the silver hammer, swinging it towards Cai who was running towards it.

There was no subsequent sound, but the black entity took several steps back with the hammer and bumped into an innocent large tree on the way.