The only thing left was a hefty check to complement the scene.
Bianca was only here for the spectacle, to begin with. Therefore, she let her thoughts run wild.
Shannon didn't pay much attention to Bianca, her gaze focused entirely on Jesse. She watched him walk toward Elda as she silently gestured for him to come closer.
With the triangular word fully exposed on his face, Jesse stepped forward, his expression tense.
Elda didn't move from her seated position but extended her hand, releasing her supernatural power toward his cheek.
The energy was sharp, cutting through the air, and as it made contact with his face, his expression contorted in pain. Following that, he let out a tortured scream.
He wailed miserably, trying to struggle. As if expecting this, Elda placed her other hand on his shoulder.
The pressure was light, yet it felt like an immovable weight, pinning him in place as he could no longer move.
Raiden felt his heart ripping as he listened to Jesse's screams. Before he could speak up, Steen pulled him back. "Don't interrupt Madam Elda."
Bianca didn't seem to mind Jesse's pained cries, as her attention was focused on Steen and Raiden instead.
It was clear now—Steen was the one chosen as Raiden's betrothed, just like a plot from a novel.
Although Scott had followed them in, he hadn't expected such a harsh scene. As he watched Jesse cry out, he saw something unusual.
Something began to shift beneath the triangular word on Jesse's face.
A black, worm-like form appeared beneath the skin, breaking through with an unsettling presence. It hovered in the air, drawn by a mysterious force as if controlled by supernatural energy.
Was this the creature that had been inside Jesse? Everyone stood in stunned silence, unable to believe what they were witnessing.
As soon as Benjamin appeared, Shannon acted in sync, swiftly throwing a talisman toward Jesse. She chanted, "Heavenly signs appear, reveal your form; close all gates, and you shall seal!"
The red rune flew out from the talisman and instantly adhered to the open wound on Jesse's face as if sealing something and preventing its entry.
It was only then that the people, who had originally been distracted by the cursed creature, finally noticed the abnormality on his face.
The black blood that had originally flowed out along with the skin, torn by the cursed creature, began to wriggle as if it had a will of its own, trying to crawl back into the wound.
However, since the wound was sealed by the spell in an instant, it seemed to hit some kind of barrier and couldn't flow back. It could only squirm across Jesse's face, attempting to find another way in.
The scene was too eerie.
If anyone from the production team of Love Pulse were present, they would have noticed that the strange black blood flowing from Jesse's face was exactly the same as the peculiar black blood Archie had expelled earlier!
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