I! Cleaner!

Finally, it was over...

Holding the princess, who he wasn't sure whether she was "drunk or awake," Leon acted out a "I'm taking her away today, let's see who dares to stop me" wedding robbery scene. After returning to the small town of Ankara and falling asleep embraced in temporarily transplanted roses, having successfully completed the four-act plot, Leon finally escaped from the distorted version of "Twelve Days' Journey."

His soul had just returned to his body from the theater world; before he could check on the princess and the other audience members, he heard a shrill scream from the central stage of the theater.

"It hurts like hell! Help! Leon! Hurry and save me!"

"Don't worry, you're safe now."

After carrying the still-unconscious princess out through the exit passage and placing her in a seat at the back of the theater, Leon quickly emerged from the back row and glanced over in the direction of the stage in response to the cries.

On the stage at that moment, apart from the actors who lay fainted in various positions, there remained only one person and one goat "fighting." The situation was roughly as Leon had previously speculated; although the Black Goat seemed to be on the receiving end, it was not in any real danger, save for a few bite marks on its face.

As for how he knew the Black Goat was not in danger... that was a matter of arithmetic.

As his anomalous object, the Black Goat's "maximum output power" was limited by his own contamination value. Even though the goat itself had an 8-point contamination value level, Leon's current contamination value was only 4.7, so it could only perform at a 4.7 level.

The Drama King, at full strength, had a contamination value as high as 16, almost twice the power of the goat. But when seventy-five percent of the audience in the theater world sided with Leon, the Drama King, who was one with the theater world, was also severely weakened, able to exert only about 25% of its original power.

With 16 x 0.25, it retained merely a pitiful quarter of a goat's power, totaling 4 points in level, which was even weaker than the Black Goat's 4.7. Furthermore, lacking any soul-attack capabilities equated to having no weapon at all, it could only pummel the Black Goat barehanded.

So the fight between these two looked intense but was in reality like two patients without the strength to swing at each other with shoelaces from a pair of sneakers. Even after an entire day of hitting, it would amount to just a momentary pain, nowhere near causing mutual destruction.

Simply put: you two should just stop already; this kind of fighting can't kill anyone~

...

"You... it's you! It's all because of you!"

Seeing Leon was out of the theater world, the Drama King finally found its target and immediately abandoned the assault on the Black Goat, leaping off the stage. It charged at Leon like a bull seeing red...

...Then was pinned firmly to the ground by a hand of will formed by the Holy Spirit pendant.

"Master Wilde, or should I say the out-of-control Drama King, your performance has come to an end."

Like a law enforcement officer catching a runaway criminal, Leon righteously declared the arrest of the Drama King. He then summoned the Black Goat, using its soul vision to quickly assess the soul state of the over three thousand members of the Central Cross Theater's audience.

Very good, apart from a few unlucky ones who hit their heads on seat armrests during soul ejection, no one was injured in this anomalous object's out-of-control incident, making it a perfectly resolved case!

Satisfied, Leon nodded before asking Young Ha for a piece of rope to bind the still-struggling Drama King and stuffed an old handkerchief into its mouth. Then, utilizing the power of the Holy Spirit pendant, he dragged it towards the back row of the theater.

"Huh? Did I... fall asleep?"

Awakened by Leon, the princess, gradually synchronizing her soul with her body, sat up holding her forehead. Suddenly, she furrowed her brow, vaguely recalling what happened before she "fell asleep," and urgently asked:

"Leon! Did something happen while I was unconscious? Master Wilde, he... well... you've captured him already?"

So... you don't have memories from the theater world?

Seeing the princess looking incredulously at Master Wilde tied up like a dumpling, Leon couldn't help but let out a small sigh of relief.

*Thankfully, in order to take down the Drama King, he had done many embarrassing things in the theater world. If anyone remembered those, it would be a massive blot on his history. It was much better that they were all forgotten.*

As for how "Agatha" at the wedding could call out his real name... at that point, the Drama King had lost over seventy percent of its power and probably couldn't maintain the stability of the theater world, resulting in some breaches.

The princess not only knew about anomalous objects but had also personally experienced several abnormal attack incidents and presumably had some contamination value herself, so her awakening under the theater world's failure wasn't completely inexplicable...

"Don't worry, this time's anomalous object out-of-control incident has been perfectly resolved."

After helping the princess, whose soul was still struggling to seamlessly control her body, Leon explained:

"The real Master Wilde passed away three years ago. The master you saw was actually just an anomalous object that replaced his soul and continued controlling his body after his departure up till now.

As for earlier, this object, already on the verge of losing control, was provoked by the theater critic in the front row, pulling everyone in the theater into the theater world, and so I found ways to exploit loopholes and break its control over the theater world..."

Giving a rough explanation of what had happened, intentionally leaving out the details of events in the theater world, Leon spoke to the princess, whose expression was one of sudden realization:

"Princess Veronica, the Purification Bureau's large-scale memory modification should have started taking effect gradually. Once these audience members wake up, their related memories will also be rationalized. However, there are still two small favors I need your help with."

The princess shook her head at his words, slightly pouting her lips in displeasure:

"You don't have to say these things, Leon. Whatever you need, just tell me directly. Also, please don't call me princess anymore, alright?"

"Uh... okay then."

After a brief hesitation, Leon nodded and said:

"The people in the theater need about an hour or two to wake up. Before that, could you have someone look after them to prevent any injuries in case of chaos later? That's the first thing.

As for the second thing, Veronica, I hope to borrow your carriage and driver to quickly get me and this 'Master Wilde' back to the Virgin Branch."

"No problem!"

Hearing Leon finally call her by her name again, the princess couldn't help but curve her lips in satisfaction and then said:

"I'll get someone to look after the audience. As for the carriage we came in, it should be right outside now, you can go straight to it."

"Then I'll be off first."

Seeing that the princess didn't seem to have any intention of leaving together, Leon, who was occupied with "official duties," was in a hurry to return to the bureau. Without further ado, he simply bade farewell and left in a hurry.

After seeing Leon off to the theater door and smiling as she watched him leave in the carriage, the previously calm Princess Veronica suddenly let out a long sigh, then pressed her hand to her wildly thumping heart.

*This scoundrel... even though there was no information about any romantic experiences, how could he say so many sickeningly sweet things? He must carry a lot of flirtatious thoughts in his heart!*

Watching the carriage swiftly carrying Leon away, the princess fiercely bit her lip, then gently touched her flushed cheek with the back of her hand. With her heart pounding like a drum, she sighed helplessly.

*Honestly... how is anyone supposed to deal with this?*