“Ah~ I made a wrong move and lost completely.”

Julianna smiled playfully, tilting her head as she looked at Vanessa.

“What can I do? I underestimated my opponent.”

“As the winner, Miss Saintness, you can do anything to me tonight~?” Julianna leaned close to Vanessa’s ear, blowing a warm breath.

“I promise not only will I not resist, but I’ll also fully cooperate~”

Vanessa quickly took a few steps back, her usually calm and composed demeanor showing a rare hint of embarrassment, her cheeks tinged with a faint blush.

However, she quickly regained her composure.

Despite being in a position of great advantage, she found herself being led around by Julianna instead.

“Miss Julianna, I don’t recall allowing you to move just now, did I?” Vanessa’s lips curled into a smile, her tone cold and distant.

However, it was clear she was trying to cover up her earlier flustered state.

“Pfft.”

Julianna covered her mouth with a coquettish laugh.

“The saintess is surprisingly innocent, aren’t you? Still untouched, I see?”

As she spoke, Julianna licked her alluring cherry lips.

Vanessa raised an eyebrow.

She couldn’t understand how Julianna had the nerve to say that about her.

According to the original story’s setting, Julianna was the type who had a mountain of theoretical knowledge but zero practical experience.

In other words, she was all talk and no action.

How could she have the audacity to tease Vanessa about this?

All the female leads in the original story, the brave warrior Aesphyra, Princess Mirexia of Camela, the empire’s eldest princess Ishatia, and the elven queen Seliphrene—were all pure and untouched.

The difference was that while Mirexia was genuinely naive and knew nothing, the others had some level of understanding.

Aesphyra and Julianna, in particular, were the most knowledgeable and aggressive, often taking the initiative to flirt with others.

These female leads were all formidable in their own ways.

Vanessa didn’t know the full extent of the story’s plot, but even the seemingly innocent Mirexia might not be as clueless as she appeared.

Vanessa shook off her thoughts. It was impolite to speculate about others behind their backs.

“Miss Julianna, not only do your actions lack any semblance of a lady’s grace, but your words are also quite disrespectful. This is hardly proper behavior, is it?” Vanessa’s gentle and refined tone carried a hint of a forced smile.

“Oh? Is Miss Saintness going to punish me~? Come on, do it~”

Vanessa smiled without responding.

On the surface, she seemed to be contemplating, but in reality, she was filled with confusion.

Seeing Julianna’s eager expression, Vanessa couldn’t understand.

She didn’t recall Julianna’s character setting including any submissive tendencies.

Logically, this should be Julianna’s first experience with such a situation, and she should feel humiliated, right?

“Miss Julianna, you’re such a masochist. Are you really that eager?” Vanessa smiled sweetly as she ruffled Julianna’s hair, treating her like a pet dog.

“I’m very eager~” Julianna cupped her cheeks, her face flushed with a sickly red hue.

“Miss Vanessa, feel free to punish me as you wish. After all… this might be your only chance, right?”

Julianna’s cunning fox-like eyes curved into beautiful crescents.

She had already deduced that the enchanted item Vanessa used must have many limitations.

Limitations like time, level restrictions, and so on.

In short, it couldn’t be that anyone who wore it would be completely controlled.

If such an overpowered enchanted item existed, why had she never heard of it before?

There was only one possibility: Vanessa was taking advantage of her current weakened state.

Once tonight passed and she recovered from her weakness, Julianna was confident that even with only half her strength restored, she could break free from the black collar and pin the cherry blossom-haired girl to the ground.

As Julianna made her judgment, Vanessa’s thoughts were also racing.

She gazed deeply at Julianna, reaffirming her own conclusion: even if Julianna had fallen into her trap, she definitely had a way to escape if Vanessa tried to kill her.

It was just that the method would come at a great cost, and Julianna would only use it as a last resort.

But it didn’t matter. Vanessa had no intention of taking Julianna’s life anyway.

There was no need to escalate things to a point of no return.

After this ambush, leaving Julianna alive would be a great gift to the demon race, a gift that would cause chaos and infighting among them.

After all, the fox before her was not one to forget grudges.

She would never let go of those who had tried to take her life when she was vulnerable.

She would repay them tenfold for what they had done to her.

Vanessa knew that humiliating Julianna was a risky move.

If things went wrong, her head might end up on a pike, displayed on the city walls by a blood-stained, smiling Julianna.

But there was no helping it.

The temptation of virtue points was too great, and Vanessa was willing to take the risk for the sake of her future.

It was just like how she had not chosen to stay in the capital, for the prestigious Carillian Academy, all for the sake of a brighter future.

She was too greedy.

She knew that after tonight, Julianna would hate her to the core and would stop at nothing to seek revenge, to tear her to pieces.

That was why she had said earlier that after tonight, she and Julianna would never cross paths again.

If they did, Vanessa would be at a loss.

This was also the second reason she didn’t want to kill Julianna.

Not only would she fail, but it would also create an irreparable enmity between them.

As the saying goes, “Leave a little room for others, and you’ll have room to maneuver in the future.”

“Ah~” Julianna trembled all over.

Vanessa’s eyes flashed with confusion, unsure what Julianna was up to now.

“Miss Saintness, you must remember everything that happens tonight, forever~”

“Huh? What?” Vanessa stared at the clearly abnormal Julianna, a bad premonition rising in her heart.

“Because I will also remember it forever~” Julianna’s smile was as beautiful as a flower.

“I will remember all the humiliation I suffered tonight, the shame that made me tremble with excitement, keeping me awake at night…”

“Until the day I come to thank you in person~”

Julianna gazed deeply at Vanessa, licking her lips as if she were looking at a delicious prey.

Was this… truly provoking a madwoman?

“Miss Julianna, I have no interest in you or your life,” Vanessa blinked her innocent big eyes.

She was only interested in virtue points.

“But now, I am very interested in you~!” Julianna stared at Vanessa, breathing heavily, her cheeks flushed with an unnatural redness.

“After tonight, I can’t wait, I can’t wait… I can’t wait for our next meeting. I can already foresee it!”

“Hahahaha!……..”

‘Virtue +100 (Major character emotional fluctuation)’

‘Current Virtue: 584’

Vanessa watched silently as the white-fox girl laughed wildly with a seductive voice.

Although her virtue was increasing rapidly, having gained over 500 points in just one outing, she couldn’t feel happy at all.

Why did it feel like she had gotten herself into a huge mess?

“Sorry, Miss Julianna, after tonight, I have no desire to see you again.” The white-fox girl stopped laughing, not because she had calmed down, but because the cherry blossom-haired girl stepped forward and pinched her cheeks.

Vanessa spoke in her usual polite but cold tone, word by word.

“No can do~” Julianna grabbed Vanessa’s hand, preventing her from pulling away.

“I’ve already set my sights on you, Miss Saintess~”

“After tonight, even if I have to dig three feet into the ground, I will find you~!” Under the moonlight, the white-fox girl with crimson eyes bared her sharp teeth, staring intently at Vanessa as if trying to etch her image into her mind.

“But when that time comes, our roles will be reversed. I’ll be the master, and you’ll be the little dog, okay~?”