That faint trace of pink stood out glaringly against Nami's pale fingers.
"This..."
Garen's expression became somewhat awkward.
"Nami, you might not believe this when I tell you."
"I was forced into it too."
"Forced into it?"
Nami's face flushed red with anger as she pointed at Reiju beside them.
"That woman is clearly an enemy, and you'd only just met her."
"If she wasn't fighting you, why was she using her mouth on you?"
"You don't understand."
Garen tried to explain the truth, which sounded like nothing more than a made-up story.
"She bit me to poison me!"
"Garen!"
Nami angrily grabbed Garen by the shoulders, doing her best to pull the man a head taller than her down to her level.
"You're still refusing to tell the truth!"
"Who in the world poisons people with their mouth?!"
"I..."
Before he could finish, Nami suddenly collapsed limply into Garen's arms.
"Nami? Nami?"
Garen shook Nami in his arms in bewilderment, then looked closer.
Nami's face had gone slightly pale, her breathing weakened, and her voice became faint as a thread.
"There... really is poison..."
After struggling out those words, Nami's consciousness began to blur.
Clearly, Garen's lips had been stained with more than lipstick. There had also been residual venom.
Nami's constitution was weak, and she could not hold out long against poison of this strength. Once it took effect, she might not even last half a minute before perishing.
"Reiju!"
Realizing something, Garen immediately turned to Reiju beside him and shouted.
"You have three seconds. Get over here and detoxify Nami!"
His tone was incomparably forceful, filled with pressure.
At that moment, Garen was like a powder keg on the verge of exploding.
"Okay."
Fortunately, Reiju promptly extinguished the fuse.
The moment she saw Nami touch Garen's lips,