The truth behind it all was...

As though I were the middle-aged man unleashing his inner beast, and he were the innocent girl forced against her will...

Angel watched wordlessly as Cinderas resolutely jumped from the third floor, making no move to react.

She had noticed that the "unlucky" baron's belt had caught on a protrusion in the balcony railing. The tough, tanned calfskin tethered him firmly to it, leaving him dangling outside the balcony, disheveled and flailing, unsure whether to climb back up first or free himself from his belt and continue his "repentance."

It looks like the Mystical Item Miss Justice had made from a Calamity Priest Beyonder characteristic is still in effect. That's why everything keeps going wrong for the people around her—even a suicide attempt leaves him hanging outside the window... Hmm, since I'm already Sequence 4, does that mean this item has almost no effect on me?

Glancing at the dark blue hairpin in Audrey's golden hair, Angel muttered to herself. Together with the noble young lady, who looked delicate but had grown stronger than a burly adult man after advancing to Sequence 6, she hauled the struggling Baron Cinderas back onto the balcony. Naturally, she retrieved his belt from the protrusion as well.

Before shutting the balcony door, Angel glanced down and saw that her gardener was on the other side of the garden and had not noticed what had happened upstairs. The nearby streets were also somewhat quiet beneath the blazing afternoon sun.

If anyone saw a baron dangling outside my balcony, all kinds of scandals would probably spread throughout Backlund by tomorrow...

At that thought, she tossed the baron onto the carpet with a hint of resentment and said mockingly,

"Baron, I assume you weren't hanging from the balcony just to get some fresh air. Were you planning