"What?" Hill suspected he had misheard.
"Old Dog said that the most beautiful women were the ones he could never have." Old School Striking King tugged at her hair. "There are plenty of pure and beautiful saintesses whom people like, but the enchantingly beautiful women who are alluring enough to drive men mad are loved by everyone.
"Especially when that beauty belongs to someone else... someone we absolutely can't afford to provoke.
"Although we can't make Nanfeng some kind of overlord, becoming the leader of the Ten-Thousand-Person Knight Order is enough to make most people back off.
"In the past, in those people's eyes, Cunlü was merely a beautiful female Priest among the Undead. But now, she carried another mark as well... power.
"Men are the most despicable creatures. What they can't have is the most beautiful, and what they can't touch is the most sacred."
Then she sighed softly. "Although what he said sounds reasonable, I suspect it's because everyone on Eden knows that Cunlü and Nanfeng are married and deeply in love.
"Rather than let Ellie's side find a way to turn Cunlü from an unparalleled beauty into a housewife bustling around the stove, it's better to turn Cunlü into a true Duchess."
Hill blinked. He found both possibilities somewhat incomprehensible.
But he couldn't say that.
So he silently changed the subject. "Are you doing this so that Cunlü's fame will spread even to the desert? But will it really work?"
"Yep!" Old School Striking King nodded cheerfully. "The more miserable Lucia becomes, the faster the other side will give up on her. Then they'll inevitably have to promote some other girl.
"Old Dog said that the divine portfolio of Love and Beauty has already begun to condense. There's no way the other side would be willing to