Perhaps moved by Leon's sense of discipline, Prince Joshua graciously abandoned the idea of reporting, tearfully deciding to become a Cleaner, dedicating his life to the great cause of protecting humanity.

After pulling out a... job contract and kindly holding Prince Freckles' wrist to help him press his handprint on it, Leon brewed up his anger and raised his hand to slap him hard, ready to test the observational effect of [Omen of Beating], however...

"Ah!"

Accompanied by a painful cry, Prince Freckles, whose left cheek quickly reddened, covered his face and looked at Leon in confusion, while Leon glanced at his own hand, equally puzzled.

Isn't your face "immunity"? Why does it still hurt? Could it be that you... oh wait!

Suddenly realizing the problem, Leon quickly opened his badge panel and found [Materialism] in the slot slowly and steadily flashing.

"..."

Sorry, I didn't mean to hit you this time, but your immunity effect was probably partly overridden by [Materialism], so I still made it hurt.

After apologizing with a nod to Prince Freckles, and seeing Joshua's terrified expression, Leon once again raised that guilty right hand...

"You? Ah!!!"

...

"Leon?"

Looking at Leon suddenly appearing in the dressing mirror, Veronica, who was tidying up her nightwear, was startled.

After stepping back a bit to leave room for Leon to come out of the mirror, Queen Veronica covered her chest and said somewhat teasingly:

"Why is it either the windows or mirrors for you, can't you enter through the door properly just once?"

"Next time for sure!"

After giving a promising but unconvincing reply, Leon shook his numb right hand and asked in a somewhat anxious tone:

"Veronica, did you see my belt?"

"Look, it's hanging on the screen."

Pointing towards the screen with her arm stretched out from under the robe, Queen Veronica kept her expression normal but her eyes showed a slight hint of loneliness as she said:

"Leon, you've just been back for a day, and you have things to do already?"

"I..."

Noticing her slightly downcast emotion, Leon's hand paused for a moment while tying his belt, then hesitated and said:

"It's not that urgent, really. I can do it later too..."

"No, I'm fine."

Seeing Leon's hesitation, Veronica walked over to help him straighten his bow tie, then slightly lifted her head to look at him, her eyes soft and speaking gently:

"Just like you wouldn't want to disrupt my plans during my busy moments, I also wouldn't want you to delay the things you truly need to do because of considering my feelings... Leon, I want to be your support and assistance, not your trouble and... um..."

At this point, Veronica wrinkled her nose, seemingly catching a scent, which made her eyebrows lift slightly as she asked teasingly:

"The smell of perfume... so before I woke up, you even managed to spare some time to see another woman?"

Huh?

Leon was a little taken aback by the remark and sniffed too, but noticed nothing.

Wow, the contact I had with Layla was just two or three minutes in the Mirror World, and you could even smell that? Is your nose also some kind of abnormal object?

Suppressing the urge to verify this guess, Leon briefly recounted his recent experience from Miss Zhuangpo's unique abilities to testing [Omen of Beating].

After listening to Leon's overly enthusiastic maneuvering while helping Joshua find a job, Veronica couldn't hold back a laugh despite her attempts.

"You really are..."

After finally stopping her laughter, Veronica wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and then humorously and helplessly teased:

"Joshua has been spoiled for more than a decade, and no one has ever laid a finger on him since childhood, but now with you as a brother-in-law, the hits he missed from the past might come back tenfold."

"Should I be gentler next time?"

"No, hit him harder!"

Winking at Leon, Queen Veronica said with a smile:

"Joshua was very cute as a child, but after growing a bit, and with the teachings of his mother and uncle, he's become increasingly annoying, and whenever he sees me, the things he says are particularly unpleasant.

And I'm not a magnanimous woman, so if he doesn't become a Cleaner, in a few years when he's an adult, I will find a female monkey across the sea to marry him off directly."

"A girl?"

"A female monkey."

"..."

You're actually considering finding a monkey for him? I always thought you were joking!

"Anyway, his annoying personality probably won't change, so hitting him a few more times might actually help him snap out of it."

With a summary statement, Veronica pushed Leon's bow tie upward, tightening it slightly, and then said with a smile:

"Besides, as your wife, although I'm willing to trust you fully, you'd better tone down your excess charm, and avoid doing things that are easy to misunderstand.

If you disappear again next time in your sleep and come back smelling like another woman, I'll have to report you to Anna... because I'm not a magnanimous woman~"

"..."

"Alright, I'm just teasing you, I probably won't be that petty, so go busy yourself!"

Veronica pulled Leon's bow tie down to its original position, then tiptoed slightly to give him a firm kiss on the cheek, saying admiringly:

"Great, truly worthy of being the man I set my sights on... oh right!"

Suddenly remembering something, she curiously asked:

"What did you see using Joshua's abnormal object? Will this new task go smoothly?"

"Hmm."

Nodding slightly, Leon replied with a smile:

"I even wanted to see other things, like how many children we'll have in the future, who Anna will marry, whether William will pass his finals, but unfortunately, Joshua's abnormal object didn't work well for me, I hit it hard but didn't see the second future."

"You~"

With an amused shake of her head, Veronica said nothing more, instead, her gaze gently lingered on Leon's retreating silhouette as he walked back into the dressing mirror.

And as Leon passed through the mirror and returned to Joshua's bedroom, the uneasy Miss Zhuangpo immediately approached him, her face full of panic:

"Leon-senpai! Are we... really going to be hanged by the people of the Witch Kingdom?"