What on earth? Deport the Food God back home? If you send him back, wouldn't my trip be in vain!

"No way! Absolutely not!"

Before the Shaman Society's chief finished speaking, "Princess Catherine" was already shaking her head like a rattle-drum.

"I believe in Prince Lionheart, they have always been our allies, Prince would never do such a thing, is there... um... is there some sort of misunderstanding here?"

Misunderstanding? They've already laid their cards on the table! And you're still talking about misunderstandings? Do you want them to come at you, catch you, and only then will you believe it's not a misunderstanding?

Seeing "Princess Catherine" so naive, the Shaman Society's chief couldn't help but get annoyed:

"Your Highness! This isn't something that can be resolved with a misunderstanding! You..."

"Let me think about it more, you may leave for now."

"Your Highness!"

"You may go, I know what I'm doing."

After forcefully dismissing the loyal Shaman Society chief, "Princess Catherine" found a quiet room, dismissed the maids, and immediately shed her previous calm demeanor, anxiously clutching the earrings.

"Something's happened!"

As the earring faintly glowed, Dongya urgently spoke up:

"White Snake! Come out quickly! The Food God has started to act, I suspect there's something wrong with the [Bedtime Story]!"

"What?"

"He seems to have freed himself from the [Bedtime Story]'s influence and is telling people everywhere that he's going to kidnap me... White Snake! We'd better leave quickly! I have a vague premonition that if we don't leave now, it might be too late!"

"Don't panic, let me contact the master!"

After hearing Dongya's report of the anomaly, the startled White Snake hastily contacted [Narration of Nonexistence], and after listening to their descriptions, the pitch-black raven incarnation of [Narration of Nonexistence] pondered for a moment, then confidently judged:

"Rest assured, he has not broken free from my [Bedtime Story]. If I'm not mistaken, this is just a desperate probe by him, the situation is still under my control."

"But he's already free from the constraints!"

Dongya hastily said:

"Right now we're all just ordinary people! If he truly breaks free from the [Bedtime Story]'s influence and regains his abilities, we won't even have a chance to escape! I think it would be best if we leave..."

"Dongya!"

Calling out to "Princess Catherine," interrupting his discouraging words, the raven perched on his shoulder gently stated:

"Truth cannot be defied, once the story I tell is established, it cannot be altered unless I choose to do so; not even the resurrected third director of the Clean-up Bureau could escape from the story I've woven."

"But he..."

"Dongya, the Food God has not yet broken free from my story."

The raven, like a human with its wings folded behind, stared with unblinking black eyes and said:

"What he's doing now may appear to have broken free, but actually he remains within his 'role' and has not deviated from the 'nodes' set in my story; he seems to be merely testing the boundaries of my abilities."

"Boundaries?"

"The maximum extent of my control over the story."

Slightly admiringly, the raven shrouded in black smoke explained:

"He seems to have inferred part of [Bedtime Story]'s rules through recent events, realizing I can't control every situation but can only govern key story nodes; hence, he's testing my control range with this method.

Among those targeted by my Bedtime Story lock, he's not the only one aware of this, but he is the fastest to react and the boldest.

Others locked by [Bedtime Story] immediately resist the story I arranged, hoping to avoid predetermined destiny, but the Food God was different.

After realizing he couldn't escape the constraints, he quickly shifted mindsets and proactively tested the boundaries of my ability, attempting to seize power to drive the story forward, which indeed disrupted my original rhythm considerably."

"Master!"

Hearing [Narration of Nonexistence]'s words, the silently listening White Snake couldn't help but ask:

"Do we need to do anything? Should we try to stop his actions?"

"It's best not to."

Slightly shaking his head, [Narration of Nonexistence] said:

"In the original destiny in [Bedtime Story], the Food God was supposed to kidnap the 'Princess Catherine' of the Witch Kingdom, attempt to place a fake princess on the Grand Sorcerer King's throne, and ultimately be executed by furious citizens after being defeated by the real 'Princess Catherine'.

Therefore, if we obstruct his actions now, it would be opposing the 'correct' story trajectory. Not only would it be unlikely to succeed, but we would also face restraints from [Bedtime Story].

Since this node in the story I set has 'Prince Lionheart' in a dominant position, at least until Dongya is kidnapped, we cannot oppose him."

"So we're just going to watch him mess around, and we can't do anything?"

"Hmm... it's not like there's absolutely nothing we can do."

The raven on Dongya's shoulder thought for a moment, then slightly grinned with a bird-like smile.

"Since he's choosing to speed things up to disrupt my set story, why don't we follow along with the acceleration... Dongya, perhaps you could actively seek him out and give him the opportunity to catch you next."

"What?!"

"Don't be afraid; he can't harm you."

With full confidence, the raven on Dongya's shoulder said:

"Although his manner of dealing with situations took me by surprise, I still hold the story's nodes in my hand, no matter what he does between them, the story will still progress according to the nodes I've established.

When you approach him and give him the opportunity to catch you, he can only comply, replace you with the Black Cat, and move to the next story node, until reaching his end at the gallows."

Following the Food God to 'accelerate' and offering myself up to let him catch me?

After contemplating [Narration of Nonexistence]'s plan, "Princess Catherine" felt a chilling cold surge from her tailbone to the top of her head along her spine.

Even though I don't understand the story, I do know the Food God! Even without using [Disaster Avoidance] I know this is a damn death sentence!