Professor Belus—or rather, the Great General of the Demon King’s Army, Bertus. A week had passed since our battle against him ended.

The first thing we did immediately after the battle was go to the church to check if anyone had any abnormalities with their bodies. Mirif, who had almost fallen victim to the inhumane experiments, was our primary concern, but we wanted to make sure none of the others had been contaminated by Bertus’s fluids during his transformation.

While contact with his bodily fluids shouldn’t have caused any issues according to the original story, there was no harm in …