Aaaaugh, so this is what that anti-toxin feels like! For a moment, the rising panic that's associated with a voice laced with motherly disapproval makes Venus feel like a little girl playing dressup instead of the powerful witch that she is... And then Maria cries out. It's like a warm fire in her heart in the face of Rosa's raging blizzard. Keep it together, Venus. You're needed. You're a defender of love and innocence. Protect Maria. Protect the princess. Protect the world.

She tosses the excess fabric to the side. No sense in staining it. The clink of the chain as she winds it around her fist is drowned out by Rosa's fury. No, the Black Witch's fury. One of the seven, she has to be. She can see the evil aura rising up around her. Five left after this. This is good, this is right. She's the heroine.

"Venus... Love-Me Chain!" [[ BGM ]]

In her eyes, the heavy chain gleams gold as the end whirls through the air and cracks into Rosa's head.