After making her proud proclamation, Beryl bent over and put her hands on her knees, breathing heavily. Mao had assumed Beryl was winding up for a follow-up attack, only to be too exhausted after her last one.
"Muuuuuuuahahahaha!" Mao cackled as he sat up from the floor. "Is this the might that a hero brings to a fight?" Beryl scoffed. "H-Hey... huff... I'm still just... huff... figuring stuff out, alright?"
Mao stood up from his sitting position and replied, "Oho, I'm sure you are! After all, being as bulbous as you are can't possibly be--" before he could finish, Mao felt a strange sensation throughout his body, starting in his torso. "Huh? W-What's going on? I feel so... tingly."
Beryl stood up with a concerned look on her face. "Mao? Are you OK?" Suddenly, Mao's body expanded in an instant, making him just as round and fat as Beryl was. Actually, he was twice her size!
"Whuh-HUUUUUUUUUH?!" Both demons shouted at the same time. Somehow, Mao had inexplicably gained a bunch of weight out of nowhere, resulting in his newfound rotund figure. "T-T-This is... outrageous!" He screamed. "Beryl, what is the meaning of this?! How did you did this to me?!"
"Me?!" Beryl shouted back. "I didn't do anything, I just hit you!" Mao fired back, "How could you not know?! It was YOUR attack!" Mao's eyes widened at a sudden realization. "Wait a second... that's it. You touched me. That must mean..."
He raised his hand and pointed directly at Beryl. "Your fatness is contagious!" Beryl put both hands over her mouth as she gasped. "Oh no! That means I'm Patient Zero!"
"Yeah, maybe if you add a couple extra zeroes at the end," Mao said in a harsh tone. Beryl whipped her hands down at her sides and puffed her cheeks. Her brows furrowed and she stomped her way up to Mao, right up until both their stomachs were now touching. Once she got right up to him, she pointed her finger up at him and shouted, "Alright Mao, that's enough! I'm telling you, this isn't my fault!"
"But you just said that you--" Mao was about to say before Beryl interjected with, "Yes, I know what I said, but... truth be told, I didn't do this to myself to follow some lame trend, OK? I was just too embarrassed, because I just woke up like this. For the record, some advice about girls, Mao - they don't like being called FAT!"
"Alright, alright!" Mao said. "Whatever, so you didn't make yourself fat on purpose. Then how did this happen?" At that moment, another knock on the door to the throne room could be heard. Mao started to panic. "Oh no, there's someone there! I can't let them see me like this! I'm the Overlord! I can't be a ball of blubber!" Beryl put her finger to her mouth and said, "Shhhhhh! Then don't say that out loud. Look, we should both hide, I don't wanna be seen like this either."
With that, the two scurried away, trying to find a place to hide. In the meantime, the door was swung open by:
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