Every word dripped with fatigue, but also determination. He wasn’t going to let a mechanical warning stop him from finishing what had to be done.

As he spoke, movement at the altar drew his gaze. The zombie bride slowly lifted herself from the marble floor. Sid’s gaze flicked behind him for the briefest moment, catching her pale figure in the dusted light, and then he snapped his eyes downward, forcing himself not to stare directly.

"Listen..."

He said, voice quieter now, carrying a hint of guilt,

"I’m sorry about your husband... for blasting his head off. Look! I didn’t want this, okay? It was the system, forcing me. I had no choice. I had to follow the rules, or they will penalized me."

The bride lunged suddenly, teeth snapping inches from his face. Sid instinctively rolled to the side, avoiding the bite with a sharp grunt.

"Hey! Stop trying to eat me! I know you’re angry for what happened. He was protecting you... I get it. But I was saving you from I do not what."

Sid tried to steady himself, letting out a long breath.

"Alright... I’m never good at talking to girls, you know. So.., just stay still. Please, just... let me do this and I’m about to touch your chest—wait, that sounded weird. I mean, I have to. Ugh, f*ck it! Just do it, Sid!"

Closing his eyes, Sid forced himself to focus, ignoring the adrenaline still screaming in his limbs. He lifted his hands carefully, forward, steady, and pressed them against her chest, directly over her heart. His breathing slowed, body tense at first, then gradually softening as he waited for the system to react. Seconds passed in agonizing silence.

"What... is this it? No dramatic sound effect like Ching! ? You’ve revived the bride you stole from her groom, right here in front of the altar. Nothing? Really? Fine, I’ll open my eyes now... This is making me anxious. What could her human form look like? Is she like a famous actress or something? I mean... even dead, she’s ridiculously beautiful. Haha."

He muttered under his breath, lifting his head slowly. When his eyes met hers, for the first time, he could look at the zombie bunny bride without his body freezing, without that paralyzing tightness in his chest or throat.

"Wait... what? She’s still a zombie? Hey, system, are you bugging out? Do I need to submit a ticket or something? Look at her—she’s still a stinking corpse!"

She remained undead, white-eyed and motionless, yet there was a subtle shift, a softening in her posture. Sid froze, waiting for the system’s response, eyes darting between her pale, rigid form and the empty silence of the cathedral. The zombie bunny bride leaned forward slightly, teeth glinting as she lunged toward him again. Sid yanked his hands back sharply from her chest, annoyance flashing across his face.

"Seriously? Could you not stay still for two seconds? I’m trying to fix you here!"

He slammed both hands onto her shoulders, gripping firmly, forcing her to meet his gaze.

"Look at me! Behave! I’m saving you, not... whatever this is supposed to be!"

As his words cut through the tension, a strange, blinding light traced over her body, outlining every curve and feature in shimmering lines. Sid’s eyes widened as his vision flickering and pulsing. It was as if his own eyes had become a scanner, moving independently, analyzing the contours of her face, her delicate jawline, the slope of her cheeks, even the precise curve of her lips.

"What the—what is happening to my vision?"

Confusion and a slight panic crept into him as he stumbled back a step, letting go of her shoulders, feeling like his vision had been hacked by some external force he couldn’t control.

Then the HUD buzzed with an authoritative tone:

[SYSTEM MESSAGE]

[Beauty requirement initializing, checking the zombie girl... in 3... 2... 1...]

"Beauty requirement initializing? So this is what the Zombie Girls Revival System meant... I can restore zombie girls to life if they meet the beauty requirement. And the higher the beauty, the slower the decay. So you’re checking if this zombie bunny bride qualifies to be revived? Damn, you’re a picky one... well, at least you’ve got taste."

Sid’s pulse raced as the scanning effect intensified, light tracing every angle of her face with an almost mechanical precision. The scanner lingered on her eyes, noting the eerie, yet strangely delicate curve of her irises; the subtle perfection of her nose; the faint blush of preserved skin around her lips.

Tiny symbols flickered over the bridge of her nose and the slope of her cheeks, translating into numerical and categorical readings. Finally, a bold title flashed across his HUD:

[Allure]

checking...

"Allure?"

The system’s process was clinical yet dramatic, examining symmetry, proportion, and ethereal elegance in real time. Sid’s jaw tightened as he watched, caught between awe and disbelief. Tiny lines of data scrolled along the edges of his view, numbers flickering in and out like an RPG stat sheet. The results blinked into place, brilliant and undeniable:

[10/10]

Perfect score!

Sid exhaled, a slow, incredulous laugh escaping him.

"No way... damn it... she’s perfect? The system actually rated her perfect? Unbelievable. Well... she really does have a face that’s a ten."

[The beauty requirement numbers are based on your preferences... Sid.]

"Oh! Really? So that’s why it matches my type—what I’m looking at..."

The scanner swept downward, shifting into a faint X-ray glow that seemed to peel back the surface of what she wore. Tracing her bouncing breasts, slender waist, and thick thighs. Even her bunny ears and the cotton tail on her butt seemed to be included in the scan. It paused on the prominent bulge of her vagina straining against the tight wedding dress.

"HEY! Why are you stopping in that area?! You pervert system!"

Sid covered his eyes with his hands, but left a small gap between his fingers to sneak a peek—until another chime sounded.

[Sex Appeal]

Calculating...

"What... what the hell? Sex appeal? Why is that even a thing here? Oh, come on! Not to be picky, but I’d just give it a solid three. I mean seriously—who in their right mind would want to FU** a zombie?"