Ah yes, keep piling on those outrageous sins and gloating about them. That totally worked so well for, literally, everyone before you.
And they just called in the rest of the shit swarm, too! Right into the spider's loving embrace...
I don't care how rural your village is, how slow you get new information in town, or how rare it actually is. If zombies are a real thing in your world, you KNOW what to look out for. These are tales told by mothers to their children to keep them in line. Tales kids spread to scare friends...
Feels like the mother knew that her child was replaced, but couldn't bring herself to kill the mimic because of its appearance. So she brought something that could. Which might explain why she doesn't move against Harold for his action.
Either he wins and frees her lost child, or dies and...
They, the other 7 (or any number not a heroine), are gonna get charmed by that demoness's "dark temptation" and, likely in the same chapter, saved.
It'll either be an incredibly humbling experience or lightning-lad will turn traitor. Yuuri gets the S rank.
Could make a bingo card, honestly.