"She tried to sabotage my service again and that time a major protection ritual for the Datu's rice fields— but I was ready. I switched her tainted offering with a decoy, and the Datu watched, horrified, as her supposed blessed item turned into a sickly black thing! I had outsmarted her completely, proving her deceit publicly and without uttering a single accusation myself."
Lola Consuelo leaned back, a triumphant smile spreading across her face. "The Datu became so enraged by the Ilusorios', he hated the treachery so much that they were disgraced and banished from our barangay! Cast away! Just like that." She made a grand sweeping motion with her hand.
