☀️ Arselia and Akonia

The purification ritual, from an outside perspective, looked like a very strange form of torture. Victor was writhing in convulsions, although Ayano wasn't even touching him; she was just spinning around with some ribbon-decorated sticks. And his stone heart simply popped out of his chest. Garrett himself used to perform simple ritualistic procedures, forcing flesh to separate from bone and trapping the soul within, but that was done on a corpse, and this... It's very strange. And these clothes...
"These Mirai people are truly something else; they come up with the most bizarre things."

-- Mr. Garrett, please inform Her Highness. Don't delay any further. I apologize for asking you to run around again, but you're the best among us, unfortunately.

Ayko's politeness was quite amusing, but Garrett didn't forget that this sweet gnome had just orchestrated a planned group attack on a lone individual, the outcome of which would most likely have been murder if Ayano hadn't taken the initiative to perform the ritual.
— As you wish, boss.

— Her Highness might misinterpret Garrett's intentions, so I'll help him, — Kelian suddenly says.

"Does she really think I can't express myself properly?" Garrett thought, but he didn't dwell on it and just nodded in response.
— Let's go.

=> Villa Narii