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From the outside, the purification ritual looked like a very strange form of torture. Viktor 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 bones and trapping the soul within, but that was work 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." Garrett found Ayko's politeness quite amusing, but he 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." "Does she really think I can't communicate normally?" Garrett thought, but he didn't dwell on it and simply nodded in response.
— Let's go.
=> Villa Narii
Keliandra felt uneasy and didn't particularly want to linger any longer in that clearing. But visiting Naria was definitely appealing.