☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- Right now, only three people know about this – you and me, and Chime Denka. I couldn't believe it myself when I heard, but this information comes from a reliable source. If I may put it that way in this situation... The reasons why it happened to you are also unknown to me, but I'm afraid this is the situation we're in. Ultimately, its presence will inevitably lead to your unnatural death, one way or another," she didn't specify whether it would be at the hands of the princess or through the curse itself, as even she didn't fully understand the mechanism. "...However, as you can see, I'm here alone, without a squad of executioners. In her infinite... albeit very well-hidden from the untrained eye... kindness, Chime Denka allowed us to try a different way to solve the problem. Back in June, unexpectedly for me, and as it turned out, for everyone who is even aware of the concept of "apostleship," I managed to perform a ritual on the guard that cleansed his body of the curse. Essentially, it was a very ordinary ritual for my land, a ritual of cleansing/exorcising the demonic entity that had taken over the mind of its victim – in such a case, the possessed person is freed from the evil influence, returns to his senses, and continues his normal life. In the case of this curse... it manifests physically in the person's body in the form of a crystal," she tapped on Guillon's breastplate, under which all this was supposedly hidden. "In this case, the ritual physically expels the crystal from the body of the curse's victim. It may be... slightly painful, I won't lie. However, with immediate medical assistance, the person can survive. And moreover – Chime Denka now has a way to get rid of this fragment of the curse. So, perhaps fate has brought you and me together? If we're lucky, we can save you, Guillon-dono. You say you're not very lucky, and maybe that's true. But in my culture, luck is considered not just a linguistic construct, but a real property of a person, which tends to change – like a certain amount of divine good allotted to a person, if you will. It is quite possible that all your previous misfortunes were precisely for this day. Perhaps the amount of luck that you managed not to waste on trivial things will play its decisive role today, and we will succeed.
It was painful to see the despair of this unfortunate man, so as much as possible, she looks at him with an encouraging gaze.
- Well, and if – just for the sake of argument – the information turns out to be incorrect, and it turns out that you are not affected by this curse, then nothing will happen to you, except that this ritual will cleanse your karma and ease your troubled thoughts.
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She gives him time to think and carefully consider everything.