The Witch Hunter System

”This is… ”

Vaan ’s gaze turned serious when Helia Ashenborn removed her silk gloves, revealing the purple skin it covered.

”The Curse of the Purple Umbala, in its second stage. At first, it wasn ’t so bad—just the usual disruption of mana flow, affecting the success of casting magic spells. But then, it evolved, becoming one with the body, ” Helia Ashenborn explained.

Vaan furrowed his brows as he stared at Helia Ashenborn ’s purple hands.

Just as Helia Ashenborn mentioned, the antimagic spores had seemingly merged with her hand, altering the structure of her hand, including her bone, muscles, ligaments, and blood vessels.

”Isn ’t it painful, Lord Helia? ” Vaan asked after a brief moment before adding, ”How did it evolve to such a stage? I ’ve been in Sunpeak Town, and none of the residents I ’ve come across showed such symptoms. ”

”I may have been foolish in attempting to remove the curse from my body. These antimagic spores aren ’t simple and have a way of resisting. The harder I try to remove them, the harder they fight back to stay. What you see now is a result of those numerous attempts, ” Helia Ashenborn stated.

”As for whether it is painful? The answer is yes. Even now, I am in pain as we speak. However, I have no choice but to hide it and endure the suffering in silence, Sir Vahn. It should be easy for someone like you to guess why I have to. ”

”Right, ” Vaan casually nodded and said, ”If news of the Curse of the Purple Umbala ’s second stage was spread, it would cause widespread panic in the city. ”

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”Not only would people choose to flee the city to seek refuge in another, but even merchants from other cities would stop coming to Redpine City. In which case, all businesses would halt, and the city ’s economy will collapse. ”

”And that is something neither you, Lord Helia, and us, the Delarosa Household, want to see, ” Vaan added what Helia Ashenborn wanted to hear.

If they had not sealed a business deal, Helia Ashenborn would not have revealed her secret to Vaan, and his probing would have landed him in hot water.