“Have you been to the old woman’s?”
“Yes!”
“Did you exorcise the Demon?”
“Yes.”
“How did it come to your mind? What for?!”
“I was afraid of you! I was afraid that you were going to cut me! Not only can you cut my hair!”
“I don’t fucking need you! I wasn't going to do anything to you! Did I do something to you ?! Did I?!”
“No.” Karina lowered her sword.
“Nobody needs you! Nik rather checked me what I would do!”
“And Lis? You're torturing him!”
“Are you protecting Lis? Wow! Do you think he can't cope without you?! Can't stand up for himself?”
Arel turned to Lis:
“Look, Lis, what a protector you have! We offend you, can't you fight back? Legendary Commander of the Reds, Sigmer Death!”
Lis clasped his head in his hands; if his face had not been covered with a white layer of dye, they would have seen his cheeks turn red. He turned away from them, trying not to meet the eyes of either Arel or Karina. Karina also looked away in embarrassment, she felt uncomfortable.
“Lis had a Contract with Nik,” continued Arel, “do you think it was so easy for him to let him damage his tongue?! Nik would have led our people further and made Lis king of the reds!”
“What?!”
“And my Castle? Now everything will collapse without support and guidance for Vil and Talas. And the Lower?! The unclean won't help us anymore! Vil will lose the Castle! Tol will lose the Lower! I will lose everything!!!”
“How would he make Lis the king? Are you out of your mind? And you've already lost the Castle and the Lower!”
But Arel didn’t seem to hear her, he rushed around the room in despair, and it was terrible to look at him.
“I wanted to go with him to his world! Do you think he made fun of your brother on purpose? You know nothing! He suffered as much in this body as your brother! He didn’t of his own will possessed him. He was ordered! Maybe he was sent here as punishment, I don’t know for sure, he didn’t want to speak about it, but the fact is that he was unhappy here, I am sure of that! He needed to complete a task, he just tried to perform some actions in our world. And all he wanted was to get out of here as quickly as possible! He has long been fed up with our world and stupid people. Only I gave him joy and helped to free himself. By helping him, I pulled him out of prison in the form of your brother's body! And your brother only interfered with him and spoiled his body, so that people would not take him seriously, so that everyone would consider him a scarred freak. It was difficult for him to complete tasks. He could not complete the tasks, could not leave!”