The image of the dead corpse of his friend immediately imposed itself in his mind and cutted out his breathing.
-I mean, continued the girl without seeing the distressed state she put her friend in, maybe not dying but, I am dripping blood and my belly hurt like hell. I think I am sick or something ? It's really, really painful and I couldn't get up a third time to close the cell. Even when I am curled into a ball like this it still hurts. A lot less, but still.
Varian almost passed out when he understood what was up. He instantly relaxed and had to lean on the bed to not collapse on the ground in relief.
-Please never say anything as frightenning as that ever again.
-O-okay ? Do you know what's up with me ?
Camalia was very confused. And mostly very scared and in pain. She put all of her hope in him, and thank Demanitus, yes he knew what was going on. Well, at least he thought he knew. He still had to make sure. He asked her a few more questions and was conforted in his idea. Yep, it definitely was that.
-Yes I know. You see, I studied some books on biology, out of pure curiosity, and even if nothing compares to alchemy -obviously- it was still really interesting to learn about the human body. Did you know that we were made mostly of water ? I know, it doesn't seem like it, but it's true. And we also have constantly dying cells that are replaced by new one. In fact, being old is caused by-
-Varian !
-Yes, yes sorry. The point is, I do know what you have. It's called periods. Only women have them.
-Periods ? Why... ow ow oW OW... it hurts... okay. Why does only women have hell in their stomach ? And how do we stop it ?
-Periods are part of the making of baby. It's what makes you capable of infanting.
-Okay great. If I don't want a baby, does it stop ?
-I... don't think that's how it works.
-Okay then how do you stop it ?
-Oh, it stops naturally.
-Oh great.
-In a few days you should be fine.
Camalia chocked. She coughed a few times before turning angry and watery eyes to him.
-A few wHAT now ?! I am NOT going to survive a few days losing blood and not being able to even CLOSE a freacking cell ! There is NO way this is going to do it. Ugh, WHY does this exist, like I didn't have enough problems as it is !
The music mage was pretty bumped out. She buried her face in her knees, still using her arms to press her legs firmly against her. Varian hesitated, not really knowing what to do in this situation. But he might know who can. He got up and walked to the door of the cell, which he closed after making sure Ruddiger was back. He then called out for a guard and Stan quickly showed up. He greeted Varian from a far. The alchemist told him what was wrong and calmly asked him to go look for a servant. After the guard was gone, he sat back next to his friend that hadn't moved during the all exchange. After a few minutes, he thought that it probably would be better if he moved to the other cell, as his presence may cause conflict. He took back the key, and hoping that nobody was going to walk in, he opened and closed his cell, walked to Camalia's and locked himself up with Ruddiger.
A few minutes later, a round lady entered, accompanied by Stan, that she quickly got rid of, saying she could handle herself just fine. She gave a suspicious look to Varian before turning her attention to the poor music mage. In the castle, and in most of Corona, everyone knew what Varian had done, and let's just say it didn't make him very popular. On the contrary, Camalia was very well know in the castle, and everyone liked her. Except maybe the Captain because of her habits of releasing every single prisoners she befriended. So, the lady was very serene when she entered the cell Camalia was in. She crouched next to the young girl, and started speaking with a very calming voice.
-Hello Camalia. It's me, Masha. Don't panic, everything is fine. It's perfectly normal.
Camalia lifted her head. She looked scared and tired. A few tears were running down her cheeks. Masha's heart sunk a bit to see the energetic and joyful girl in this state. She sighed and smiled to her.
-Did no one explained to you what periods were ?
-Varian did, a few minutes ago.
The servant rolled her eyes. Yeah, explanations by a boy, which also happened to be a criminal. And only not so long ago. Great. She turned to the boy that was watching anxiously. Like most of the people that were misleaded by everyone opinion, she did not like Varian. She thought he was this crazy person that attacked their princess, twice, kidnapped their queen and almost killed people, at some point. Which, to be fair, he did. But they didn't know why. They just knew he was dangerous and insane. And they feared him. Everyone did. Even the princess, that used to know him ! But Camalia didn't. Of course she didn't. Masha took a big inspiration and smiled at Camalia again.
-Alright sweetheart ! Let's take care of this, shall we ?
-Oh please yes.
And Masha did a very good job. She gave Camalia some medicine that her mother taught her, and worked very well when she had her own periods. It indeed calmed down the pain pretty quickly, and Varian made sure to write down the ingredients, to even maybe one day make an upgraded version of it. When they had to take care of the dripping blood, Masha glared at the boy until he turned around. Once everything was done, even if it was... weird, Camalia was feeling a lot better. She deeply thanked Masha and they hugged before the servant went away to do her usual work.
Camalia took the time to stretch. Masha did an excellent job to make her comfortable. She always did an excellent job anyway. She turned to Varian with a smile. He was still leaning against the door of the cell, and it seemed it was his turn to be bumped out. He was petting Ruddiger that was sleeping on his lap, and was deep into his thoughts. The music mage opened her cell and walked up to Varian before sitting beside him on the other side of the bars. She looked concern but didn't say anything, waiting for him to open up. He sighed.
-She hates me.
Camalia winced.
-No, no she doesn't... I mean yes, she probably does but-
-I-I just wanted to free my dad, I never meant to... I never wanted to- !
He stopped, tears falling down to disappear in Ruddiger's fur. Camalia got up, opened the cell and hugged him tight. She hated to see him like this. Varian hugged her back.
-Listen, she doesn't hate you -no let me finish- she hate the idea she have of you. I know her and I know you. And I know that if she got to know you like I did, she would really like you. She just need to see past what you did.
Suddenly, an idea florished in the alchemist head. It was just a thought, but if he worked on it long enough, it might be the solution. Feeling him relax, Camalia smiled, reassured to see her words worked on him. She had no idea of the messed up plan Varian just had.
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