There are
curses of infertility, illness, mutilation, altered appearance, and many other unpleasant things.
But no matter how terrible a
curse may be, if it is reversible—there is a way to lift it. And the answer is as old as the world itself: a very strong positive emotion. In particular, love is the key to breaking many, many
curses.
So, in general, nothing surprising there.
Flipping through the book until midnight, I realized that Karadeylis has precisely a
curse affecting his appearance—and some ailments as well. And since he walks, lives, and functions, the
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