Ermaine performed a blessing after she received donations from the royal family of the neighboring nation. She gently patted the child's head, who had leprosy and could no longer feel anything on his torso. She then squatted in front of the child without wearing any top, and she smiled gently at the child after she blessed and cured the child.
"Now, raise your hands," Ermaine cupped her own cheeks.
The child raised his hands above his head with a confused look on his face. The king and his queen held each other's hands while watching from the side. They were desperate and they had been hiding their son's disease from the public, and a rumor had spread that the son was cursed.
"Now..." Ermaine grinned as she opened her hands widely toward the child. "Here comes the monsters!" She tickled the numb patches on his body, and the child began to laugh and tried to cover his sides, but it was too late.
