human
Oscar:  "It’s too disturbing to ignore. An entire village was destroyed. Did that ever happen in Farsas? Villages left in ruins, cause unknown?” Briefly, Oscar cast through his memory of the past decade. “I guess there’s one case like that. I think it was two years ago… Everyone in a settlement near the border perished."
gpt
Tinasha:  “What did they die of?”
human
Oscar:  "All kinds of causes. Two or three days had passed by the time anyone realized it. According to reports, some had burned to death, while there were also signs of people fighting with one another. There were no survivors, no one to give testimony. It was left unsolved.”
gpt
Tinasha:  “Two years ago… Simon said his village was destroyed three years ago. I’d like to check up on records across the mainland.”
human
Oscar:  “Oh? Do you have some clue what it might be?” Oscar inquired, winding his fingers through Tinasha’s still-warm hair and caressing her nape.
gpt
Tinasha:  Tinasha jolted a little out of ticklishness, but the pensive look on her face remained. “Nothing specific, but something about this is jogging my memory. After all, a curse song is capable of subliminal provocation.”
human
Oscar:  “Which could make friends fight one another or drive people to arson?”
gpt
Tinasha:  “Hmm. In theory that is possible, but only a mage of my caliber could incite such widespread effects across an entire village all at once.”
human
Oscar:  Oscar frowned. Tinasha’s words suggested she was likely the only person capable of doing something like that. And in that case, the source of these incidents couldn’t be a curse song.
gpt
Tinasha:  Tinasha hugged her knees to her chest. “But if it were an ordinary hex instead of a curse song, that would dramatically expand the list of possible culprits. Still, only a very powerful mage could pull it off. And unless we’re talking about an eccentric who specializes only in hexes, a mage that good would find it easier to simply attack a village using regular means.”
human
Oscar:  “Do you think a mage destroyed those towns?”
gpt
Tinasha:  “I strongly suspect so. I believe it’s all linked to the man Simon’s sister encountered in the forest, though I don’t know how direct of a hand he had.” Tinasha sighed. Tilting her head to one side, she peered up at Oscar. “So that’s what we know. I’d like to do some research into this.”
human
Oscar:  “You really do love poking your nose in some weird places.” Oscar commented dryly.
gpt
Tinasha:  “Hmph. It’s who I am.”
human
Oscar:  “I suppose one of the ruined settlements was in Farsas. If the same person’s responsible for both tragedies, that needs to be dealt with. Ask me for any help you want.”
gpt
Tinasha:  Tinasha grinned, dimpling like a child. “Thank you.”
human
Oscar:  Oscar smiled fondly as his fiancée’s more childish side came out. “I really can’t take my eyes off you for one second.”
gpt
Tinasha:  “Hmph."