[T]hree- Wait, What?

[ttlyanoracle]

I'm so glad to hear this whole thing is over. But, like, the spell should have worn off by now, right? I don't feel that different.

...

W-wait. Why don't I feel different?! This stupid curse is supposed to be done with! You can't honestly expect me to believe I...

No! This isn't happening. I-I'm an Overlord, damnit! This is a human thing!

...This can't

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[bigstebowski]

Is something the matter, Pram? Has another spell taken to you?

[ttlyanoracle]

[She stops mid-burning something to cover her face with her hands.]

That stupid spell the Prinnies made should be over, right?

[bigstebowski]

I believe so. I know the spell is not affecting me any longer.

[ttlyanoracle]

Well great! Then all this is your fault!

[bigstebowski]

I...I beg your pardon?

[ttlyanoracle]

That arrow might be gone, but it didn't take it's damn effect with it, and if the Prinny didn't do this to me, you must have!

[bigstebowski]

I may have many skills in my repertoire, but Charm spells are not included.

...Although you seem to be suffering from Deprave more so than Charm at the moment.

[ttlyanoracle]

I'm not depraved! I just-- I don't understand! I'm not supposed to feel like this! Overlords don't love!

[bigstebowski]

Tsk, tsk, this nonsense again. I have heard the same thing from Overlords one after another, including my own. I had assumed you to be different.

What is there to be afraid of love? The love I have for my subordinates and comrades is the very thing that makes me as successful a leader as I am and their love in return is what makes me as strong as I am.

An Overlord, more so than anyone else, should be fully capable of love.

[ttlyanoracle]

The way Zetta always acted around Salome... I always suspected it, but I never thought I'd ever have to worry about it. I mean, it's not like anyone from my Netherworld ever loved me, so I thought maybe they just don't feel anything at all.

If you're such an expert, tell me what I'm supposed to do.

[bigstebowski]

Ah...Pram. Allow me to apologize. I spoke harshly without considering what your circumstances may have been in your world. I am sorry.

I can't admit to being an expert. I simply accepted the concept of love. I...cannot tell you what you need to do. The only advice I have is that...you will need to find your own way.

[ttlyanoracle]

Don't worry about it. It's not like you knew or anything. Emotions to the demons back home are... well, a human thing. If you show them, you're weak. A good Overlord never shows compassion or love or anything like that.

You know more about it than I do! I'm not even used to feeling love, much less what to do about it...

[bigstebowski]

A leader should not make rash judgments without taking every possibility into consideration. The fact I made an assumption was not very...elegant of myself, to say the least.

Listen to your heart. What is it telling you to do? What does ask for? Listen very closely.

[ttlyanoracle]

Nobody's perfect. And I might have gone a little overboard myself.

...

It's telling me it doesn't want me to let this go. It doesn't want me to ignore it anymore. ...But what it really wants isn't mine to give.

[bigstebowski]

Perhaps some time will be needed for an answer to be found.

...Advice aside, is there anything I can do to help this? I do not like seeing one of my friends in such an uneasy state.

[ttlyanoracle]

I think I might know a little of what I have to do now. How I'm actually supposed to do it without everything blowing up in my face is a whole different story, though.

...There might be. If I ask you a question in complete confidence, will you answer it honestly?