Aria, the devoted priestess on a sacred quest. Her journey towards the Great Temple continues, driven by a single, holy purpose: to eradicate the dreaded Succubus Curse that plagues the land. Her path, however, is marked not by distant battles, but by intimate, heartbreaking encounters. At each village’s goddess statue, she finds those waiting for her, not with weapons, but with a desperate, corrupted need. They are the infected, their humanity twisted by the demonic plague into something monstrous and ravenous.
To Aria, their presence is a mystery. What meaning lies in these confrontations at holy sites? She doesn’t yet know. But for now, her duty is clear and singular. Her mission is one of radical mercy: to heal and save every infected soul, offering her own body as the vessel for their purification. “I will heal you now,” she whispers.
With each act of sacred service, she touches more than their corrupted flesh; she brushes against the fragments of their lost lives. One man, a fellow cleric, had fallen for her from afar; in her embrace, his unrequited love finds a bittersweet, healing release. Another, a would-be hero whose dreams were shattered, finds in her gentle care a transcendence that mends his despair. With every soul she tends to, Aria’s mind wanders to questions she never before considered. What truly awaits her at the journey’s end? The divine “Stigmata” upon her skin, proof of her holy mission, burns with power as she uses its sanctified strength to cleanse the afflicted.
