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Maria von Hohenzollern 
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Royal Capital Lugnica
Iron Bell Knights HQ
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Maria looked out at the carnage that had been caused by the usage of a single spell. If she had not been both prepared and had a blessing nullifying mental interferences like most Yin magic happens to be, she most likely would be like little Eris Reinhardt or Ryan Dreane or perhaps even Cheika [maybe]. 

That being said, as one of the few knights able to survive the ability without injure, she should have likely chased the thief. She would have started to chase the thief given that she had the ability to. However, the usage of the Shamak definitely constricted her time to assisting those who had been affected more than chasing against someone who had broken the law. The Iron Bell Knights never got many members because it was not a popular knight house. And with Maria in command and less of a focus on outward appearance and more of a focus on the people, while this did make the Iron Bell Knights popular with the common man, it didn’t help for their prestige to have failed to catch a spy. 

But what was Maria to do? 

They were rather underfunded and understaffed. With the addition of a few new bloods, Maria believed it completely possible to revitalize the Iron Bell Knights to their former glory, of which the stained glass window within Maria’s room showcases. 

At the very least, Maria tried to attend to the people whom were affected by the Shamak. Thankfully the standard shamak tended not to harm individuals to the level of some more powerful shamaks are able to. The ability was like a light curse and nothing more. However, the effects dissipated shortly after the fog disappears. 

But that wasn’t to say that Maria wasn’t grossed out by people throwing up in her Knight headquarters. Maria tended not to get disturbed but such things, but anyone would not enjoy to see individuals throwing up like that. After all, Maria was not affected by the Shamak in the same way that the other knights and guests were it might have blinded her before she activated own magic to air out the area around her, but she could not feel the effect of “losing ones place in the world”. 

[color=gold] “Take any affected by the smog to the medical bay. I don’t need people throwing up here, and I don’t need anyone dying if they have any bad symptoms.” [/color]

After shaking a few knights who were not as affected by the ability, she ordered them to bring the heavily affected to the medical area to prevent any unwanted casualties. It appeared that even though Ryan was less affected by the ability as compared to his other guest, Ms. Eris, it was not as if he was not harmed by the ability. Of course, Maria herself would also assist with the transfer of personnel to be treated by someone who could remove the effects, like the Iron Bell's magical doctor. She chose to carry Eris personally due to the fact that she didn't think she could completely carry the larger-in-stature Ryan on her back where as Eris was also closer to her due to recently speaking with her and being in the hallway when everything happened to occur as they did. 

[color=gold] "I really hope you don't throw up again. I just got this armor waxed." [/color] 

And as much as Maria wanted to chase the thief, he was long gone by her understanding. Maria was physically fit and could run faster than most others, but with her armor and with the shamak, she likely was not going to be able to catch up to any of them. By the time she did either the wolf man would have caught the thief, or the thief would be long gone. 

Therefore she would either hope one of her knights would be able to control the situation or that the rather, well, in Maria’s mind, dumb Grian, would be able to reach the little devil before he had left the building. At the very least if he caught the thief or lead to the capture of the thief, she could forgive him for using such a stupid spell. She could probably still forgive him for his actions, but it might take time. 

Of course, at the current time Maria did think of him as nothing more than a criminal. Even if he really wanted to catch the thief, for whatever reason it might be, it would be a start to rectifying this issue. From Maria's perspective, Grian had just prevented her from accomplishing her job with his Shamak.