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Alfred was confused, everything was fine and felt nothing wrong! This should be a sign that the concoction was a success, no? But once he followed the gazes of the horrified crowd, he immediately understood why.
His once fair looking skin was reduced to nothing but loose bag of flesh and wrinkled skin. He was terrified to find out that sudden change, just like the guard earlier, he felt nothing wrong in his system, not even an ounce of pain, yet the withering of his skin still occured and no matter how much he tried to stop it, he was powerless to do so.