The priests at the front of the procession immediately stopped moving, spun around, and rushed toward the woman, holding up their holy symbols and murmuring prayers.
White, sparkling light poured from their hands into the woman, halting the wrinkling of her arm, and after almost a minute of continuous chanting, her complexion began to recover.
Her arm, however, remained wrinkled.
The crowd, witnessing the rumours and hearsay come to life before them, shrank back in fear.
"S-s-she grew older!"
"The witch cursed her just by touch!"
"Kill her before she kills us all!"
"She's cursed!"
"Burn her!"
"Burn the witch!"
No one knew who started it, but eventually, the shocked and terrified crowd began to chant loudly.
"""BURN THE WITCH!"""
The chants were accompanied by stoning, with people throwing everything from rotten eggs and fruit to stones.
The knights immediately shouted for them to stop as they tried to block the projectiles with their shields, but the mob didn't relent.
