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I neither affirmed nor denied it, but I was certain my hunch was right. It was Lise herself who had just admitted to having knowledge of curses, demonic contracts, and necromancy.
On top of that, Assad had let something slip once.
"What I protect is the main house and the center of the forest. The manager of where you are now is someone else."
"Who is it?"
"Lise Ladygoth."
"If I'm the guardian of the family out in the open, she's the guardian of its shadows. She's also the forest keeper and the librarian of the underground library," Assad had explained.
"Now that I think about it, that place had its fair share of oddities. Maybe you cast a spell over the entire rear garden," I mused.
Otherwise, no matter how late it was, there was no way undead could have wandered near the main house of the Badnikers. If Lise were one of the family's guardians, the undead would have been on our side all along. She must have noticed the church members' intrusion and sent her own support.
I spoke with a sense of victory. "You didn't use any large-scale magic beyond that."
Lise, who had remained silent until then, asked for the first time, "Magic beyond that?"
I looked past the curtain of her hair, toward her hidden eyes, and said carefully, "I mean you didn't cast a spell over the whole estate or the...
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