Hillis looked confused as she saw my face, alternating between looking at her unconscious sister and me. Then she blinked for a moment.

"There's a lot to ask, but yeah. There must be special circumstances. It's not important right now, so I'll move on,” she said. Then, she took a deep breath and asked seriously, "Is my sister’s mind being controlled like those people?"”

Hillis was calm, even though she was likely confused and emotional at the moment. This calm was something that came from wisdom.

"Yeah,” I answered.

In response, Hillis' expression seemed to collapse into despair. "Then…!"

"But it's different. The paladins you overpowered now are one-time-use and disposable, but your sister was brainwashed carefully over a long period of time,” I explained subsequently.

With that, Hillis regained her lost calm. "Then, will my sis-sister be okay again?”

"Yeah. It'll take a long time, but if it were me... No, I'll introduce you to one of the great madosas, the Curse Specialist, instead. He'll be better at it than me."

I was an enemy who had killed this person’s comrade. Just looking at the level of emotional...