Lord of Mysteries:The Good Witch
Chapter 361

Schemes and Silencing

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"But her... divination showed no problems. How did you discover it?"

Sevillea stammered as she asked.

"Believing in divination for everything will only get you killed." Lady Despair Panacea's expression gradually turned cold as she looked toward a corner of the Stone Chamber, the direction of the ruins' exit. "That's right, my questioning of her was verified through divination as truthful. But precisely because of that, her flawless answers made me suspicious."

"While I was away from Backlund, even you had quite a few things you hid from me. I did not pursue them, but that does not mean I was unaware of them.

"And Irene Watson... Hmph, that name is probably fake too. There was not the slightest hint of 'concealment' in her answers just now; they were completely consistent with what I saw through divination. Unless she is an idiot, how could she bare her heart completely to someone she had met for the first time? Such a divination result means she carries Anti-Divination measures at the Demigod level or above. Without question, that is the work of official Beyonders."

Under Lady Despair's rebuke and explanation, Sevillea, who had been chatting and laughing with the "mole" only hours ago, was already sweating, her gaze drifting as though she had recalled something unpleasant. After a moment, she hesitantly asked:

"Then why did you let her leave just now? Once she returns to Backlund, won't these ruins be completely exposed?"

"If I did not let her leave, was I supposed to kill her on the spot? There is a fifty-percent chance that would solve the problem, but the other possibility is that it would immediately expose our location. Since she dared to enter this place alone, she must have some means of passing along information. Rather than alerting the Demigod

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