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"I don't deny that I did lay a hand on her, but there was a reason! I'm already used to Little Mia standing on my shoulders!"
Shade defended himself somewhat awkwardly, making the young ladies laugh.
But at least Luvia did not let the "head of the household" remain embarrassed for long:
"Galina, you spoke to Bella, didn't you? How did you tell her to reply to that Great Witch of Death?"
"Of course I did. For all we know, they may already have met."
Thus, the family dinner at 6 Saint Derain Square continued in a cheerful and harmonious atmosphere. Meanwhile, in the empty and desolate Witch Council—
"Bella, can you perform a divination?"
There were four people in the Council at that moment. Aside from the two Great Witches already seated, their respective apprentices, Miss Matilda and Miss Charlotte Bell, were also present.
The blonde Countess silently complained that Shade had not come to visit her these past few days, while saying to her colleague:
"Flora, why did you suddenly want me to divine a man? Although our curse does not work on a single strand of hair, I still do not want to touch this."
Flora Winslet apologized:
"I really am troubling you today. There's no need for a detailed divination. I only want to know about his life before he turned twenty."
She was also worried that if Bella Belinder examined things too closely, she might discover Shade's secret.
The Countess of Moon Bay resisted the urge to make a strange expression. It was not as though she had never tried to divine Shade's past before, but just as Luvia had once said, nothing could be divined.
"Fine, then. But I'll only do this once."
As she spoke, she gestured for the maid behind