Actually, while the Witch Cultists were attacking Arlam Village, not far from the mansion castle, and the twin maid sisters Rem and Ram were preparing to summon the Nightmare God in the bottle, N'Zoth, the Thousand-Tentacled One, to fight the villains attacking the village, a large group of Witch Cultists appeared almost simultaneously outside the mansion's courtyard wall and surrounded it.
That was right: they had clearly planned ahead, launching a coordinated assault on the lord's mansion and Arlam Village at nearly the same time. As for their true purpose in attacking the estate, no one inside the mansion knew even now.
Of course, maybe they simply didn't want to find out?
Take, for example...
The little girl who was currently sitting in a daze on the sofa, nodding off over and over again—the exasperating young lady who ruled the estate.
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?(?′0`?)? Ah-ooh~!
"..."
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Annie was getting sleepy, and she rubbed her eyes again, barely able to keep them open.
After all, it was late at night. But she couldn't go back to bed just yet; Emilia had made her stay in the living room on standby... Those awful troublemakers had picked the worst possible time to come, and now they were right outside. Annie couldn't even sneak a nap on the sofa.
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While Annie was nodding off, two others stood wide awake by the window, quietly pulling back a corner of the curtain to peer outside.
"Beatrice..."
"Who are those people?"
"They really don't look like they were sent by the Kingdom. But why are they attacking us? I don't remember any of us offending them. Who could it be?"
Emilia and Beatrice stood shoulder to shoulder by the curtained living-room window. They hadn't lit any candles or used any other source of light, but