Chapter 70

Alice

The situation was crazy, but it served to teach me more defense spells—those necessary to know how to respond to attacks. Added to that, somehow that had served as proof positive that the human people were not going to respect the rules, so the sorceresses were completely free to defend themselves with the measures they considered necessary for them.

And that was what Mr. Fert wanted to avoid, which is why he was the first to oppose an attack in response to the human people when we were gathered together discussing the issue.

"If they attack in response, the mayor will have legal grounds for the conflict to become much bigger than it is. It's basically starting a never-ending feud, and we know the human people will be at a disadvantage," Mr. Fert said immediately.

The sorceresses immediately put serious expressions on their faces.

"You seem to be judging us in a cruel way, Mr. Fert," said the matriarch. "The attack in response would not be towards the people, but towards those w