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"Froranddaiven to them by the demonic lord to whoh ht?"

Kehlirik nodded

"What were Szerain’s plans?"

"I am oathbound I cannot answer that question"

I tuckedused to this sort of questioning "Would his plans be detrimental to this world?"

"That is subjective," he replied "But I would conjecture that one such as yourself would not be pleased with the possibility of widespread destruction and upheaval of the current society"

I sed "Yeah, good conjecture there," I eron need a summoner?"

"Because the abilities of a suate," he answered He tilted his head "And if that suate by another summoner, it can then be opened and closed at the second summoner’s will"

Figured "And is he doing this with the goal of i hiave a soft hiss of approval

"I do not know his mind," the reyza answered "But there are other lords, and I’ a gate"

I shoved h my hair I could definitely conjecture ould happen if a sociopath like Tracy ended up with it "If I destroy this," I lifted raate to form?"

"No," Kehlirik replied "This merely refines and concentrates the power drawn from the portals"

I frowned, disappointed

"However," he continued, "destroying it will cause the power flows to be weaker It is far more likely that a skilled suate"

That was better A lot better "Did Ray you to keep quiet about all this?"

The de his teeth in an un the de, I retreated to the kitchen and found an e it to the brim ater, I returned to the door of the bedroom "Just so we’re clear," I asked, "you’ll only attack ht?"

"That is correct, little summoner" Clearly he knehat I was up to, because he shifted to the far corner of the roo

"Awesora in vicious satisfaction as the chalk lines blurred and melted into each other I couldn’t feel the arcane, but I knew there was no way that diagraave the demon a respectful bow "My thanks, Kehlirik"

"It washis head in response

I started to leave, but then paused and turned back "Onethis house preventsummoned?"

The demon shook his head "Those protections are far more specialized"

Oh well, that was probably too much to hope for "Okay, then, are you prohibited fro calance to the book he was reading "There’s this TV show that I think you’d really like" I said, thinking of the space cowboy thing Ryan had strong-ar I looked back to the demon "If you could deactivate the wards, I’ll summon you as soon as is possible so that you can watch it"

"These are terht and relief

I could tolerate watching the show again if it meant I wouldn’t have to puke on my way back out

I headed to the front door "Ryan, did you hear all that?"

"I did," he said through the earpiece "Tell Kehlirik I love him"