C1258 All His Efforts Were in Vain

"I knew you wouldn't be so easy to deal with. I didn't expect you to know such an ancient method of drawing talismans. If I hadn't been so careful, I would have almost been like him."

As if she had regained the advantage of the battle, the angry ghost had vanished, to be replaced by an infinite tenderness, as if she were a gentle wife whispering in her husband's ear