After Kadridas left, the girl picked up Wain and, along with the strange monster that held Ern, Erza, and Alas, entered the open space.

The powerful pressure of the World of Darkness that could crush even a very strong monster only slightly rubbed her hair.

The girl waved her hand as a massive gate appeared amidst the darkness, like an entrance to an abyss. At the top of the gate was the image of a crown, and at the bottom were people that cried out of distress.

"I hope you wake up quickly... Your aura may be the only thing left of him..." The girl muttered in a frustrated voice before entering the gate.

...

"Agh... Agh... Agh... Damn... I feel like shit right now..." Ern muttered before slowly getting out of bed, "Where the hell am I?"

Next to him on the beds, Erza and Alas were sleeping. They were in a room that looked like royal chambers. The beds were luxurious, and next to them were tables of fresh fruit.

"Fruit... They don't seem to respect me at all..." Ern frowned, "Don't they know that guests should always be served a good piece of meat?"

'Hmm... Alas and Erza are still asleep, but where is Wain? Why isn't he with us?' Ern inwardly muttered, 'I'll have to check on that.'

He left the room and found himself in a long hallway. Ern didn't know where to go, so he picked a random direction.

'I thought we were taken by that Dragon in his zone, but this doesn't seem like the Dragon's house.' Ern muttered to himself with a confused look, 'Is it just me, or did someone else come later? Damn, what's going on here?

Ern reached the corner as he stepped to his left.

Bam.

He bumped into someone, and they both fell to the ground just as well as the tea set with the silver tray.

"What the...?!" Ern exclaimed, but suddenly his pupils narrowed.

He was confronted by a girl of medium height, with blond hair and blue eyes, and she was wearing a maid's outfit.

'Maid...?' Ern inwardly muttered.

"Ah... You are a guest of the Mistress..." The girl said in a quiet voice before standing up, "I'm sorry I didn't notice you. I can be extremely clumsy sometimes..."

"That's all right. Tell me, what is this place? Where am I?" Ern asked.

"It's Nameless Castle, it's pretty big, so no wonder you got lost. You're probably looking for your friend, right?" The girl said while picking up cups from the floor.

"Yeah... For some reason, he wasn't with us. I'd like to see him. It's important." Ern muttered with a serious look.

"All right. I'll show you out, but first, I have to make some new tea." The girl nodded as he headed into the kitchen.

The kitchen was quite far away, they had to walk through some very long corridors. As time went on, there were more people. They were mostly maids, but occasionally they came across people in aprons or formal suits. They were all doing something as if they were in a hurry to get to something important.

'Are they all the humans? Where the hell did I go?' Ern muttered inwardly as he considered them.

"This way." The girl said as she entered the kitchen.

There were many maids there that brewed teas or coffee and cooks that prepared various dishes.

When they saw Ern, their eyes widened in surprise, but they tried not to show it and quickly went back to work.

'Why do I feel like I'm some rare animal? Haven't they ever seen Demons?' Ern shook his head in a puzzled manner.

"Done!" the girl mouthed as she picked up the tray of tea she had just made.

"What a nice aroma. It must be quite expensive tea, right?" Ern asked while enjoying the rich aroma.

"Yeah... I suppose so. It's a special tea that Mistress makes personally. Considering how strong she is, I'm sure this tea is worth a fortune." The girl mouthed before heading on.

'Hmm... This girl is quite weak, she's about halfway through the Primary Chronicle...' Ern said to himself and looked at the others, 'They are at the same level, the strongest in the First Chronicle. Shouldn't humans progress quickly...?

Ern knew only two of the humans, Wain and Alice, so his idea of the humans was not quite right since Wain's development speed was abnormal.historical

...

"Here. Here we are." The girl said as she stopped.

They were standing in front of a large gate. The girl took a step forward, and the gate slowly opened.

"What took so long? Was it so hard to make a few cups of tea?" Someone said in a disgruntled voice.

"I'm sorry, Mistress! I'll try harder next time!" The maid lowered her head.

"Okay, don't take it personally. I'm just in a shitty mood." She muttered as she turned to Ern, "You're that Demon..."

She looked at the massive bed in the center of the room; Wain was sleeping there. Beside him slept several dark monsters that looked like feral cats.

"You're his friend, right?"

"Yeah... I guess you could say that." Ern nodded, "Why are we here? And who are you? Are you the one who showed up at the end of the battle?"

"Huh, you ask too many questions, but okay, since you woke up first, I'll tell you. Have a seat and taste this great tea."

Ern just nodded as he sat down next to her.

"My name is Aurora, I am the head of this castle and also one of the elders of the Human World. By the way, thank Kadridas, if this dragon had not asked to take you with me, I would have left you in the Forgotten Forest." Aurora muttered and took a sip.

"Human World...?" Ern muttered with a dazed look.

"Yes. You heard right. Everyone thinks the humans are long gone, but in fact, we had to hide, or the Arkans would have given us even more trouble than we have now."