“Now, now, I’ll try hard to protect your own sanctity and privacy so worry not. Everyone may seem naughty here…no…most of them are, but they are that kind of girls that only move when they receive consent from the other party.”

“Ahh…very inspiring…”

“Now the, since you’re awake, why don’t I take you on a tour of our mansion?~”

“Ah, that would be helpful since we are staying for a while.”

“Let’s go!”

“Wait…where’s my usual clothes?”

“Oh, that’s…you don’t like that dress?”

“It’s…kind of breezy…”

“Aw, come on now. Why not wear it all the time? Think of it as doing me a favor.”

“…I am honestly going to bear with it, okay?”

“Oh, I’m happy to hear that. Let’s get going then.”

With that said, I set my feet on the ground albeit with shaky gait from too much sleep. I walk towards Senya and place my hands on the push handle on her wheelchair to assist her in moving around.

“Ah, thank you, Asagao.”

“Miss Senya, what happened to your legs by the way?”

“Ah…this is…due to old age…”

“Old age?! You look nowhere like that!”

“Ahehehe…”

She didn’t answer anything. I guess she doesn’t want to talk about it.

Assisting Senya, we exit the room. Upon passing through the doorway, I have a grand sight of the hall. Apparently, we are on the first floor obviously since it is going to be hard for Senya who is wheelchair bound to climb stairs.

Two curving stairs leads to dozens of rooms and there are also several doors even on the first floor. The grand chandelier hangs in the ceiling and decorative plants with flowers are even standing at corners. A red carpet is properly laid out.

The pillars are made of marble and properly and professionally sculptured with intricate designs and most of the ground is made up of tiles. The doors are without a doubt, made out of oak wood painted with high-quality paint.

The hall is teeming with busybody girls who run around carrying various things which I guess they needed. Entering and exiting doors, almost bumping into each other and having a small chit chat. They are well dressed in their clothes look casual and colorfully cute.

“Miss Senya, what’s going on?”

“Ah, this is just the usual, an everyday thing in this place. We don’t need to climb up stairs since most of the rooms there are only the bedrooms and the grand library. Let’s just start with the facilities on the first floor and underground.”

“Eh..? Sounds…creepy…”

CRASH

Two girls seem to have collided with each another. One is a girl with sprouting demon horns who is a little short with silky black hair that was tied in a ponytail and a girl who is a lot taller than the demon girl. She has a blond hair and blue eyes with pointy ears, an elf.

The demon girl is wearing a maid uniform and she was carrying some empty buckets and the elf girl is wearing a lab coat and she carries some apparatus.

“You again, shorty! That’s why demons are…”

“Haa?! For an elf, your busts sure are lacking! And I have a proper name and it is Pine, Miss Ardisia!”

“ What?! Isn’t this the fourth time you collided with me?! it’s always you! I am carrying a more fragile apparatus here so you should try to be more careful!”

“If you are carrying FRAGILE things, then don’t you need to be the one to take extra caution?!”

“Shorty!”

“Flatty!”

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“That’s it, why don’t we step outside for a while?!”

“You’re on!”

The two girls took their fight outside. I worriedly look at Senya since we witness something alarming. Also, most of the girls in the vicinity didn’t even bat an eye and even Senya just kept her smile.

“Hey, is that alright?!”

“Hmm? What?”

“What what?! You just saw two girls arguing with each other while glaring daggers! That couldn’t possibly end well, right?!”

“Ah, don’t worry, don’t worry. It will be alright. Just wait…”

“What…”

BAM!

BOOM!

CRASH!

DOON!

Continuous explosion and influx of strong magical power are felt in succession.  The ground shook a little and loud explosion resounds the hall. However, even with those booming sounds, no one even shrugs a shoulder about it and just focus on their own businesses.

After a while of staring at the main door that leads outside, the elf girl emerges with the demon being carried on her shoulder like a baggage. Both of them sustained some light injuries that could be healed in an instant.

The elf starts speaking irritably…

“Ah, fuck it! Now I’m all aroused!”

“Uhh…I lose…”

“You shorty, since you lost, you know what will happen, right? I’ll have you satisfy me until you cannot walk!”

“B-Be gentle…”

“Oh, I will. Hey, tell the professor that I won’t be coming today!”

She shouted towards one the girls who are also wearing a lab coat. After that, she walks towards the stair climbing up while still carrying the demon girl in her shoulder. Her lips are frowning but her eyes look ferociously excited while the demon girl has a surrendering countenance.

“Hey, is that--!”

“It’s a normal occurrence.”

“But..!”

“It’s a normal occurrence.”

I tried asking Senya further but I was just only answered like that with a smile. It seems that it is perfectly normal in this place. What the hell is this place anyway?! An ero game full of lesbians?!

“For now Asagao, let’s head to the research laboratory.”

“There’s something like that?!”

“Yes! There are those who desire to practice alchemy and sorcery and much other more. You see, in this mansion, there are a lot of girls here who has aspiration in life. After all, almost all of them are previously slaves.”

“Ahh..yeah…”

“However, since the new king, Nivalis and Astlan’s descendent, Ashfon seated as the human king five years ago, slavery is heavily implied to be illegal. Ever since then, slaver’s caravans got subjugation requests. It’s actually a good thing for this world.”

“But that means that your population here will decline, right?”

“That’s not a problem. Even if I am the only one left, then I have no qualms knowing that everyone who lived here achieved something in their life. That alone will make me happy.”

“What a virtuous person...”

“Not really. I’m once a tomboy, you know? I used to think about battle all the time.”

“Really?! Well, you were once a hero, right?”

“No…I’m still considered a hero.”

“Sorry.”

“No, no, don’t be.”

“Un. But, now that I think about it, how did you learn about Ki?”

Senya looks at me while being pushed in her wheelchair. She grins at me like I am for a surprise. I just tilt my head in confusion since the only one I know capable of using Ki is Alstroe. Come to think of it, I really never ask Alstroe about the usage of Ki and how to train it.

“Asagao, did you know that mastery of Ki is divided into two unions?”

“No, this is the first time I’ve heard of it. What is it?”

“The Union of Shiva and the Union of Vishnu. Both have different teaching but essentially, they are both practices of Ki.”

“A Hinduism related power structure?”

“That’s what they call the practice of both teachings, Hinduism. Is there something like that related to your previous world?”

“Yes!”

“Moving on, Union of Vishnu is the teachings of preserving and concentration and Union of Shiva are the teachings of virtue and destruction. It is said that more than eons ago, a race called Brahmanian appeared in the lands and brought forth these teachings. However, they had internal struggle and the teachings are divided into two. Different sutras, different, Vedas deity and different structure of Ki, it was all divided into two and each union departed to for their own paths.”

“What happened to them?”

“The vanished leaving all the knowledge and teachings. Even now, there are still monks that practice the teachings. The one that you could easily see is a temple in the human continent which follows the teaching of Shiva.”

“Then what about Vishnu teachings?”

“The teachings of Vishnu became exclusive…to the fairies.”

“Wha?! Eh?!”

“That’s right, fairies are Ki masters. They do not seclude their races in their capital within the Yggdrasil Tree with just the reason not to associate with the other races but also because they are faithful to the teachings of Vishnu that exercises concentration and preservation.”

“Wait, wait, wait! How did you know about that?! About the fairies and about using Ki! Tell me please!”

“As for the fairies, they occasionally visit this place for trade you know. I even visited the Yggdrasil Tree once and was able to practice the teachings of Vishnu for a bit. As for using Ki, I have an aptitude to use it so I took the opportunity and practiced it. Not that I am adept enough to apply it in battle.”

“What about me? Do you think I have an aptitude for it?”

“Nope, absolutely none!~”

“I see…”

My shoulders fall low upon hearing that news. It kind of gave me hope to further my physical abilities just to be immediately shot down. After all, aptitude is part of talent, right?

I don’t have any other way to become strong but to train harder and increase my magic output…

“Well, as for the fairies, I once did visit their place because of an incident.”

“Incident?”

“Yes. The Yggdrasil tree will yield Yggdrasil sap. Do you know about it?”

“Y-Yes!”

It is the miraculous sap that ultimately saved my life. I am forever indebted to master because of it. I can’t bring myself to get angry or mad at him for that sole reason. I am also thankful Violetta too at that time because she greatly helped in my recovery.

Now that I think about it, she performed a mouth to mouth with me to transfer the sap. Is that considered my first kiss then?!

“As you know, Yggdrasil sap is a precious medicine that can heal most wounds and injuries, however, as there is not much known about it, we cannot bring out its true potential and research for it is extremely hard for the sap itself is really rare.”

“Limitations, huh…”

“Yes. The sap itself can remove poison but it cannot remove the effect the poison did. You can use it to remove ailments such as a headache and such but, it cannot remove recurring ones. As such, further research is needed and for such, Mrothgir is desperate to acquire one.’

“So…the incident you are talking about is related to Yggdrasil sap?”

“Correct. Ever since that incident, they asked us for protection for a consistent flow of trade with them.”

“Wait, what about the actual incident?!”

“Hmm… years ago, the sanctuary of the fairies is infiltrated.”

“Infiltrated by who?!”

“I don’t know his name but thank goodness he didn’t leave with any casualties or any injury to anyone. He just came stealthily and left like a flash with the Yggdrasil sap.”

“A robbery?! What the hell is that?! What does he look like?!”

“Umm… his prominent feature is that he came from the demon race. He is a vampire to be precise with weird accent and mustache…”

“…”

That’s Gria Hellbeing…