As Tibaut's eyes slowly opened after wondering what his parents and his brother had been discussing, he saw an assortment of people in the room. Jake, Tina, Elizabeth and Grace.

The only one awake was Grace and she breathed a sigh of relief, before playfully punching his shoulder.

"Wh-"

Before he could ask her what happened she placed her finger over his mouth and shushed him. She walked over to a counter with a tray on it and brought it over to Tibaut.

"Eat." she simply stated.

Now that she mentioned he felt like he was starving. On the tray were several porridges and a meat dish. He wasted no time slurping the porridges down like a glass of water and left only the bone of the meat dish in less than a minute. There were wild animals with better table manners than him but Grace felt relieved seeing him eat energetically.

As he put down he noticed his hand was considerably thin.

"Huh?" He moved his hands around and realised how much body mass he had lost.

"How long was I asleep for!?" Tibaut asked.

She started shushing him. "Be quiet, they're getting some well-deserved sleep. And don't worry you've only been out for a week."

("A week is something to worry about! But then how did I lose so much weight?")

As he examined himself his eyes soon drifted to Elizabeth. She was sitting on a stool and was lying on Tibaut's bed. In fact, she was on his legs.

As he looked at her he noticed her forearm had some gauze wrapped around it. On closer inspection, there was gauze all over her.

"Shit, did he attack you guys while I was out? (Why didn't he kill me? Wait a minute…)"

Now that Tibaut was reminded of what happened between him and Albus, how was still alive right now? The last thing he remembered was being on the brink of death.

("Is this a dream? Or heaven maybe? Shit other than Vanessa, am I in a gathering of all the people I talked to at the time.")

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As Grace responded to his question he looked around for something to confirm if it was a dream or not but couldn't find anything. Suddenly with an idea that made sense to a person who hadn't fully woken, he found the perfect way to determine if he was awake.

He reached his arm out and grabbed at her chest. His arm grabbed a handful of her modest bosom and even got a few gropes off.

("Amazing, this dream is much more detailed than I thought. This feeling is… more detailed than any dream I've had...")

It seems his mind kicked into top gear after that sensation and he realised what he had just done.

Grace blushed and removed his hand from her chest.

"Not only did you make me lose my job, but you also took away a part of my dignity as well. I hope you aren't thinking of getting me by force." She said with a smile.

"Job, eh?" Tibaut.

("At least react to the other part you pervert!")

"So all of you weren't working for him?"

She delivered a more powerful punch to his shoulder this time.

"Don't even joke about that!" She shouted.

"No, it's just that… I'm glad is all. I don't know how I would have reacted if you were part of that."

She sighed and calmed down. "Whatever. With this whole thing happening I'm kinda out of a job. In fact, most of the women here are."

"What are you gonna do now?" Tibaut asked.

She shrugged her shoulders. "No idea but I guess this is the end of me making some easy money. I guess I'll go back to my home parish and help my adventurer friend out whenever they need help."

"That doesn't sound like getting a job…" Tibaut commented.

"Of course not. The jobs around here and at home don't pay anywhere near enough to be justified. I'll just crash with my friend until I find something lucrative." Grace quickly responded.

Tibaut almost respected the fact she stated her declaration of laziness right in front of him.

"Well, I better get going, see you around." She got up and headed to the door.

"Huh? You're just leaving like that?"

Her expression looked almost pained as he said that.

"Well…" she paused for a moment and continued. "It seems like some former maids went to town and talked about what happened. With things how they are, the people are finding the maids here, even the ones who didn't help Lord Bradley, suspicious. The only reason I stayed here was to see if you were still alive. So I'd like to leave here before the people go from suspicion to anger."

She waved at him before leaving through the door.

"She's gone…"

Tibaut laid back down in his bed before noticing Elizabeth had her eyes open the whole time. He flinched back when he noticed this but she calmly got up off him.

"Well, now that you're awake, we can finally leave. Eat enough to regain your strength and prepare to leave. Also…"

Tibaut wondered what she'd say next.

"Albus had some connection with the cult."

"Tsk, so that bastard is one of them."

"Unfortunately not. When I pressed him about it he only told me had some sort of deal where he gave them women."

Tibaut's face soured when she started about Albus, so she decided to stop in the meantime.

She got up and walked around to the room picking up Tina and Jake like left-out toys.

"Make sure to get some rest. It seems when you used ki this time, it left your body in rough shape."

With the two over her shoulders, she closed the door and walked off.