They went to a large white house in a residential area. There was a large garden and a black fence around it.
William looked at Lily and explained, "My aunt lives here and she's a good cook and I know you don't like stuffy places."
They went inside and around the house and stood in a huge open garden where there was a large field with toes behind. There was a large terrace with white tiles and there were stone figures with various animals around the garden. There were glass windows and glass doors in the house.
They saw an older woman with white hair coming out to them. She was wearing a long black long sleeved dress and a white apron, and her hair was put up in a bun. She had a few wrinkles, but they weren't obvious, and she looked like she was holding up well for her age.
"Elena. I hope it's okay I brought some friends.” William told her.
Elena smiled and said, “Of course. It's great that you've finally found some more friends.” She looked at them all, "come in."
Lily was standing in a large cozy living room that reminded her of her aunt's home. She was also reminded of how cozy Ace lived and wondered if he had managed to take 1st place at the Dragon Hunt Festival.
They sat around a large dark wooden table where hot food was already ready. Lily immediately started eating because she was hungry. She had taken a piece of a large caramel glazed pink pepper ham, boiled cauliflower, potatoes and what looked like béarnaise sauce. She had taken green asparagus, pickled cucumbers and something that looked like pan-fried cherry tomatoes.
"It tastes delicious. It reminds me of the food my aunt used to make.” she complimented Elena who had sat down at the end of the table to eat with them.
"Thank you very much. This is the first time William has brought so many friends with him.” Elena said smiling.
William, who sat to Lily's right smiled as he ate his food.
“It's been a long time since I've seen Ralph. Is he still after that horrible bitch?” Elena asked, chuckling.
Lily giggled when she heard that and waited anxiously for William's answer.
"Fortunately, he's grown some balls and I'm sure it's because of Lily." he answered.
Elena looked at Lily in surprise and said, “So your name is Lily. When William doesn't give introductions, I have to guess myself."
“I met Ralph when I had just been blessed, so he was the first to help me on my way. I didn't know they were brothers until today.” Lily said.
Elena looked at Arba who was looking through the glass window at Jun De who was waltzing around the garden.
"Shouldn't he eat?" she asked curiously.
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Lily shook her head and replied, "He's a puppet so he can't…" but stopped her words and looked at Elena who looked old.
If she was William's aunt it only meant one thing and she looked at Arba and said, “Eat. It’s an order."
When Arba heard her, he looked at her and said, "You know I..." but Lily cut him off, "Eat and you can regret it later." and pointed to an empty chair next to Elena.
The others looked at Lily in surprise and only Fergus knew what she had in mind. He smiled and looked at Arba who sat down on the chair.
Elena asked him, "What do you like?"
Arba looked confused at the food and at Lily who answered for him, "Give him some meat as men love protein."
Elena immediately began loading meat onto a plate and placed it in front of him.
Arba looked at the food and at Lily again, not knowing what she had in mind and took a fork and stuck it into a piece of brown meat and took it into her mouth. His eyes widened in surprise, and he ate faster.
When Elena saw his reaction she laughed and said, "If you eat too fast, you'll get a stomachache."
Lily smiled and looked at a glass chandelier hanging above them and said, "Thank God." and continued eating.
William looked at her confused and asked, “Why are you thanking her chandelier?”
She explained to him about her theory that Arba couldn't taste things from the system because he himself was part of it. William was surprised when he heard the explanation and suddenly saw her in a different light.
"You are quite clever, or it was just a lucky guess." He complimented her because sometimes he doubted if she was really smart since her clone was incredibly stupid with 50% intelligence.
Lily looked at Pearl and the other girls and knew they didn't have a system but the food they had made came from it. She had to ask them to shop normally and not buy things from the system and cook for them so Arba could also enjoy eating with them. Even though he was a puppet skill he had his own intelligence, so she had guessed correctly that he was a normal demon before he became part of the system. She looked at Kenta who was sleeping on a sofa chair which had also been part of the system before she took him out. This meant that all her Holy Servants and other summons were also trapped in the system, but it didn't seem like they were complaining, or it wasn't quite correct. There was the teenage Devil's Servant who had yelled fuck at her and had disappeared on the spot when she had asked if he could do her a favor. She chose to think before using summons in the future because what if it implicated them every time, she summoned them.
“You look worried.” said William who had noticed her staring at Arba without saying anything for a long time.
Lily snapped out of her thoughts and looked at him, asking, “Am I a bad person?”
Suddenly tears rolled down her cheeks and she felt guilty. All the times she had used summoned was only for her sake. It was possible that her Holy Servants couldn't deny her like the Devil's Servants because they were the devil's servants to begin with. She was reminded of Bai who was God's servant who had mentioned that he was also on loan.
William became concerned when he heard her and replied, “No. You have a good heart.” and hugged her.
“Mistress. You have saved us from a miserable life, and you have plans to save more of us.” Pearl said looking at her.
"It’s true. You can never be a bad person.” Camelia said.
Dean looked at her and said, "You have given Katniss and me joy in our lives by giving us your clone."
Ugh, Lily wanted to strangle him. That man really had no situational awareness and probably only crap could come out of his mouth. She started laughing and was happy again.
She wiped her eyes and looked around at them all and said, "Thank you for putting up with me."
When they had eaten, different kinds of cheese were served with biscuits, fruit and there were even cakes and ice cream. Lily looked at Elena in surprise and at William afterwards and didn't know if they always ate so much or if Elena just always had a lot of food ready, which she thought was funny.
"Do you always eat this much?" she asked.
"No, but I hope every time William brings friends." Elena replied, chuckling.