Lily looked at Violet and asked, "Can you ask around if there's a library?"

They walked around and Violet asked a few different questions and spoke a language Lily hadn't heard before, but it sounded like they were having a conversation and not just making weird noises like a zombie. A few minutes later they found a library which was a large square building that had no windows. It looked like some kind of dark prison but she trusted Violet and they went inside. They were standing in a large room that looked like a small hall that had a dim light. There were people walking around looking at books and some sat reading and whispering to each other at some tables and the place looked very lively. She was reminded of the library in Amenale which had students.

"Since I can't read their language, you can find something called skill books." she said to Violet.

They went through all the bookshelves but to Lily's disappointment they found nothing. She sighed and they went outside and looked around to see if they could find anything else.

Her class was Undead Empress so it had something to do with this place but where could she find anything about her class?

"What exactly are you looking for mistress?" Arba asked suddenly.

Lily mentioned her class to him and to her surprise he said, “There's a palace not too far from here. Maybe it can help you.”

She looked at him in surprise and it suddenly dawned on her that he might have more knowledge than Violet because she came from a closed clan.

Why hadn't she thought of that before?

They walked towards the palace which was empty, and it looked abandoned. It looked like something from ancient China or taken from a movie or painting. There were big, tall red columns and the roof was red.

They stood in front of the palace, which was a huge open courtyard where there had probably been servants and soldiers who had bowed to the royal person who had ruled here.

They went inside and at the entrance stood a stone statue of a woman dressed in ancient Chinese clothing that looked a bit like a hanfu. The woman had long hair and some of it was tied up behind and she had a flower in her hair on the right side. She stood smiling but looked mournful. She held both hands, palms up, as if holding something invisible.

Lily was reminded of Goddess Theia's orb when she saw the statue, but she felt something familiar when she saw the face. She had seen that face before but where and when?

She went over and touched it but was suddenly startled because that face looked like her own. She quickly removed her hand again and stared at the statue confused with complicated emotions.

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Why would there be a statue of her here when she was human, and she had never lived here before. She looked at Violet and remembered that her face was the same as when she was living as a human before the portal came.

She repeated the words 'when she lived as a human' and found it suddenly sounded strange to her ears.

"Who is that statue of?" she asked, confused.

"Her name was Lily, and she was a special person who everyone loved, including the undead." replied Arba

Surprised that they had the same name, Lily looked at him and asked, "Did you know her?"

"Yes, I lived when she was alive, but I was only a boy." replied Arba.

Damn, now she wondered how old he was and if he was even a puppet but in reality, a black knight or similar.

"She’s beautiful. What happened to her?” she asked curiously.

"One day she suddenly disappeared, and no one saw her again." replied Arba.

There were so many who shared the same name in the human world so if there was one more Lily didn't matter to her since it was completely normal.

“Undead Empress. How do I unlock my class?” she muttered to herself, looking around for clues.

"Perhaps you have already unlocked it but are just not aware of it. There is a reason why it’s a Hidden class.” replied Arba.

Lily didn't understand what he meant but if he was right then she had wasted her time here. She was glad she had met another Lily because she never had in her lifetime.

"Since there is no one to take care of this place, I may have to come by sometimes and put it in order or at least maintain the statue." she said looking at it again.

She could always have a conversation with it if she was lonely or could she bring Arba with her?

She looked at him and asked, "How's our connection working?"

"When I die, I disappear where you can summon a new one, but it’s not certain that it will be me again." he answered.

Lily was reminded of The Devil's Servant when she heard him who was on loan and never the same and Holy Servant who was also random. It was annoying she didn't have a fixed one she could summon but it was probably because of the rotten system.

"I will find a method in the future where I don't need to summon anyone as I’m against it.” she said because it was fitting.

Arba smiled and said, “If someone else had that system it would have been exploited to the limit. You are quite interesting.”

Lily and Violet got on Jun De and when he took off Lily saw that Arba was flying with them as if he had used a wind element and it looked magical. She looked back at the dark city and the red sky and suddenly it didn't look so dangerous anymore. She couldn't see the poisonous air that William had mentioned and maybe it was because her clan was demonic that it looked normal to her.

Since she hadn't found the method to unlock the Undead Empress, she would try to find clues with what she already had. There was another Hidden class that was tied to the 4 temples and her cleric quest so she would focus on unlocking it when she got back.

Wait a minute, that was 4 temples, and she was in Labunagaan now so there was a temple here she had to visit.

Argh, why didn't she visit the temple that was in Sanszhin before she left.

Sometimes she didn't know where she had left her brain because it used to function normally.

"Let's find the main library here and then find the temple," she looked at Arba, "can you hide in a hooded cloak?"

Immediately, a black hooded cloak appeared around him, and his great sword was bound in black cloth.