I closed my eyes, as I took in a deep breath, I didn't know what time of the game I was in yet, I tried hard to recall the memories of Laura but I failed, it was as if something was blocking me from looking back into Laura's memories when right a few minutes ago it poured in like a waterfall.

I got up from the bed and went to Laura's diary where I had written down everything I remembered, there I found out that Laura had just realised the pleasure of torturing other living beings and had bought 2 divine beasts from a shady dealer.

I gave a sigh of relief knowing that she had not yet started to abuse humans or animals just yet.

I went and sat on the bed with Laura's diary in hand, I looked at the food the butler had brought me, there was sliced bread, cheese, jam, a beef steak and a salad.

"grrr" I heard my stomach make a noise, I was in no mood to eat but I was hungry, I took the bread and put two slices of cheese on top accompanied by some of the salad before topping it with another piece of bread.

I bit into it not expecting much but I was hit with explosive flavours of the food, it tasted amazing, and before I knew it the sandwich I had made had disappeared, I was bewildered by how soft the bread was, how smooth the cheese was and how fresh the vegetables were, I took a knife and cut into the steak, the steak sliced as if it were butter, I grabbed a fork by my right hand and stabbed the piece of meat that I had cut off and put it in my mouth only to be hit by the delicious flavour of the beef and the spices.

At a moment's notice, the huge platter of food the butler had brought had disappeared into my stomach without leaving a trace, I wiped my mouth off of the crumbs that were left as I liked my lips tasting the deliciousness for one last time.

I sat on the bed reading Laura's diary in which I had written all the game's content when I heard a knock on the door, 'knock, knock, knock', "You may come in" I said prompting the butler to open the door, with a key in his hands.

He looked bewildered, at the sight of the empty plate, he gave a smile before saying "It seems you enjoyed the food, my lady, I shall relay it to the chef". I gave him a weak smile as I liked my now dry lips.

"Here are the keys to the basement" he said handing me the keys. I got up from the bed, it was now time to get rid of the first red flag.

"Lead the way" I said commandingly trying to portray the image of Laura that I had.

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The butler gave me a bow of acknowledgement before turning around to lead me to the basement, it was a good thing that I asked the butler himself to show me to the basement as I had no idea how to get there.

We walked through lavish halls decorated with a variety of gems, and intricate works of gold and silver, there were paintings hanging from everywhere to everywhere, I felt like I was walking through a luxurious art gallery reserved for only the finest of the world. My mind was racing and my eyes were going blind just from looking at all the artworks.

Soon we came upon some stairs that led down, the rail had such intricate wooden work which seemed impossible to be from a human.

The butler guided me down the staircase as he held an oil lamp and soon we were in front of a huge wooden door, which looked like the opening to a dimension full of wonder.

I followed the butler into the basement as the humongous doors slowly opened to reveal many prison cells, it looked like it was right out of a horror movie, there were skeletons of human beings littered everywhere, the transition from a world of wonder to that of a horror setting was not easy for me to follow.

The smell of rotting flesh and the cries of the inmates had me on the verge of puking as much as I liked to not show I was unaffected by the gruesome sight.

I followed the butler closely in fear as I felt thankful that he walked in front of me and not next to me as my expression would have been a dead giveaway that I was not Laura.

He at last came to a stop in front of a prison cell which had two cages inside, "Here are the divine beasts that you purchased my lady" he said, as he gave me a worried look.

I took in a deep breath and put on a smile, "Open the cell"

I commanded trying to look confident as I lifted my head trying to look powerful.

He grabbed a bunch of keys from his pocket and opened the cell, the old and musty door of the cells was quite the opposite of how the doors looked upstairs, it was dark inside, I made my way to the nearest cage and inside it was a small white kitten, it was frightened and had backed itself to the other corner of the cell.

I felt pity looking at its appearance, my heart clenched at the sight I stood back up and went near the second cage and bent down only to see a small brown puppy, which started to whine at the first sight of me.

"Bring them up to my room and get me some freshly boiled meat with no spices" I commanded the butler as I swiftly left the place feeling horrendous, there were rotting corpses of animals littered around the cages, they were dead animals who had been gruesomely tortured, I wanted to kill Laura after having witnessed the result of her psychopathic tendencies.

I gritted my teeth as I held back my puke, and came out of the basement and took a deep breath in as tears rolled down my eyes.

The animals had been tortured to death, and I was supposed to save someone like this. She had to pay the price, I wanted to slit Laura's throat so badly but that would only end up with my death, it would not bring justice to the poor animals that were boiled, beaten, had their limbs cut off, crushed to death, roasted over flames alive, etc I swallowed hard as I wiped my tears, it was up to me to bring the animals justice. I heard the butlers footsteps and I composed myself.

"I shall be in my room"

I told him as I left trying to navigate my way back.