Lord Jia?

"But what if it isn't a demon?" Isabelle stood up from Jia's bed still holding the sheets.

"What are you implying?" She had caught his attention with those words, something he hadn't thought of or noticed.

"You said a demon couldn't possess a human for they would disintegrate. The demon knows that......

"Yes! They were thought in demon school." Jia said growing very interested in whatever she had to say.

"But the demon keeps.... Wait! Demon school?" Isabelle asked in surprise and Jia nodded in response.

"You never told me demons went to demon school."

"You never asked. Demons go to demon school, where they are taught about their origin, how to survive. It's all in the demonology course" Jia answered quickly still very much interested in whatever she had to say.

"Wow! That's amazing! I would love to know more about demon school"

"Can you get back to what you wanted to say?" Jia was starting to grow impatient.

"So sorry for that. The demon is quite aware that it will disintegrate but it still keeps persisting. What if..... I don't know....... Maybe it's someone else posing as a demon? A...a..a what do you call it?" Isabelle tried to find the right word to complete her sentence.

"Shape shifter" Jia said and from the looks in his eyes, he was lost in thoughts.

"Exactly! From the books I've read, shape shifters can transform into whichever being they choose to and fool the people around them."

Jia started to feel uncomfortable having the conversation with her, a name had already come up in his mind but he was still having doubts.

The name that came up was none other than Cecilia, she was the only one who had the ability to do such a thing, get into the minds of people as a different creature. It sounds almost impossible because Cecelia is long gone, nowhere close, they haven't been in contact with her for years, decades even but that doesn't mean she's out of reach or there isn't the slightest chance of it being her. In fact, she's the prime suspect.

"But who would want to possess you and why? I doubt you have any enemies." Jia said.

"I don't have anybody in mind. I don't even go out enough, how could I possibly have made enemies" Isabelle wondered on the possibility of it being an enemy.

"I would carry out an investigation but I doubt we would find answers soon. This is a very tricky situation." Jia paused and then said;

"Now go back to your room before someone sees you here". And just then the devil decided to work faster, the door opened and a girl dressed as a maid walked in bowing her head.

"I have come to prepare your bath Lord Jia" She said with her head still low and her eyes to the ground.

"Lord Jia?!" Isabelle exclaimed and almost laughed, she quickly covered her mouth as soon as she saw his reaction to her exclamation.

Jia turned to the maid to give her instructions on how he wants his bath to be prepared. Isabelle could stop herself from saying how absurd it sounded but she couldn't stop her thoughts from running wild and they took the liberty to do so, to run wild in which they did.

'I think it's a borrowed title'

'Is it me or his head has gotten bigger after being addressed as a lord'

'If he's a lord then I'm a lady'

Isabelle snorted at the last thought and she quickly straightened herself and cleared her throat. The maid excused herself to prepare his bath. Jia turned to look at Isabelle;

"And what are you still doing here?"

"Oh". Isabelle dropped the bed sheet and hurried on out of the room.

Jia stared at his reflection in the mirror wondering if the size of his head had truly increased.

The maid came out of the bathroom, picked up the bed sheet and while putting the bed in order she wondered what had happened last night.

As Isabelle walk down the hallway, more maids started working everywhere, a few of them were holding neatly folded clothes while some were holding plates. She got to her room to see a neatly arranged bed with a dress and jewelries placed on it.

Her eyes wondered around the room to find the intruder, slowly walking to the bathroom, she peaked into the room through the slightly open door only to see her bath had already been prepared.

Every suspicious thought died as soon she saw the steam coming out of the bath, rose petals floating and the scented perfume she smelled in the room.

Isabelle stepped out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her and another wrapped around her body. She came into eye contact with a maid who seemed to be patiently waiting for her, bowing her head she said;

"Milady, I have come to dress you up for breakfast."

"Dress me?!" Isabelle was taken aback slightly.

"Yes milady"

"Milady?!"

First it was Jia who was addressed as a Lord and now she a Lady? The maid who had come to serve Isabelle couldn't help but notice how new she was to this.

"There's no need to dress me, I can do that myself"

"Orders from Lord Cyrene Milady"

Isabelle sighed, she felt rather strange to have someone dress her up when she was obviously not a child. The maid helped her slip into her chemise, gown, flats, did an incredible hair do and put on a silver necklace on her neck.

"What's your name?" Isabelle asked.

"Irene, Milady".

"Hmm, rhymes with Cyrene" Isabelle voiced out her thought and couldn't help but notice Irene blushed cheeks.

"If I may ask, what type of creature are you?" Isabelle waited for an answer, she wasn't oblivious to the fact that she was surrounded by different creatures and seeing them only increased her curiosity.

"I'm a fairy". Irene replied softly.

Isabelle began looking for wings which Irene noticed because wings are an undeniable feature of a fairy.

"I'm a fairy without wings, for now. I have to earn my wings"

Isabelle noticed she had just touched a very sensitive topic, changing the subject she said; "The hair do is very pretty, I love it".

Irene beamed after receiving the compliment.

"Thank you, Milady". She bowed and excused herself, her work here was done.

Isabelle continued to admire the way she looked in the mirror. Jia knocked on Isabelle's room door to get her attention, she turned to see him all dressed and that was her cue to leave the room.

"Why the sudden appearance of the maids?" Isabelle asked as she saw more and more maids working.

"Yesterday was their day off" Responded Jia.

'Who knew maids were given days off?" Isabelle murmured.

"Oh! I have to go see how Kia is doing" Isabelle all of a sudden remembered. She hadn't checked on him to see if his wounds had healed. She was about hurrying down the hallway when Jia held her by the wrist causing her to halt.

"Why do you care so much about him?" Jia asked, a blank expression smeared across his face. Stunned by the question Isabelle responded.

"After what you did to him why wouldn't I?"

On hearing her response, he loosened his grip around her wrist and continued walking down the hallway.

Jia changed his mind about breakfast and went to the open space at the back of the mansion with Nya and Lord Cyrene in sight. His long strides made him cover up a reasonable amount of distance within a short period.

Nia and Lord Cyrene were engaged in a serious conversation and you could tell from the expressions they had on both their faces.

"Nya we need to talk" Jia interrupted. Nya had already gotten used to Jia's interruptions whenever she was conversing with Lord Cyrene so she needed not to scold him.

"What is it about?" She asked.

"It's about Isabelle, she had yet another dream and I'm beginning to have my suspicions" Jia turned to look at Lord Cyrene who got the message.

"Excuse me, Nya" He held up her wrist and kissed it lightly heading back into the mansion and into the dining room where his breakfast awaits.

"What happened this time?" Nya asked, concerned.

"I think it's Cecelia" Jia answered ignoring the question. The name alone had the hairs on Nya's neck raise.

Nya and Lord Cyrene were planning on forming an alliance with the Sultan of the Northern kingdom, he has the warriors, sorcerers, weapons and greatest war strategists known to all the creatures of the land. It is only wise to prepare, deep down Nya knew something big was coming. The mirror prison is one of the most impossible prison to escape and it Is used to trap extremely dangerous creatures, for Cecelia to have escaped it, it meant only one thing; There was a massive upgrade in her powers and she's not alone. She is the only creature to have escaped it.

"How sure are you it's Cecelia? You do know that the only way for Cecelia to possess a being, the being must have some kind of connection with her and there is evidently no connection between Cecelia and Isabelle" Nya said for clarity sake. If ever there was a connection between them, then Isabelle's life is in danger.

"What demon would separate the spirit and the body with the intention of possessing the body?" Jia said with an 'as a matter of fact' tone.

"Demons know that the human body would disintegrate" Nya replied.

"Exactly, no demon with the intention of possessing would try that, the human body is too weak to contain them. It's an absolute waste of time possessing a human, but this 'so-called' demon haunting Isabelle's dreams persuaded her to leave her body and unite with her mom" Jia paused to imagine what would've happened if Isabelle agreed.

"I wonder what her reaction was like when she woke up" Nya asked, she couldn't understand why poor Isabelle was going through all this.

"As usual, frightened with sweaty palms"

"How'd you know?" Nya eyes snapped to look at Jia. "Don't tell me you slept in her room"

'More like the other way around' Jia remarked inwardly.

"Just a guess". Jia said ending the conversation.

In one of the many rooms, corners and corridors of the mansion, Isabelle and Kia are on their way to the dining room.

"I can't believe your wounds healed so fast" Kia's hands were bandaged just the day before due to the severity of the injury, but today his wounds are healed and to her surprise there was no sign he had been previously injured.

"Not as fast as Jia or even Nya" Kia scoffed.

"If I were in the same position as you, I would be in the hospital for weeks" Isabelle commented.

"That's because you are human" Kia pointed out.

On hearing this, Isabelle stopped in her tracks. "You call me human because you know I am one but yet I don't know what type of creature you are".

"I see your hair has no grey in it." Kia changed the topic after briefly noticing her hair, clearly avoiding the question.

"Yes, I have completely healed from all that trouble I got myself into" Isabelle said feeling glad.

Lord Cyrene was already heading out of the dining hall, he had meal before everyone else because he had a meeting to attend. It was indeed a quiet one until everyone else began showing up.

"Good morning Isabelle. Nya greeted from the other side of the table with a warm smile on her face, Isabelle returned the greeting.

"How was your night?" Nia proceeded to ask.

On hearing he question, Isabelle glanced over at Jia attempting to answer only to be cut off.

"Oh Lady Isabelle slept in Lord Jia room".

Stunned to hear that, Isabelle looked closely at the maid whose mouth was loose, Isabelle recognized the maid for she had come into Jia's room to prepare his bath.

Cassandra is the name of the maid whose action did not go appreciated by both Jia and Isabelle.

"For a maid who has undergone years of training, it is clear that you are very much unqualified for this job. If it were left to me, you will be out of the mansion without a second to spare and I'll make sure you never get hired for the rest of your life."

Jia's words came across very harsh to Cassandra, she shakily bowed and left.

"Well that was unexpected" Kia said after Cassandra exited and thereafter, an awkward silence fell.