Exploration

Entering they were greeted by a great view. Inside was a vast space with a good looking house rather a castle in the center....

"I can't believe there is a castle like this inside the dungeon." Hajime spoke unbelievably.

"Look... The Sun!"

Everyone looked up and realized it was true.. but Izumi corrected them.

"No, it's not. That's artificial..Look closely there's a globe with cone-shaped body connecting to the ceiling.. And that sun will eventually change into Moon when night comes..... Whoever designed this in the underground must be for determining the time..." Izumi explained with stars evident in his eyes which made others stepped back a little.

"Was Izumi-san always like this?" Tio asked Grayfia...who shook her head.

"No....But Izumi-Sama sometimes have interest in new things but never got the chance, so he must be feeling excited to try those.." Grayfia went into her maid mode and told them.

What she said was half truth but didn't knew that Izumi was going to robbed the whole castle for himself..

All of them then headed inside the room that leads to the small sized stadium field with filled with various plants.. and a colorful waterfall forming a big river from the distance.

"All these are artificial, right?" Yue spoke looking at Izumi who nodded.

Arriving at the adjacent building to the field, they were awed at the designed of the house..

The stone house was white and it texture was like lime; All of it felt so clean. In the entrance, there was a light sphere that was at the tip of a pedestal projecting from the ceiling... There seemed to be 3 storeys, and seemed to be an atrium at the top.

"Wow!" Everyone was feeling dazzled with it because they had been in the dark for so long....

"Be careful and don't let your guard down." Grayfia warned everyone then arrived near Izumi.

All of them nodded.... The more they walked more they were amazed at the interior and with all the things inside like sofa, fireplace, carpet, kitchen and a restroom etc,.. even though, these items looked neglected and unused, still it had its demeanor..

They explored the interior again leading them into an open area..... with a huge hole with a sculpture of lion enshrined and some sort of weird formation on top its head....

Izumi touched the formation, nothing happened....when he tried again this time he poured a little magic with it... Water rushed out from its mouth then eyes..... The lion seemed to able to arrange water from somewhere.

"Ahh, a bath.. It's been a long time since I took one!!" Hajime and Izumi yelled at the same time. Even the girls had same thoughts.. but not same as them though.

Three of them looked at each other and smiled.

"Izumi-Sama" "Izumi-san" "Hajime".... causing the boys to looked back only to be greeted by a three kind smiles, with glint in their eyes. They knew that's anything but kind.

"Ladies first always, So gentlemen please wait for your turn....and" Grayfia paused and added more power to her voice..."If you try to peek, then don't b-..." But was cut off by scared Izumi.

"Of course not!! I want to live longer.. I have several dreams to fulfill." Saying this Izumi grabbed Hajime hand and dashed out not wanting her to say anything.

On the other hand, Hajime was sweating like a pig in summer as their glares made him feel like death looming over him.

"Hahahah...." Immediately three of them burst out laughing seeing boys horrified face.

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First, three of them washed themselves and then entered the Onsen..... must be wondering how ...well, Tio used fire breathe to heat the water thus making it exactly like a hot spring.

With their hair tied in a nice knot , three women them were sitting opposition to each other in triangular shape, of course they were naked.

A pity nobody could see this 'heavenly scene'.

"Ati-" Tio was cut off by Yue who told her newly given name.

"Yue. Call me Yue.. I, no longer have that name."

*Sigh " Fine Yue, I never realised that you were alive. Though I found out in most weird way possible..But I am glad that everything went okay." Tio said, not in her usual tone but tried her best to hide it.

Being friends with her and one of her closest people Yue immediately noticed her best friend's change in attitude..

So she decided to asked her even though she had a bad hunch.

"Hmm, Tio if I'm not wrong Dragonmen never leave their territory, right?" Tio nodded and understood where this was going, but still listened to her friend.

"Then how come you're here? And the fact that you're a Princess should be enough, not allowed to leave your home freely." Yue noticed Tio flinched a little when she mentioned the word 'Princess'.

'Did something happened between her and her family? May be she was running away from her marriage?'

".... Fuh, It's no use. I'll tell you why I left the home and I'm sure this concerned you as well." Tio took a breath to calm her mind, no matter how many times she tried, she still couldn't get over the fact parents death and tribe destruction.

She explained in details from the beginning, how they were (Vampires and Dragonmen) massacred, how her parents sacrificed themselves to save the remaining Dragonmen, all of that just because of a some mad God entertainment.... but she was too busy to add the important details...like,

Yue was the Atavist whom that mad God wanted to possess her body to gain immortality... Well, it should be a blessing in disguise because Yue still had hatred for all the Vampires who killed her family (that's what she was told) and if suddenly Tio blurted out those.. She would be devastated knowing she was the main reason why Vampire Race were eliminated. Thankfully she didn't.

After listening everything from Tio, Yue didn't knew what to say.

Looking over she saw Tio had tears flowing out.. She blamed herself for bringing out this topic. She immediately hugged Tio to console.

"I-i am sorry.. I didn't knew that the reason behind your traveling were this. I'm really sorry." Yue apologized.

She felt bad for her friend.. Her situation was similar to her. Both of them lost their parents and it was first time she heard that a God was behind everything that happened. Her anger rose to the point she wanted nothing more than to destroy this so-called God.

After some minutes, things calmed down. Yue glanced at Grayfia who was relaxing with her eyes closed. She couldn't describe what she felt when Grayfia was near her. It's like her instincts warning her to stay away from this woman, she also felt same sensation from Izumi.... She wondered, who are they?

How come their magic power(mana) are so vast?

Tio noticed that Yue was sometimes glancing at Grayfia's, so she decided to speak.

"Anyway, this is Grayfia Lucifage, a devil..."

"And Grayfia-chan... This is my friend I was talking about, basically she changed her name, now she goes by the name Yue."

Tio introduced both them, causing Grayfia to opened her eyes and smiled at Yue.... She also noticed someone glare on her but it was filled with curiosity.... Yue, on the other hand was surprised hearing her Origin.

'Devil? Not Demon?'

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