Beyond heaven and hell

They appeared in the western section of Celestia, the imperial city, directly in front of the royal mansion, which was illuminated brightly in the middle of the night and watched over by sentries at every turn.

Danil was the owner of the royal mansion. This was his favorite mansion and it was filled with lots of half-naked women walking around, giggling.

Soft music resounded.

Without saying anything more, they were all shown to their rooms by elegantly attired maids, as though they had all anticipated such a scene and atmosphere. It had been a long day, and they just wanted to be done with it.

Curling into a ball in the king-size bed, Ophelia's thoughts drifted back to what had happened that day.

Nikolai stood with his back to the closed door, staring at her. "Will you listen to me if I tell you to forget about it?"

"No." Ophelia sniffed.