A Chemical Reaction

As Esme eventually stepped out of the chamber, she wasn't particularly aware of how she was supposed to find the dining room in such a large manor. It didn't seem right that only a single soul could own a house like this.

To be honest, the notion that demons possessed a residence had never crossed her mind, since it was claimed that all the demons in Illyria had been eradicated all those years ago. Their previous home had been ruined, and it had become a deserted place in Illyria which earned the ominous moniker of 'the tainted land.' The very idea that they all still existed, let alone occupied a grand estate like this, was a radical departure from everything she knew.

But this just opens a different view.