<Shaman POV>
With the fight over, we locked up the remaining harem members and maids in the mansion's dungeon. We left the keys with them since we weren't cruel enough to leave them to die, but if they pursued us, then no mercy would be shown.
At first, we were just going to use whatever rooms were intact to sleep, but Elysia had a better idea.
"I can set up a teleport anchor and we can stay at the underground city that I've been in for the last 9 months. Once we are all rested up, we can just teleport back here." It sounded a lot safer, not to mention I was kind of curious about that place.
"Wouldn't it be closer to where we have to go anyways? I remember it being on the northern border of the Demon Lands." Clara made a good point, but it would depend on just how far up it is. The royal palace was located in the mid-north part of the Fox Realm, which was still relatively far from Freya's forest.
"Maybe, we can find out once we get there." Elysia shrugged while she created the anchor to open up a portal.
"Going back already? I only just got to leave and explore the outside world..." Alice played the drama queen, floating around pouting as if she just got sentenced to solitary confinement.
"Shut up Alice. Feel free to go out on your own, but don't blame me if you get lost." Elysia shot a very weak blood bullet from her finger, hitting Alice directly in the forehead.
"Gah!" Alice spun in the air and lightly slammed onto the wall, trying to make the bullet seem more powerful than it was. However, when she did, the wall simply crumbled on top of her.
"Ah, shit." Alice freaked out for a moment, trying to kick off the wall, but that only broke more of it rather than give her any momentum.
*Sigh* "I didn't know you adopted such a troublesome child." I stepped in and helped by kicking the ground next to me, manifesting ice that shot up, encasing the falling debris. This allowed Alice to quickly slip away from the danger. Once she was out of the way, I simply dispelled the ice and let the debris fall.
"I know right? She used to be very docile, but now she has entered her rebellious phase." Elysia shook her head in disbelief, playing into the whole idea of Alice being a kid.
"I'm 150 years old alright! Much older than any of you!" Alice glared at me and Elysia as she declared her real age, which prompted Elanor to look away, trying to avoid entering any conversation about age.
"You look like you're 15 granny." Silver interjected with his snide comment. Although it was directed at Alice, Elanor took offence, smacking him in the back of the head.
"R-right away, ma'am." Doing a cute salute, she sped off and informed the other maids of the task.
While I was talking with Yumi, Elysia ordered some of the other maids to organise a few rooms for everyone. With the orders given, there wasn't much for any of us to do.
"How about we go to the dining area so we can chat while waiting for food?" Clara made the suggestion, but we all looked at her as if saying, Are you sure about that?
"Please, it's nothing serious. I don't want to miss out on anything." Clara's face turned slightly red with all the eyes on her, unsure of what to say.
"Luna, will she be okay?" With her being the medical expert, if she says it's okay, then there is no reason to be worried.
"She will be. If it were any worse, I would say no, but Clara's regenerative ability due to her demon essence is amazing." Luna sounded impressed, so we trusted her word and headed to the dining area.
I was, of course, squished between Clara and Elysia. Next were Silver and Elanor, followed by the rest. Alice had taken refuge next to Himeko, latching onto her most likely because she was the nicest.
"Have to say, You've got a nice place here, Elysia." The thought of making this place our home was appealing. However, what stopped me from committing was the whole 'being underground' part. Still, it would be a good base of operations, so I definitely didn't want to discard it.
"Thanks, it isn't really mine, but since I murdered everyone, I guess that's a moot point." It was a little concerning how casually she murdered her family, but this is Elysia we're talking about.
"Hmm, okay I won't ask, but I hope everything turned out alright for you. Clara and I were very worried when you stopped messaging in the group chat." I was very curious about the details of Elysia's adventure, but I figured there were personal details she didn't want to disclose to everyone.
"Yeah, sorry about that. I was too focused on getting all the information from the library here and breaking the lockdown magic circle that prevented me from teleporting." It was understandable and, since she is fine now, I wasn't going to hold it against her.
"No worries, but what I'm most curious about right now is the little vampire friend you picked up along the way." I looked at Alice, who averted her gaze, still troubled about causing a ruckus earlier.
"Do you want to introduce yourself, Alice? Or do you want me to?" Elysia noticed Alice's contrition and toned down her own rudeness as well considering her own prior behavior.
"You can, I'll go once you're finished."