While they were resting Fiona, Sophie and Lina unfortunately had to interrupt their rest because Jack and Ruslana from the house of the cursed children were here.
Sophie: "Hmm."
Jack: "Now don't look like that..we don't plan to fight you..hmm?...the redhead…you must be Sophie Valeria..and the white haired one looking at me so seriously...Fiona Philomela Househould...and you over there are...new...hmmm...what a beautiful face."
He wanted to touch her...but Fiona immediately stood up and grabbed his hand..
Jack: "Huh?"
Fiona: "I advise you…not to touch her."
She looked at him with her big eyes…or as it is called...owl eyes stare..a look Fiona usually gives when she gets angry or wants to kill someone or feels murderous intent..
Jack: "Ugh...creepy..alright."
He let go of Lina...she let go of him..
Ruslana: "You are really as boring as Remy said...hmph…no wonder he has no interest in you…"
Fiona: "hmph…"
Fiona just kept eating.
Ruslana: "Hey…look at me when I talk to you.."
Fiona: "hah."
She stretched out the plate..
Ruslana: "ugh…huh?"
Fiona: "Do you want the rest of the food?..."
Ruslana: "Ughh....."
Jack: "Hmmm..a woman with white hair and a cane..hehehe…isn't that funny."
Sophie: "Hey!"
Sophie hit the table.
Sophie: "Don't make fun of her..did you hear me!"
Fiona: "(sweat)…um…Sophie…"
Jack: "Ohoho…don't worry...you are even more boring than her."
Fiona: "Ugh!"
This time Fiona hit the table.
Fiona: "What did you just say...did you just call her boring…"
Jack: "Hehehe is that cute…"
Ruslana: "How adorable….."
Fiona: "Your girlfriend here also has white hair....."
Jack: "That one?..hehehe..well she doesn't have a cane like you...hmm."
Sophie: "mmmmhhh.."
Jack: "Are you also here...because of that eye of the valley?"
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Hmm?..."
Sophie: "Hm."
Both looked at each other at the same time…because both were surprised that they knew about it..
Sophie: "Hahh..who knows."
Fiona: "Hmph.."
Jack: "Hehehe…..I see…"
Lina: "Ughh...."
Ruslana: "My goodness…..I thought Grazburg had beautiful women...but you..are really boring...lady…..what are those tired eyes."
Fiona: "I also advise you to leave her alone.."
Ruslana: "Or what.."
Bob appeared..
Ruslana: "A guardian spirit."
Jack: "And also the lost knight…..damn…that is one of the strongest guardian spirits…."
Fiona: "If one of you comes near Lina again…I will order Bob to kill you…"
Jack: "In front of people?"
Fiona: "The opinion of others does not matter to me right now…"
Sophie: "hmmm.."
Jack: "Hahh...relax...we actually wanted to tell you some information."
Sophie: "Information for what?"
Jack: "Hmph…there really is a monster down there."
Sophie: "huh?"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Jack: "There is this one legend...that says…that the sea here will rise because of a monster…"
Sophie: "A monster?"
Jack: "Exactly…a Nemesis shark…the biggest shark in the world…"
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Hmmm?"
Jack: "The reason why people are apparently missing is because the water rises…and it eats them…you know how deep this place is…right?"
Ruslana: "That eye that was seen back then…was the eye of the monster…"
Sophie: "I do not understand...why Ms Valentine sent us here.."
Jack: "Ms Valentine your boss right..hehehe...I know why."
Sophie: "huh?"
Jack: "Well…it is said that Cinderella...is in Dnilpo…that is why we are here."
Sophie: "Ugh."
Fiona: "Mmhgh!"
Jack: "Exactly…...but because your boss was apparently not sure she sent you here for this disappearance case…I think at least…goodbye…I think I have talked enough…by the way...miss Fiona…"
Ruslana: "hmm?"
Fiona: "Yes?"
Jack: "You may have white hair and a cane…but you are as beautiful as they say...you too redhead.."
Sophie: "Sophie!"
Jack: "Redhead.."
Sophie: "Hahh..then redhead...and now go away…pimmelberger.."
Jack: "Ok…huh?"
Fiona: "Um.."
Lina: "Pimmel?"
Ruslana: "Pff...hahahahaha..she called you pimmelberger hahaha..I can't anymore hahaha..you are not boring at all hahaha.."
Jack: "Ghhh…redhead.."
He left with Ruslana, Ruslana waved…
Sophie: "Tsss."
Fiona: "Weird people."
Lina: "Mm."
Sophie: "Hey..Lina are you okay."
Sophie held Lina's hand worried..
Lina: "ugh."
Sophie: "Did they hurt you?"
Lina: "No…..no...everything is fine."
Fiona: "Hmm..Cinderella is supposed to be here...if that is true...it is more dangerous than expected."
Sophie: "Why would one of the death siblings be here?"
Fiona: "No idea that is exactly why I am worried."
Lina: "Maybe because of Nemesis?"
Sophie: "No…I do not think that interests her."
Fiona: "Definitely not a good thing and under no circumstances must they find Cinderella…Cinderella I sealed half of her power through that puppet...defeating her is now easier...and Zantanel wants her powers.."
Sophie: "Let's go.."
Lina: "Um..Miss Sophie...can you let go of my hand."
Sophie: "Oh sorry Lina."
Lina: "It's fine…actually I should be protecting you not the other way around.."
Sophie: "That is fine...you…have really experienced a lot in the Heidelheimer war…"
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Lina: "What do we do now?"
Sophie: "Good question...Fiona it is dangerous if it is true that Cinderella is here.."
Fiona: "Yes…"
Sophie: "What do we do now?"
Fiona: "Investigate…"
Beep
Sophie: "Huh?"
It was a robot…he had a big weapon.
Sophie: "What is that."
Fiona: "I have heard of it it is called Treyt…those are robots that work as a defense system.."
Sophie: "Robots?...oh not again...have people become lazy nowadays?"
Fiona: "Robots do not need a salary…and do what they are told…what more do you want as a company?...no salary..no vacation…no sickness…no family…and they do not complain if the salary is too low…simple.."
Sophie: "Hahhh…now I understand what Meliodas meant back then when he said robots are only bad because they are used for bad purposes.."
Fiona: "But I do not think it is that bad as long as they are controlled...or people do not lose their jobs…"
Sophie: "Hmmm?"
Treyt: "mmmm hello dear guests...may I please...have your identification?"
Sophie: "It…even speaks fluently."
Fiona: "Haha...amazing…ok here...little robot.."
Lina: "hmm."
They gave him their IDs.
Treyt: "Hmmm…..Sophie...Valeria...from Dark Umbrella codename clock…one of the crows...Lina Adelheid a new…member…and Fiona Philomela Househould codename lady mystery...also one of the crows...."
Sophie: "Mhm.."
Treyt: "Thank you very much.."
He gave them back their IDs.
Treyt: "Then I wish you a nice day.."
Lina: "Thank you you too.."
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Seriously Lina…you are really an innocent mouse…that is a robot…it does not have a normal day like we do.."
Lina: "Oh..maybe...it would be sad if you do not say it."
Sophie: "Um Lina…that is a robot…it has no heart.."
Fiona: "Ah..whatever...I think it is good that Lina is like that…makes her cute."
Sophie: "Yes…you are really a cute mouse."
Lina: "Uh?..."
Sophie: "That reminds me who do these robots belong to?"
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Sophie: "I am curious."
Fiona: "No idea...although…since it checks IDs I think it is for a control company or government...it said Lutus and Clover…I have heard of the company."
Sophie: "Oh yes...I remember…Lutus and Clover…wait but in our time they did not exist not even in documents that means...it only exists because of the black hole?"
Fiona: "The black hole when it appears and pulls you into the past or future it causes history to change like in our case you know in the Heidelheimer war Weimar and the Slavic Reich won…however because the black hole brought us back to that time…we are here and Weimar lost and now Grazburg leads Weimar...and even has full control.."
Sophie: "You only mean politically right?.."
Fiona: "Yes...that means the king of Grazburg is also the king of Weimar.."
Sophie: "Yes I know that…but…is it not dangerous when time changes."
Fiona: "Of course it is dangerous…but that is not the question."
Sophie: "The question is…how dangerous it is…it can destroy or change an entire generation…and change the future of a whole kingdom like in Weimar…"
Fiona: "Mhm…"
Sophie: "What if another big black hole appears…"
Fiona: "Then it will be another crisis whether it sends us to the future or the past…"
Sophie: "When is the next one...my watch shows nothing that means…nothing will happen.."
Fiona: "Mhm…we have these watches thanks to the radios of Vanitas…they now warn us eight hours before a black hole appears…so we gain some time and can even evacuate people…"
Sophie: "Hmm."
They stood up.
Sophie: "Anyway…we have to deal with the Cinderella matter now."
Fiona: "Mhm."
Lina: "Um...I do not want to interrupt..but...something is not right here."
Sophie: "Hmm...yes...somehow...I feel like I am being watched."
Fiona: "hahh..good that means I am not imagining it…I have the same feeling."
Sophie: "Yes…but…I think this time…it feels creepy."
Fiona: "Let's walk a bit further."
Lina: "Mhm."
They walked further…
Patch Patch
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Lina: "Did you hear that?"
They turned around..
Sophie: "Ugh."
Fiona: "Ughhuh!"
Lina: "hmm?"
It was Cinderella…
Cinderella: "hahhh...hahhh…what a coincidence..hehehe…"
Meanwhile
Treyt: "Hmm..excuse me..madam…..Nastja"
Nastja: "Huh?"
Treyt: "There are detectives in Dnilpo…"
Nastja: "Hmm?...the owls?"
Treyt: "No Dark Umbrella."
Nastja: "Hmm."
Nastja Shevtschenko founder of Treyt and Clover..34 years old.
Nastja: "What do they want here?...I do not like this...they must not learn too much about our company…after all we were in a financial crisis because of the war...if they find out that these people...are disappearing because of us...it will be dangerous…watch them…if they interfere too much in our company...kill them…we are reacting since the war…"
Treyt: "Yes maam.."
Meanwhile
Cinderella: "hahhh...I already thought you would come...Ms Valentine was right."
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "What?"
Cinderella: "I will explain what is going on…..Hmm..oh...I see a new one…..come with me."
They followed her.
Sophie: "Wait Ms Valentine…told you we would come?"
Cinderella: "I called her.."
Fiona: "Hhmm?"
Sophie: "But…why?.."
Cinderella: "This city here…in case you do not know…this city here...was built by me.."
Sophie: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "Excuse me?"
Cinderella: "You heard right…well yes…I started it…this ship and the houses they were my ideas...before of course Rudeus sealed me...and now…I returned here to hide from this Zantanel because thanks to you I lost half of my power and I cannot stand against her…however that is not the problem…have you seen these robots and machines."
Sophie: "Yes."
Fiona: "What about them.."
Cinderella: "I was very interested to find out how after this war…after the Heidelheimer war...that is what it is called right...how they even manage…and then I found this."
She threw an energy glass capsule.
Sophie: "Huh?..."
Cinderella: "They use this for energy.."
Fiona: "hmm?"
Sophie: "I thought they use water."
Cinderella: "Because of the black hole things changed a bit…there is no water as you can see…"
Sophie: "oh.."
Fiona: "Hmm..it is red."
Sophie: "Yes...is that…wait Fiona…do you see that too."
Fiona: "You mean that it is red...and that it…is blood...right?"
Sophie: "Yes.."
Cinderella: "Exactly...they use their energy…and all the electricity through blood…both from animals and humans."
Lina: "ugh."
Sophie: "hmmm...that would explain why that robot earlier had that red liquid capsule in its back."
Fiona: "I do not understand how they managed to turn blood into an energy source."
Cinderella: "Very simple…this here...my dear...is a mixture of human blood animal blood..and..my blood.."
Sophie: "Huh?"
Cinderella: "Hahh.."
She slightly injured herself and let the blood flow into the device…it lit up.
Ding
Sophie: "ugh."
Fiona: "hmm?"
Lina: "It is glowing!"
Cinderella: "As I said this city…I built it…and before there was water…I used my own blood for it…"
Sophie: "Wait...are you still giving them your blood?"
Cinderella: "No..otherwise they would not need human blood…"
Fiona: "And where did they get your blood then?"
Cinderella: "Hmm…when...I was...sleeping…you must know..Rudeus did not directly put me into that castle…the Petersburg…I slept here for a long time…and during the sleep I had a dagger in my chest…this caused a lot of my blood to flow…when Rudeus then got afraid that someone might wake me he put me into the Petersburg…that means…they apparently collected enough of my blood…"
Sophie: "And why do they mix other blood with yours."
Cinderella: "Because that way my blood connects with the blood of humans or animals…and it becomes more…my blood feeds on your blood and animal blood…and becomes more...and that creates more energy…as you know I am made of flowers…roots and blood…roots feed on water…but…I am not only roots…but also blood that means I need…blood…not water."