"This place is too quiet, don't you think?" Vergil commented, his voice echoing softly through the opulent corridors of Agares Manor. He walked alongside Ada, his hands in his pockets, his gaze lost between luxurious tapestries and eternally lit chandeliers—but with no one to admire them.
Ada let out a slight laugh through her nose, but did not respond immediately. She knew what he really meant.
The mansion, though monumental, seemed as empty as an ancient tomb. Not for lack of wealth, but of presence. Everyone had left for their own purposes, scattered across the realms like pieces on a mystical board.
Iridia and Zex were in the human world, on a mission alongside Kaguya — as far from the shadows of the Underworld as one could be.
Katharina had disappeared on some mysterious task in the mortal plane, as usual, without much explanation. She was like a whisper in motion, difficult to track, impossible to contain.
