The duo keeps walking through the castle grounds, passing through a garden with several fruit bearing trees that he has never seen before and a fish pond, he stops a second observing the fish closer. One type of fish, their bodies look like they are made of glass and crystal, they have a very faint coloration, so light that you could see right through them to the bottom of the pond, but unlike transparent fish curiously, the insides of the fish aren't visible. There are others whose bodies are composed of armor like plates, their colors however remind him of a lot of koi fish, some of them were only white and black and their markings look skeleton-like.

Xiang notices that he has stopped and smiles at him. "Do you like them? The transparent ones are called Murano and the ones with the plate like scales are known as Gauntlet fish".

"I have never seen these types of fish before… Where am I, Xiang? Why do the faunus here have some many animal traits? What…?", he stops when Xiang raises her palm.

"You are in Mythos and we aren't faunus", she points to a door, where one of her offices is located, before walking to it and opening the door, holding it open for him to enter.

"Mythos?", he says frowning thinking where in remnant this place could be located. Her second answer intrigues him also. "Not a faunus you say?".

He enters Xiang's office taking a look at it. The walls are medium grey, there are two dark blue heavy duty sofas and a couple of armchairs the same color, a large dark brown coffee table in the middle. A bit further there is a kitchenette and a small dining room set with four sturdy chairs and an equally sturdy table, the same shade of dark brown as the coffee table.

At the furthest corner there is a large desk, with a laptop and neat paper piles. Behind it there are bookcases filled with books of all shapes and colors.

This office was decorated in darker colors mostly, but the natural light that enters through the windows makes it lighter.

In one of the walls there are two large maps, one of whole remnant and another one with the dragon shaped unnamed continent. At least that's what he has always understood that this continent was inhibited, but as he looks at the map he can see that it's a political map divided into kingdoms.

Xiang approaches him and knows what he is thinking. "From Argus that is on Anima, you were brought here to Mythos continent", she says pointing to the different continents with her finger, then she moves to mark Haruna in Mythos. "And within Mythos, you are now in Haruna", she explains.

Adam blinks slowly trying to comprehend the information that he had been told. "It has been taught that the unnamed continent… Mythos nobody lived there… well here".

"When the gods of light and darkness punished humanity we were untouched and isolated since we didn't involve ourselves with humanity's ambition, magic is strong here within my kind, unlike humans and faunus, because of that we don't have the need for a semblance".

She walks into the kitchenette looking into the cupboards and placing a kettle in the fire. She takes two cups for tea and a teapot and places them on a tray, preparing other supplies to take into the coffee table once the tea has been brewed. She is happy to find that some sweets have been left per her request on the counter.

Adam stays where he is observing the map, before speaking once more. "What are you Xiang?"

"My kind refers to themselves as were-beasts, we are older than humanity and faunus and live a much longer lifespan, we can live several millennia. We can transform at will into different types of beast, depending on the lineage. You saw my other complete form, my bloodline is mostly composed of kirins, dragons and other kinds of scaled creatures".

Adam is shocked at the revelation. "Wait you mean you can live thousands of years… just how old are you?", he blushes suddenly at the impulse of his question. "Sorry… I".

Xiang bursts up laughing having to place whatever trinkets she had on her hands for fear of dropping them. "It's okay Adam", she says when she gets a hold of herself, using the back of her hand to dry the tears that had gathered on the corner of her eyes. "I still don't reach the 1,000 years old mark, I am currently at 746".

Adam is blushing madly, embarrassed, seppuku doesn't sound so bad right now, if only he had Wilt with him.

Xiang shakes her head smiling. "I didn't mean to embarrass you, but it was so funny". She takes the tray to the coffee table. "We were created by the Gods of Light and Darkness. I daresay many thousands upon thousands of years before they started their bickering, then we were forgotten after that, and they focused on competing and all that mess, my kind didn't wish to be involved in their feud either. Please have some tea and some sweets", she says pushing the tray closer to him.

Adam inspects first what type of tea is it and since it's lavender he decides to add a bit of honey and picks up a blueberry scone. He lets out a satisfied grunt of approval when he bites into it, it's delicious.

"So what other questions do you have?", asks Xiang after a while, letting Adam enjoy the tea and treat.

Adam thinks for a moment, if he should ask for more lore or about the "children" he met today.

"Were none of those we met yours?", he asks, finally making his choice.

Xiang shakes her head. "Not by blood at least, Vicious and I haven't gotten around to have children of our own yet. Time was needed for him and his family… Well they are my family also now, they needed time to adjust… most of the mothers died for one or other reason. The situation with Inola is pretty complex".

Adam finishes his tea and pastry, he chooses to refill his cup and pick up another pastry, a lemon bar.

"Unfortunately none of those children were conceived willingly by either of the parts, different drugs and substances were used for it", she sighs while Adam looks at her shocked, that means that…

"The hands of everyone prisoner was tied, death wasn't even a mean of escape, the man that imprisoned Vicious and his family practices necromancy and is very powerful, he killed a lot of Vicious pups, but the consequences would be had been dire if a pup died, if it wasn't by that tyrant's hands.", she looks at Adam and he has a horrified expression on his face.

"Why… why would he...?", he can even finish the sentence, the lemon bar has fallen from his hand into the table.

"Power, the man if we can call it that, always wants more and more, to control everything. He wanted to create more warriors like Vicious, take over Mythos and then the rest of the world. And he's still trying, the battles are brutal, his goals seem similar to those of Salem.", she explains.