Before being able to reach the German brothers' house, Eliza went through a forest then there she gazed upon the hiding beautiful view that caught her attention. Much to her surprise, that view was his house itself. Oh my, just look at that.

"So... big...!" Eliza said sweating, turning her head up.

"I won't be a bother to the guard here. I guess I'll go in myself and find that stupid idiot. I can even like maybe, surprise him," Eliza muttered to herself as she slowly opened the gates and started walking inside.

The entrance greeted her with a fountain. It served as the center of the four directions Eliza saw-one was the path she took from her house, the other was leading to the east: the garden and the west: the pool and an alternate exit, well actually the three directions are alternative exits themselves. And the north, of course: the mansion.

"I never thought Ludwig can reach this far. What a hardworking man he is. He sure deserves this." A smile formed in her face.

The pathway through the mansion's door was clearly emphasized by the small green balls of grass, which were adorned by vertical metal arcs that were about twice her height. Flowers crept through each arc. These went through until the end of the pathway. Eliza gazed with eyes full of excitement until she reached the end of the way.

"Curse it; I'm late for the meeting. It was because of brother, I don't usually go late! His room was so messy and I did what I can but I can't clean it anymore because of the time. The chores! Brother," Ludwig slammed his palm onto his stressed face.

He was walking out of the door in a hurry when he saw a familiar figure- Hedérváry. Of course, his brother can only be the reason of why she is here.

"Ah, speak of the devil...! L-Ludwig! Hey!" She approached him with a smile.

"If you are looking for Brother, he is at the living room. I'm afraid I can't escort you; I'm in a hurry. Just ask the guards, they wouldn't mind." Ludwig explained.

"No bother, thank you. Sorry," Eliza responded with a nod.

"Well if you'll excuse me, I'll be leaving." Ludwig headed for the main gate.

"Goodbye! Take care!"

Turning to the house from him, she remembered her real goal here, to locate Gilbert without the help of the guards. Wow, what kind of a sick goal is that?

"Let's do this!"

"R-Roderich's house is a bit smaller than this..." She compared.

"R-R-Roderich...?!" As she said these words, pictures of the event that happened earlier began to resurface in her mind.

"No no no no no no. Now's not the time to think about that...!" She shook her head.

At the doorstep, her hands started to tremble, not knowing why.

The house was surely big. The door was sheltered by a thick triangle-shaped roof that was a few feet above the door. The roof had been extended to the sides as there were pathways beside the door, serving also as terraces. Posts and columns supported the roof. Eliza wouldn't bother knowing as to where the ways lead.

"I'm at the door...! Opening...!" Carefully, she turned the doorknob.

Revealing the house's contents- were an amazing living room with an enormous couch and a table just below the railed stairs leading to another large floor with numerous doors. The chandelier was just above her, and there hanged sparkling diamonds. Four large posts were standing by the whole living room, the two at the left bordering a two-doored room while the two at the left- one seen beside the stairs' end: from the floor to the ceiling at the top and the other one being the corner of the wall of the living room that makes another pathway to the right.

"Looks sure can be deceiving. While it looked enormous outside, interiors were lot more spacious."

"… A dream. Yeah, an illusion, it is. All right, time to wake up now-" She slapped herself trying to snap her out of it.

But unfortunately for her, it was reality.

"S-So... where to start...?" She nervously said with sweat beading on her face.

"Ah, I'll go check the stairs!"

The stairs were very much like the ones in fairytales, particularly in castles, those swirly-like kinds. The stairs' left side was merged into the north wall. The right side was railed.

"So... exhausting..." Eliza whispered only to realize that she was not even halfway there.

After a minute, she finally reached the top, and much to her chagrin numerous doors came to her sight.

"Come on..." She said in dismay.

She checked the rooms-

*Garden*

"How did I end up here?! Woah, this is the first time I've witnessed a garden built upstairs.

*Pool*

"Help! So deep! Gahah!"

*Kitchen*

"So this is how it feels to be hit by a frying pan..."

*Crop fields*

*Face hitting the mud upon slipping*

"N-No more...!" She walked clumsily and almost crawling.

Walking somewhere in the house whilst leaning on the wall, she sighed in despair.

"Maybe I should have just asked the guards," she muttered.

She was about to back out when she heard someone asleep.

"H-Huh...?" She looked at the room containing the snoring voice.

And there she saw the living room. Her delighted expression immediately turns into a furious one as she saw the one who has caused her all the misfortunes.