"I thought there was supposed to be a temple here" Ciel said staring at the hotel.

"It used to be to a temple. After the priest of this temple died, the land was taken by a man named Ladakh who converted it into a hotel" Sebastian replied.

"How could a place of worship be turned into a hotel? What happened to all the temple goers and the other priests?" Luke asked.

"Excuse me?" Alois grabbed the arm of a passerby. "Do you know what happened to the priest here?"

"I wouldn't know but my father might. He's lived in this area since high school" The passerby replied.

He led them to a pharmacy where a man in his mid forties was serving a customer.

"Hey dad, these people were asking about the temple"

"Mahesh, go and organize the stock" the man said and Mahesh left. "So what can I do for you?" the man turned to Ciel and the rest.

"We were hoping that you would tell us about the temple. We heard it was a rather amazing place but we didn't know that it had been converted to a hotel" Ciel said.

"Call me Raj. I never went to the temple much. I used to go when I had time which was very rare. There used to be a priest there who was a very loyal devotee to Lord Krishna and the rest of the Indian Gods. He was always encouraging me to come to temple more often"

"Was he Shankar Narayan?" Alois asked.

"Yes. It was rather unfortunate that he died" Raj replied.

"Was there anyone he was rather close to?" Ciel asked.

"He had a son named Birju and a servant named Bhola. Bhola was a gambler but Shankar took him under his wing and Bhola became the most pious man anyone had ever seen. Birju went to the city to study and never returned after his father died" Raj replied.

"Was anyone threatening him at that time?" Ciel asked.

"Ladakh was a bother to Shankar. Ladakh wanted the land that the temple was built on but with the amount of devotees and disciples the temple had, he couldn't do anything to Shankar. When Shankar died, the devotees abandoned the temple and the land was taken by Ladakh" Raj replied.

"Where does Ladakh live?" Alois asked.

"Two streets away in the huge mansion. You can't miss it" Raj replied.

Instead of taking the car, they all decided to walk to Ladakh's mansion. Then a woman dressed in a blue sari bumped right into Claude.

"I apologise, madam" Claude said.

The woman stared at him in shock and then wrapped her arms around him. Claude's eyes widened as the woman began to cry against his chest.

"My son. My dear son" the woman cried.

"I'm sorry madam, but I am not your son" Claude said.

"I know that it's you. You were taken away from me when you were three but you've come back to me" The woman said.

Then a teenage girl came running up to them and pulled the woman away from Claude.

"I'm so sorry. She always does this to every young man. I'm truly sorry" The girl said and then led the woman away.

"Well that was rather peculiar" Ciel commented.

"Let's go" Claude said brushing his jacket off.

Ciel and the rest were rather shocked when they saw the mansion. It was the same size as theirs but it was more ostentatious. The guard outside went inside to announce them and then they entered. Ciel wrinkled her nose at the sight of a fat man with a cigar hanging from his lips. A maid moped the floor around him and she stilled when she saw Ciel and the rest.

The man reached for his glass of juice and then spilled it onto the floor.

"You missed a spot" he told the maid who nodded and began moping up the mess.

"Are you Ladakh?" Ciel asked stepping forward.

"Depends on who wants to know" He replied, his eyes raking over Ciel's body.

"Does the name Shankar Narayan mean anything to you?" Alois asked.

"Not that old geezer again. He's dead. Why are you bothering with him now?"

"We know that you wanted his land quite desperately. Was that a reason for killing him?" Ciel asked.

"Killing him? I didn't kill him. His son came to me and handed me the papers that showed that Shankar had transferred the land over to me. Then Shankar's son left for the city and never came back. I heard that he died because he slipped near the lake and fell in. He couldn't swim and it was rather early in the morning so he drowned" Ladakh replied.

"We'll be back later for some more questions. Until then, have a nice day" Alois said.

In the car, Ciel rubbed her aching forehead. This case was getting more and more confusing by the minute.

"So Shankar transferred the land before he died. His son brought the papers over and left for London. What happened to Bhola in this situation?" Alois asked.

"We need to find Bhola then" Luke replied.

They went back to Raj who told them that Bhola was now a priest at a smaller temple near the hotel. He had built it with what money he had and was trying to continue what Shankar had taught him. Ciel and the rest entered the small temple. A man was praying and reciting verses in a different language to the idols. A warm scent of incense was wafting throughout the room and the wind was cool.

"Are you Bhola?" Ciel asked.

The man paused in his prayers and then stood up. He turned to them and smiled.

"Yes I am Bhola. What can I do for you?"

They sat down on the mats and Bhola served them all with tea. He began relating about his life before Shankar and then after he met Shankar.

"Everyone left the temple because Shankar wasn't there. He had a natural pull that brought people here. I try to do the same but I can't. Ladakh snatched everything away from us. He even took my daughter away to make her into a maid at his mansion"

"Does she have black hair with brown eyes? She's short but she has a mole on her upper lip?" Ciel asked.

"Yes, that's her. Ladakh took her away from me after Shankar died. If you would not mind, please bring her back to me. I have no money to negotiate with Ladakh but he might listen to you" Bhola said.

Outside the temple, they regrouped. Ciel, Sebastian and Luke decided to negotiate with Ladakh while Alois and Claude went to find the details of the land. Ciel entered the mansion and immediately sensed something was wrong. She heard a scream from upstairs and then ran up the stairs.

Sebastian and Luke followed her up and Ciel threw open the door of the master bedroom. Bhola's daughter was screaming as Ladakh tore her clothes off.

"Get off her!" Sebastian grabbed Ladakh and threw him off of Bhola's daughter.

Ciel grabbed a robe from the closet and helped Bhola's daughter wear it to recover her modesty.

"Such a pathetic man does not deserve to exist" Sebastian said with a frown.

"Leave him be. Let's take her back to Bhola" Ciel said.

Tears were shed when Bhola was reunited with his daughter Seeta. Ciel couldn't stop her own tears as Bhola blessed all of them with holy water. Then a phone call made them rush back to the mansion.