In a couple of minutes, they have reached the outside of a tall wooden house, having three floors, along with something that looked like an attic on the top of the house. It was of old fashion, with no balconies. A double wooden door at the front entrance.

Mira goes first and knocks on the door. She waits for a little before a voice is heard, coming from the inside of the house.

" Yes? Who is it?" a female voice asks, as at the same time the light from the eye hole could be seen. " Ohh. If it isn't lady Mira. Please come in." she says as she opens the door.

" Hello, Margaret. I am home." Mira greets her with a smile. " I have brought some friends along. I hope we aren't causing any problems."

" But of course not, my lady." she watches behind her to see their guests. She sees Anna and smiles at her. " Oh hello there Anna, nice to have you back." but her expression changes when she sees the three guys behind her. Now with a more serious one, she speaks. " Ohhh. I see now. I always knew that the day, when my little Mira would bring home her boyfriend, would come. But there are three there? What's the extra one for? Mira! I hope you aren't doing anything strange!" she scolds her.

Mira is full on red at the moment. With rage in her voice, she yells.

“ What are you talking about?! You perverted old hag?!”

“ What? So they aren't your boyfriends?”

" No, they aren't. They are my new companions. It just so happens that they have nowhere to stay at and I offered to take them in."

“ My bad then. I am terribly sorry for the misunderstanding.”

“ N... no worries.” Andrew says, clearly uncomfortable.

“ Yes. Don't worry. We get that a lot.” Alex steps in.

' What the hell are you talking about? You aren't being cool that way you idiot!' Andrew says inside his head.

That's when they got a better view of the woman at the door. She was wearing a typical maid outfit. She was rather old, her gray hair tied up in a bun. With wrinkles on her face and hands.

“ My name is Margaret, and I am the head maid of the Gracial household.” she says with a slight bow.

“ Hello, nice to meet you. I am Andrew and this is Alex and Ivan.” he introduces himself first and then the others.

“ Please come in.”

The inside of the house was even grander than the outside. Where they were, seemed to be the living room. A fire burning at the far end of the room. In the middle, there was a low table with couches surrounding it. Paintings decorating the room. On their right, there was a closed door, and at their left a huge staircase. At the ceiling there was a big chandelier, lighting the whole place up. But they saw no fire coming from it, the same thing as with Mira's lantern from the night before. The floor was covered by a dark yellow carpet.

The three guys look in amazement at the beautiful room. It was way to graphic, they thought to themselves.

“ Margaret. It would be very nice if you had anything for us to eat. Please tell me you cooked something good for the day.” Mira asked her with pleading eyes.

" Yes, we have. Rabbit stew." she declares.

The three guys immediately stop everything they were doing at the sound of these words. Their stomachs growling. Their mouths watering.

“ That would be very nice. We have only eaten dried meat, since yesterday.” Andrew says.

“ I agree. Something to eat would be really acceptable.” Ivan also says.

“ If you have any to spare.” Alex tries to play it cool, but only gets some angry looks from the others.

“ Haha. With pleasure.” Margaret tells them. “ But first... you should go change your clothes.” she says pointing at their dirty outfits.

They had been wearing them for 2 days now. And they had been in an intense battle the previous day. So they had gotten dirty, that's for sure. But they didn't like the idea of letting them go like that either. It was the only thing they had on them from their world.

Margaret notices their looks and speaks.

“ Don't worry. We aren't going to throw them. We will just clean them up for you. Tomorrow they will be ready.”

They sigh with relief.

“ If we get them back... I guess it is fine to give them for now.” Andrew says.

" Perfect. Now then." she says as she claps her hands, making a loud sound, echoing through the house. And answering to her call, many other maids come out the door on their right. Each young looking, with very casual hairstyles, but with a variety of hair colours. They stand in row opposite to her.

“ Now girls. Take our guest over here to the guest room upstairs and help them change to a more... casual attire.” she says, giving them a half stare.

The other maids split up. Half of them go with them, pushing them upstairs and into a room. While the others stay behind with Mira and Anna.

" I guess I should go change as well." Mira admits. " Say, Margaret. Where are my mother and brother?"

" Your mother is already asleep. And your brother had some business to take care of, so he will be late tonight. As for your other siblings. They have either already gone to sleep as well. Or are outside having fun."

“ I see.” she says. Making a sound of relief at the same moment.

" Ohh, I forgot. Your sister Eleanor is awake. She is at the office on the third floor. Taking care of your brother's paperwork."

“ Still working hard as always I see. Well then, we better not disturb her.”

And with that, she leaves along with the rest of the maids. Also followed by Anna.

At the guest room of the second floor, where Andrew and the rest will be staying.

They were in the middle of dressing off, while the maids had gone to bring them their new clothes.

As Andrew was taking off his shirt, they could see the bruises done to him this morning.

" I guess we overdone it a little." Ivan whispers to Alex.

“ Yes. I feel bad for him.”

“ But he wouldn't wake up.”

“ Did you guys say anything?” Andrew asks.

“ Emmh. No, nothing.” they quickly reply.

They take off their shirts and pants and leave them on the floor. When Alex drops his, though, a loud doop was heard. He peeks them up, and checks in his pockets. Only to find out that he had his cellphone with him, all along.

" You had your cell phone with you?" Andrew asks him.

“ It seems like it.” he answers, while at the same time opening it.

“ No signal.” He says.

“ To be expected. But at least it is nice to know that we have a piece of equipment with us.” Ivan says.

“ It is mine.” Alex mumbles while bringing it to his chest.

“ We aren't going to eat it, man. Relax. So... what do you have in it?”

" First of all, it was a joke. You relax! And second, what do you want me to have in it? Nuclear codes. The cure for cancer. Normal stuff." he says sarcastically while getting a murderous look from Ivan. Alex gulps and says once again, this time a little more hesitantly.

“ The same things every normal man has. Music, photos, contacts, porn. You know... the basics.”

“ So nothing useful.”

“ Hey! Once you start missing our home world. Then I will see how useless my phone will be.”

Their conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door. The maids burst into the room and start dressing them in unusual clothes.

They come down the stairs and enter the door on the right, from where they came in. That's where the dining room was, according to one of the maids.

“ Mira has quite the number of servants, won't you agree?” Alex asks them.

" She is noble. Don't forget that. And did you see how many rooms there were upstairs? I am sure Mira has a far bigger family than all of us combined." Andrew answers him.

“ How are you so sure that all these rooms were occupied?”

" He isn't. It is just that Mira had told us that nobles married many women and had many kids. Remember? So it only makes sense that her household is not different." Ivan steps in.

“ I wonder if she has an older sister?” Alex mutters to himself with a lustful look on his face.

“ By the way. I really like our clothes.” He points out.

Andrew looks at himself. He was wearing a green shirt with brown pants. His attire was made from a mix of both silk and leather, it was light and easy to move in.

The same went for the others. Alex was wearing a white top with dark blue pants. While Ivan was wearing a light blue top with black pants.

He must say, he didn't like the colours of his new outfit. If only it was red instead of green. But they didn't have red at the time. No problem, he thought. He was going to get a red shirt tomorrow.

They eagerly go down the stairs and rush to the dining room. Where the scent of freshly cooked food was filling the air. They take a huge zip, before noticing Mira at the end of a very big and long table. It at least fitted twenty people. Which only made Andrew's statement about how big her family actually was, all the more believable.

She was wearing a light, silk, pink nightdress, that emphasised her already good looking figure. Next to her sat Anna. She was also wearing a night dress. Her's, however, was blue and far shorter than Mira's. Exposing a lot of skin. Her face was bright red. Showing her embarrassment.

Alex couldn't help but compare the two women. He had never seen Anna like that, and he must admit that she was really sexy. Her assets beating Mira's by a long shot. Especially in the chest area.

But the one who seemed to be most fascinated by her appearance wasn't him, as everyone would expect. It was Ivan. Who was blushing hard and tried looking away. But no matter how much he tried, he always ended up looking right at her.

They sat opposite to the girls. Despite Alex's arguments. Some men in butler outfits come in the room from a door at the far end, where they presumed was the kitchen, bringing each one a plate of stew along with bread, to fill their stomachs.

They had ended their meals and were now laying on their beds in their room on the second floor. It was a normal sized room, but really crowded, because of the three beds. A path in front of the beds, leading to a door, where they entered and exited the room. At the side of the door was a small wardrobe. But they had nothing to put in there. At the other side, there was a single big window, with the curtains closed.

The order was as such. Alex was sleeping in the bed next to the window, followed by Andrew and then Ivan.

Silence.

“ You still not sleeping?” Ivan asks in a very low voice.

“ No. how about you?” Andrew replies.

“ If I were, how would I be speaking to you?”

“ Fair enough.”

“ So. What do you think of this place.”

“ Mira's house? I think it is cool. It is really big, but a little old-fashioned for my style.”

“ That's not what I meant. I mean about this world.”

“ What about it?”

“ Come on I can see it. I know you still have your doubts about the whole thing.”

" I can say the same for you. Isn't it normal though? I mean, it isn't every day that you get transported to another world. Full of magic and stuff. It is all so unnatural to me. Besides, I always hold a doubt about people."

“ You don't trust them?”

“ It isn't like that. It is just that You mustn't trust everyone without watching your back. You never know what they might be planning behind you.”

Ivan looks at him in wonder.

“ You are an interesting fellow. You know that? I mean, that I went under special training to have this way of thinking. And that only makes me wonder. What shit must you have gone through, to end up with a mind like this.” he says with a smirk.

" It seems like you misunderstood me. I trust these girls. The ones I don't trust is their society and the people around them. And one more advice. You should be more relaxed around them. I can see your stiffness."

Ivan makes a sigh and turns around to fall asleep.

Andrew raises his shoulders and he too closes his eyes.

“ I saw how you acted in front of Anna at dinner.” He says with a playful voice.

“ Shut up.”

The sun is already up in the sky and morning has arrived, when a knock is heard on the door. No one answers it and the door slowly opens. It is a young looking maid. She walks in the room, watching her steps, to make as little sound as possible. She goes to Ivan first and lightly nudges him. Ivan wakes up. Still feeling sleepy. He, however, opens his eyes.

“ Ohh. Hello, good morning.” He says with a yawn.

“ Goo... good morning sir.” she says nervously.

Ivan looks at the sleeping Alex and Andrew.

“ Wake him up first.” he says pointing to Alex.

“ We will try waking the other guy after that. And one more thing. When you do. Step back.”

The maid looks at him in wonder but does as he says.

Alex feels a soft hand nudging him and the sweet voice of a young female. He turns around, his arm stretched. He, however, finds nothing and falls on the ground with a loud sound.

He instantly opens his eyes and looks around. He sees the young maid sitting far away from his bed, and Ivan having a sinister smile on his face while sitting next to her.

“ Good morning. Rise and shine.” he says with a smirk.

Alex tries to say something but is stopped by Ivan.

“ So... should we try waking him up, or what?” He asks looking at Andrew.

“ Breakfast is ready by the way. Everyone was done eating and lady Mira hadn't seen you three. She asked me to come and wake you up. You should hurry if you want to eat.” The maid says.

" What?! We are going to lose breakfast?!" Andrew jumps from his bed and quickly heads outside. Leaving everyone else with shocked faces.

“ I guess we found the way of waking him up.” Ivan admits.

The two of them now leave the room to go have breakfast, while the maid stayed behind to tidy their beds.

At the dining table, they once again find Mira. Back in her original attire. Sitting next to her was Andrew. Eating his food. He sees them and waves at them.

“ Hey guys! They have bacon and eggs! Do you believe this?!” he says with his mouth full. Barely still understandable.

They also sit down. The maids bringing their food on the table.

Now with their stomachs full once again, they are ready to go to the city to do the test, that Mira had told them about.

As they are leaving the house Margaret stops Mira and tells her.

“ You know. Your mother is really angry with you. You haven't talked to her for days. And today you completely avoided her.”

“ I know. It is just... I don't have the courage to actually speak with her right now. And besides, I am sure she prefers to not talk to me either.” she says looking at the ground. Her voice trailing off.

“ Mira. What happened in those days that you were away?” she asks her with a worried look.

“ Margaret. Can we please not talk about it right now?” she answers her with tears starting to form in her eyes.

“ I see. But, you have to get it off your chest you know.”

“ I know. But not now.”

And with that, she too leaves the house.