"Are you alright miss?" he asked with worry, waking her from the trance.

"Ah, ye-yess?" she said. Hearing her own voice, she felt dull. After listening to the voices of the man and lady, her voice is eminently pale in comparison. Her emotion shown through her frown. And although the man didn't know what exactly caused it, he's keen enough to know that she felt somehow sad.

The man felt awkward, he's not the best in initiating or comforting people with words after all. But he tries anyway.

"Are you lost? Why don't you follow me and sit down in the gazebo? After that you could tell me how you end up here. If that makes you feel a bit better."

She nodded. Letting the man guide her to wherever the place is.

Along the way, he's very quiet. Seemingly enjoying the silent company of Ethna. When they arrived at the gazebo, Ethna inspect it very carefully.

The gazebo is a radial one, with wood as its material. There's an entrance, while the rest of the sides are blocked by a low fence. Apparently old, there's a lot of vines that propagate through the pillars. In the middle of the shelter, there are four chairs and one round table. Near the gazebo, there's a river, while on the on the other side though it's further away, there's a small cottage.

Ethna then sat there, seeing the man using his magic to summon a tea. He prepared her drink by pouring it from the tea pot. They kept their mouth shut, probably waiting for the other to start talking. After all, both aren't much of the talker. But in the end the man started it.

"Please do drink it. It's my courtesy" he drank the other cup, so that Ethna feel safe about the tea. Though he needn't do it, because Ethna has trust him since the first time they contact. Ethna is very good at reading people, and her instinct has never been wrong, she knows who to trust. She drinks the tea and discover it's a jasmine tea, her favorite.

"If you don't mind me asking, how did you get here? It's not like any human could just barge in here"

Then a lot of questions crossed Ethna's mind. What exactly this place? Why humans could not go here easily? And he said it as though he's not human, then what is he?

"ehm, you see, I was in the forest that initially looked like this place but, you know, less magical" she said moving her hand in motion as she talked, the habit she tried to get rid of, yet it was always coming back. She paused looking to the man nervously, I mean she's taught that eye contact is important in conversation, but she diverted her gaze somewhere else instantly, because she felt that she's unworthy to see that beautiful thing.

"I saw a very beautiful woman with golden hair, to put it simply, she's gorgeous, eh and then she said about something, eh like bringing me to a-a place beyond ordinary." She continued and then paused again because the man made a surprised expression that turned into a faraway look. But then he seemed to regain his composure and sign her to continue.

"And then she. She just glowed and there's this gust of wind, and then I'm here!" she said that with a bit of panic. The man made a light giggle that washes away her panic only to replace them with embarrassment. But with a bit of courage, Ethna then tried to ask questions.

"What is this place?"

"It's the same forest you were in, yet it's not. You could say it's the realm that's made by the woman you saw, a protected space."

"Who are you? What are you? Are you-" she then paused and looked at him. "The line of Lucis?"

He stares at her intensely, it made Ethna diverted her gaze again.

"Oh that's right, I haven't introduce myself, I'm Ephemere, or at least that's my human name. I'm the grandson of Lucis, but I do have human blood, My grandmother from my mother side is a human and are too my father."

She nodded as a respond. This is the greatest discovery so far, so the folktale was true, she thought.

"Do you want to go home?Ah forgot that I asked, of course you want to... I could transfer you back, but you might have to wait a month, since it took a lot of energy and complicated magic to get out of here. It's also because you're only human, If I'm too rash I could injure you, that's because the human's body are frailer than us. It's also partly because I'm in the third generation, my magic is not as strong as the child of Lucis nor Lucis himself. Therefore, I apologize very deeply for the problem the woman has caused for you"

"Ah, it's okay, I enjoy this place. The only problem is that probably my family is probably worried. "

"You need not worry. This place is as though a pause, no matter what ages you're from, the time is as if stopped, so you'll be back without a second passed. I only worry it would bore you here, and I'm being considerate that you could miss your family"

"Boredom.., Here? No way! It's the most fantastic place I've seen. " She said too excitedly that she jumped of her chair, only to regret it a second later. She then she went back to her chair and hid her face with her long hair.

"though I will miss them, I'll get to see them again, so it's fine."

"Then all we need to do is to welcome you with our utmost care!"he smiled, making Ethna forgot about her insecurities.

"We?"

"Follow me, I'll introduce you to them." He stopped and turned around after realizing something." Now we're in the topic, I believe I didn't catch your name yet?"

"Ethna, Ethna Fleneur."

"Well Ethna, let us proceed" he continued and walked into the direction of the garden to show her around.

There's a lot of flowers that bloomed there, from the flowers she recognized to the ones that she believed do not exist in her world. Her eyes gleam in wonder, which the man finds alluring. He introduced all plants to her, including the herbs, and all type of the tree, hoping that it doesn't overwhelmed her. But she seems fine with it, which is all that matter.

In the middle of their journey Ethna saw a creature resembling a mushroom as it hoards(?).

"They helped me a lot with taking care of the garden. A very diligent creature. If you need to call me, just contact them, they're everywhere and could deliver a message really fast."

She nodded. Realizing the creature who has the most adorable voice that was saying 'master' when she first arrived here are them. She wants to see more of this realm but she felt exhausted. She wondered how big this place it, because from what she has seen, the man still has a lot to tell. The man realized her fatigue and stopped.

"That's enough for today, we'll explore more tomorrow. Now come with me, let's go to the near my cottage."