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Merle was still a bit tense, but she relaxed enough to be gentle with the girl's body she was 'carrying' through the corridors. They reached a set of stairs and they all went up them, then she looked at Aven.

"It's my pleasure," she replied to Aven's thanks. But out of the corner of her eye, she could see that the girl was still pale. Poor thing's still all shaken up. To lighten the atmosphere, Merle smiled and began in a friendly tone, "How do you find the castle so far?"

Merle chuckled a little at Aven's statement. "Of course. There is nothing else in the world that can compare to Castle Neteru, after all."

The three of them reached a corridor whose walls were covered in tapestries, and Merle opened a door that until then had seemed like part of the paneled wall. It revealed a spacious room inside, simply furnished compared to the other rooms but still just as comfortable.

"If what her twin says is right," Merle mused, referring to the unconscious girl, "Once this girl wakes, she will have a surge of energy; most likely destructive. So it will not do to put her in a grand room just to have her destroy it, don't you think?"

Her hovering charm ceased with a wave of her hand, and the battered up young one landed gently on the bed. Merle had already patched up most of the injuries earlier. She snapped her fingers. "I summoned her clothes," she explained to Aven. "They're in the dresser here now, if she wishes to change. Now, shall we head off to your quarters? There's still time for rest if that is what you wish. But if there is somewhere else you would like to go, I will be glad to show you around."

Akane couldn't hear any reply from Chief at her words, so she exited the room, since she already said all of her statement. Akane walked through the corridor as she saw a door open. She walked over there seeing three people. One of them was really familiar to Akane.

"My dear Merle, how you doing? It's been a long time." Akane said walking at the back of Merle.

Merle nodded and beckoned to Aven again, and they walked down the corridor. Then she heard her name being called. She turned around.

Akane...

She gave the vampire a fleeting smile. "We'll catch up in a bit, won't we? I have a guest to deliver to her quarters." Merle motioned towards Aven.

A while later, further up the corridor, Merle opened another door and stepped aside so that Aven could enter. "Here you go, dear." It was much more elegant than the earlier room, since of course the raven assumed that this girl wouldn't be destroying it any time soon. The window arched up and offered a wonderful view of the back gardens in the morning. "You are perfectly safe in here," Merle assured her. "If you need anything, just call for me. I'll hear you. Now please, do get some rest." She curtsied her way out of the room and closed the door gently.

In another moment she was back with Akane. "So, my old friend. How are things?"

Akane turned around slowly with her cold look as usual. "Merle... Tell me Solina's behaviour and attitude." She came closer to Merle and whispered in her ear "And have her eyes changed?" Akane said making her eyes straight into Merle's.