At the entrance of the Holygrill family residence—formerly the ducal palace—guards stood vigilant, patrolling with sharp alertness.
Seeing the unexpected arrival of Klein and his father at the gate, the chief guard, Pepti, halted nearby. She pointed her spear directly at them and demanded, "Sir Klein… If I remember correctly, you already completed your eight-hour shift after returning from the Westirifer Duchy. It's your rest time now. Yet here you are, back again—and this time with a pleasant surprise: your father accompanying you. But who is that young man? I've never seen him here before. And by the way… why are you here at this hour?"
Klein listened to her with great patience and replied, "Hmm, it's true that my shift is over and this is my off time…" He then gestured behind him and continued, "By the way, the young man behind me is a very distinguished figure from the Velmora family of Westirifer. In simpler terms, he is Young Master Lucifer Velmora—our new master and the silent power behind Westirifer. The Holygrill family has already surrendered the Holycross Duchy to the Westirifer Duchy.
"And right now, he has something urgent to discuss with the Lady of the House as well as our Oracle Master. That's why he's here."
Upon hearing this, Pepti immediately knelt before Lucifer and said, "Welcome, sire." She then shouted, "Open the entrance gate and inform Head Butler Sir Rovoleski that the Young Master of the Duchy has arrived and requests an urgent audience with Lady Aria!"
Listening to the chief guard's orders, everyone sprang into action.
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Lucifer's sudden arrival at the Holygrill family estate was an absolute shock to everyone, as none of them had ever seen him before.
At Pepti's command, the guards at the entrance quickly opened the grand gate of the Holygrill residential palace. On the other side, a guard named Soleska used a magic crystal ball to relay the news of Lucifer's unexpected visit to the family's head butler, Rovoleski.
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It was nighttime, and most people in the Holygrill family were resting. But one person was still awake, looking after even the sleeping household—that person was none other than Head Butler Rovoleski.
The day that had just passed for the Holygrill family had been utterly bizarre—something they could never have imagined. Even if they tried to explain it, who would believe them?
Here's what actually happened:
Yesterday, during the day in the ducal training arena, Lucifer had asked Oriana to recall a secret location in Holycross's capital, Lumera. At that moment, Oriana had no idea what Lucifer was planning. She thought, *What place could be more secret than my own home?* So she began thinking about her family's secret store room.
Lucifer then used his magic to search her memories, obtained the coordinates of the exact place she was picturing, and created a spatial teleportation portal. He told Lady Aria and the 8,099 soldiers accompanying her as a delegation that this portal would comfortably teleport them all to Lumera town—but with a strict two-hour time limit. After two hours, the portal would close on its own.
While Lucifer was explaining this to the Holycross people, Aria had assumed Oriana was thinking about the Oracle Hall of Holycross State. Little did she know that Oriana's mind was actually fixated on her own house's secret store room.
Meanwhile, when the portal was fully formed, Oriana herself hadn't realized what was happening. By the time she noticed, it was too late. She was now part of the Velmora family—Lucifer's wife—and she didn't want him or Aria to discover her mistake. So she stayed silent.
As a result, when Aria, Delya, and Paul stepped through the portal first, the three of them landed straight inside Oriana's pitch-black store room.
At first, Aria was terrified. She thought, *Where the hell has Lucifer's portal taken us?* She remembered him saying it was one-way only—you could go, but you couldn't come back.
Slowly, more and more people began teleporting in. They started searching for an exit. When they finally found one and stepped out, they realized they were all inside Oriana's house.
Then began the single weirdest incident of the entire day.
A completely normal wooden house with just four rooms—which had been locked from the outside for the past eight days—suddenly had its door smashed open with a thunderous **CRASH!**
The sound of the door breaking drew a huge crowd outside Oriana's home.
But what they saw next was jaw-dropping.
The first ones to emerge were Aria and her daughter Delya, followed by Paul, Delya's husband.
Seeing these three coming out of a house that had been sealed from the outside, the crowd immediately assumed Oriana—the commander of the Valkyrie Knights—had committed treason with the Holygrill family.
But things went completely off the rails when ministers and officials from the delegation started pouring out one after another.
One… two… three… four… five… six… seven… eight… nine… ten… eleven…
The line kept growing longer and longer. By the end, all **8,099 soldiers** had emerged.
And it wasn't just people—**horses** came out too! Fully saddled warhorses, clopping out one by one like it was the world's most overcrowded clown car.
The onlookers were losing their minds. People were screaming, pointing, fainting, and yelling:
"HOW?! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!"
"IS THIS WITCHCRAFT?!"
"THAT FOUR ROOM HOUSE IS BIGGER ON THE INSIDE JUST LIKE HOLYGRILL'S FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PALACE!"
"HOW IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE?! OR IS ORIANA'S HOUSE HAVE THOSE SPATIAL MAGIC PROPERTIES?!"
"MY HOUSE IS BIGGER THAN THIS CLOSET AND I CAN BARELY FIT MY FAMILY OF THIRTHEEN!"
One old lady fainted dramatically. A man started counting on his fingers, then gave up and just screamed at the sky. Children were laughing hysterically while their parents tried to cover their eyes. Someone started a betting pool on how many more people would come out. A bard in the crowd immediately began composing an epic song called "The Infinite House of Oriana."
It was pure, unfiltered chaos. An entire army, complete with horses, marching out of a modest four-room wooden house like it was the most natural thing in the world. The house itself looked embarrassed.
On one side, the crowd was completely stunned watching the delegation emerge. On the other, Aria and the others had no idea how to explain this madness to the public.
And just like that, Oriana's house became a legend.
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After the incident, Aria and Delya somehow managed to calm the crowd with roundabout explanations. The Holygrill family then returned home, called an emergency family meeting, and revealed how the Velmora family of Westirifer had welcomed them warmly and treated them well.
As the discussion progressed, Aria, as the family matriarch, informed everyone that the Keilname family had also surrendered to Westirifer—just like them—but she didn't know the exact reason behind it.
She then recounted how, upon reaching Westirifer Duchy, Lucifer had been absent at first. But during negotiations with his mother and wives, he suddenly appeared and casually dropped that his wives had already taken control of Hector Duchy and Morgen Duchy. In a single night, the entire Hector ducal family and their army had been wiped out. The same fate had befallen the Morgen ducal family—their army surrendered immediately.
The ministers sitting in the meeting could hardly believe their ears. How could they accept such claims without seeing proof?
Finally, Aria revealed that during the negotiations, Lucifer had also announced he had completely eradicated Morthveil City—known as the City of Death—and killed Pope Rotveil himself.
When Aria grew tired of speaking, her daughter Delya continued. She informed the family that in seven days, Westirifer Duchy would promote itself to the Empire of Westirifer. Lucifer had invited the Oracle Master to the ceremony.
Delya then listed the normal terms and conditions that Holycross State would have to follow. Because Holycross had surrendered willingly, Lucifer had applied no pressure. Instead, he had promised Aria five wishes as a gesture of goodwill.
The entire day passed with the family discussing Westirifer Duchy and Lucifer.
After the meeting ended, some female ministers engaged in wild group orgies with Branson, Desmond, Stuart, Nux, and Von Millar.
Meanwhile, when Delya told everyone about Paul's behavior, the key family members united to criticize him harshly.
Separately, Aria went off to sleep with her main husband, Nad Kevlon.