Zemeth landed in the mountain, exactly at immortal Vearah's place, inside the fruit garden. He sweeps his gaze around the area.

"Huh? What is this place?" he asked.

Then suddenly, a shimmering net made of gold fall from the sky and trapped Ramza to the ground. The net was awfully heavy and it rendered him weak, he can't escape and used his power.

"Intruder! Ladies, we have a visitor from outer space!" Aspen screamed loudly while looking at the guy trapped inside the net.

Esmeralda and Vearah heard Aspen's shout. They rushed outside the house to investigate what the commotions were all about.

They rushed towards the fruit garden and saw the guy trapped inside the net.

Vearah design the net to trap anyone who dared to venture in her place without her permission. This guy was the first victim of her golden net, she was pleased to know that it's effective!

"Who are you!? Why are you here? Strangers are not allowed in my place! Why did you come here without my permission?" Vearah asked the stranger.

Ramza looked at the beautiful woman. She looks like an immortal! "Forgive me for trespassing your place, Immortal! I found a portal relic on the ground... I'm just curious where the portal will take me...I did not expect I will arrive at your place. I'm so sorry! Please, take this golden net from me and I promise you, I will return to where I come from. I have no bad intention when I come here. I'm just curious," he explained.

Esmeralda, Vearah, and Aspen looked at each other. They were debating if the guy was telling the truth or not?

They both know that Esmeralda loses her relic portal outside the castle.

"Can you show us the relic portal?" Aspen said.

Ramza struggled to take out the relic from the pocket of his pants, finally, he succeeded and showed it to them. "Here it is..." he said.

Esmeralda and Aspen recognized the relic portal that was lost after they escaped from the castle.

"He was telling the truth!" Aspen said.

Esmeralda raised her brow. "How did you find the relic?" she inquired.

"My friend found it outside the castle in the grassy area...then he gave it to me. I used the relic to open up the portal. That is how I got here..." Ramza explained.

Esmeralda and Aspen were exchanging glances.

"What did you and your friends are doing outside the castle?" Aspen asked curiously.

"We rescued someone inside the castle and escaped the castle successfully as well," Ramza answered.

Esmeralda and Aspen's eyes widened.

"Huh? What rescue? Who did you rescue inside the castle?" Esmeralda asked, her curiosity was aroused.

"And how did you escaped the castle? What did you do and how did you do it?" Aspen added.

Ramza no longer entertained their questions.

"Answer the questions, stranger!" Vearah commanded in a hard voice.

Ramza sighed. "I will only answer your questions if you get me out of this net! I promised you guys, as soon you will take off the net, I will return to where I come from! Set me free now or else I won't talk!" he demanded.

The trio looked at each other. Wondering if it is safe to take the net off from the intruder's body! As of this moment, their curiosity was mounting. They want to know how this stranger and his companion manage to escape the castle? And who is the one they rescued inside? It's the questions that were burning a hole in their minds that they want to know the answers, so badly.

Aspen whispered something in Vearah's ears. "Take off the net then I will freeze him. That way we can continue interrogating him without him posing us any harm to us," he suggested.

Vearah looked at him. "Sounds a nice idea!" she said and nodded her head. She moved her hand and waved it away the golden net was gone.

Ramza was free at last, he was about to use the portal to return to the beach but he was shocked because he can't move his body parts from his shoulder down. "What the hell is going on!?" he asked the trio.

Aspen grinned. "Don't worry, I have frozen your body from your shoulder down. This is to ensure that you won't escape and you will answer all our questions. After we are satisfied with your answers, we will allow you to return to where you come from," he said. He looked at Esmeralda urging her to began interrogating the intruder.

Ramza sighed. "Alright...let's get it over with!" he said, annoyed.

"You mentioned that you rescued someone inside the castle? Who are they?" Esmeralda began her interrogation.

"We rescued the son of the demon and the princess, along with his guardian the old man who guarded the monster boy," Ramza answered.

Esmeralda's brows furrowed. She was not aware that there was a son of a demon and princess inside the castle. "Now on my next question. How did you do it? How did you enter and escape the castle?"

"I and my companion turned ourselves into a genie and entered the bottle. The girl brought us inside the castle, undetected," Ramza answered.

Esmeralda raises a brow. "Can you tell us the name of the girl?"

"The girl's name is Ella," he answered.

Esmeralda and Aspen's eyes widened.

"How did you escaped the castle considering that no one can leave the castle alive?" Aspen interjected.

Ramza sighed. He was getting bored with their questions. But he needs to cooperate with them or else he can never return to the beach. "My friend used the golden dagger and the girl's blood to slice a small area of the blazing barrier, allowing us to escape outside the castle," he said.

"You used Ella's blood to open the blazing barrier?" Esmeralda said.

"No. I mean, the original plan was to use Ella's blood, but it didn't work. The golden dagger didn't transform into a powerful sword that was capable of slicing the blazing barrier, so we tried Ella's sister's blood...then it works! Then we finally able to escape the castle," Ramza said.

Esmeralda and Aspen were confused. Who is the other sister?

"What is the name of Ella's sister?" Aspen asked.

"Ivy..." Ramza comes with a short reply. "Wait...guys why are you asking me a lot of questions about the castle? Why are you interested?" he asked them, curiosity was eating him inside.

The trio was shocked. All they know was that Ivy was already dead.

Aspen looked at Esmeralda. "H-how come?" he said.

Esmeralda was feeling skeptical. The only way to find out if Ivy was indeed alive is to show Ivy's face to the intruder. She waved her hand in front of them...white smoke appeared first...then slowly...the physical feature of Ivy materialized in front of them, crystal clear. "Is that what Ivy looks like?" she asked him.

Ramza nodded his head. "Yes, that's Ivy!" he confirmed.

Esmeralda and Aspen's eyes widened in shock.

"How did Ivy survived?" Aspen questioned the intruder.

Ramza brows knitted together. "Huh? What do you mean?"

"Where did you first found Ivy?" Esmeralda asked.

"We found her in a grave near the waterfall surrounded by a garden of beautiful flowers. The leaves were about to bury her in the shallow grave," Ramza explained.

"Continue..." Esmeralda said, her eyes gleaming. This is getting interesting!

"My companion, the old man freeze the leaves and we brought Ivy's dead body inside the cave that we used as our hiding place during that time," said Ramza.

"Was Ivy already dead when you brought her inside the cave?" asked Aspen.

"The old man who checked Ivy's heart beating and pulse had identified a faint movement, other than that she looks dead already," Ramza said.

"So...what happened next?" Aspen asked. Before he left Ivy, he put miracle seeds in Ivy's mouth hoping that she will survive for many hours after he drained her blood. The miracle seeds seemed to be working fine, that is why they detected a faint pulse and heart beating in her body.

"The old man went to his friend, the king of elves, and asked for help. The king gave him one bottle of magical healing potion that can resurrect a person on the verge of dying. The bottled was emptied into Ivy's mouth. During that time, she was already dead, we can no longer detect any signs of faint beating and pulse on her body. She was dead. After a few hours, she miraculously came back to life. We are ecstatic about the outstanding result," Ramza smiled, recalling how happy his friend's Zemeth was after discovering that his beloved woman returned from the dead.

Esmeralda and Aspen smiled, feeling happy for Ivy. They were glad that she didn't die at all. Kate will be super happy after knowing the good news.

"Wait...how did you know that the blood of the sisters can open the blazing barrier?" Aspen asked.

Ramza sighed. "It's a long story," he said. "Guys, are you done interrogating me? Can you unfreeze me now so that I can return to where I come from?" he said.

The trio looked at each other.

"Wait...where is Ivy and Ella now?" asked Esmeralda.

Ramza's face was clouded with sadness. "Sadly, after we successfully escape the castle. There was a thick cloud of black smoke enveloping all of us, then the next thing we know, my friend was already lying on the ground with his neck slit open, blood pouring out from the wound on his neck. Ivy was nowhere to be seen and the golden dagger was also stolen. Later on, one of our companions who was stationed outside the castle informed us, that he saw a black guy in a cape hovering above the air, going to the castle, carrying a woman in his arms. That was the first and last time he saw that guy who entered the castle and disappeared inside," he elaborated further.

Aspen and Esmeralda's happiness disappeared after knowing that Ivy was back inside the castle again!

"I think... It was the vampire who snatched Ivy and stole the golden dagger and brought her back inside the castle," Esmeralda commented.

Ramza's eyes widened. "Huh? How did you guys know so much about the castle?"

"Because we escape the castle first using Ivy's blood!" Aspen answered him.

Ramza's eyes widened in shock and excitement. C-could it be that the old woman... was Esmeralda who escaped along with Kate? He can't contain his burgeoning anticipation. "Who among you...was named Esmeralda?" he asked.

"Me..." Esmeralda answered.