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Raven and Masquerade were both standing in front of the mansion, only a few meters away from Jens. Emilia and Yang finally woke up and rushed into the mansion along with the others.
Beatrice: "Those two cannot enter the mansion, I suppose! Baria Shamak!"
In the main hall of the mansion, Beatrice swung her hands in various directions, seemingly doing nothing. However, she started to float with her eyes closed. Jens kept looking at her while standing few meters away from her.
Jens: "What is Beatrice doing?"
Ram: "Beatrice-sama is creating a dark barrier around the mansion so that nobody can enter. We've to protect this mansion Jens. Roswaal-sama protected us and now we've to protect the only thing which he holds dear, which is this mansion Jens."
Jens: "Got it!
While saying that, he raised an eyebrow and looked at himself. He forgot the fact that he has nothing to fight with except of his fists, which he wouldn't prefer to use for fighting.
Jens : "But... I don't have a weapon."
Emilia: "Yang, go with Jens to the Artifact room!"
Yang: "Alright! Jens follow me!"
Yang took his hand and took him with her. They ran as fast as they could. Yang was incredibly enraged, as it was visible.
Jens: "A.. Yang calm down a bit!"
Yang: "You don't get it! That woman––– is my mother. We have to stop her! I'll capture her today and question her why she left me and abandoned her family."
Jens: "…"
Jens remained silent, despite being out of breath because of running really fast, he couldn't say anything because he didn't know what to say. He felt terrible for Yang. He couldn't realize how painful it is for her that her own mother wants to kill both her own daughter and her friends, truly disturbing.
After a couple minutes of running, Yang and Jens arrived at a hallway which wasn't familiar to Jens. It looked way darker and plainer. A lot of gold and brown decorations like chains, paintings of burning villages and majestic flowers.
Yang: "We're here!"
She opened the door and a dark room with a red carpet appeared. The room had at least fifty swords hanging on the walls and various wands, staffs, bows, gloves, armor and more. Jens looked around him out of curiosity and noticed how many there actually are.
Jens: "How do I know which one fits me the best?"
Yang: "I'm not sure. Look for a sword which you have a good feeling about. I'll guard the door. They can't be already inside the mansion."
Jens: "Okay, but why are they here?"
Yang: "They're probably looking for some kind of Roswaal related object..."
Jens: "Raven... I mean your mom... No–– I mean Raven said the only reason she was here was for me! That's insane! I'm new and I don't know shit about all this! You called me a friend, which is ridiculous, I don't even know you!"
Yang: "You'll be my friend Jens. Calm down please!"
Jens: "This is insane! I'm––"
The stress that went trough Jens' head was immense. His head ached like hell. He felt something coming up and started vomiting, shivering and not understanding what was going on.
Jens: "BLUAGH!"
Yang: "Ugh… It's already Jens. Calm down a bit please."
A few seconds later, he vomited so much that the whole carpet changed color from red to a disgusting dark green color. Jens was pale and was still shivering because of fear that went trough his mind. He sat down and Yang started to pat his back.
Yang: "It's alright. Calm down. Everything is gonna be alright mate!"
Jens: "Ugh... thanks. Now-- Let me find the right sword."
He stood up, while still nauseous and terrified. He looked at all the daggers, blades, swords, great swords, and long swords, but none was great or gave a special feeling.
In the meantime in the hallway–––
Beatrice: "Ram and Rem, please protect the secret gateway. Raven and the fake Uta are not allowed in the home of my mother, I suppose!"
Ram: "Alright!"
Ram's skirt was messy and dusty. Tons of dust and smoke was inside of the mansion because of the explosion a while earlier.
Ram grabbed a wand from out of her maid dress. It was a simple wooden staff. However, some kind of yellow blue-ish Aura was surrounding it.
Rem: "Understood!"
Rem summoned her morning star and grabbed it tightly. It is a medieval weapon that consists of being a ball adhered to one or more barbs on an axis, which resembles a club, attached with a long chain that leads to the sphere.
Beatrice: "Emilia, go to Nii-san's room and summon Roswaal. This is horrible. In fact, this is terrific. Our current situation is incredibly––"
BANG!
A loud explosion was heard. Not only Beatrice heard it, everyone near a few kilometers heard it. The source of the explosion was unknown, but everyone stopped moving and looked at the main entrance.
Beatrice: "No..."
Emilia: "I'm on my way!"
Beatrice: "HURRY UP!"
The tears fell on Beatrice's face like a waterfall. She was incredibly scared of the outcome of what could possibly happen after this.
Beatrice: "I'll protect this mansion with my life. Show yourself, Uta, I know you're here."
???: "Interesting."
Suddenly, the same red portal opened like before at the garden. This time, only Raven came out of the portal. She was wearing her scary demon mask.
Raven: "Hello Beatrice."
Beatrice: "Raven Branwen, I suppose. In fact, the Branwen Traitor."
Raven: "I haven't seen you in ages. Last time I saw you was when your dear filthy mother died."
Beatrice : "You still didn't wash your dirty mouth, I suppose. In fact, you're still an horrible person just like back then."
Raven : "Still talking like back then."
The conversation intensified and the aura around those two was immense. While looking at Raven, Beatrice noticed the bloody red eyes she remembered from her past. Even though it was dark in the room, she still noticed the scary narrowed eyes through her unique mask.
Raven : "How about us two solving this eternal battle, the battle which was supposed to be finished decades, no ages ago."
Beatrice : "If you're not scared of your demise, then go for it. I'm not as cruel as you may be, I suppose. Surrender your pride and let death be your guide Raven."
Raven : "I rather die than joining the Lugnicians. Your filthy mother hasn't learned you anything. You were such a lovely child back then. I actually cared about you and your health. I even helped raising you, yet you chose to do this."
Beatrice : "You had a choice Raven. You and Hector chose the wrong side, and you know that. Even your brother told you not to leave, but you did, I suppose. In fact, you are actually quite egoistic. Leaving your own daughter behind and even participating in an Extermination against your own family. You're disgusting."
Ram and Rem ran towards Beatrice and stood right behind her. Ram pointing her wand towards Raven and Rem holding her morning star steady.
Raven : "You even talk like your mother. Echi--"
Beatrice : "Don't even think about mentioning her name."
Emilia returned to the hallway with Pack. She was facing the western side of the mansion where she was Jens and Yang running towards them. Both grouping up, they ran to Raven and Beatrice.
Beatrice : "Stop! Don't come closer."
Emilia : "Beatrice-sama! Fighting outside of your library will--"
Beatrice : "I know! Stop! We've to defeat Raven now!"
Yang looked at Beatrice and Raven, she tried to keep her tears in, but failed--
Yang : "Mom..."
Raven removed her mask, throwing it on the ground and scratching it a little bit on the top part of the demon mask. Raven's beautiful red eyes were looking at the scared Yang, but she immediately noticed Jens' new weapon and threw her interest in her own daughter away.
Raven : "I see you found yourself a new weapon, Jens. You're quite different than what I remember."
Jens : "Shut up. You don't know me! I don't even know myself! Shut up!"
Raven : "Ugh! Mask, come."
Suddenly, a mirror appeared in front of Beatrice which shattered after everyone saw their own reflection. Behind the mirror, Masquerade appeared with his weirdish clown mask. Looking at Jens and striking a pose.
Raven : "Mask, can you handle Yang, Jens, Emilia and Pack?"
Masquerade : "How serious?!?! But of course."
Raven : "Then let's give it to him!"
Masquerade dashed right through Beatrice, Ram and Rem and grabbed two blades. They were relatively long and had a dark shade of blue.
Masquerade : "Fight me like you mean it buddies!"
He threw one dagger towards Pack, slicing his body apart and disappearing immediately.
Emilia's green crystal which was attached to her necklace shattered too and she felt an immense mana leaving her body.
Emilia : "Nagh!"
Yang : "Emilia-sama!"
While screaming, Yang loaded her gauntlets and started shooting multiple rockets towards the masked man. But---
Masquerade : "I suppose your fool of a sister has never taught you how to remain calm, did she?"
The man only snapped his fingers and the rockets teleported away to somewhere else.
Masquerade : "You truly thought that those silly rockets would hit me? Quite hilarious, don't you think?"
Then, Emilia ran towards the back of the man and pointed her hands towards him. Collecting mana out of the atmosphere and creating tens, if not fifty icicle pinnacles.
Emilia : "Don't forget about me!"
Emilia released her hands and so did the ice shards. Immediately, the shards flew towards the man and hitting him. Yang started shooting and Jens threw his sword right through his heart.
Masquerade : "Ah-- N--ooo..."
The man's mask fell of his face, however his face wasn't visible because of the mist created by the icicle shards. Everyone saw his body frozen in a shard, but when the mist disappeared, so was the body.
Yang : "Where did he go?!"
Everyone was looking around them, but the man appeared behind Jens.
Masquerade : "Guess... Hero."
The man grabbed a blade and chapped Jens' head off. Bright red blood spouted out of his sliced neck like a fountain of some sort, getting splattered all over the room - the walls, the chairs, the door, and a cheek, the cheek of a girl who looked on with disbelief.
As his head dropped down to the ground after hitting the ceiling, her expression intensified as she continued to grasp onto the situation and understand it.
Yang : "YOU MONSTER---"
Those were the last words Jens heard before he, Jens, tragically lost his life.
However, he wasn't gone. Again, he appeared in the shadow world where nothing was except darkness. Weirdly, Jens couldn't move and the man in the mask was walking towards him. His tuxedo was black and white and his mask became more disturbing with each step he took.
Jens tried to move, but he couldn't. It was physically impossible to even move a hair. The man was only a few meters away from him. The fear which possessed Jens his body wasn't a positive thing and was heavily disturbed by the mask.
The man stopped walking, but then---
Masquerade : "What are you trying to be? The paragon of justice, or perhaps the protagonist?"
And right then, the shadowy world shattered and Jens again woke up in the place right before the man appeared in actuality.