A legion of iron maids that appeared suspiciously close to Avarice had taken over the dark castle and were stationed at every door by their master. Only a handful of humans and demis were left in the castle's service, most of which were either kitchen staff or tailors, leather workers, and overseers for the automatons. Grace still remained the executive head next to Mono, but with her work split between a few hundred machines, she no longer needed to do much herself.
"Let us guide you," bowing at the guests as they entered, a line of automatons maids greeted Raven and Linkle. Lifting her heads while the two were still alarmed at seeing Avarice's face everywhere, the girl at the very end motioned to the stairs and started leading them to her mistress. "Follow me, honored guests."
