The girl silent sipped her tea and Kotori who was beginning to feel uncomfortable spoke to her again

“Umm…”

The girl put a finger to mouth in a “shushing” motion

“We can talk after,” she said.

The girl silently enjoyed her tea, and Kotori and her party looked at her uncomfortably. At the very least it didn’t seem like they were going to be attacked but Kotori was still unsure where exactly they were at.

At the very least she thought this was still part of the dungeon.

It took the girl a little while to drink her entire cup of tea.

Once she was done, she slowly set the teacup down with a light clinking sound.

“The tea was excellent as always Sebastian”

The butler bowed.

“I’m happy you say that, but my name is Bartholomew Ojou-same.”

The girl waved him away

“Yes, Yes, whatever you say Sebastian.”

Ignoring her, the butler cleaned up their tea and bowed before politely standing to the side.

“So… Who are you,” Kotori asked the girl

The girl gave a wry smile.

“Asking the hard-hitting questions to start huh? The answer to that question is simple, I am like you”

“I’m sorry I don’t know what that means,” Kotori said. Since she didn’t want to offend the girl she was currently using polite language(Keigo).

“So tell me, do you remember who you were before you got here”

“Eh”

“You’re reincarnated no?”

“Of course not!” Kotori said glancing at Amelie and the other. Suddenly the girl had revealed her secret in front of Amelie.

“Kotori what is this girl talking about?” Amelie asked innocently.

The girl gave an annoyed expression

“They don’t know?”

“I don’t know what you're talking about!” Kotori said panicking.

“Is everything alright Kotori-sama?” Umi asked her with a concerned expression

“It’s nothing!” Kotori shouted.

The girl sighed watching the interaction

“I see, well, they’ll have to learn sooner or later. This girl right in front of you is a reincarnated individual. In other words, she came from another world, well I guess you all did at some point or another” The girl said.

“Eh? Kotori… is from another world” Amelie said widening her eyes in shock.

“Is this true?” She asked turning to Kotori

Kotori only looked away in shame. She had been friends with Amelie for over 3 years and had never told her the important fact about herself. It wasn’t as if she didn’t think about it, but Kotori now felt guilty for hiding such a fact.

“That makes sense, to be honest”

[Eh?] Kotori thought. She looked back to Amelie who was smiling.

“You always were too smart. I had a hard time believing you were just a young girl” Amelie said.

“So what were you in your past life?” Amelie asked her

[Ah shoot]

“A guy…” Kotori said sheepishly.

*Slap*

Suddenly Kotori felt the hot sting of a hand across her face.

[Yep, deserved] Kotori had seen Amelie change plenty of times in front of her with Amelie under the impression that Kotori was a girl.

“You perv!”

“Sorry…” Kotori said.

“You’re such a troublesome friend. So what? Ms. Mysterious girl. Why did you want to meet Kotori” Amelie said suddenly changing the topic.

“My name is Lala, I have the same question. You all come barging into my nice little dungeon and then have the gall to ask me to explain things to you.” The girl said with an indignant tone.

“Ok ok,” Kotori said

“Why do you hide the main path of the entrances to this dungeon,” Kotori asked the girl.

“Because I don’t want adventurers to bother me”

“But why even have them come into the dungeon in the first place then,” Kotori said.

Lala sighed

“You really know nothing, do you? I need to survive. I eat the mana of people who die here. Otherwise, I will fade”

“Fade?” Kotori said.

“You can’t possibly not understand right?” Lala stared at Kotori a little further.

“Oh, I see…” She said after looking intently at Kotori’s body.

“That clever man, she doesn’t even know,” She said even more softly.

“I’m sorry I don’t follow,” Kotori said smiling politely.

“Mou! This is so hard where do I start. The worst part is I don’t even understand it all” Lala said scratching her head.

“I guess we’ll start at the beginning,” Lala said seemingly deciding on something

“The beginning?” Kotori asked.

“This world… is for lost souls,” Lala said solemnly.