The gates of Black Swan Castle slowly opened, and Sno led Helene, who was still dazed from the ultra-long-distance teleportation, into this "ancestral home" that had been established less than a week ago.
"Welcome back, Master. Miss Audrey has already returned. Do you have any instructions?" Sebastian, the aged-looking but actually newly born butler, slowly revealed himself and asked with impeccable butler etiquette.
"This is the new maid, Helene. You and Maria should train her together and make sure she masters the basic qualities expected of a Perrdax family maid as soon as possible."
Sno pointed solemnly at Helene, whose eyes were still somewhat vacant. Sebastian gave a respectful bow, then lightly clapped his hands. Before long, three ghost maids in short-skirted maid uniforms appeared at Helene's side and swept the girl toward the servants' bathroom on the first floor.
"Wait, what are you doing? Hey! Mr. Sno! This isn't what we agreed on! Why are all the maids in your house ghosts? Wait... are you going to turn me into a ghost too?"
Only then did Helene finally come to her senses. She cried out as she tried to break free from the maids' restraints, but like Sebastian, these maids were products generated after the castle fused with the substitute of the previous generation's "World" earring. Within this territory—including the castle, the valley's farmland, orchard, woods, and underground structures—they could share the castle's Beyonder Characteristic. Although Sno's character settings gave each ghost servant its own personality and fighting style, overall, they could be regarded as extensions of a Sequence Six Beyonder's power.
A Pyromaniac like Helene had no room to resist under such suppression and was dragged into the bathroom. From within came the occasional voices: "A maid calling her master by name?!" "Such an uncultured little wildcat needs