A strange atmosphere spread through the air. No one had expected that the people Jon had brought them to meet would actually be the two masters of Pat Manor.
Nor had anyone expected the Viscount to tell them a horrifying story with a face full of guilt.
"W-we're all dead?" It was Falandu the shepherd who spoke, his voice trembling.
An unfathomable sorrow filled Leon's eyes. "Only your physical bodies died. At least your spiritual consciousness remains, enduring here."
"We really died? Why don't I feel anything at all?" Everyone stood there in a daze, seemingly still unable to process it.
Only Yorkshire, the mute servant, suddenly understood. No wonder he could speak now—it was because... he was already dead.
"Then... Lord Viscount, Young Master, and Mr. Jon, why are you here? Could it be that you also met with misfortune?"
After her initial shock, Head Maid Mana's first thought upon recovering was concern for her masters' condition. That made Leon feel even more guilty.
Jon smiled. "As for me, I'm in a half-dead, half-alive state, so I'm actually not too different from you. As for Leon and Angel, they've become transcendent beings, so they have other ways of coming here."
"Then... is this the world after death?" one of the servants asked.
"This is not the hell or undead ruins you imagine. This is a special world. Your lives here won't differ too greatly from before. It's just that you may need to adapt to life here and change your former rhythm." Angel replied.
Angel's words left many people at a loss.
They had only just begun to digest the news that they were "dead," and now they had to face changes to their way of life. For many servants who had been content with the status quo, this