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The two sneak into the keep and try to hop the roofs during the darkness of night. Mao sense things are off, there were more soldiers inside than there should be and she felt demonic energy. They learn that the soldiers were demons. Mao begins to panic learning that demons were inside the village. Laby tries to calm her down and sets saving Calonne as their first priority. They find themselves at a locked door but Mao manages to pick it with a special needle she had, Laby was curious if she had learned the skill form Calonne, Mao admits that she learned it from her parents. She dodges the fact her parents were thieves and passes them off as having been locksmiths. Wandering through the corridors, Mao finds her grandpa's glasses, surprised to see it, Laby accidentally discovers a hidden passage. They follow the path and find themselves underground, but they are attacked by [[Gunther]]. Halting them from reaching the [[L2-4|Underground Prison]], Laby fights and defeats Gunther. Mao is okay due to a device in her necklace that Calonne has made for her.

=== From the Ground Up ===

Inside the [[L2-4|Underground Prison]], they sneak by the guards patrolling the dungeon. One of the prisoners calls out to them, and reveals himself to be the [[Estranged Lord]] of the town. He tells the two girls what had happened to him. He hopes that the situation could be resolved once the capital's army comes to the region, and suggests they wait it out. Mao tells the lord the unfortunately truth that the capital has been in shambles for quite some time. Learning that the lord fears for his own life since Nenya likely only kept him around in the event inspectors from the capital came. [[Laby]] tries to break the lord free but he insists that he is in no position or state to help them out. They are spotted by the guards, Laby and Mao fend them off and then manage to start freeing the inmates. They find Calonne and try to save him but an alarm rings and the warden, [[Deborah]], shows up. Deborah notices the children and criticizes Calonne for playing family with humans, Calonne then criticizing her for being disloyal to their original lord, [[Aegirp]]'s, orders. Deborah expresses her frustrations with their previous lord and how he seemingly abandoned them all this time. Deborah fights them but Laby manages to defeat the demon, allowing for the other prisoners to escape. Calonne talks with his former comrade. Deborah expresses her wavering faith in their lord's belief, but Calonne tells her that the time he spent till this point has proven their dream to be possible. Laby and Mao come and suspect Nenya to be at the heart of the issue. Deborah seeing the child call Calonne her gramps, starts to see that maybe Aegirp's dreams were possible.