Alari nodded at Hotaru's words though he didn't like where all this was coming from, he admitted he was a tad biased about the matter, having things that speak in one's head suddenly come out and try to take over never sounded good to him. However for the time being he put that aside wanting to just reach Murio and retrieve Larel. The force almost forced him to his knees when they reached the field and when Murio came in sight he felt his stomach churn a bit but he kept forward only stopping when Murio's gaze moved over to them.
"I don't see Larel so let's not act too rashly, let's at least figure out where he is," Alari whispered to the two.
For a moment Murio just stared at the group but after a brief second he made a slight motion with his hand and caused the seal to vanish, the pressure to subside and made all the particles to vanish in the blink of an eye. It was replaced with a large blue dome that surrounded the town.
"Good to see you again," Murio said turning to face them. "Excuse the magic, I made sure to put all the humans to sleep, no need for us to be interrupted and innocent lives lost right?"
Alari's eyes narrowed at Murio but he ignored it and moved his hands in his sleeves.
"The barrier will keep humans from interrupting us, sadly it won't keep out anything else, thus-"
"Where's Larel?" Alari asked.
"...impatient," Murio said sighing. "[i]Klivai[/i]"
The moment Murio spoke the words a large blue orb floated above them in the sky, for a moment it was hazy but after a few seconds it cleared and Larel appeared in it, his hands were tied behind his back and two large men had two blades touching his neck as they stood on each side of him. Larel grit his teeth but raised his head a little to see everyone.
"Hotaru, Mera-sama!" He exclaimed trying to stand but was immediately put back down by the men. "Damn it, get off me!"
"Larel!" Alari exclaimed deciding to ignore that he wasn't mentioned. "Hold on!"
"I'm using the same sorcery I used to keep myself hidden from you all so you're not going to find him I'll make that clear now, and I made sure not to put him anywhere near nature, just to be safe. Those men are my creations as well so I'll make this known, I will end his life. If I am harmed, they will kill him, if I die they will kill him, if I notice any manipulation I will end his life. So let's all be calm and civilized."
Alari closed his hands into fists but held back the words that almost poured forth, he could tell he was serious.

"My life is forfeit," Murio said shutting his eyes. "I will be killed by my own for not killing Larel immediately, so in the end I will die by your hand or my former comrades and they're on their way so we should hurry up, since if they attack me Larel will die even if you don't act. Oh and I'm watching you too Hotaru, if I see or pick up the slightest hint of Sybil's presence I'll kill him before she has time to act. I will not hesitate."
Making sure his point was made he turned towards the group and opened his eyes.
"Hotaru and only Hotaru will answer one question, their is no right answer. If she answers I'll give you Larel back and you can do what you want with me, I will not resist. If you don't answer I will kill Larel and you can still do what you want, avenge him do whatever as I said I'm dead anyway. I'll even answer your questions, such as the location of the deceased Kaori."
Alari didn't like this, it'd be different if he was trying to escape or had some sort of plan, but this Murio was a dead man no matter what happened, that made him especially dangerous, though he picked up something coming from his person.
"...wait...Murio that echo coming from you," Alari said. 
Alari dug in his kimono and pulled out Mary's flower, Murio upon seeing it dug into his own and pulled out the same flower.
"You have the flower..." Alari said. "Is that how long you've been around...you've been watching us for that long. Mary only gave that to Kaori and me."
"...leave it to you to figure it out," Murio said lowering his eyelids slightly. "Indeed, I took the flower from Mary-chan. I was around during that time."
He promptly put the flower away and Alari did the same, something about the way he said that bothered him though, why did Murio keep the flower anyway, also why did he say Mary-chan? He called them all by their names normally.
"Once you answer the question I intend on erasing Kaori from your minds wholly, it will be painless, all evidence he was around will be gone. Minus the dolls of course...but you won't remember who made them. Now onto the question."
"...I don't want to forget him Murio."
"I don't care," Murio responded. "I used his existence so he has to be forgotten. Now Hotaru listen very closely because I will not repeat myself."
Murio removed his hands from his sleeves and extended his hand towards Hotaru, Larel closed one eye as the blades touched against his neck a bit more, which made it clear that her answer decided Larel's fate. Alari tried to reach Larel through their connection, through the curse but it was as if he didn't exist, Murio wasn't lying he made it so Larel almost didn't exist.
"What is 'Hope' to you?"
Alari went silent arching a brow at the question but Murio lowered his hand and watched her.
"Answer honestly," Murio said shutting his eyes again.
He raised his right hand up holding up two fingers, as he did one of the men raised his blade up as the other kept it on Larel.