The tall crimson-haired woman turned around and was surprised to see the five barging in without a notice. Her eyes were quickly directed towards Botis seeing another face of recognition. She then looked at Ciara, and the two smaller demons standing beside her. She acknowledged that Ciara was the owner of all three demons, a firm confirmation of the conclusions she drew from the spar the other day between Botis and Ciara, not that she knew their names.

"Ow Rico, I didn't know you'd bring guest. I didn't clean up the place." she spoke.

Tears of sweat were running down the forehead of Rico, he let out a huge sigh. "Sorry babe, but we have a situation here. Can they take shelter here?" he asked.

"Of course they can, if they are friends of yours... then they also are friends of mine." she said, the latter part of the sentence sounding rather sinister.

"Thanks babe." he turned around to face the others. "Welcome. This is Lucille, she is my girlfriend for a wonderful 2 months already." he looked up at his girlfriend with a big grin on his face.

"Yes indeed. Shortly after I moved to the outskirts of this village I met Rico, one could say it was love on first sight. He already told me about his profession as 'witch-hunter'." she chuckled. "Now what really makes me curious is why he would be such good friends with a witch." she said as she towered over Ciara who just changed to a more casual appearance instead of her nightgown. Lucille then turned her head slightly at Botis.

"And I assume that you are one of her demons? You looked a lot different when I encountered you yesterday at the manor, then again, you were under a glamour spell then, or make-up really does wonders."

"How dare you speak in such manner to me, Count Botis of the Underworld and Lord of Venom?!" he rolled his eyes. "I noticed that you were not a regular back at the manor, what are you hiding?" he pressured her.

Rico stepped in, with a face of annoyance towards the count. "She is a regular human, just like me. And just like me she has heightened senses and can tell demons and witches apart from the normies. Probably the reason why we fit so well together." he said, getting a little cheesy at the end of his sentence.