Chapter 400: The Tour

Meira didn't hesitate, rushing forward to hug our grandmother. Yup, hug her. I found myself gaping as I fell in step beside Dad while the tall and imposing Ruler hugged my sister back.

I kept going to the place of wondering if she wasn't such a monster after all. Either that or she was just really good at manipulation.

I was betting on the latter.

Grandmother smiled at me as I stopped a few feet away, Dad at my side, Sassafras still in my arms. It seemed like a real smile, one setting her eyes alight with sparkling good humor.

"I believe a tour is in order," she said. "Allow me to show you our world as it was meant to be seen."

I followed, still a bit hesitant. But Dad didn't seem overly upset, though he frowned to himself, staring at the ground as we walked. And Sassafras was still purring, if softly, almost absently. Meira chattered away about the battle and her part in it as she walked ahead of us, the tall and imposing demon Ruler bending to meet the gaze of her much more dimi