England

The next day, Nick and Olivia are already gone when you wake up close to noon. Still recovering from being in a coma for so long, you take it easy for the day and stay in, catching up on the news on the internet. The following day, after you have breakfast, get showered and changed into fresh clothes, you get a text from Olivia.

"Look at this place! Isn't it magical?" she texts, attaching an image of what looks like a castle. You knew Nick was rich and from England, but you didn't realize he had a castle. You get why he was so charming to Olivia and how he's so confident.

Olivia sends you another text, telling you to teleport over to the courtyard in the middle of the castle that's visible in the picture. You're a little hesitant, wary that it might be a trap, but your curiosity gets the better of you and so you activate your teleportation ring and go to where Olivia said. You instantly feel the air a little thinner and colder and the castle must be on a hill. The first thing you see apart from the castle is Nick. He's wearing a really classy three piece suit. Strangely, Olivia is not with him. Instead, standing behind him are a man and 2 women, dressed like a butler and 2 maids. They don't seem surprised at your sudden appearance at all and you wonder what's going on.

"Ah, there you are," Nick says, greeting you with a handshake.

"Um, hi... where's Olivia?" you say.

"She's settling in and also getting ready for the party I'm throwing tonight to welcome her. You'll see her later, don't worry. Come, let me show you something," Nick says, leading the way into the castle. The butler and maids bow their heads as you 2 walk pass but they don't follow.

The inside of the castle is old and grand although there are plenty of modern upgrades to it such the latest technologies and touchscreens. You marvel at all of it as you wonder exactly how rich Nick is. He must be at least 50 times as rich as Olivia. Nick brings you on a silent tour of the castle, letting you look and gawk at things while he leads until you come to a hallway of portrait paintings. The first portrait is of Nick in the same suit he's wearing right now and the next 1 is a man who looks similar to him. You assume he is Nick's father. The paintings look older as you 2 keep going down the hallway until Nick stops at the last 1. It's an old man with long white hair and a beard in a red robe with stars and moon crescents on it. He looks like a skinny version of Santa Claus.

"That is who I'm descended from," Nick says, gazing at the portrait. "Obviously there are more farther down the line, but he is the most important 1. He is where it all truly begins," he continues.

"What do you mean?" you say.