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"Rice flour? How does that make it sweet?" Erebus asked with a curious look. While rice can be sweet he didn't know it was enough to make a sweet bread with, though he believed Venice. "You don't have to but thank you if you do." He said with a smile.

He then gestured over at the packets he had brought. "I brought a couple different condiment packets if you prefer some on your sandwiches or would like to try." He said, not entirely sure if it was more popular in Korea to have something else on their sandwiches rather then mayo or mustard like it seemed over here in the US.

"Alright." Erebus nodded, both to Venice wanting to bring him back food and for him wanting to wait on the condiments. He gave him another smile then continued on with eating.

After a while of eating and talking, the two finished up and put away the trash and ended up deciding to leave the sheet, though they hung it up on the bed. That done, they started to actually explore the other rooms near by. Most of the ones they found on the fourth floor were more bedrooms, though they also looked like important ones. To Erebus they felt like they were meant to be important friends and family only kind of rooms. They did find one room that had a stone door that was locked but couldn't find the key and had to move on.

After a bit more exploring in the rooms, they moved to the third floor. The third floor seemed to have mostly guest bedrooms though it had rooms like lounges, what could have been a music room, and a room with many paintings.

Erebus looked over from where he had been studying a faded tapestry when Venice spoke up and gave a nod. "Yes, I think we have explored most of this floor." He gave a smile then took the others hand and lead him tot he second floor.

The second floor had a few storage rooms, a couple of offices, not many individual rooms however as it turned out that the majority of the floor was taken up by a large library. Sadly time had not been kind to the books that used to be held with in and many were reduced to tatters or even dust. The few that could be found whole Erebus was very hesitant to touch for fear of them falling apart.

Erebus held Venice close to him and let out a sigh. "Perhaps I can find a way to preserve the few that are okay somehow." He said, agreeing that to loose so much was heartbreaking. There could have been anything within those books, possibly even a way to help restore Wonders fast for all he knew and most of them were simply gone now.

"Lots of things to research when we get back. Rust removers, ancient book preservation." Who knows what they would find next. Then things that were needed kept piling up but he was fully prepared to do as much as he could to restore everything.

"I'm not sure, but I'll find a way, somehow." Erebus said and closed his eyes when Venice ran his fingers though his hair. "Thank you, I promise to help you with your Wonder as well, what ever you end up needing help with there." He said with a smile before opening his eyes again. He was very grateful that the other was there with him and willing to help him. It was almost physically painful to see the damage to his Wonder and all that needed to be restored and him being here helped. "Shall we continue to the ground floor? Not much else we can do here until we have a way to safely handle these books."

"Same here." Erebus gave one last look around the library then lead Venice down to the ground floor. What they found were a couple of studies, a greeting room, an armory, what could be assumed as servants quarters, the kitchen, two sets of dinning areas, one formal and the other informal, a large pantry, what looked like a trophy room, and an sitting room with large windows that once viewed out into the garden in the back of the mansion.

Erebus had nodded and agreed with Venice's observations about the floor. "I think we have managed to cover most of the mansion." At least over half of it since he wasn't sure how many sub floors there were and he still stood by his decision earlier about not wanting to go into them again just yet. "Shall we explore outside of the mansion then? Or move on to the town if we have the time?"

"Alright, sounds good to me." Erebus nodded then started to lead Venice out into the gardens. He remembered some of it when he had first arrived but at the time he had been focused on the mansion. The double doors leading out into the garden were easy to find and once opened they could see the remains of a pathway leading to a cracked and dry fountain before branching off into different sections of the gardens.

He made sure he had Venice by the hand as they walked farther in to the gardens that would have been lovely at one time. There were dead trees and bushes arranged in ways along the path that suggested they were probably once filled with fruit and flowers respectively. There were empty area's where it could have had a vegetable garden close to the mansion though there was no real evidence of this. There were also area's they had probably been filled with flowers at one point but now only held dust and dirt. Their wanderings brought them passed a gardening shed that still held tools inside though they were very rusty and broken, and then finally they got to an area that looked out onto the dry river with a gazebo surrounded by dead bushes and a wore out bench swing with in.