Belle looked around them, standing in between the two lamps that carried the unlit lanterns. She didn't find any shadows lurking near them. Not knowing what Lucas had on his mind, she asked him,

"Where do you think Barron is right now?"

"The Hawverts have their own building. The tallest and the leanest in the land of the dead. The tower looks more deserted compared to here. This is only a part of it. A reflection after which comes the actual lands," replied Lucas, his scythe had disappeared from his hands, "We need to go to the tower if we are bringing Barron back."

Belle who was looking at the darknesses, tore her gaze away to look back at Lucas, "Isn't that like entering an enemy's territory?" she asked him. It was only Belle and Lucas here with no one else to help them.

She doubted that the Hawverts would gladly give Barron back to her and Lucas. Not to forget, Lucas was one of the Grims who had a bounty on his head. With the way the death reapers had been eager to catch him, waiting to send him where Barron was, she believed there would be more people than they had met in the forest.

"Did you call me?" came a voice from behind, and Belle turned around to see Greed who appeared out of nowhere behind her. Belle was surprised to see Greed arrive here as Lucas had asked him to guard the mansion before they had left the Adams' mansion, "The master bond works quickly when it comes to the reapers."

Lucas had made use of the bond to call Greed.

"The mansion should be alright for a few hours," said Lucas.

"We are only three of us," stated Belle.

Belle didn't know how strong the Hawverts were. Not to forget that there were other Grim reapers who they would be facing. Rower said he never left the river but there were others like Edith who had been summoned back and obviously they would be meeting the short and tall Grim. There were some other Grims who she had no clue about. The odds of them bringing back Barron safely without a scratch was hard to believe, especially when they were going to be up against many creatures.

"Three is fine. The lesser the better right now. It would bring in too much of attention to us if there are many people," replied Lucas, "We will help to clear the path, but you will be the one to retrieve Barron," he said looking at Belle, "But before that, I need to go visit home."

"Miss Belle," said Greed that had her turn to look at the Sixth Grim, the bond changes the soul in the land of the living and also in the dead. Not many do it because it tampers the soul to give another by-product. The appearances in here are nothing but souls that take shape and mould to a form in a way where the other lowly beings of the dead won't be able to identify the new modified souls."

Belle had heard from Rower that there was the city of the dead but she would have never thought that the reapers had their own homes. It was strange to imagine that the reapers had beds and slept in there, it looked funny in her mind. When they reached near Lucas' house, it looked old and worn out. Every single building in here looked like that but it wasn't a deserted place.

There were reapers and souls who walked around, reminding her of the town in the land of the living, "I now know why Rower collects coins," she muttered under her breath. There were actual shops here that sold goods, at least she believed that is what they were.

"I don't even know what Rower does collecting coins in the river. He might as well swim in the money," commented Greed as they made their way towards the house.

"He seems like a stingy man," added Belle who had met Rower and had tried to play a trick on him which ended up with her falling into the river of the dead.

The three of them walked around the house instead of entering directly through the front. Once they were inside, Belle noticed it was a house but an empty one. There was nothing in here-no furniture, no decor. There were no windows and no actual doors, "What do you use the house for?" she asked Lucas.

"To store things," smiled Lucas at Belle's curiosity.

In Belle's eyes, there was nothing and it was because she couldn't see it. Lucas made his way to one of the rooms while Belle looked around with her arms folded. When he tapped on the walls, she noticed how the walls moved from the middle, the bricks moving away to show stacks of gold coins.

"Does everyone have so many coins?" asked Belle.

"Just the Grims. Because they are of the higher status compared to the reapers and some reapers who work in catching the bounty," answered Lucas. Taking a pouch from there, he pushed the coins into it. Turning around he said, "We might need to bribe some of them."

They heard a snap come from the other side of the house and Lucas got hold of Belle and Greed to apparate out of the house. Not a second later, a reaper entered the same room they were standing in. The death reaper sniffed the air, its head moving left and right to see no one there.

The trio apparated in the middle of an alley where no one could see them. When Belle turned to her left, she caught sight of a tall tower just like Lucas had described. The tower looked tilted to the side as if it was going to fall. They were here. This was where Barron was.

She could only hope that Barron was doing alright and he hadn't been sent to oblivion.

"Stay here," said Lucas to Belle, leaving Greed behind with her. It took sometime before Lucas returned back to where they were with a black tattered robe in his hands, "Change into this."

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