At last, they had arrived at the place where Strohelm's helmet was located... Jeanne had led them to the path, but from there even she didn't know what was in this place, despite it being underneath the house where she used to live...
Jeanne: "So... here we are."
Diego: "Hmm..."
Nacht: "This... hole there?... What is that?"
Jeanne: "No... idea."
It was a massive hole.
Jeanne: "I think that... maybe it's... the Underworld?"
Diego: "The Underworld?"
Jeanne: "Yeah... the Underworld..."
They looked down.
Jeanne: "Hmm..."
Diego: "Oh man, that's really deep..."
Suddenly something pushed them.
Diego: "Huh?!"
Jeanne: "Huh!"
Nacht: "...Ghh."
They fell down.
Mona: "Wooooww... w-wait... wait... wait..."
Jeanne: "Ghhhhh..."
Diego: "Ghhhh..."
He transformed into a wolf.
Diego: "Get on my back!"
They held onto his back.
Diego: "Grrr."
He dug his claws into the wall.
Diego: "Ghhhh..."
Charlotte: "Hahhh... hahhhh..."
They looked down.
Charlotte: "Hahh... how deep is this...?"
Diego: "I'm slipping! Can somebody help me?!"
Nacht: "Ghhh..."
Jeanne: "Joringel... help us out here!"
A huge puppet appeared.
Diego: "Ugh."
Nacht: "Woow."
Jeanne: "Don't worry, that's Joringel... he looks like a puppet, but he's actually a fairy tale being..."
Joringel: "How can I help, Jeanne?"
Jeanne: "We're falling... into this deep place... can you help us?"
Joringel: "Hmm?..."
He had a pale face with dark streaks beneath his six eyes.
Joringel: "Let go."
Jeanne: "Huh?"
Nacht: "What?"
Joringel: "Let go... I have an idea."
Diego: "Ghh... either way, I can't hold on much longer... ghh."
He let go.
Mona: "Woooowwww."
Jeanne: "What... are you planning, Joringel?"
Joringel: "Alright, now."
With black smoke, he made them lighter so they wouldn't fall too fast.
Jeanne: "Huh."
Joringel: "That's what I can do... sorry..."
They slowly drifted downward.
Diego: "Ghh... ugh."
A huge light appeared...
Diego: "Ughh."
Nacht: "Ughhh... what..."
It wasn't the Underworld... or was it? It was far too beautiful. There was so much nature... even houses... and countless rivers.
Nacht: "Huh."
Mona: "...Wooww."
Charlotte: "...Where... are we?"
Joringel: "Have you ever heard that there are four levels in the world of Grimm?... The Upper Level... the Middle Level... and then the very bottom, the Underworld. This here is the Middle Level... it's also called Middle Grimm."
Nacht: "Ughh..."
They landed safely.
Joringel: "Here it is... I hope I was able to help."
Jeanne: "Yeah... definitely. Thanks, Joringel."
He said goodbye.
Jeanne: "So... um... what do we do now, hmm?"
She took out the map.
Nacht: "Doesn't it say anything?"
Jeanne: "No, that's the thing... I... didn't know our house was above something like this..."
They heard something...
It was a fox.
Diego: "Ugh... a fox."
Kisa: "Aww, how cute..."
Fox: "Humans?..."
Diego: "Huh?"
Kisa: "Huh?"
Nacht: "Ughh... it talks."
Fox: "Of course I can talk... every animal in Middle Grimm can talk."
They looked at each other.
Jeanne: "Oh... okay."
Fox: "What are you little humans doing here?... You shouldn't be here... it's dangerous."
Jeanne: "Well, we... landed here from that hole up there."
Fox: "...That hole? Oh... you're from High Grimm... I see... Please follow me then... I'll take you to your own kind..."
They looked at each other.
Diego: "Um."
Nacht: "O...kay..."
They followed him.
Fox: "(Humming)..."
Diego: "Hey... tell me... are there any of the so-called Apocalypses here?"
Fox: "Hmm?... The Apocalypses?... Sure... there are probably quite a few of them in Middle Grimm."
Diego: "I see."
They continued following him.
Fox: "...Hmm..."
Diego: "Say... are there elves here too or something?"
Fox: "Ohh... sure there are... but only forest elves... they're super nice. There are fairies too... both Green Fairies and Dark Fairies... be careful if you ever see a Dark Fairy... they're nasty..."
Diego: "And... you said animals can talk... why?"
Fox: "Why not?... Can't animals talk where you're from?"
Diego: "No... wait... wow, eating animals is going to be really uncomfortable here."
Fox: "Hahahaha... don't worry. Humans eat animals here too... just like we also eat you."
Diego: "(Sweating)."
Nacht: "Well... that's very reassuring... nice to know..."
Diego: "Great... I'm probably not eating meat here anyway... unless it's an animal with a nice female figure... furry..."
They stopped.
Diego: "Huh?"
Everyone stared at him with disgusted expressions.
Diego: "Um."
Mona: "What the hell are you talking about?"
Nacht: "I think I'm gonna throw up."
Charlotte: "Ughh."
Kisa: "Diegooo... come on..."
Diego: "It was just a joke..."
His nose grew longer.
Diego: "Huh?... What's happening?"
Nacht: "Ugh."
Fox: "Oh... you lied. You're not allowed to lie here... otherwise your nose grows."
Nacht: "Ugh... what... does it ever shrink again?"
Fox: "Yeah... if you apologize and admit it was actually a lie."
Diego: "Okay, okay, it was a lie... not completely."
His nose grew even bigger.
Nacht: "Dude, even now you won't let it go. We all know you're a freak. Just admit it..."
Charlotte: "It's getting bigger... let's give him some space."
Mona: "Yeah... are you kidding me?"
Diego: "Okay, it was a lie. It was completely a lie."
His nose shrank back down.
Diego: "Ohhh yeah..."
Nacht: "(Sweating)... so you're into furries... are you into femboys too?"
Diego: "What? No."
His nose grew longer.
Nacht: "Tomboys?"
Diego: "Yeah."
His nose shrank.
Nacht: "Is there anything you're not into?"
Diego: "Yeah... women with orange hair."
His nose stayed the same.
Nacht: "Okay."
Diego: "Now it's my turn... Nacht... have you ever wanted to fuck me?"
(Staring)
Nacht: "No..."
His nose stayed the same.
Nacht: "Hmph..."
Diego: "Ohh... okay... Charlotte, admit it... you love it when your future partner is perverted... in certain ways."
Charlotte: ".....No."
Her nose stayed the same.
Charlotte: "Hmph."
Diego: "Ughh... Mona... you like putting sugar on pizza."
Mona: "No."
Her nose grew.
Diego: "I knew it! You made that pizza sweet! What the fuck, Bung, why?!"
Mona: "That was... before. Not anymore."
Her nose shrank.
Fox: "Oh... you can also make it smaller if you say something that's true."
Diego: "Ohh... okay... Kisa... your turn... you'd like it if Nacht called you 'my love,' right?"
Kisa: "Yeah."
Her nose stayed normal.
Diego: "Oh..."
Nacht: "Uh..."
Diego: "Damn... Oh, Jeanne too... Jeanne, you've definitely kissed a woman before."
Jeanne: "Yeah. My mother and my sister."
Her nose stayed the same.
Jeanne: "Why do you think I'm a lesbian?!"
Diego: "You wear a gangster suit. I don't know."
Jeanne: "Hmph... I'm prettier than every woman in your dreams."
Diego: "...Yeah... I have to admit, you're pretty."
Fox: "...Um... can we keep moving?"
They continued walking.
Fox: "Here."
Diego: "Oh..."
It was... a kingdom.
Diego: "A kingdom?"
Fox: "This is a kingdom where humans live... it's called Lubel."
The houses looked like something from the age of knights. There were countless farms... but there were railway tracks too.
Diego: "Oh... damn... it looks... looks... incredible. It really looks incredible."
Nacht: "How many times are you gonna say that? Are you dumb or retarded?"
Mona: "Both, I think."
Diego: "I'm not dumb! 5 plus 5 is 55."
Nacht: "For Real?"
Mona: "Yeah... you're even dumber than I thought. Go fuck yourself with a bazooka."
Diego: "Rest in peace, Grandma. She got hit by a bazooka."
Nacht: "Bro...?"
Charlotte: "Okay, enough. You two mentally challenged idiots, knock it off."
Nacht: "Hm."
Fox: "Anyway... here we are. I have to go now."
The fox disappeared.
Nacht: "Well, well..."
(Meanwhile)
Fox: "...Hehehehe..."
It transformed... into a human.
A woman behind the trees.
Fox Woman: "...Hehehe. I have to tell the Master about this."
(Meanwhile)
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Sabrina: "Hmmm..."
Recoleta: "And you're sure the helmet is here?"
Sabrina: "Yes... I'm very, very sure it's here. Otherwise that would be strange... The Master said so, so either way this is the first place we have to investigate."