Remilia wakes up another day in her home, the Scarlet Mansion. 'What a bother it is to be Remilia Scarlet', she thinks, like any other morning. Like Dracula, she gets out of the imperial bed she calls her coffin, and flies to the huge living room downstairs to wait for her beloved maid, Sakuya. "Ah, Sakuya. Right on time, as always."