The Alpha King's Guardian Chapter 12: Manor Tour Part 2

I led Raiver down the hall.

Farther from the Guest Chamber and stopped infront of two giant white mahogany doors.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

This is the Social Living Room.

I pushed the doors open.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Well the entrance of three divisions.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Three divisions?

I nodded.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Yes, you have to understand that this family is a massive luxury.

Raiver chuckled.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

My grandfather alone has more than thirty cousins.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

And your grandmother?

Legacie ( Female Lead )

I guess about twenty?

We smiled.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

This is the first division, right here.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Similar to a receiving area?

I nodded.

I pointed to my left.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

That's for the mothers and aunts and married cousins.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Fancy.

I shrugged.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Women.

We chuckled in unison.

We crossed back to the middle and I led him rightward where the fathers, grandfathers and married male cousins lounge.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

I guess this one's for the gents?

I nodded.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Yes. I've learned easily that Social functions divided the men from women.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Simplicity.

I snickered.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

The rooms were decorated by each of my grandad An's Uncles and Aunts.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Ah, I see.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Quite a gap with their skills, ey?

I laughed lowly.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

I'll never know.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

It's always been like this?

I nodded.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Yes, although the mother's side of the room was previously renovated by my grandmother.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

And the gentlemen's?

Legacie ( Female Lead )

They don't bother for it.

We laughed.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Where do we fit ourselves in here?

He nonchalantly said.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Huh?

He looked at me.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

The Youth.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Oh?

°°°he's 21 though, in these functions, he's already with the men's side of the room°°°

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Ah, it's on the other room across the hall.

We exited the Social Room and walked a few steps down the hall and stopped at a navy blue door.

I opened it and went inside.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Out through here is a half ballroom... half a mini ballroom, I suppose.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

This leads out to another backyard... amazing.

I laughed unconsciously.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

What?

Legacie ( Female Lead )

It's not a backyard, it's the way towards the gardens and the greenhouses.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

You'd rather call it "The Way to The Gardens and Greenhouses" rather than a backyard?

Stupefied. I don't speak for a time.

My lips uncontrollably curl into a smile.

He smiles too.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

You have dimples on both your cheeks.

°°°please don't let my face be red°°°

°°°i don't smile very often°°°

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Same like yours.

I blurted.

°°°i'm going to have to start going to Kaede for avoiding-how-to-blurt classes°°°

His smile grew wider and his teeth appears.

°°°pearly whites and perfect°°°

°°°i'm melting°°°

Raiver ( Male Lead )

So do we head out the backyard now?

My mouth agape and I turned around and went the opposite direction.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

The Ballroom, Formal Ballroom.

We exited the Mini Ballroom and crossed another hall, completely different from the main halls.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Is it an offense to comment about the inconsistency of the interior's design?

I smiled and looked out the windows as we walk.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

No.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Am I right to guess that each member of the first generation of the Volguardsen Clan had anything to do with it?

°°°my heavens how is he so damn smart and intuitive?°°°

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Yes.

I grinned but kept my eyes still on the scenery through the windows.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Now it all makes sense.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

First to the Fourth Generation.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Ahh, I see. I noticed a lot of periods in each design.

I nodded.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Do you ever get lost?

Legacie ( Female Lead )

No.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Really? How so?

Legacie ( Female Lead )

I was always alone as a kid. This place was my playground and home at the same time.

I shared.

°°°I shouldn't have shared that much°°°

Raiver ( Male Lead )

You were always alone?

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Well, most of the time.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

May I know the reason why?

°°°I want to tell him, but I think he already knows°°°

He's heard of my parents and my relationship with them last night when Poppy An had talked with both of us.

°°°he's just being polite°°°

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Workaholic parents.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

You have cousins around your age.

°°°why does this hallway seem to stretch longer than it usually is?°°°

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Kaede's too buried in books as a child, we bond over books and that's it. Maxima travels a lot with her father when we were kids so we never played for a long time.

°°°why can't I stop blurting out stuff?°°°

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Ah, that's understandable.

I glanced at him and saw him already looking at me.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Don't feel too sorry for me, I wasn't a bored child growing up. I had a lot of fun by myself.

He throws me a gentle smile.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

And Nash, as you remember from yesterday?

His brows flickered.

°°°ah, he must really hate the Tiberius Clan, I shouldn't have mentioned them°°°

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Yeah, I heard you were playmates.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Yes. They'd take me to their estate with my eldest cousin, Atlas when no one could watch over for me.

His brows furrow.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

How so?

I shrugged.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

I have no idea. I don't remember most of my childhood, to be honest.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Really?

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Yeah.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Up to what can you remember?

I paused for a while and stopped in my tracks.

I traced the lined of the ceiling with my eyes.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Memories from when I was seven. That's it.

He looked at me worriedly and cautiously.

°°°hiss...did I just sell myself as a weird warlock girl?°°°

Legacie ( Female Lead )

It's nothing to be alarmed or feared about. It was probably just an awakening.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

An awakening?

I nodded.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Yes. A Warlock Child experiences an Awakening. It means their Magic Powers have completely manifested and that they're ready to be trained and educated.

He nodded.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Are there side effects?

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Memory loss, in my condition. Or so, what I like to believe.

I smiled sheepishly.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Your Awakening started at seven years old?

I nodded.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Yes, late bloomer.

I lied.

°°°it started when I was four.... and I remember everything until before turning six and after turning seven.. something happened to me that year that I don't remember°°°

°°°i have a year memory lost in my childhood that gravely affected my adolescence and I still have no idea what it was°°°

Raiver ( Male Lead )

Legacie?

He called gently and I hadn't realize I've been spacing out.

I scowled and tapped my forehead gently.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

The memory's lost I know it.

I blurted out.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

You still have time to make new ones. It'll be alright.

I looked at him, slightly comforted by his words.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

Thanks.

I moved forward and we started walking again.

I brought him to the grand ballroom.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

The Grand Ballroom.

We entered the space and our boot heels echoed a clack.

A smile places itself on Raiver's lips.

Raiver ( Male Lead )

You know, if we weren't seven feet apart, I'd dance with you.

I snapped my head to him.

Legacie ( Female Lead )

What?