Chapter 312
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To say that what Kieran saw beyond the door shocked him was an understatement.
In fact, it rather hammered in the rule of always knocking first before waiting for an answer. Blanche had been trying to teach this wayward son of hers for the longest time before she just couldn't find it in herself to care anymore.
She'd eventually given up on improving Kieran's manners, treating it as a lost cause, which was why she found it so hilarious later on when she found out that it was this situation that caused Kieran to change.
Kieran was instantly dazed when he saw both Alec and the previously dead girl –'Lily,' his mind whispered – communicating.
As in, really communicating and not just Alec talking and making voices to himself. Before he entered the room, he'd been concerned, and now he was concerned for a whole different reason!
"What?" Kieran blurted out rather rudely. His mind could not comprehend what was happening right now.
"Kieran, this is Lily Cierra. Lily, this is Kieran Rothschild."
"Nice to meet you," Lily said politely, but her eyes were all but devouring Kieran.
Kieran, being so deep in shock, missed the whole thing entirely, but Alec wasn't so distracted.
"Nice to meet you too," Kieran replied on reflex, but it was apparent that his mind wasn't entirely there.
Before Kieran realized how she was looking at him, Lily returned to her normal look. This wasn't *her* Kieran.
Just what relationship did Lily and Kieran have before she came back from the dead?
Alec stood up from the chair at Lily's bedside, gaining the attention of both Main Characters. "Wait here," he said. "I'll go get big sister so that we don't have to explain another time."
He ignored both Lily and Kieran's reluctant expression, leaving both of them inside the room as he went to retrieve Blanche from her various interrogation methods.
The two looked at each other, one more awkwardly than the other.
Normally, Kieran's mind would have come to the conclusion that Alec was using forbidden magic, but he didn't think that was the case here.
More than anything he'd heard, about the horrible stories of trying to return someone to life, Lily looked like she was in perfect condition. Her body looked just like a normal person's, except for the fact that she was a little paler.
It was nothing like what was described in the fantastical stories.
Confused, Kieran just felt his thoughts going in circles.
Lily, on the other hand, was rather calm even though she found herself in less than favourable circumstances.
She'd once heard something about people coming back as the undead, brought back by someone, but that obviously wasn't the case here.
Lily had come back somehow, but without the help of anyone else. Alec had said that her body's magic rejected his own to the very end, until she came back to life, so there was no chance of anything happening from that end.
So… she had to have done something herself. Somehow. She just didn't know *how* she achieved that.
She was still doubtful about how it'd happened, but she wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth.
She was alive now – well, as alive as she could be, since her body was dead – and this was a second chance to right every wrong that had happened.
She was wary about telling anyone about the events that would go down, but she also didn't know if keeping it to herself would change anything.
At this moment, while both Lily and Kieran were staring at each other, there were three firm knocks on the door.
"Come in," Kieran answered reflexively.
The door opened, admitting Blanche and Alec, and Kieran's face minutely showed how relieved he was.
Lily tried not to let it prick her heart, but her heart had a mind of its own even while her mind told her not to expect anything.
Alec shut the door behind him and started placing silencing seals around the place, as well as seals that would prevent those from eavesdropping, approaching, etc.
The three looked with amusement as Alec warded the place to the nines, only calming down after he was done with everything. He even looked satisfied with himself.
Blanche had to stop herself from going up to pinch her little brother on the cheeks. Why was it that he was still so cute even after he became a teenager?
From what she remembered of Kieran and Dietrich's teenaged years they were little shits who made her itch to spank their butts.
Alec started laying out his theories to the three in the room, and Kieran didn't so much as visibly relax, but his expression looked a little looser.
It helped that Lily was obviously clueless about what was happening to her.
Lily bit her lip. It hadn't really sunk in that she was dead, *dead* until now when Alec started theorizing about the different ways it could have happened.
She fought with herself, but in the end came to the conclusion that she would be splitting ways with Alec here.
There were still things that she needed to do, and Alec should have been doing things as well.
She didn't know just how much of the timeline she'd already changed, but it was in their best interest that they didn't mess with it too much lest it become unrecognizable.
"I'll be leaving now," Lily said calmly, smiling at the three.
Blanche showed no visible reaction, but she felt herself grow a little interested when she saw Kieran's slightly reluctant expression.
Exactly what was her son doing? He seemed like he was keeping a distance from the girl, but then he also didn't want to part with her.
"Kieran go with her," Blanche ordered, causing both her son and Lily to stare at her, nonplussed.
Kieran protested. "I still have to inform Alec about my findings about that kidnapping slash slavery place."
Blanche nodded. "Well, tell us now, then."
Kieran started quickly listing down everything he'd managed to glean from the various information sources left behind in the place.
Blanche as well had a few things to add. "I managed to get a few of our… relatives to talk, but they don't know much. Apparently, Paul was the one who did most of the planning, and they just went along with it. Willing fools and pawns, that's what they were. Unfortunately, I really don't think they do know about anything, and there isn't anything too incriminating left behind written as well."
Alec nodded. "Still, it's got us somewhere, and it's given us a lead."
Blanche nodded approvingly. "Alright. Now, Kieran, if you would be so kind."
Lily tried to turn her down, interjecting. "I think it's better if I go alone."
"Nonsense," Blanche said, steamrolling over her protests.
By the time they realized what was happening, both Lily and Kieran were already stocked full of essentials and kicked out of the house by Alec and Blanche.
It was only when the door shut in their face that they reacted.
"What just happened?" Kieran said dryly, glaring at the door. His mother was like a force of nature!
Lily let out a soft laugh, more than a little used to it in the future – er, past? "Well, if it's all the same to you, we should part ways here."
The first impression that Lily gave to Kieran was probably already rock bottom. No need to make it even worse, now.
Surprisingly, Kieran rejected her. "No," he said, and his hard tone softened a little when he saw the surprise and doubt on Lily's face. "No matter what, you still look like a young, vulnerable girl. I won't just allow you to travel alone like that."
A bit of blush actually made its way to Lily's face – then she paused. How in the world was she still able to blush when her body was all but dead? That made no sense whatsoever! Also, it was so unfair!
She thought that she'd finally be able to get rid of the embarrassing reactions that her body caused her, but it looked like that was going to be a no.
Kieran grabbed Lily's hand, and he didn't even have to force himself much not to flinch at the coldness of her hands, surprising both her and himself.
The Rothschild started dragging her in a certain direction before he changed his mind. He cleared his throat. "Let's go," he said gruffly.
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To say that what Kieran saw beyond the door shocked him was an understatement.
In fact, it rather hammered in the rule of always knocking first before waiting for an answer. Blanche had been trying to teach this wayward son of hers for the longest time before she just couldn't find it in herself to care anymore.
She'd eventually given up on improving Kieran's manners, treating it as a lost cause, which was why she found it so hilarious later on when she found out that it was this situation that caused Kieran to change.
Kieran was instantly dazed when he saw both Alec and the previously dead girl –'Lily,' his mind whispered – communicating.
As in, really communicating and not just Alec talking and making voices to himself. Before he entered the room, he'd been concerned, and now he was concerned for a whole different reason!
"What?" Kieran blurted out rather rudely. His mind could not comprehend what was happening right now.
"Kieran, this is Lily Cierra. Lily, this is Kieran Rothschild."
"Nice to meet you," Lily said politely, but her eyes were all but devouring Kieran.
Kieran, being so deep in shock, missed the whole thing entirely, but Alec wasn't so distracted.
"Nice to meet you too," Kieran replied on reflex, but it was apparent that his mind wasn't entirely there.
Before Kieran realized how she was looking at him, Lily returned to her normal look. This wasn't *her* Kieran.
Just what relationship did Lily and Kieran have before she came back from the dead?
Alec stood up from the chair at Lily's bedside, gaining the attention of both Main Characters. "Wait here," he said. "I'll go get big sister so that we don't have to explain another time."
He ignored both Lily and Kieran's reluctant expression, leaving both of them inside the room as he went to retrieve Blanche from her various interrogation methods.
The two looked at each other, one more awkwardly than the other.
Normally, Kieran's mind would have come to the conclusion that Alec was using forbidden magic, but he didn't think that was the case here.
More than anything he'd heard, about the horrible stories of trying to return someone to life, Lily looked like she was in perfect condition. Her body looked just like a normal person's, except for the fact that she was a little paler.
It was nothing like what was described in the fantastical stories.
Confused, Kieran just felt his thoughts going in circles.
Lily, on the other hand, was rather calm even though she found herself in less than favourable circumstances.
She'd once heard something about people coming back as the undead, brought back by someone, but that obviously wasn't the case here.
Lily had come back somehow, but without the help of anyone else. Alec had said that her body's magic rejected his own to the very end, until she came back to life, so there was no chance of anything happening from that end.
So… she had to have done something herself. Somehow. She just didn't know *how* she achieved that.
She was still doubtful about how it'd happened, but she wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth.
She was alive now – well, as alive as she could be, since her body was dead – and this was a second chance to right every wrong that had happened.
She was wary about telling anyone about the events that would go down, but she also didn't know if keeping it to herself would change anything.
At this moment, while both Lily and Kieran were staring at each other, there were three firm knocks on the door.
"Come in," Kieran answered reflexively.
The door opened, admitting Blanche and Alec, and Kieran's face minutely showed how relieved he was.
Lily tried not to let it prick her heart, but her heart had a mind of its own even while her mind told her not to expect anything.
Alec shut the door behind him and started placing silencing seals around the place, as well as seals that would prevent those from eavesdropping, approaching, etc.
The three looked with amusement as Alec warded the place to the nines, only calming down after he was done with everything. He even looked satisfied with himself.
Blanche had to stop herself from going up to pinch her little brother on the cheeks. Why was it that he was still so cute even after he became a teenager?
From what she remembered of Kieran and Dietrich's teenaged years they were little shits who made her itch to spank their butts.
Alec started laying out his theories to the three in the room, and Kieran didn't so much as visibly relax, but his expression looked a little looser.
It helped that Lily was obviously clueless about what was happening to her.
Lily bit her lip. It hadn't really sunk in that she was dead, *dead* until now when Alec started theorizing about the different ways it could have happened.
She fought with herself, but in the end came to the conclusion that she would be splitting ways with Alec here.
There were still things that she needed to do, and Alec should have been doing things as well.
She didn't know just how much of the timeline she'd already changed, but it was in their best interest that they didn't mess with it too much lest it become unrecognizable.
"I'll be leaving now," Lily said calmly, smiling at the three.
Blanche showed no visible reaction, but she felt herself grow a little interested when she saw Kieran's slightly reluctant expression.
Exactly what was her son doing? He seemed like he was keeping a distance from the girl, but then he also didn't want to part with her.
"Kieran go with her," Blanche ordered, causing both her son and Lily to stare at her, nonplussed.
Kieran protested. "I still have to inform Alec about my findings about that kidnapping slash slavery place."
Blanche nodded. "Well, tell us now, then."
Kieran started quickly listing down everything he'd managed to glean from the various information sources left behind in the place.
Blanche as well had a few things to add. "I managed to get a few of our… relatives to talk, but they don't know much. Apparently, Paul was the one who did most of the planning, and they just went along with it. Willing fools and pawns, that's what they were. Unfortunately, I really don't think they do know about anything, and there isn't anything too incriminating left behind written as well."
Alec nodded. "Still, it's got us somewhere, and it's given us a lead."
Blanche nodded approvingly. "Alright. Now, Kieran, if you would be so kind."
Lily tried to turn her down, interjecting. "I think it's better if I go alone."
"Nonsense," Blanche said, steamrolling over her protests.
By the time they realized what was happening, both Lily and Kieran were already stocked full of essentials and kicked out of the house by Alec and Blanche.
It was only when the door shut in their face that they reacted.
"What just happened?" Kieran said dryly, glaring at the door. His mother was like a force of nature!
Lily let out a soft laugh, more than a little used to it in the future – er, past? "Well, if it's all the same to you, we should part ways here."
The first impression that Lily gave to Kieran was probably already rock bottom. No need to make it even worse, now.
Surprisingly, Kieran rejected her. "No," he said, and his hard tone softened a little when he saw the surprise and doubt on Lily's face. "No matter what, you still look like a young, vulnerable girl. I won't just allow you to travel alone like that."
A bit of blush actually made its way to Lily's face – then she paused. How in the world was she still able to blush when her body was all but dead? That made no sense whatsoever! Also, it was so unfair!
She thought that she'd finally be able to get rid of the embarrassing reactions that her body caused her, but it looked like that was going to be a no.
Kieran grabbed Lily's hand, and he didn't even have to force himself much not to flinch at the coldness of her hands, surprising both her and himself.
The Rothschild started dragging her in a certain direction before he changed his mind. He cleared his throat. "Let's go," he said gruffly.
To say that what Kieran saw beyond the door shocked him was an understatement.In fact, it rather hammered in the rule of always knocking first before waiting for an answer. Blanche had been trying to teach this wayward son of hers for the longest time before she just couldn't find it in herself to care anymore.She'd eventually given up on improving Kieran's manners, treating it as a lost cause, which was why she found it so hilarious later on when she found out that it was this situation that caused Kieran to change.Kieran was instantly dazed when he saw both Alec and the previously dead girl 'Lily,' his mind whispered communicating.As in, really communicating and not just Alec talking and making voices to himself. Before he entered the room, he'd been concerned, and now he was concerned for a whole different reason!"What?" Kieran blurted out rather rudely. His mind could not comprehend what was happening right now."Kieran, this is Lily Cierra. Lily, this is Kieran Rothschild.""Nice to meet you," Lily said politely, but her eyes were all but devouring Kieran.Kieran, being so deep in shock, missed the whole thing entirely, but Alec wasn't so distracted."Nice to meet you too," Kieran replied on reflex, but it was apparent that his mind wasn't entirely there.Before Kieran realized how she was looking at him, Lily returned to her normal look. This wasn't *her* Kieran.Just what relationship did Lily and Kieran have before she came back from the dead?Alec stood up from the chair at Lily's bedside, gaining the attention of both Main Characters. "Wait here," he said. "I'll go get big sister so that we don't have to explain another time."He ignored both Lily and Kieran's reluctant expression, leaving both of them inside the room as he went to retrieve Blanche from her various interrogation methods.The two looked at each other, one more awkwardly than the other.Normally, Kieran's mind would have come to the conclusion that Alec was using forbidden magic, but he didn't think that was the case here.More than anything he'd heard, about the horrible stories of trying to return someone to life, Lily looked like she was in perfect condition. Her body looked just like a normal person's, except for the fact that she was a little paler.It was nothing like what was described in the fantastical stories.Confused, Kieran just felt his thoughts going in circles.Lily, on the other hand, was rather calm even though she found herself in less than favourable circumstances.She'd once heard something about people coming back as the undead, brought back by someone, but that obviously wasn't the case here.Lily had come back somehow, but without the help of anyone else. Alec had said that her body's magic rejected his own to the very end, until she came back to life, so there was no chance of anything happening from that end.So she had to have done something herself. Somehow. She just didn't know *how* she achieved that.She was still doubtful about how it'd happened, but she wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth.She was alive now well, as alive as she could be, since her body was dead and this was a second chance to right every wrong that had happened.She was wary about telling anyone about the events that would go down, but she also didn't know if keeping it to herself would change anything.At this moment, while both Lily and Kieran were staring at each other, there were three firm knocks on the door."Come in," Kieran answered reflexively.The door opened, admitting Blanche and Alec, and Kieran's face minutely showed how relieved he was.Lily tried not to let it prick her heart, but her heart had a mind of its own even while her mind told her not to expect anything.Alec shut the door behind him and started placing silencing seals around the place, as well as seals that would prevent those from eavesdropping, approaching, etc.The three looked with amusement as Alec warded the place to the nines, only calming down after he was done with everything. He even looked satisfied with himself.Blanche had to stop herself from going up to pinch her little brother on the cheeks. Why was it that he was still so cute even after he became a teenager?From what she remembered of Kieran and Dietrich's teenaged years they were little shits who made her itch to spank their butts.Alec started laying out his theories to the three in the room, and Kieran didn't so much as visibly relax, but his expression looked a little looser.It helped that Lily was obviously clueless about what was happening to her.Lily bit her lip. It hadn't really sunk in that she was dead, *dead* until now when Alec started theorizing about the different ways it could have happened.She fought with herself, but in the end came to the conclusion that she would be splitting ways with Alec here.There were still things that she needed to do, and Alec should have been doing things as well.She didn't know just how much of the timeline she'd already changed, but it was in their best interest that they didn't mess with it too much lest it become unrecognizable."I'll be leaving now," Lily said calmly, smiling at the three.Blanche showed no visible reaction, but she felt herself grow a little interested when she saw Kieran's slightly reluctant expression.Exactly what was her son doing? He seemed like he was keeping a distance from the girl, but then he also didn't want to part with her."Kieran go with her," Blanche ordered, causing both her son and Lily to stare at her, nonplussed.Kieran protested. "I still have to inform Alec about my findings about that kidnapping slash slavery place."Blanche nodded. "Well, tell us now, then."Kieran started quickly listing down everything he'd managed to glean from the various information sources left behind in the place.Blanche as well had a few things to add. "I managed to get a few of our relatives to talk, but they don't know much. Apparently, Paul was the one who did most of the planning, and they just went along with it. Willing fools and pawns, that's what they were. Unfortunately, I really don't think they do know about anything, and there isn't anything too incriminating left behind written as well."Alec nodded. "Still, it's got us somewhere, and it's given us a lead."Blanche nodded approvingly. "Alright. Now, Kieran, if you would be so kind."Lily tried to turn her down, interjecting. "I think it's better if I go alone.""Nonsense," Blanche said, steamrolling over her protests.By the time they realized what was happening, both Lily and Kieran were already stocked full of essentials and kicked out of the house by Alec and Blanche.It was only when the door shut in their face that they reacted."What just happened?" Kieran said dryly, glaring at the door. His mother was like a force of nature!Lily let out a soft laugh, more than a little used to it in the future er, past? "Well, if it's all the same to you, we should part ways here."The first impression that Lily gave to Kieran was probably already rock bottom. No need to make it even worse, now.Surprisingly, Kieran rejected her. "No," he said, and his hard tone softened a little when he saw the surprise and doubt on Lily's face. "No matter what, you still look like a young, vulnerable girl. I won't just allow you to travel alone like that."A bit of blush actually made its way to Lily's face then she paused. How in the world was she still able to blush when her body was all but dead? That made no sense whatsoever! Also, it was so unfair!She thought that she'd finally be able to get rid of the embarrassing reactions that her body caused her, but it looked like that was going to be a no.Kieran grabbed Lily's hand, and he didn't even have to force himself much not to flinch at the coldness of her hands, surprising both her and himself.The Rothschild started dragging her in a certain direction before he changed his mind. He cleared his throat. "Let's go," he said gruffly.
