Curse the Mainframe! 73 Unlatch

Of course, as if the universe was going against his every decision, the floor shook audibly just as he grabbed the green-covered book.

Startled, Sean and Blanche were off their feet, one visibly calmer than the other.

"Alec, come," Blanche said tightly.

There were things shaking and bouncing throughout the room. At first, Alec thought that it was him who had triggered some sort of defence mechanism, but judging from the way that Sean was reacting, it evidently wasn't him.

If it had been, the man would have kept an eye on him as or Bunbun and Fenrir approached the bookcase earlier. Or, on the other hand, it could be that the man was not aware of something that would have been triggered should anyone touch the bookcase, but that was less likely.

Sean threw open the door and yelled for an attendant.

The attendant stumbled to the door, face white with fear, her legs trembling. Nothing of this magnitude had ever happened before. Even when there had been incidents, they were all taken care of swiftly and efficiently before anyone ever realized what happened, but this was something larger. Something bigger. She could feel it in her bones.

"Sir!" she gasped. "Everything in the building is shaking!"

"I can see that! What I want to know is why it's shaking!" Sean said with annoyance. The man was considerably calm considering the circumstances. What he couldn't stand was the fact all of his subordinates were running around like headless chickens, as he could see even from his position right now.

All that training was useless if they were going to act this way in an emergency.

Since the roof hadn't already come down on their heads even though everything was already shaking like this should have indicated that they were not in danger for the time being, but they were still letting their baser instincts control their action. Unacceptable!

Blanche didn't hover, but she did keep Alec close. She couldn't stand the fact that as she was doing a favour for Alec, they had to meet this kind of circumstance. This wasn't how she envisioned her helping him out.

Realizing that the two adults in the room were suitably distracted, Alec cut a glance at Bunbun and Fenrir, directing his feelings through the bond that they shared. He pushed forward his command, something that he had experimented with both Bunbun and Fenrir.

This was the perfect time for him to relieve the books from the hands of the clearly negligent auction house. He was just… liberating a couple of books.

Heeding his orders, Bunbun tapped his paw on the bookcase, storing both bookcase and all the books contained on it into the bunny's spatial dimension.

Bunbun and Fenrir then moved towards him acting like nothing was wrong.

Alec almost wanted to facepalm, but then thought better of it. After all, having the entire bookcase missing was better than having numerous books missing from the bookcase.

Luckily, spatial dimensions were so rare in the world that they wouldn't suspect a small child was the one responsible for the theft. Not to mention, those spatial dimensions that were left in people's hands were the low-quality sort that were only able to hold a few things.

"Sean, I need answers," Blanche cut in the man's scolding with an icy tone.

Sean regained control over his temper. "Yes, of course."

"Sir, we have managed to locate the source of the trembling. Nothing in the building has collapsed yet, but it won't be long if the tremors continue to grow. We are not the only building affected by the tremors, but they are coming from directly below us."

Suddenly, a thought occurred to Sean, who swore a blue streak, disregarding the fact that Alec and Blanche were still in the room with him. Right now, there was no time to placate the arrogant Lady Blanche and her young entourage.

Sean tore out of the room, immediately heading to his office for the communication array.

Seeing Sean so unceremoniously leave them alone in the room with only the young attendant as company. Blanche's expression completely darkened.

Blanche grabbed the attendant by the neck, tightening. "You have more information. Tell me. Now."

The noble lady ignored the fact that she was showing a violent and unyielding side of her that she rarely showed to anyone else in front of her newly acquired younger brother, but if he truly was what she thought he was, then the violence should be second nature to him, so it didn't matter if she did show it here.

If anything, she was banking on the fact that it would make him feel closer to her.

The female attendant was clearly terrified as the hand placing her in a chokehold slowly tightened the more she didn't speak, cutting off her supply of oxygen the more each second ticked by.

"I-I-I don't know," she stuttered. "I already told the manager everything!"

Blanche clicked her tongue. "Worthless. Alec, we're leaving. It isn't safe here anymore."

Alec visibly hesitated before shaking his head. "Father told me I have to find the traitors."

It wasn't that he didn't believe they were in danger. With the way the ground was still trembling under their feet, he had no doubts about that, but being with Lady Blanche here would give them an opportunity that he wouldn't have otherwise.

In a time like this where chaos reigned, it was easier for him to sneak in to liberate the Ash Phoenix.

The thought of a sentient creature being held against its will really rubbed him in all the wrong ways for a strange, unsettling reason.

Blanche had likely come to the same conclusion, seeing the determined look on his face. her eyes gleamed as she wondered just how many layers this little boy had. He just grew increasingly interesting the more time she spent with him.

She really did want to kidnap him back with her from his worthless father.

Blanche pressed a pressure point on the attendant's neck, sending her to sleep without another blink, carelessly dumping the body on the floor.

"So, what you're telling me is that you want to steal the Ash Phoenix from the Golden Leaves Auction Hall," she said with a rare streak of mischief in her eye.

Alec stared at her with widened, confused eyes. Blanche smirked down at him but allowed him to get away with acting innocent.

Blanche swept out of the room with Alec and his two familiars hot on her heels. This was more fun than she'd had in years.

Since she always passed herself off as a proper, if cold, Bright noble lady instead of the Sin she really was.

She felt like she was finally back home with the chaos reigning supreme outside whilst workers and customers alike did their best to find a safe place or flee the building. There was just something primal and raw about the taste of fear in the air that made her feel alive.

The two Sins headed towards the room where the auction house kept the vast majority of its goods.

Luckily for the both of them, creatures that were to be auctioned were kept in a separate place from where the more valuable goods were kept. The security was not as tight – mainly kept by a guard or two.

How did she know this, you might ask? Well, it was amazing the things people whispered when they thought that they were out of earshot. Though Blanche had never used the information she'd gathered about the auction house, that didn't mean that she had any qualms about using it.

They turned right, bringing them to a well-lit room, though the lights were shaking and casting shadows about the room as the lights trembled.

Blanche had been prepared to knock out the worker here, but they conveniently seemed to have fled the premises, which made her feel one part disappointed, one part happy.
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There were a variety of creatures that littered the room, most of them spooked and agitated.

Alec looked around before he caught sight of the Ash Phoenix in the corner. Remarkably, the Ash Phoenix, unlike the other creatures in the room, did not move an inch. If it wasn't for the way its intelligent eyes scanned them as they entered, Alec would have wondered whether or not it was dead.

Alec silently unlatched the various cages, allowing the creatures to come out on their own.

Blanche raised a brow before helping out as well.

Chapter end

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