It took a good 20 minutes before the small group reached the mansion. The walk was in silence, Jonathan quietly gazing at Allen through the corner of his eyes, Lavi quietly glaring at Jonathan for looking at Allen and well Allen, he was not so blissfully trying to be unaware of the two men.
The mansion seemed even bigger up close, probably one fourth the size of the actual Black Order building, minus the gigantic hill the building sat perched on.
"How exactly is it that you've come into so much money?" Lavi asked in suspicion, raising a thin brow in question.
"We collect.." Jonathan asked after a moments pause.
"Collect?"
"Antiques and books from previous centuries" Jonathan seemed annoyed by the questions, more interested in taking small, almost unnoticeable side steps toward Allen.
Lavi glared. He was trained to be information hungry and meeting a man with plenty of information but not willing to say anything made the red head dislike him even more than already.
"Now, come on in" Jonathan pushed open the wide double doors, welcomed by dust and dim light from the arch windows littering the mansion walls.
It made Lavi all the more suspicious to see the lack of cleaning in the house even if it was only a few layers of dust.
"Don't worry" Jonathan assured. "Your rooms are clean and I made sure they were separate for your privacy."
Allen felt his stomach sink. He didn't like the thought of being alone in a giant mansion, especially with a man who made him uncomfortable.
As Jonathan led the two through the lengthy halls, he stopped in front of two giant arch doors across from each other. He pushed open the first to reveal layers upon layers of books of different colors, sizes and origins. Lavi's jaw almost dropped at what could possibly be in there. Then he pushed open the other door to reveal an over-sized but still almost unfurnished room with a simple bed against the far wall and two desks on the left wall by a window covered in silken curtains.
"I've heard you're an apprentice of the famous bookman clan" Jonathan smirked. "I thought it to be a fit place for you, next to the library to keep you occupied off duty."
Lavi didn't respond, instead looking over to Allen who seemed even more nervous. There were at least 4 more floors to this house and they were only on the first. Who knew where Allen would be placed.
"Why don't you get comfortable while I show young Allen here to his room on the third floor" "I think I'll come" Lavi answered immediately, earning a blossoming smile from Allen and another glare from Jonathan.
The tour continued in silence, up fleets of stairs and down multiple hallways filled with dimly lit candles and multiple paintings and random statues. It was when they finally reached Allen's room that Lavi saw the obvious difference between their rooms. Though Allen's room was just as big as his, it was also spotless. Velvet curtains hung around the windows and a giant canopy bed set in the middle, an oak desk beside it and even a bathroom attached.
And it just happened to turn out that unlike Lavi's room which was across from the library, Allen's bedroom was across from Jonathan's.
"I don't like this.." Lavi mumbled under his breath.
"I'll let you two freshen up. We'll talk about everything later" and with that, Jonathan retreated into his own room like a content cat.