Master Of None

"Hello Alice! Do you remember me? You ate at the mansion before but we didn't get to talk much!" Lisa was full of energy and was not going to let Walker hide away. 

Alis gave a polite smile and nod still not fully ready to speak out constantly. But Lisa was already speaking before Walker or Alice could reply. 

"We haven't been to the adventurer's guild to see the training fields yet and then we are heading to the kings' party. After that, we will be meeting everyone in the square. You and the high priest were invited to the party, right?" Lisa was slightly worried that the high priest may not have been invited. 

"We were." Alice was very soft spoken and did not say much. It seemed she was holding back a lot since she was still trying to control her skills herself. But Every single word she said was like a perfect melody that caused Walker to feel like the world was a little brighter. 

"Then you should meet us there.. It would be a good chance to meet up before the square." Walker seemed slightly more nervous than usual causing Alice a bit of confusion but Lisa looked like she had the idea of what Walker was going to say. 

"I interrupted at a bad time. We can partner up with Su and Midnight to get the best deserts at the king's party later." Lisa ran off with a few small laughs towards where Remey was since she knew they could gossip a little. 

"Ehm, erhm...Sorry. She's a little excited today." Alice shook her head at the apology from Walker since she truly didn't mind Lisa's excitement. It was a festival and everyone was in high spirits. "On the other hand, I was wondering if you wanted to be my dance partner tonight?" Walker was having a very hard time staying still since he had never been so direct before. 

Alice grabbed his hand getting his full attention, "Yes." It was all she said but it was a word filled with a little magic. Even though she wore the bracelet, The light around them made a slight rainbow hue. Alice was smiling just as awkwardly and wide as Walker but both were happy to have it in the open. 

Feeling his courage begin to well up within him and remembering Gil and Remey teasing him at times Walker decided that it was just enough of that and he might as well just say what he has been holding on to for some time. "Alice, I...well, I really do like you a lot. And I would like to be a little more than-" Walker was cut off by a hug from Alice in an instant. She had been hoping he would say something like this for a little while and had already confided in a healer friend her own feelings. 

"I do" Her words were soft whispers in his ear, this was meant only for him, "I like you too." It was all Walker wanted to hear for the rest of his life. 

"Then-n I-I look forward to dancing with you later. We can spend some time to-ogether after the festival. I will be home for a while." Walker was trying to keep his heart from leaving his chest but it was all too clear that Alice was the same. 

"Hmm, you two may be cute and at that age, but, this is still a cathedral and not a place for anything more." The high priest had taken a fatherly tone as he walked up behind the pair. Their reaction was to jump far apart and sit opposite ends of the bench they had been on. "However, I do approve…" The high priest sounded like he had wanted to scare someone like that for his whole life. His fatherly demeanor was always going to be there and even though he healed and stood for the cathedral and the faith of the holy lords' world, he was Alice's father. He couldn't just let his daughter run away so easily. 

Walker waited for a few moments and managed to break the awkwardness plaguing the two of them, "We should head to the adventurer's guild to check things out before the time runs away. I will see you there later." Alice smiled at the tension breaking and gave Walker another hug as a farewell. Walker did not is the gaze of the high priest as he left. It seemed that they were no longer a hero and a high priest but a man trying to steal away a fathers' daughter. 

"You look like you have been in the sun way too long. Had a little talk with your girlfriend there." Gil attempted to tease Walker again and Su just shook her head while Remey was too distracted with her siblings. 

"You know what? Yes, yes I did." Lisa stuck her tongue out at Gil when Walker said this and started to follow her brother outside. 

"Wait… you did?" Gil was a little stunned because he didn't think Walker would make that move. He instantly fell in to his own thoughts on what he was missing out on and the things he should be working toward in his own life. 

"If Alice is going to come to the mansion more I bet that means my friends will too." Su just happily imagined having her healer friends over for tea while Alice and Walker spent time reading in the library. It was the perfect excuse for her friends to join them more often. 

"Come on, we are going to the adventurers' guild. If all of you are too slow you won't get to play the games there." Remey knew exactly how to motivate her siblings and saw the light in their eyes. "And don't think I will let any of you win." Remey left the challenge in the air making her siblings even more determined to get moving. It was the perfect tactic.

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