Curse The Mainframe - Chapter 420

Katherine was still sniffling when Alec entered the house with her picked up, which made Aeden and Annalise, who were still in the living room pause at the unbelievable sight.

The little miss of the Klein Clan, known far and wide, Katherine E. Klein was sniffling like a little girl. She always portrayed herself as larger than life, so it was a bit of a shock.

Katherine looked like a bedraggle kitten being dragged back by her mother – Alec was grabbing the back of her collar and lifting her up.

She had a deeply wounded look on her face.

“Katherine?” Aeden said blankly. “Why did you follow your cousin here?”

Katherine’s head snapped up when she heard her uncle’s voice. Her voice stuttered. “Uh… no! I didn’t!”

If it weren’t for the fact that he was her uncle, she would have shouted at him. Couldn’t he see that she obviously didn’t come here willingly?! She was obviously kidnapped! By his son nonetheless! He couldn’t just distort facts like this because he was his son!

The married couple stared at her blankly. No?

Katherine made an angry sound, struggling hard in Alec’s grip. Her hands and legs lashed out, but Alec held her far away enough that she couldn’t hit him. “Let go! Let go, you!”

Alec raised a brow but didn’t drop her. After all, a blush was starting on her face, and she looked deeply embarrassed. She even looked like she was going to burst into tears again.

Alec sighed inwardly. Kids.

So, he brought her up to his room instead.

Aeden and Annalise frowned and exchanged looks.

“What do you think Alec is going to do with her?”

Annalise couldn’t figure it out. Why would Alec bring back the defeated person into their house?

Katherine was even sobbing so pathetically like that previously. It seemed like the blow done to her wasn’t light, right?

Aeden raised a brow but didn’t say anything. In his opinion, his son was quite smart, and he wasn’t rash like some of the Sins here. He had already let Alec know that he was related to Katherine as a cousin, so he shouldn’t be too excessive.

He actually thought that it was time for Katherine to handle a defeat. While she’d been pampered previously because of her unfortunate Magitype, it had led to her becoming pricklier and more arrogant, which was why he frequently gave her lessons.

Unfortunately, Katherine didn’t change her personality since her combat sense was actually quite good even for those amongst the Sins. It was just unfortunate that she had the Awakening Magitype.

A defeat would have shown her that she wasn’t at the top of the world and would have possibly removed the chip on her shoulder that he hadn’t been able to remove.

His brother’s daughter was truly troublesome, but she had a soft heart deep down.

Deep… down…

Aeden was closer to her than the rest of his extended family, but she definitely wasn’t as close as his son was to him now (even if it may be one-sided).

“Unfortunately…”

A lightbulb seemed to go off in Annalise’s mind. “Ah, maybe he’ll give his cousin some pointers.”

This time, it was Aeden’s turn to look at her, confused. “What do you mean?”

“What?” Annalise also looked at her husband with confusion. “They have the same Magitype, after all.”

“What?”

Aeden was stunned. His son was an Awakening Magitype as well? Why didn’t Annalise tell him before this? He had never heard anything about it! And his son had even reached a higher level than Katherine!

He was definitely a Meister, which he had never heard of an Awakening Magitype do before. And he had looked far and wide for Katherine’s sake.

“Why didn’t you tell me before?” Aeden asked, his brows furrowed.

Annalise scratched her cheek sheepishly. “I might have forgot. After all, Alec’s main passion follows after me and not you. He’s extremely gifted in arrays.”

Aeden fell silent for a moment. “Wife… let’s have more children.”

Annalise looked at him with surprise, then her cheeks turned a bit pink. “We’re already an old couple, but you’re still so shameless.”

Aeden chuckled and pulled his wife close, kissing her. “How are we an old couple? You’re still so young, beloved.”

“Oh, you…”

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Upstairs, Alec’s face was dark as his parents were being lovey dovey again. He really could not stand it anymore.

He slapped down a few silencing seals, but they only worked for so long because they weren’t part of the initial array that had been laid down in the house.

Katherine sniffled and wiped at her face. Her face was red and blotchy now, not matching his initial impression of her, where she was cold and arrogant.

Now, she just seemed like a wronged teenager, and she was venting out all her frustrations. She’d probably run out because she didn’t want to be seen by anyone, but in the end had been seen by him, who was the cause of her defeat.

Alec handed her a handkerchief, and she didn’t stubbornly refuse it. Instead, she placed the whole square on her face, covering her shameful expression.

“Are you an Awakening type?” Alec asked.

Katherine stiffened. Her fist clenched, but she didn’t say anything.

It seemed like she had truly taken her loss hard, and Alec wondered if it was because he had shattered her façade of arrogance, not giving her time to build it back up again.

For some reason, looking at her like this, he had a feeling that if he found her again the next day, her walls would all have come back up, showing no flaws.

In a way, she was like himself and Regis, but instead of using a gentle façade, she used one of arrogance.

Katherine’s mind was in a mess. Did someone tell him? Did they tell him after she lost to him?

How did he know? While it wasn’t a well-kept secret, it wasn’t like it was openly spoken of either.

After all, Alec had only been ‘in’ the clan for about a week or so.

It wasn’t enough time for him to learn about the unspoken secrets.

Unless… Uncle Aeden told him?

Katherine felt something choke her up.

“No, my father didn’t tell me,” Alec said, like he was reading her thoughts.

Can he read my thoughts?

“No, I can’t read your thoughts either.”

Then how does he know?

“I can read it on your face.”

Katherine yanked the handkerchief off her face. “I had a damn handkerchief on my face! How is that possible!”

Alec chuckled, his expression amiable, and Katherine froze.

“I guessed earlier when we were fighting. With your fighting style, you would have long since thrown out whatever magic you could have used if that was the case.”

Katherine’s expression was bitter. “Yeah, you’re right. But I can’t. Because I’m a useless Awakening Magitype.”

Alec raised a brow, but that was all Katherine needed to go off on a rant.

“It’s not like I haven’t tried. They all said that it was useless, but I tried. I tried everything. I just can’t get it to do anything! I want to prove them all wrong!”

“Want me to teach you?”

Katherine froze.