The reasons and levels of concern over that were different between each adult but the concern was shared by all of them none the less. That concern evaporated when they walked into the manor however as it was replaced by awe at what they saw. The large spherical conjunction flame atronach that floated in the center of the reception area cast a warm and impressive scene for them. The whole manor was personally decorated by Nick to make the place much more lively and warm to be in. Nick smirked as they all looked over the decoration and fixtures of the reception area.-

"The rooming situation is rather similar to Hogwarts in that the left side has rooms for the women while the right has rooms for the men. There is plenty of free rooms to choose from as well so there is no need to share at all." Nick said and the groups split up to go find a room in the designated areas. The only ones who didn't do that was the twins that left to explore the rest of the house. Nick noticed that most of the group was more energetic thanks to the dense mana but otherwise didn't seem to notice it.-

The only real exceptions were Harry who looked confused about it and Luna who was looking at the mana directly with curiosity. Thanks to the atronach though no one seemed to notice the keystone set in a case under it. 'I'd say this is going just fine so far..... I spoke too soon it seems' Nick thought with a sigh as he felt the barrier to the atronach forge room getting messed with. Walking up the stairs he was not at all surprised to find the twins poking and prodding the barrier with their wands in an attempt to get past it.-

"Didn't anyone ever tell you that curiosity killed the cat?" Nick asked with an amused look. "Aye , but satisfaction brought it back!" George said and both of them grinned. "Perhaps that cat may be that lucky but I guarantee that anything I have blocked off like that is either top secret or will kill you so maybe don't press your lucks." Nick said honestly. ""Which is this , top secret or deadly?"" they both asked at the same time with a burning curiosity. "That room has a top secret thing in it that you wouldn't understand even if you saw it but is important to me."-

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"If you want to see something cool though I can introduce you to my assistant earlier than the rest." Nick said with a tempting piece of bait at the end. "The funny thing is that we know you're playing us." George said with a grin before Fred finished that thought "But it's working , lead the way". Nick chuckled at that and headed to the opposite side of the upstairs area and stopped in front of the material room that Lucas hangs out in now days while he studies.-

Opening the door I found Lucas sitting on a pile of iron ingots shaped like a chair while he read a book. Lucas looked over the top of the book when he heard the door open before marking his page and setting the book to the side. "Whatcha need boss?" he asked while eyeing the twins curiously. ""Bloody hell mate , he's a vampire!"" the twins exclaimed at the same time in shock. Nick chuckled "Lucas meet the Weasley twins , pranksters extraordinaire and nosy guests. Twins meet Lucas , my assistant in training , royal vampire and wizard." Nick said with a grin.-

"How in Merlin's saggy robes did you get a royal vampire to work under you!?" Fred asked in shock. "He tried to pick my pocket so I gave him a job with some rather hefty benefits , isn't that right Lucas?" Nick said and Lucas chuckled before nodding "A bit more complicated but that's the rough of it." he said with his own smirk. ""Wicked!"" the twins said in unison with amazed looks on their faces. "Keep these two company for a bit while I go and get the rest of the guests settled in." Nick said before leaving the twins to bombard Lucas with questions.-

In the short span he was dealing with the two nosy twins the rest had picked out their rooms and gotten their stuff set up. Harry and Sirius were amongst the first to finish up thanks to the expanded space bag. They much like the twins also chose to explore the manor while they waited for the others. The rest of the adults finished shortly after that and socialized among themselves while the rest were putting their stuff away.