Prologue - Goodbye
Claude walked into the room, gave his glasses a last wipe and rapped on the door.
"Come in." a plain voice replied.
"You called for me, danna-sama." Claude bowed, not looking up.
"Yes, I did – Claude~" Alois started wailing, "you're so mean these past days! I wonder what shall be the punishment?" He smirked, mentioning Hannah, who was in a corner of the room, to come forth.
Claude looked up at her and stood up.
"Did I say you could stand up?" Alois hissed at him.
He immediately returned to his previous structure, his glasses spookily reflecting the moonlight, his face into a slight frown.
"Ah~ as I was saying, what should be the punishment?" Alois started, "Maybe… I should banish you from coming back here until you fix yourself."
Claude's head shot up. "…Excuse me, danna-sama?"
"Look how pathetic you are, you never even have any emotion, like some marble statue and you dare be the butler of the Trancy household, right Hannah?" Alois smirked. "Get out. I'm tired of you. I don't want to see your face now. After all, I still have Hannah."
Claude looked at Hannah whom was smiling and he gritted his teeth.
"But dann-"
"I SAID GET OUT!" Alois screamed at him, not even causing Claude to flinch.
"Yes, your highness." He quickly replied with a monotone voice.
