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"My lady, you have an appointment at 12 later. Shall we begin your preparations?"
The girl looked up from the novel on her hands as she placed it down on the table, standing up and giving her servant a quick nod.
"Alright then. Amelia-san, also help me to inform Andrew to prepare the carriage. Thank you."
Amelia bowed as she disappeared for a moment before reappearing on front of her.
"It has been done, my lady."
A small smile appeared on the girl's face as she thanked her servant once again.
"You should go rest, Amelia-san. You do not look well. I will take care of my... appearance myself. I will call you and Andrew-san when I am ready to go."
"Understood. Thank you, my lady."
Amelia obediently bowed as she left the room, leaving the girl alone.
The girl walked over to the wall, where an intricate painting of a brother and sister could be seen.
Running her hands over the name that was engraved underneath the boy in the painting, she then glanced at the girl beside him, refusing to look directly at her features and instead reading out the name engraved underneath the girl, giving a small smile.
Giving out a soft sigh, she turned her back on the portrait as she walked towards her wardrobe, slipping on an old antique ring as she pulled out a black suit fringed with silver, some wrappings, a wig, and lastly a black top hat.
"Andrew? You can go back to the manor for the time being. I will call you when my business here is done. Thank you."
The current head of the Kane family smiled at the carriage-driver, before turning to nod at Amelia as she walked up the steps of the Phantomhive's mansion.
Dusting off her black suit, she adjusted her black top hat that casted a dark shadow over the top half of his face. That way, nobody would recognize her eyes.
Just to make sure, she swept some of her current brown bangs in front of her eyes.
"Let's go, Amelia."
Her helper nodded. Taking long strides up the small path, she fixed her gaze on the door and knocked a few times, before taking a step back.
The door was opened by a butler.
"Good afternoon. I am the Head of the Kane House. I believe that Ciel Phantomhive wanted to talk to me regarding something?"
She smiled as she mustered up, tilting her head a bit to hide the slight blush on her face.
The butler was incredibly good-looking. His black hair was fashionably long at the front and he had red eyes. He wore a black tail-coat over a black vest, and a pair of white gloves.
The head of the Kane's frowned. She could've sworn that the butler's eyes had flashed a bright shade of reddish pink.
Just like... How her eyes would look like sometimes.
Could this man be a...
Shaking her head, she smiled nonchalantly at the butler as he bowed with a slight smirk on his face as he straightened and spoke.
"Forgive my rudeness. I believe I should be the one saying 'Good Afternoon'. Please take a seat as I inform Bocchan of your arrival, Kane-sama."
The butler gave a polite bow, the smile (Or was it a smirk?) staying on his face.
She gave a curt nod.
"Thank you. May I know your name?"
The butler stopped as he placed his hand over his his chest.
"My name is Sebastian Michaelis, Kane-sama."
She gave a nod, before smiling politely.
"It's nice to meet you, Sebastian."
"Bocchan, you have a guest."
The butler clad in black bowed as he gave a closed-eye smile to his master, who was currently taking a sip of tea calmly.
"The head of the Kane house, I presume? Escort him inside, Sebastian."
The boy set down the teacup.
"Yes, my lord."
Sebastian bowed as he disappeared from sight. Minutes later, he reappeared with a person he vaguely recognized, along with a woman he recognized as the servant of the Kane's.
A small frown curled on Ciel's features. Most of the other boy's features were thoroughly hidden by that black top hat he was wearing.
For some reason, he was different from what he remembered. In what way, he couldn't fathom.
Standing up, Ciel curled his fingers around his cane and looked at his guest. A slight smirk appeared on his face.
"Anubis Mahogany Kane. It's been a while. Come, take a seat."
Anubis smiled.
"Indeed. It has been a long time since we last made acquaintance. You used to be Elizabeth's fiance, as I used to be your sister's. However... There were some... Unfortunate occurrences regarding both of our families. On behalf of me and Elizabeth, I apologise for the sudden break of engagement."
Anubis gave a dry smile.
"Don't worry about it, Ciel. I only think of Lizzy as a sister to me. I'm quite sure that my sister thinks of you as her best friend." At the last part Anubis had an amused tone to his voice.
"I'm glad to hear that." Ciel's smirk widened by a fraction. He calmly picked up his cup.
"Before we can start our business discussion... Firstly, please take off the hat and wig, Lady Anais. How disgraceful of someone of your status."
An amused smirk grew on Anubis' face. He let out a sigh.
"I should have known you would see through my disguise, Ciel-san. I cannot say I was not expecting it, though. Many think that I am a boy up to this day. Except for you and Sebastian-san, of course."
Anubis took off the top hat before prying off the mahogany-coloured wig, revealing a dark and almost blackish brown hair that was long and tied in a ponytail.
'He' smiled as he got up and curtseyed, which looked oddly fitting despite the fact that 'he' was dressed in a male suit rather than a dress.
"As the supposed head of the Kanes', I would like to apologise to you, Ciel-san for coming here like this, but I have no choice, really. Kindly do not assume that I enjoy cross-dressing. No, I take that back, it is kind of fun, but do not think that I do this as a hobby."
Looking at Ciel, Anais smiled goofily as her voice was filled with amusement. She levelled the gaze of his blue eyes with her own shocking green ones.
Ciel gave a sigh, setting down his cup.
"If you wish to pretend to be your brother, at least pretend to be serious. As if the real Anubis would ever attempt to crack a joke. Do that and your act might be passable."
Anais smiled brightly.
"Ah, how cruel and yet how true, Ciel-san."
Ciel smirked as he leaned back in his chair a little, one of his fingers resting on his chin.
"However, I do commend you on the fact that you remembered that your brother prefers to use one's name without suffixes of any sort."
Anais simply smiled.
"Well... I have been at this since last year, after all."
Before Ciel could ask anymore questions, she continued on, taking her own cup of tea and taking a sip from it calmly.
"Ciel-san, I believe you invited me here to talk about business? You did not include any details in the letter you sent me."
"Lady Anais. Would you like to discuss this over a game of chess?"
"Why not?"
As soon as she agreed, Ciel's butler had brought over and set up the chessboard, as Ciel leaned back into his chair.
Anais was on the white side while Ciel was on the black side. As she moved on of her pawns to the front, Ciel spoke.
"Firstly, as you know, Funtom Company specialises in toys and confectionery. Your family has specialties in medicine and science, therefore, we would like to request that your hospital runs tests on products that we send you to ensure it is safe for consumption and use. It is important that our current products are of the best quality, seeing that I'm considering to expand into food business."
Moving another pawn forward, she pondered on the possibilities of the next move as she muttered.
"Continue."
Ciel knocked over her pawn as he took another step forward.
"On behalf of my Aunt, Madam Red, I ask if your family hospital would like to form an affiliation with the hospital that she runs, even though I don't see why she could not have sent you a letter herself."
"There's no problem with that. However, I do prefer to take in the opinions of my staff first. Do you perhaps have a written contract? I prefer having things done more officially, at least in terms of business."
As she replied, she ignored the pawn that had knocked over one of her one as she instead took another step forward, knocking over a pawn as well.
"Yes, Sebastian will give it to you later. For now, I would rather you focus on the game."
"Alright then. Make your move, Ciel-san."
They played in silence, until Sebastian arrived and informed them that lunch was ready bowing courteously as he did so.
"We will continue after lunch."
Ciel spoke as he accepted the cane that was offered to him by Sebastian. He offered Anais his hand as he proceeded to escort her out of the room.
Walking in silence, she admired the various paintings that covered the walls as she followed the earl to a well-lit room. The table was elaborately set and candles elegantly lit up the room, a pure white tablecloth covering the table surface.
As she took a seat at the opposite end of the table, Sebastian walked up, nimbly serving the food before pouring tea an exceptional speed.
"Today we have a grilled fish fillet accompanied with a side of the freshest garden salad, all lightly drizzled with a cream-based mushroom sauce. To match it, I have prepared Earl Grey tea."
Sebastian introduced, giving a bow as he then took a step behind, standing just behind Ciel with a closed-eye smile on his face.
"Thank you, Sebastian-san."
She smiled as she carefully cut a piece of fish and placed it in her mouth, chewing as she savoured the taste.
It was like fireworks exploded in her mouth. Giving a wide smile, Anais set down the knife and fork before picking up the teacup gracefully, taking a sip. The fragrance matched the freshness and tenderness of the fish exceptionally.
"This is very delicious, Sebastian-san!"
The butler gave a closed-eye smile, before placing one of his gloved hands against his chest.
"I am glad you like it, Lady Anais."
"Checkmate."
Anais gave a smile as Ciel took out her king before leaning back in his chair with a triumphant look on his eyes.
"Good game, Ciel-san."
Getting up, she smiled demurely before remarking.
"You've really improved a lot. Though I must say... I do prefer watching games from afar rather than participating in them."
Another smirk made itself visible on Ciel's features.
Suddenly, there was a sharp knock on the door before it swung open, revealing Sebastian in all his black-coloured glory
"Lady Anais. Your carriage is ready."
Upon hearing Sebastian, she smiled before thanking him, before picking up her wig and her hat and securing them on her head.
Once again, she was her brother, and she would act like him.
"Sebastian. May I know where is Amelia?"
Sebastian bowed, giving a closed-eye smile.
"She has joined Mr Andrew on the carriage. Also,"
The butler took out an envelop with an elaborate seal on it from his coat pocket, before offering it to her graciously.
"This is the written contract you requested for, Kane-sama."
"Thank you, Sebastian. Goodbye, Ciel Phantomhive."
Bowing, she headed out of the house, her expression neutral.
"Lord Anubis. Andrew would like to know where would you like to head now?"
Anais stashed the envelope in her coat pocket before straightening up in her seat within the carriage.
Adjusting her wig to make sure it was fitted perfectly, her eyes momentarily flashed a bright shade of pink before returning to a light green in shade.
Her expression remained blank as she thanked Amelia, before raising her voice a little as she spoke.
"Andrew. Take us to the hospital, please."
Turning away, she glanced outside the window, before continuing.
"I have some visiting to do."