Thankfully, I wasn't required to stay at the Phantomhive manor for very long and was picked up the next day by Lau, who took one look at my appearance and brought his sleeve up to his lips in a chuckle. Unfortunately for me, once he bid the Earl goodbye, we headed back to the docks where I got a punishment more horrible that death. I was forced to do nothing job wise due to my shoulder, which meant no money. And no money meant no livelihood. It also meant severe boredom, to which Lau used to tease me, purposely visiting me and holding things just out of reach. It was a real pain, but was nice to know that he did actually care about my well-being, enough to visit me when he didn't have to. He even brought Ran-Mao over a few times saying that she too was worried.
I was lucky though and my shoulder healed up in no time, giving me the chance to do some over-time at both my jobs to make up the money I lost while injured. Unfortunately, Lau was adamant about getting me to do more training to prevent further injuries and, as much as I appreciated the thought, the training was bordering torture. I wasn't just learning fist-fighting anymore. Lau and Ran-Mao were actually teaching me themselves in Muay Tai. It was a lot harder than it looked and I, more often than not, found myself nursing injuries from that as well. It helped though, no matter how hellish the training was, and I built up more muscle and speed and agility, making me an even more valuable asset to him. As I moved up in the ranks, I was often seen beside Lau and Ran-Mao on business deals and moved on with them to the more underground business deals too. This also meant though, that I had to quit my other job with the blacksmith and that I would be dragged along with Lau when he met up with Ciel the next time.
By now, Lau seemed to know about my hidden annoyance for being around the boy and his butler though and, in his habit of teasing me, decided to go out of his way to try and drag me with him every time he went there. Thankfully, he hadn't quite found an opportunity yet, but I had a bad feeling that he was going to find an excuse to go over there soon and when he started sending me out to gather intel about something familiar, I realized that I'd end up back with Ciel sooner than I thought. That crime scene he made me go to was a bit much though. I may have seen some gruesome things before, but even that was bordering animalistic. I sighed, driving the carriage lazily as the man beside me gave me directions.
"Y-You'll want to make a left up here."
I did as he said, thoroughly annoyed with the situation I was currently in. The man who sat beside me was the ever famous flamboyant Grell, though he was very un-flamboyant at the moment. Madam Red was also here, inside the carriage with Lau, talking about who knows what. Probably politics or something. Boring stuff really. Nothing I'm really interested in.
"Right, here." Grell said, and I turned the horses, silently glad that Lau and his underlines taught me how to drive one of these things.
I suppose it's also a plus that I like animals so much. Horses in particular. They don't judge people based on appearance or sexual orientation… though I doubt the human population in this day and age will care too much for me when they find out I'm gay. I let out another sigh and Grell gave me an odd look.
"A-Are you okay? You're sighing a lot."
"I'm fine." I muttered, pulling the reins back as we arrived at Ciel's summer home.
I then climbed down and as Grell was helping Madam Red and Lau out of the carriage, I brushed a hand over the tired horses' faces and glanced around, noticing no other carriage tracks other than our own.
"Cie—" I quickly cut myself off, changing what I said. "The Earl has not arrived yet." I said, catching Lau and Madam Red's attention.
"Oh! Good job, Alex!" Lau said with a smile as Madam Red glanced at me in surprise.
"How did he figure that out?"
I went back to brushing the horse's long face, allowing Lau to answer her question for me.
"A good magician never reveals his secrets." He said smugly, before turning to me. "Alex, could you possibly assist in getting us inside?"
I nodded, leaving the horses in Grell's care and kneeling down to the doorknob of the front door, ready to set my skills to work. If there was anything I was good at in my past life, it was lock-picking. The fact that Lau had me using it so often in this life made things that much easier and it helped me improve on my skills so much so that I didn't leave any trace that I had picked the lock. Though that might not be true in the eyes of a demon… Let's hope Sebastian doesn't skin me for this later. The door gave a satisfying click as it opened and I put away my tools and held the door open for Lau, Madam Red, and Grell, who had caught up after putting the horses away. I then grabbed any luggage they had from the carriage and followed after them to one of the drawing rooms, only for them to suddenly follow Madam Red in digging through any crevice in the search for tea leaves. I set their luggage down by the door and headed over to Lau, who was taking the easy way out and searching inside a vase.
"Perhaps the tea leaves would be in the kitchen?"
He glanced at me with a genuinely curious look. "You think so?"
I sweat dropped, dropping my head as my arms hung limply off my knees, crouching at his side. Just then though, I heard the door open as Madam Red began complaining.
"Geeze, where did they put the tea leaves in this house?"
"I can't find them either." Lau chirped, still searching the inside of the same vase.
"Madam Red?! Lau?! Why are you here?!" A young voice suddenly shouted, causing me to lift my head enough to glance boredly in Ciel's direction.
"Ah, he came back so quickly." Madam Red commented, tossing a book over her shoulder with a smirk. "Since my cute little nephew is in London, how could I not come visit you while I'm here?"
I got up with Lau and he suddenly shoved the vase into my arms as he spoke. "Hey, Earl. I've heard that many interesting things happen here."
Sebastian, ever prepared for crazy happenings, smiled with a hand over his chest. "We had no idea guests were coming. I apologize for not accommodating you earlier. I'll go prepare tea for you immediately."
He bowed and went to do that as Ciel went and sat down with a sigh, giving me a glance as I put the vase in its proper place and began picking up the room.
"How are your wounds, Alex?"
I looked over my shoulder, surprised at Ciel speaking to me as I placed a book back on the shelf.
"Fine."
"That's right!" Lau said with a grin. "Alex has been doing good, so don't go breaking him again, Earl. He's not someone I can replace so easy."
I suppose I should've been offended and, in a way I guess I was, but I had learned a lot about Lau after working with him for this long and I knew that this was his way of saying he needed me. That I wasn't like some of his other underlines that he could replace with the drop of a hat. I was… special. And that thought brought a small smile to my face. Unfortunately, he caught this and his grin grew wider before he threw an arm over my shoulder and poked my cheek with a chuckle.
"Was that the hint of a smile, Alex?~"
I rolled my eyes, the action mostly hidden under the rim of my hat. "I can show emotions if I want, Lau."
He laughed as Ciel raised a brow in his seat, Sebastian returning to see the situation I was in and smirking, causing me to feel a bit of heat rush to my face. Darn him and his demon looks. He pulled the tea cart beside Ciel and poured a cup, filling the room with the sweet aroma of tea.
"The aroma is nice. What a unique way of steeping" Madam Red commented.
"Today's tea is a Jackson's 'Earl Grey'." Sebastian said, setting a small cake down in front of her.
"It's the same kind of tea, but yet the way you make it makes such a difference. Grell, you should follow his example."
"Y-Yes…"
Sebastian gave Grell the slightest look, but had no time to dwell on anything before Madam Red was feeling him up.
"No matter what, every time I see you, you're still so handsome. Why don't you simply quit working here and come serve me!"
Ciel, thoroughly embarrassed, coughed. "Madam Red!"
"Ah, I'm sorry." She said with a smile, obviously not sorry.
I passed by her, having finished straightening up the room, and stiffened when I felt her feeling me up now.
"Oh!~ Lau, you have a nice one too!"
Lau chuckled at my predicament. "Isn't he? But he's mine, Madam, and you know how I am about sharing."
I felt red creep up my face, the tips of my ears being my only giveaway at the moment, and I headed over to stand behind his seat; away from the touchy Madam Red and just out of reach of his hands should he decide to cope a feel. I can't say he isn't good looking though. Not as much as Sebastian, but no one could be that amazing. Tossing my thoughts out the window for now, I focused on the conversation at hand.
"Let's talk seriously now." Ciel said. "I've heard about the case of prostitutes being murdered on the streets lately."
"You mean that's what's been on the news nonstop lately? I know of it. However… what are you planning?"
Ciel uncrossed his legs as Sebastian placed some tea before him. "This isn't just some ordinary case. The killer's ways are very special—No, I should say, abnormal. That's why 'she' is so concerned about it."
"What do you mean?"
Sebastian spoke up then, giving us the finer details, as Ciel cut a piece of his pastry with his fork. "The murdered prostitute was called Mary Ann Nichols. The wounds looked like they were from some kind of sharp tool, using quick cuts, with a painful death."
I felt myself pale slightly, images from the crime scene flashing in the back of my head, but forced myself to not show any sign of my inner turmoil.
"The police and other prostitutes call the murderer, Jack the Ripper." Ciel said. "I just wanted to know the circumstances sooner, so I rushed to London too."
"Fu." Lau chuckled, picking up his cup. "The Queen's watchdogs have already been dispatched, but I'm not interested."
Liar. If you weren't interested, you wouldn't have sent me to the crime scene. I thought, mentally sighing.
"However, do you have the guts to go to the crime scene?"
"What do you mean?"
Lau got up from his seat, advancing on Ciel like a predator. "I smelled a wild beast at the crime scene. Sent little Alex there to check it out for me. This murderer is definitely an abnormal madman. Will you be scared, Earl Phantomhive?" Lau leaned over Ciel, hovering almost dangerously with a hand on his face.
"I came because I was worried about my fiancée. I don't need to answer your pointless questions." Ciel commented back, looking annoyed.
"Not bad." Lau said with a grin. "That look in your eyes is good… though not as good as Alex's."
I felt my lip twitch slightly, until Lau grabbed Ciel and pulled him out of his chair excitedly.
"Then come take a stroll with me!"
"Wait a minute!"
He's getting carried away again. I thought, rolling my eyes.
"Seriously!" Madam Red said with a huff, standing as well. "I rarely ever get to have some afternoon tea with the Earl, but I can't even enjoy it in peace? I want to go too. Lau, where is this crime scene?"
"Don't you know, Madam?… I don't know the way either." He said with a sigh.
"You talk so arrogantly, yet you don't know where it is?!" Madam Red said loudly, before gesturing to me. "You even sent your own person there! How do you not know?!"
"Calm down." Ciel said. "What can you tell us about the scene, Alex?"
I blinked and thought for a moment. "The corpse was mutilated, too much blood to figure out where exactly the wound was. There were police and many others around the scene. Getting a good view was difficult."
"Then what should we do?" Madam Red questioned.
"Earl… you couldn't be…"
"There's no other way." Ciel said, catching on to what Lau was saying, though I questioned if Lau even knew what he was saying. "It's bothersome to meddle in this case, but I can find someone who works on this case"
We left the Earl's summerhouse then, me driving the carriage once more since I knew exactly where we were driving the carriage this time. Though it seemed Lau didn't.
"What is this place?"
I leaned over and whispered to him where we were, and he put a fist to his hand in confirmation.
"Oh!"
I sighed with a small shake of my head as Madam Red began yelling at Ciel.
"Why are you familiar with this kind of place?!"
"Because the person the Young Master knows works as an undertaker."
"An undertaker?"
We all entered the building, my nose twitching slightly at the musty smell of dust and wood, but I had grown slightly used to it at this point, having dealt with the Undertaker many times before in my latest line of work.
"Are you there, Undertaker?"
"Hee hee… I knew that you would come… welcome, Earl…" The Undertaker said, peeking out from a coffin beside Lau, Madam Red, Grell and I. "Do you want to see how it feels to sleep in my custom-made coffin?"
I helped Grell up off the ground—where he had fallen in his shock—as the man smirked and Ciel gave him a bored look.
"I didn't come here to play today."
The Undertaker placed a finger to his lips, silencing him. "You don't need to tell me. I know why you came. With just one look, I can tell what's on your mind. Since the Earl went out of his way to visit me, I'll certainly do everything I can to help."
"You know something?" Ciel asked.
"Please take a seat first. I'll go make tea."
Everyone looked around, confused as to where exactly he wanted them to sit, whereas I just sat on top of a coffin with a yawn.
"Hee hee, just follow Alex's example…"
Eyes turned to me and once they saw where I was seated, they reluctantly did the same on their own respectable coffins. The Undertaker soon returned with beaker of tea, passing one to each of us and moving to sit behind his desk and open a jar of bone shaped cookies.
"Now, you wanted to know about Jack the Ripper? Everyone's been scared because of the disturbance, but this isn't the first time I've handled this kind of thing." He said, chomping down on a biscuit.
"Isn't this the first time? What do you mean?" Madam Red asked.
"It's happened before, a case where prostitutes were killed. In fact, the way they were killed was very similar too." He said, getting up and waving his pot of biscuits at Ciel. "Want some?"
Ciel shook his head and the Undertaker pouted before turning to me with a grin.
"You've always like my biscuits, Alex~"
I nodded and took a few from him, ignoring the odd looks I received from a majority of the people in the room as he continued.
"But in the beginning, the police didn't think much of these cases. Though the murdered prostitutes all had something in common."
"Something in common?"
"Well now, I wonder what. I wonder what it is indeed." He said with a chuckle, putting his pot away.
"I see. So that's how it is." Lau said with a smirk. "You're very good at business, Undertaker. How much money do you want for this information?"
I opened my mouth to tell Lau that wasn't what he wanted, but the Undertaker didn't give me a chance.
"How much money?! I don't want any of the Queen's money!" He shouted, getting in Lau's face before he suddenly turned to Ciel. "Now then, Earl, I only have one requirement… show me a first rate laugh! If you do that, then no matter what you want to know, I'll tell you!"
He went off into a little laughing fit, drool hanging from the corner of his mouth as Ciel deadpanned.
"Weirdo."
"Fu, Earl, if that's the case, let me handle this."
I shook my head and sipped at my tea, knowing that Lau had absolutely no sense of humor when he tried.
"The sleeping tiger of the Shanghai New Year's party, also referred to as my soul, this should satisfy you! Do you like it?" He asked, but the Undertaker just stared blankly with everyone else.
"It looks like he still won't talk, Lau." Madam Red said, stepping forward. "It can't be helped. Then I, Madam Red, a beauty of high society, shall make my appearance now. If I ask him, he'll be sure to tell us!"
I quickly grabbed Sebastian's hands and covered Ciel's ears with them, surprising them both, as Madam Red went off to tell some dirty joke that made even me cringe with a red face. Thankfully, the Undertaker muted the two of them and turned to Ciel, Sebastian, and I.
"You're the only one left, Earl. You and Alex, but Alex always tells the best of jokes. Hee hee. The last one was… hee hee… most funny."
I bobbed my head in silent thanks as he went on.
"So no using Alex~ I've helped you many times in the past, can't you be nice to be just this once?"
"Damn." Ciel muttered, but was saved by Sebastian.
"It can't be helped." He said, tugging his glove.
"Oh~ It's the butler's turn now?"
"Everyone, please step outside for a moment." Sebastian said. "You absolutely must not peek inside."
Everyone started filing out, but Sebastian stopped me.
"Except you, Alex."
I stiffened, feeling as though I was going to be dragged into something I'd rather not. Sebastian, probably sensing this, smirked.
"It won't take too long."
I swallowed thickly and closed the door, heading back in extremely worried. I stood beside Sebastian and the Undertaker tilted his head in curiosity. Sebastian smirked and whispered in my ear what he wanted me to do. I immediately turned a bright red and shook my head violently. There's no way I'm doing that! One evilly sweet smirk later had me doing exactly what he said, though it is nothing I would ever repeat again or even mention, and once we had finished, the Undertaker was bursting with laughter. Sebastian went and let everyone in with a smile; the Undertaker doubled over on his desk trying to control himself whereas I was curled up in a corner of the room, emanating depression. I could feel eyes on my back, but ignored them for now as everyone got back to the topic at hand.
"Actually, I've always thought that there weren't enough… guests. Gu, fu."
"No enough?" Sebastian questioned.
"Yes. Not enough… internal organs, of course." Undertaker said, cradling a model of the human body, as I was coaxed out of my depression by Lau. "Don't you think that the eternally sleeping 'guests' that lay in coffins are so cute? My hobby is to take out the organs for research."
Everyone looked down into their beakers that held tea and turned a nice green shade, before setting them aside. I too was a bit sickened, having drank from these beakers numerous times before, forgetting that they were possibly used for the Undertaker's… experiments.
"This could have stored a kidney before, right?" Lau said, covering his mouth, looking slightly sick. "A criminal could've given it to a loan shark."
"It also could've come from the slums of China." The Undertaker quipped, making Lau a bit angry, which automatically had me tensing slightly. "That prostitute isn't a whole woman anymore. Because her womb is gone."
Ciel looked mildly surprised as the undertaker went on.
"Recently, these kinds of 'guests' have been rapidly increasing. Their whole bodies dripping with blood… it's made me very busy."
"Let's just say that there aren't very many people out on the streets late at night, but accurately cutting out specific organs couldn't be done by a regular person, right?"
It has to be a professional. I mused, already knowing exactly who was responsible, but knowing better than to act on impulse and just spout out what I already knew. The specific details are getting a bit fuzzy though. I let out a silent yawn, briefly sending a glance over at Madam Red, when I suddenly realized the Undertaker was behind me. He slipped an arm over my shoulder, making me tense and eye him with a glare as he placed another across my abdomen.
"If he had to act within such a short time, he should slit the throat first." The Undertaker dragged a long fingernail across my throat, tickling the skin underneath his hand. "And proceed to cut open the stomach."
I felt him press down slightly on my stomach and tensed even more, hand already reaching to grab my gun.
"It's easier to succeed this way. From the looks of the culprit's work, that cruel accuracy definitely wasn't carried out by a normal citizen. It had to be someone experienced. You should've been able to figure that out too, Alex~"
He moved his hand towards my face and poked my cheek as I quickly slid my gun out and brought the muzzle of it under his chin, surprising a majority of the room with the sheer speed I pulled it out.
"Fufu, you upset him, Undertaker." Lau chuckled, hardly seeming surprised. "Little Alex there doesn't take too kindly to being touched."
The Undertaker just grinned, the light reflecting off his green eyes hidden under his bangs for a split instance as he released me and rose his hands in surrender.
"Hehe, of course."
I hid my weapon back in the waistband of my pants and plopped down in a shaded corner of the room, desperately hoping that Sebastian's eye sight wasn't good enough to have seen the red tint to my cheeks after what the Undertaker did. It's like everyone in this show is ridiculously good-looking! Those eyes… I clenched my fist, feeling my nails dig into my palm as my stomach churned. But I still hate being touched… I noticed everyone was getting ready to leave, and got up as well, as Ciel gave one last little speech.
"The world of darkness has the world of darkness's rules. He wouldn't murder random people for no reason. There must be an influence manipulating him from behind." Ciel said as Sebastian put on his coat. "I won't be scared; no matter what tricks the Queen's lackeys want to use, I will solve them all. Sorry for intruding, Undertaker."
We all headed out to the carriage and I climbed up into the driver's seat, waiting for Grell to join me before heading off. I was kind of spacing out as I drove, thinking about everything and nothing all at once, but I was startled when the carriage door suddenly opened and Grell grabbed the reins in a panic. I hardly flinched! What's he thinking, grabbing a hold of the reins?!
"Grell!" I scolded, but he was too busy watching Sebastian as he poked his head up with a grin at us both.
"Alex, please drive the horse carriage back safely."
I glared at the man, though could tell the tips of my ears were probably red, when Sebastian suddenly dropped off the carriage and disappeared. Thankfully, that caught Grell's attention and I was able to pry his hands off the reins and straighten the carriage as his actions had caused us to almost go off the road.
"Hey! Be careful up there!"
"Apologies!" I called back. "Someone grabbed the reins."
Grell ducked his head, face red in shame. "S-Sorry."
We managed to arrive in one piece, though we took a bit longer than expected due to Grell grabbing the reins earlier and forcing us to take another route.
"Ha, we're finally back home." Lau said, relieved. "Let's first have a cup of afternoon tea and rest, oka—"
Lau cut himself off upon opening the door and finding Sebastian standing there and bowing.
"Welcome back. I've been waiting for everyone for a while." He said, taking Ciel's hat. "Black tea has already been prepared, today's desert is a European pear and blackberry buckle." He then turned to me with a smirk. "I have also prepared you something to eat in the servant's quarters as well, Alex, under the assumption that you haven't yet eaten anything."
I nodded my head, silently thankful that he had made me something since I hadn't eaten since yesterday morning.
"Hold on!" Madam Red suddenly said. "How did you get back here?!"
Sebastian smiled innocently. "What? Didn't I say I had things to do? I rushed back home first."
"By 'things to do' you mean, you already created a blacklist?!"
I quietly sighed and leaned over to ask Lau if I could go eat the meal Sebastian prepared for me. He gave me permission and I went ahead and asked one of the servants who were nearby, if they could show me to the servant's quarters. It was Mey-Rin and, red faced and flustered, she nodded and led me away. When we reached the kitchen where my food was, I arrived to find Bardory and Finnian hovering over my plate of food with drool hanging precariously from the corners of their mouths.
"A-Ah! We have a guest, we do!" Mey-Rin announced, allowing me to walk in behind her as she joined the others.
Bard eyed me cautiously. "Hm? And who's he?"
"Alex." I replied, and Finny's face fell.
"Aw! That means we can't eat the food!" He wailed, looking up at Bard with sad eyes. "Mr. Sebastian said it was for him and not to touch it!"
"But we don't even know this guy!" Bard said loudly, waving an arm in my direction as though I wasn't there.
"B-Bard! You shouldn't say that! H-He's right there!" Mey-Rin said, eyeing me nervously and tugging on Bard's sleeve as I rolled my eyes and sat at the counter and began eating.
"Oi!"
Bard seemed to have noticed me ignoring him, and slammed his hands down on the table beside me, looking angered. I briefly looked up at him from under the brim of my hat, before taking another bite of my food and shifting my gaze back down.
"I'm talkin' to you!"
"I know." I replied, too hungry to really care how I sounded at the moment.
When he grabbed my shirt though and pulled me out of the chair, I began to think I should've realized how uncaring I sounded.
"Could you let go?" I asked, glancing at my food before back at him as he chewed angrily on his cigarette.
"The hell I can." He growled. "Now why don't you explain who ya are and what you're doing here."
I was also getting angry now, the lack of food and amount of touching I had to deal with today being a bit much for me and I decided enough was enough. I grabbed Bard's arm and pinched a nerve in his wrist, forcing him to release my shirt as I spun him around and slammed him into the counter; arm pinned behind his back and my gun pointed at the back of his head. Mey-Rin and Finny tensed, but I could care less at the moment and I frowned ever so slightly.
"I simply wish to eat in peace, before I return to guarding my boss." I said, loud enough that the three of them could hear. "I don't appreciate being touched. I hope you'll remember that."
Leaving it at that, I released Bard and hid my gun, moving and sitting back at the table to finish my meal. The three of them stayed away from me after that and, though I wasn't trying to make enemies with them, I really was in no mood to deal with much more today without my usual outlet of fighting and meditating. Once I finished my breakfast, I sighed and left the room to return to the lounge where Lau was at, entering and taking my place behind his chair with a small nod as Sebastian had stopped speaking upon my entering.
He cleared his throat, looking at a paper in his hands. "To be 'a doctor and knowledgeable about anatomy'. To 'have no alibi on the day before the incident'. Followed with 'being connected to a secret society or black magic'. There is only one person who fits this criteria. The Viscount Druitt, Lord Aleister Chamber."
I felt a shiver rack my frame at his name, having never liked the man, but also felt a sense of foreboding.
"Although he graduated from medical school, he has never worked at a hospital before, and he has not been involved in this profession. He had also hosted a number of seasonal parties, but there is a rumor that he has hosted parties where only those close to him could attend."
"Viscount Druitt, huh…" Madam Red commented. "Now that you mention it, I do recall he's been into black magic quite recently."
Lau lowered his cup of tea. "So he is suspected of carrying out some sort of ceremony at that 'secret party' and to use those prostitutes as altar sacrifices?"
Ciel hummed, fork in his mouth, seemingly agreeing.
"At the 19th hour today, Viscount Druitt will be hosting a party. The seasonal period will be ending soon, I believe tonight would be the best time to go and investigate." Sebastian said.
"Madam Red." Ciel placed his fork on his empty plate. "Because of this reason, can you think of something?"
She smirked. "Aren't you underestimating me? Aren't I rather popular? A few words here and there, and it'll be arranged."
"It has been decided then." Ciel said. "No matter what, I must get into that 'secret party'. You will not be going in the name of Phantomhive, so you must use this chance properly. There's only one chance!"
Madam Red chuckled, getting up and strangling Ciel in a hug. "You're so cute when you're determined!"
Ciel flushed red in embarrassment and demanded she release him as I sighed quietly, unfortunately catching Lau and Sebastian's attention.
"What's wrong, Alex? Aren't you having fun?" Lau smirked, leaning his head back to look up at me from his seat.
"Not especially." I muttered, taking a glance at Sebastian. "I seemed to have upset your companions as well."
"I see. I'll be sure to clear up any misunderstandings." Sebastian said, though he eyes me with a smirk, making me uncomfortable. "Do you own a suit, Alex?"
I stiffened. Oh no. He's not implying what I think he is, is he? "N-No."
He brought a hand to his chin, making a face. "We can't have that. Not when you'll be attending the party with us."
This caught Madam Red's attention as well as Ciel's.
"Just find him something quick, Sebastian." Ciel said with a wave of his hand.
"Oh no!" Madam Red announced, hurrying towards me and making me nervous as she walked around me like a predator. "He'll need something especially nice. With his physique and curves… Hm, but the color…"
Suddenly, the cap that was on my head was whipped off and my eyes widened, spotting said article in Madam Red's hands.
"Oh my! What a fabulous shade of red!"
Ciel sighed, dropping his face into his hand as Lau snickered at my misfortune.
"I have just the thing." Sebastian smirked, making me swallow nervously.
I just hope this will turn out better than I think it's going to… The last thing I need is to draw attention to myself.
