Keep Calm, He's One Hell of a Butler Chapter 2- Strange Meetings
"What?" Ciel gaped. "You… aren't afraid?"
"Oh, no. But you may want to tell Paula." Lizzie said. "Paula, please come here!" Lizzie pulled off her glove, revealing a tattoo-like mark on her right wrist that glowed. A demonic contract seal. It was an upside-down pentagram, and the middle of the star made another pentagram, and so on.
"Lizzie?" Ciel gasped. Paula opened the door and came in, eyes glowing blue and pupils constricted.
"I knew there was something off about you!" Sebastian yelled.
"I could say the same about you, Sebastian." Paula quipped.
"But, why, Lizzie? Why would you sell your soul to a demon?" Ciel asked.
"To avenge my father who was murdered by people still unknown to me. Why would you?" Lizzie shot.
"I did it so I could I could take revenge on those who wronged me. Who killed both of my parents and my dog, and burned down my manor, and sold me to a cult! Not so I could avenge a person I never even met!" Ciel shot back.
"Exactly! They took my father away before I could even meet him! I only knew my mother and brother! As far as I know, he should be avenged!" Lizzie countered.
"So avenge him, but don't sell your soul to a demon!" Ceil fired off.
"So it's ok for you to, but not me? What did you thi-" Lizzie was cut off by Sebastian.
"My lady, my lord I understand this is shocking, but it does no good to argue about it. You will only end up hurting each other. My lord, Lady Elizabeth sold her soul because she was feeling overwhelming grief at losing her father. Please understand. And my lady, do you understand why the young master sold his soul?" Sebastian said calmly.
"I do." Lizzie said. Ciel and Lizzie relaxed a bit. Then the question hit Lizzie again. "Ciel, when did you become a demon?"
"When Sebastian and I were away at the Trancy manor, Claude, another demon butler, told Alois, his master, that Sebastian had set the fire in his village, killing his little brother. In all actuality, Hannah, another demon, had set the fire. She made a contract with his brother, and the terms were to grant Alois' wishes. So she set the fire because he hated the townspeople. After that she took his soul. Alois found him dead. He was out for revenge on whomever killed his brother. He knew Sebastian wanted to eat my soul very badly, so he targeted me to get Sebastian. Claude and Sebastian fought. I almost killed Alois because I was under the impression that he started the fire in the previous Phantomhive manor." Ciel explained. As he got further into the story, Lizzie leaned forward in her seat, concentrating to make sense of it all.
"When Alois took control of my body, he created a maze for Sebastian and Claude to go though to get to me. Alois had made a deal with Hannah Anafeloz to have one of the butlers killed and the other come all the way for my soul, but never get it. So a battle between Sebastian and Claude took place. As you can tell Sebastian won. So he climbed the cliff to retrieve me. Hannah explained the contract as the cliff gave way, plunging into the water. As we plunged into the water Hannah turned me. When Sebastian finally found me, I was a demon. He tried to take my soul before I woke up." Ciel said looking at Sebastian.
"My lord, I was merely trying to see if you were fully turned and what Ms. Anafeloz said was true." Sebastian said.
"And that is the response he gave me when I asked him about trying to take my soul." Ciel stated.
"Interesting. Change your eyes again." Lizzie leaned as close to Ciel as the table would allow. Ciel obliged, and changed his eyes. "They're pink!"
"Indeed, my lady. The color varies by the rank the demon is. Blue for low ranking, purple for somewhat low ranking, green for somewhat high ranking, pink for Archdemons. If you're changed by an Archdemon, you turn into an Archdemon. Archdemons can go longest without eating souls. I last ate a soul 2,042years ago. Paula how long has it been since your last soul?" Sebastian eyed Paula.
"93 years ago."
"How hungry are you?"
"Ravenous. And you?"
"I could eat." Sebastian asked.
"Yes." Lizzie and Ciel chorused. Sebastian and Paula left to see to dinner, leaving Ciel and Lizzie alone.
"Do you have any idea of who killed your father?" Ciel asked Lizzie.
"No. Do you know who killed your parents and dog and burned down the mansion?" Lizzie replied.
"Yes."
"Who?"
"The queen."
"Why would she do that?"
"She was corrupted by her butler, an angel."
"She had an angel butler?"
"Hmm." Ciel nodded. They sat in silence for a short time, then Lizzie spoke the question neither wanted to answer.
"Do you know what they are doing?"
"Yes."
"Do I want to know what they are doing?"
"I don't know."
"Are going to eat souls?"
"No."
"Will you please actually talk to me?"
"What do you want to talk about?"
"What do you want to talk about? I know there's something on your mind." Lizzie answered.
"Alright. What are we going to do?"
"What?"
"We were supposed to get married, but we both sold our souls to a demon. Now only I will live. You've left me alone. I did the same to you. How are we supposed to make this work?" Ciel laid his arms on the table.
"We'll find a way. After all we are or are soon to be Phantomhives." Lizzie intertwined her fingers with his and smiled.