Chapter Seven
"I'm right here! Washing the stairs, yes I am!"
Mey Rin called in response to me calling her name loudly.
I smiled at her familiar enthusiasm, and joined her. "Sebastian sent me to come help you, as of today, you are my boss."
"Sebastian really said that? Well, I'm not going to boss you around no I won't but I will tell you what we need to do today! Let's wash the stairs and work our way around the mansion, it'll be so much fun with someone to talk to!"
I smiled at her and she eagerly handed me a sponge. I thought the dress would get in the way, but it made everything easier. The cleaning went on for hours, but mainly consisted on me cleaning up her messes when she cleaned the mansion. She was so used to doing it herself that she took over without realizing it and I just cleaned up what she broke or dropped or destroyed. Sebastian came by every now and then to check up on things, and from his smile I knew he was the one who usually dealt with Mey Rin's mishaps. So I guess I made his job a little easier. Would that be my role in this manor? Making Sebastian's job easier? That would make me his maid instead of that kid's. As twisted as it sounds, I wouldn't mind it. Does that make me a bad person? Not exactly, I was forced here under circumstances I didn't even fully understand. So, how was I in the wrong for wanting to help someone who saved my life from a crazed lunatic?
Instead of the maid as my role in the manor, I became the fixer by the end of the day. Finny with his gardening, Bardroy with his cooking, Mey Rin with her cleaning; I helped them with all of it. I didn't have any special abilities when it came to cooking or gardening or cleaning, but I could at least get rid of the things they destroyed for Sebastian to replace later. From the looks of it, it worked exactly that way all day. On our breaks, I got to know Finny, Bardroy, and Mey Rin better and I realized how great they really were. Three people that had nothing, and nobody to turn to and Sebastian came to them for a job here at the manor. Ciel brought them here for a second chance. He saved their lives, and I now had a newfound respect for him. He was still a spoiled brat, but he still saved these people. Sure it was for his own needs, but he still saved them. You have to have some sort of heart to do that, right?
"Esther, it's getting dark out so it's time to go inside and take our baths and go to sleep! We have so much to do tomorrow!"
Finny smiled, waving me out of the green house.
I looked up at the sky through the glass ceiling, and was shocked by how quick it was getting dark. The sun was setting and the sky was a brilliant abundance of bright colors that painting the sky. It was beautiful.
"Alright Finny you go ahead and I'll take my bath once everyone else finishes!"
I called back, smiling at his eager face.
He waved and took off into the mansion. I watched his retreating form and smiled. These servants were such good people. Easy to read, easy to connect with. Completely opposite of the person I wanted to understand more than anyone else.
Sebastian.
A cold, empty shell of a person that I secretly wanted to save from this place, like he saved me that night. Is that why I was interested in him? Or was it the mystery that surrounded him? Maybe it was his porcelain skin and hauntingly flawless features. I didn't know. What I did know was that I needed a bath. I reeked of sweat and hard labor. The mansion was a lot bigger then it looked, and it took so much to clean just one room. Could I keep doing this until they caught this demon? What would happen to me once this demon was caught? Would they kill me? Would they set me free, or would I have to work for Ciel for the rest of my life? Well, it wouldn't be so bad. I'd have a home, food, and friends; which was something I didn't have before.
