"So what shall you do now, My Lord?" Lau's voice questioned the boy facing the window just behind his desk. Ciel's expression did not waver in his monotone answer.

"I shall do exactly what has been asked of me. Your information does not change the fact that I am to find the killer." He gave a glare of blue to Lau.

"Did you truly expect me to be deterred from the case simply because of it's intensity? I have seen much worse." Ciel sighed slightly. He was always treated as such a child no matter who was addressing him. Lau was no exception.

The Chinese nobleman laughed slightly. He shifted with a slight awkwardness as though he expected another individual's weight to be leaning on him. His small companion had not come along, after all. Perhaps she was busy trying to find an even shorter dress than the one she had now.

"Do forgive me, Lord. With such a face of a puppy, I often forget just how hardened you actually are." It was a rather morbid comment turned twisted by the laugh of amusement Lau allowed to escape from his lips.

The narrowed glare of the lord intensified as Lau strode towards the door.

"I look forward to the next time, My Lord. I only hope it's just as interesting." Those words left the young boy alone with the information that had just been presented to him. Ciel sighed as he ran a hand through his hair.

"What to do now...?"
The faint knocking of the distant door woke Lord Phantomhive from his indecisiveness. He stared to the butler clad all in black. The man approached the desk with a hand against his breast and a slight bow.

"Dinner preparations have been made, My Lord. Lady Everetta is waiting for you." The butler's appearance gave Ciel no hints if he had heard the conversation that had transpired. Knowing him, he had probably already known.

Ciel stood from his seat. He approached the tall man just as Sebastian gave a confused stare.

"Is something the matter, My Lord?" The two locked eyes with the thick blue of Ciel's pupils hesitating on his words.

"I... Have a task for you to complete." The boy skimmed his fingers across the thick leather of his eye patch. He looked down to the ground at the revival of Sebastian's smirk.

"Of course, My Lord."

"I trust you have not been waiting for me very long, Lady Everetta." Ciel strode into the dining room and past the girl's chair. She whipped her head to his direction in a slight panic. Her worried eyes melted as she realized it was simply the Earl. Eva smiled as the boy took a seat rather close to her.

"I haven't. I'm appreciative that you stopped your work to dine with me." The mistress picked her fork from it's position. Ciel mirrored this action with the same delicacy. He took a small stab into the green lettuce doused in a pink-purple sauce. Raspberry vinaigrette, no doubt. The butler was convinced that the Earl wanted a swimming pool of the stuff. No matter the ridiculous amount of times he told Sebastian to hold back, he always poured it on without mercy. He couldn't win all of the battles, he supposed.

"I must admit, I've heard great things of the Phantomhive manor. And I am not disappointed." Eva's small comment caused Ciel's head to lift from his plate. He shifted his eyes to the girl scanning the room.

"And what exactly do they say?" The Earl had always known he was a great conversation piece to most of the nobles, but his estate was not one topic he assumed to be in.

Eva's smile increased. She allowed eye contact between her and the Earl.

"That the scheme of each room blends beautiful as if it were merely a large painting hanging gently on a wall." She glanced to, ironically enough, a painting assigned to the west wall. Eva's praise did not end there, however.

"And that your servants are very capable, especially your butler. They never describe him as anything less than a shadow serving the image it mirrors. Where has he gone, anyway?" Everetta missed the slight smirk that appeared to Ciel's face as she glanced around.

"Oh, worry nothing of him. Shall we move onto the main meal, then?" Ciel questioned the girl with the very same unnerving smile to his face. Eva now faced it with a certain confusion. She nodded meekly.