Guys, I'm sorry for the long update~ Here it is a new chapter~ and Forgive me about my bad grammar. I'm not an English Expert :"")

The next morning, Bard, Finny, Mey rin, and Tanaka are sad (And Tanaka is Tanaka hohoho...) about the previous day's happening. Laura who wore a navy blue dress and her knee-length hair in low pony tail with a light blue ribbon, saw them and walked toward them.

"Why do you all act so gloomy? Weren't you all excited coming here yesterday?" Asked Laura bit worried.

"Yes, Milady. We're all excited... But that was before..." Answered Bard sighed.

Laura gave them a warm smile and thought something, "Maybe you can do a picnic or swim in the lake. You know, there's a beautiful lake when we got here right?" Said the young Duchess smiled.

"But... We do not have time to make foods for picnic." Said Mey rin bit sad.

"Do not worry, I already prepared everything."

Laura and the servants looked at Sebastian walked towards them. "Sebastian, you already prepared everything? That's amazing." Said Laura smiled happily and amazed with Sebastian act.

Sebastian nodded with a close-eyed smile, and he held up a small bag and a green striped swimsuit, "Try and muster some levity. We are on holiday, are we?"

The four servants stooges mood immediately change and they went to the lake excited leaving Sebastian and Laura alone.

"Thank you Sebastian, for cheering them up." Said Laura smiled at him.

"It's not a problem, Laura." He replied with a genuine smile and he took out a light blue rose then he put it on Laura's black hair.

Laura touched the rose and close-eyed smile at the butler. "Thank you, Sebastian. I like it" She said bit blushed.

"You're welcome, milady." Replied Sebastian, and he offered his hand to Laura, "Shall we go?"

"Yes, we shall. We can't make Ciel and the others wait right." She said accepted Sebastian's hand, and they walked together while chatted to each other.

At the lake, Laura sat on the chair beside Ciel while the servants swam in the water.

"Mey rin! Come on in, the waters cool~!" Shouted Finny. Mey rin's head pop out of the portable changing room.

"No! It's too embarrassing~!" Shouted her and disappeared back in.

"Come on Mey rin! You don't get to do this often!" Shouted Bard, and there's a silence until Mey rin came out from the changing room with a swimsuit which showed her body, her cleavage, and her leg, caused the guys blushed.

"Oh~! It's so embarrassing!" Squealed her while twirled around her swimsuit.

"No Mey rin, you look lovely!" Said Finny as he and Bard came out from the water and walked toward Mey rin.

"I bet you look prettier without those glasses." Said Bard with mischievous grin and tried to took them off, but Mey rin kept held them.

"No! Don't! The young master gave them to me!" Said her with fright as Bard tried to took them.

Laura giggled while watching their little scene, and then she thought about the curse and the case again and sighed while held her head.

"Laura, are you alright?" Asked Ciel looked at her bit worried.

"I'm fine, Ciel... Just a headache for thinking about the case and the curse." Answered her with a weak smile.

"You should have a rest. A lady shouldn't have work too hard."

Laura giggled, "You know Ciel, you sounded like my aunt and her daughter. But thank you for worrying me."

Ciel just smiled, "By the way, where is your butler? He's not with you again today."

"Oh, I ordered him to investigate something about the curse and the demon hound. I'm curious about that." She answered and sipped her tea.

"I see..." Said Ciel, and he looked at Laura with his blue eye, "May I ask, how did you met your demon butler and made a contract with him?" He asked again made Laura bit surprised. Sebastian who heard his master's question had a curious feeling too but he kept silent.

Laura silent and looked at Ciel, she tucked her hair behind her ear with a sighed, "Ciel, I will tell you everything when the time is right. For now, I only tell you that I met him four years ago... He saved me on that day..." She answered with a sad face held her tears and anger for remembered her past, while she hugged herself almost touched her back which had a scars.

Ciel and Sebastian looked at her worried, "it is okay, Laura. I won't force you to tell it today. I will wait until you're ready." Said Ciel, and Laura nodded with a smile. Sebastian still looked at Laura with concerned, he wished he can hugged her and told her a sweet words for calmed her heart, he also still wanted to know her past but he didn't want Laura got sadder, so he chose the waited just like his master's choice.

Ciel sipped his tea, and he began to read a book which he brought earlier. And Laura saw the servants again while hummed a song with quite voice.

"It seems that 'woodpecker' song is your favorite, Laura?"

Laura startled and saw Sebastian beside her, and smiled. "You can say that, but my most favorite songs are classical songs. Sometimes I played a piano to enjoy it." Said her smiled.

"I see..." Replied Sebastian with close-eyed smile. "Do you want some sweet and more tea, milady?"

"Sure, I'd love to have it." Answered her with a smile.

Sebastian close-eyed smile and he began to cut charlotte cake and gave it to Laura and Ciel, and then he poured a tea for both of them. Laura ate the cake and she smiled.

"This is delicious... How can a demon like Yvet and Sebastian can make this tasty cake?" Thought Laura while enjoyed her cake in silent without realizing that Sebastian can read her mind.

"Sebastian, come here for a moment." Ciel ordered, and he whispered something in Sebastian's ears that even Laura can't hear; "Now go."

"Yes, my lord." Said Sebastian turned and walked away immediately leaved Laura and Ciel alone with the servants and Angela.

"Ciel, do you want more tea? I can pour it for you while your butler do your order." Asked Laura smiled at Ciel. She curious what Ciel's order to Sebastian is, but she chose to not ask him because she thought it's not polite to ask something which she shouldn't know. "Yes, please." Ciel nodded with a little smile.

After Laura poured a tea, she felt a sharp pain from her left pinky finger which had a ring with Faustian symbol. She looked at it, and smiled.

"Laura, are you okay? You looked in pain for seconds." Said Ciel closed the book which he read earlier.

"I'm okay. It just, seems my butler done my order." She smiled, and got up from her chair. "I'll go to meet him now. I will tell you after this, so wait here with the others okay?" She said with a gentle smile and patted Ciel's head like a little brother made Ciel bit blushed and nodded as his answer.

Laura immediately walked to the manor. She thought that Yvet will be there, so she walked bit fast while still thinking something about the case and the last night kiss on cheek from her butler which she suddenly remembered until she bumped into something hard.

"Ow!" She looked up to see Yvet in front of her. "Ah... Yvet, you are here."

Yvet smiled at her, "My lady... You should be careful and see what is in front of you."

"Yes, I'm sorry for bumped into you." She smiled and looked at Yvet with serious look. "What happen with your coat? You look a mess." She said looked at her butler with ruined coat full of bite mark.

"Ah, it because of the demon hound. Forgive the mess on my appearance." He replied while bowed to her.

"It's alright, at least you are save. Did you find anything?" She asked.

"Yes, I did." He replied. Laura smirked and nodded at him to begin. "Apparently, there are two demon hounds in this place. One is fake which is a 'curse' from Lord Henry's story, and the other one is real."

"There's a real one?". Yvet nodded as his answer, and Laura thought something when she knew there's a real demon hound and smiled. "I see... Then, would you be a kind demon to train the real demon hound?" She asked with a close-eyed smile.

Yvet's eyebrow twitched and frowned. "My lady, This is not an ordinary dog we are talking about. Are you sure about that?"

"I am~" She said with a close-eyed smile, and Yvet sighed he hoped his mistress won't take that demon hound as a pet (Author : You know... he is jealous~ lol~) . "Ah... And there's one thing I want to ask..." She said while looked at her butler with blushed face. "Why did you kiss me last night?".

Yvet looked at her in silent, and he smiled. "That kiss was a protection charm, my lady. Since you'll alone without me last night, I gave you that kiss for protecting you from danger and nightmare." He said in lie with close-eyed smile.

Laura silent for a while and stared at her butler with curious and innocent look, "Is that true?". Yvet nodded, and Laura knew he lied but she didn't want to ask him again, then she patted his shoulder. "Well, thank you. But, next time... Please tell me first before you did that..." Continued her with killing aura and smiled, made Yvet flinched.

"Yes, my lady..." He answered bowed to her. "Women are scary sometimes..." He thought and he saw a light blue rose from his mistress's hair. "My lady, where did you get that rose?" He asked.

"Oh? It's from Sebastian. He gave me this rose this morning. I like it." She answered with a smile, but Yvet frowned a bit.

"I see, but I think the white, black, or red one are suits you more. Since this three colors are your favorite."

"Maybe... But I still like this rose." She said smiled happily. "Now go. Be safe, and change your clothes first..." She ordered smirked at her butler and chuckled. Yvet bowed and vanished immediately.

Laura sighed with a smile, and when she turned away to go back to Ciel's place she bumped into something hard again. "Ow! Hm? Sebastian." She looked up to see Sebastian. "When did you get here? Why are you here? I thought you were doing your master's order." She asked confused to see Sebastian just smiled.

"Yes, I'm doing my job, until I heard two voices near me." He replied with a smile. "It seems, Your highness already back from his task earlier."

"Yes, and I just ordered him again to do something." She said. "And I think he will need your help when the time's come." She continued.

"May I know, what is your order to him?"

Laura smirked at him, "It's a s-e-c-r-e-t~. You must go now. You can't make Ciel wait too long right." She said smiled at him.

Sebastian looked at Laura and smirked while cupped her cheek gently, "Before I go...". Before Laura reacted, Sebastian kissed her cheek made Laura surprised and blushed.

"S-Sebastian!? What are you doing? Why did you kiss my cheek?" She asked in panic and blushed.

"Well, that's a protection charm which your butler told you earlier." He said with close-eyed smile, and then he kissed her another cheek, successfully made Laura blushed more than before. "And that's a thank you gift for your compliment about my cook and the information about your favorite colors earlier." And then Sebastian vanished immediately to done his job.

Laura tried to think about Sebastian's act to her, "Wha-wha... What just happen...? Oh my word, did he just kiss me... Twice?!" She blushed hard, and shook her head fast. Then she immediately return to Ciel and the others.

When she went back to the lake, she saw no one in the lake and confused. "Hm? Where's everyone?" She thought in confused

"LEAVE THE POOR THING ALONE!" Laura heard Finny's voice somewhere in the village, and she ran toward the direction where's the voice was which is in a crowd. She saw Finny, Bard, Mey rin, and Tanaka tied to a large pole with gags in their mouths, and then she searched Ciel and saw him chained to the wall next to a dog that is laying beside him with numerous bite marks.

"Ciel! Everyone!" Said the young duchess in surprised, made Henry Barrymore and few people looked at her.

"Catch her! She's a bad dog like those five! Chain her to get the same punishment with the others!" Shouted Henry ordered his people to catch Laura.

The crowd immediately caught Laura, without gave her a chance to react. She struggled, tried to release herself from the crowd. "Let go of me! Don't you dare touch me!" She said in anger.

The villager began to chain her beside Ciel, she tried to calmed herself from her fear and anger.

"Laura! Are you alright?" Ciel asked worried.

Laura looked at Ciel with a weak look, "I'm alright Ciel... I'm alright." She answered in weak voice.

"Master, I beg you! Please forgive these people! They are not a bad people!" Angela begged.

"True, these two little dogs are the Queen's messengers. Depending on what they say, perhaps I will let them go." Said Henry turned toward Laura and Ciel. "Pull out of this village and advise Her Majesty never to touch the village again!" Henry Said.

Ciel glared at Henry, "You would go this far to protect your tiny little kingdom? You're the very dictionary definition of 'obsession'." He said while still glared at Henry made him angry.

"Then learn yourself what happen to bad dogs who defy me! Attack them!" He shouted and the dogs ran towards them as Laura looked at the dogs without fear. But before the dogs bit them, suddenly Sebastian and Yvet showed up in front of their masters and pushed the dogs away.

"You're late." Ciel Said.

"My apologies, my lord. It won't happen again." Sebastian replied.

"Yvet... Don't be late again, okay...?" Laura said sighed.

"I understand, my lady. My apologies." Yvet replied while turned and glared at the dogs and the crowd.

"YOU DARE TO INTERFERE THE PUNISHMENT?" Henry shouted in anger and looked at the dogs around him. "What are you waiting for mutts?! Kill that one too!" He shouted again ordered the dogs. And the dogs stood their ground growling at Sebastian and Yvet.

"What a noisy, coarse voices. That is the reason why I despise the dogs. I hate them." Stated Sebastian with disgusted look.

"For this time, I agree with you Sebastian." Said Yvet made Sebastian stared him.

"I thought you like dogs, your majesty." Said Sebastian.

"Hmph... You think just because I am one hell of a wolf, I will like them and protect them as my one kind? Of course not, you fool." Replied Yvet smirked, and Sebastian just chuckled, and their eyes flashed made all of the dogs flinched and lay on their stomachs whimpering.

"The farce ends here, Lord Barrymore!" Laura shouted in anger, made Ciel bit surprised. "People of the village, listen to us! There is no demon hound! It was merely a clever trick devised to keep you all frightened! It is just a pathetic old man obsessed with power, determined to keep it at any pride!"

"Wh-What do you base that on?! What evidence do you have, woman!" Henry demanded.

"This." Yvet bent down and took a skull out of a dog's body. "It was in your manor's basement. I've already confirmed that the teeth match the marks on the dead body named James. And behold..." something showed up in the sky and it revealed it was the demon hound's silhouette; "This is the true form of demon hound. His shadow is nothing but a projection. It's just a trick, the glowing is from phosphor, and He sprinkled it on a normal dog." Said Yvet showed a jar of the glowing green dust.

"The demon hound is merely an illusion, used by an evil man..." Said Ciel and he glared at Henry. "That man is the one who ruled the village, and that is you, Henry Barrymore!" Ciel shouted.

"No-Nonsense! Where's the proof!?" Henry asked in anger and panic.

Ciel smirked as Sebastian walked over to the beaten dog and grabbed the cloth from the dog's mouth. "Your duty is done. We will take it from here now." Said Sebastian with soft voice to the dog before it died.

He stood up with a piece of fabric which he got from the dead dog's mouth. "What a fine material, I wonder why this dog is eager to hold onto it until the very end. How strange, don't you agree?" He turned around and showed it to the crowd and Henry.

"Wha-What the hell?!" Henry took a step back disbelief on what he saw.

"It is yours." Said Sebastian still held the fabric. "A scrape piece of clothe from your pants. The dog torn it when you were murdering James. You recognize it, yes?" .

The villagers immediately surrounding Henry and held him after heard those words. One villager pulled up one of his pant leg to find a bite mark on his ankle with his pant leg ripped from dog's bite.

"PUNISH JAMES'S KILLER! PUNISH HIM! PUNISH HIM! PUNISH HIM!" They shouted as they carried him away while Henry flailing tried to get out of the grip of the angry villagers. Their shouts echoed throughout the village as Yvet do his mistress order to cut the ropes that bind the servants to the pole, while Sebastian breaks the chains, releasing Ciel and Laura from the bind.

"Laura, are you okay? Are you hurt?" Asked Ciel looked at Laura.

"I'm alright Ciel, you don't have to worry." Laura answered smiled at him, but her hands shaking because of some reason, she tried to hide it but Ciel and his butler already saw it.

"Are you sure about that, Laura? Your hands are shaking." Said Ciel not amused about her answer.

Laura shook her head fast, "I said I'm alright! Don't waste your time to worry about me!" She said in anger and panic made Ciel and Sebastian surprised, and she began to realized about her act. "Fo-Forgive me... That's not what I meant..." She said looked down on the ground.

"My lady..." Yvet patted both of his mistress's shoulders, and Laura looked at him then hide behind him to calmed herself. Ciel and Sebastian who saw her, wondering why she acted like that. But they chose to not ask when they saw Yvet's pink eyes which told them both to silent.

SKIP TIMEEE~~~~~~ *Rolling on the floor*

Rain poured heavily as the thunder rumbled, The young earl of Phantomhive stared out of the window inside the manor as the raindrops hit the windowpane.

"It's another case closed, we can leave the village when the rain stop."

"Indeed." Replied Sebastian while packing up the bags.

"Sebastian... What do you think of her act earlier?" Ciel asked while kept staring out of the window.

Sebastian thinking for a while, "I think she remembered something terrible, and it seems that's from her past." He answered.

"Her past hmm..." Ciel sighed and think something.

Meanwhile in Laura's room, the young Duchess sat on the bed sighed in tiredness. She held her head and felt bit pain because of headache.

"My lady, you should have rest, we can leave the village when the rain stop." Said Yvet while gave his mistress a glass of water, but Laura just silent and received the glass. Yvet who saw his mistress like that clenched his fists and his brown eyes changed into pink.

"My lady..."

"hm...?" Suddenly Yvet pinned Laura on the bed, and strangled her neck made Laura surprised with her butler's act.

"Y-Yvet! Wh-What are you..!? Let...Go of me!" Said Laura ordered in anger while struggled to release herself.

Yvet smirked and chuckled while strangled her neck tighter, "Why should I let go a weak woman like you..." Said Yvet made Laura shocked. "You are so weak... Always show your weakness to your 'friends'. "

"I'm not weak! And I do not show my weakness to them!"

"Are you sure? Then why are you showed your tears when Madam Red died? And why you trembled in fear when you chained, and hide behind my back earlier?" Laura silent after she heard that, and looked away from Yvet. "That silent answer is the proof that I was right..." Yvet smirked and he gently moved Laura's face with one of his hand, so Yvet can saw her eyes while keep strangled her.

"The truth hurts doesn't it? I can help to take away the pain from you, my lady." Yvet brushed Laura's fringe away, and stroked her face gently. "I don't want you to get hurt, my lady. So please, order me to take the pain, anger, sadness, and weakness from you." He licked his lips and leaning forward her while he loosened his grip on Laura's neck.

"Drop that act now... Yvet. Stop teasing me with your 'Demon whisper', you demon." Said Laura with cold voice, made Yvet stop his act and got up from her body. "You know, that I won't give my soul until I get my revenge for my family and myself." She continued while got up from her position and glared at her butler. Yvet stared at her, and chuckled made Laura pouted and threw the pillow at Yvet which easily avoided by him.

"That is not funny, Yvet!"

"But it makes you at least spirited as now." Replied Yvet with a smile but Laura still pouted. He put his hand on his heart and bowed. "My apologize, my lady. But I'm worried about your condition, and that is why I'm doing this to make you forget about your fear about earlier."

Laura looked at her butler, and sighed. "You don't have to worry about me. But thank you for cheering me up, even it's NOT funny." She said with genuine smile. Yvet who saw her real smile, suddenly hugged her made Laura surprised and confused.

"Am I interrupting you two?"

Both of them heard the voice and Laura immediately walked away from Yvet to saw Ciel stood in front of the door with Sebastian who saw them with jealousy.

"Ci-Ciel!? Sebastian!? When did you two get here? Why you didn't knock the door?" Said Laura in panic and blushed.

"I already knocked, and it seems you two didn't hear it." He said in sighed. "I want to talk something with y-..."

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

A scream was heard from the dungeon down below, made the two butlers and their masters surprised and immediately ran down to the dungeon, to found Henry Barrymore's body gone, leaving the cell with a splatter of blood, and a part of wall torn out. A howl was heard made Yvet frowned because of some reason, and Laura thought something remembered her butler's report.

"Looks like the mystery isn't over... Interesting~" She thought with a little smirk.