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His master: Suspicious
The seed of suspicion was sowed in Ciel when he first laid his eyes upon her. He had looked her top to bottom. She was so small in stature; nearly his height and even he had gotten taller in the past two years.
He too had felt the energy but could not determine what it was. It was irritating, grating on his nerves. He had never felt anything like this before. It was…eerie, it made the hairs on his neck stand and it was coming from her. He felt sort of…intimidated and he hated feeling intimidated; like it was a different territory.
Being a newborn demon he was not adept in his new body so even after living life as a demon for nearly two years he felt all the new instincts and feelings still unusual. And then his idiot butler (according to Ciel) had started energy sparring with her which for now was proving nearly unbearable.
A witch. That was the first thought in Ciel's mind.
Taking her pale skin, button nose and small eyes in mind Ciel mentioned "So she is Japanese."
"Yes" The woman nodded.
"How did you find her?"
"Well do you remember my last year's trip to Japan for your company's promotion? I found her there. She was working in a dingy shrine."
"A shrine?" Ciel narrowed his eyes minutely.
"Yes. She was…she was… what was the word again? A miko…yes a miko. It means priestess. She was a priestess there. She used to take care of the shrine, sweep it, lit incense and etc etc. But what I liked the most was her bonsais. They were soooo beautiful. I loved her work so much that I asked her to come with me and you know she agreed! I knew that she will be useful here." The woman said clapping her hands together.
Ciel did not remember seeing her before yet he visited this manor two months ago but he did not mention it.
"A priestess?" he asked in confusion and winced as the girl deflected his butler's aura off her with a swoosh of her energy. Most humans could not feel the energy. Thank goodness no human was present except the woman and her butler and clearly they could not sense the silent hostility between the two.
"Yes. I taught her etiquettes of English society and I should mention you that she is a very fast learner."
"Is that so?" Ciel arched one eyebrow and started "So in other words you brought a Japanese girl with you just like that to use her as your maid."
"A personal maid" She corrected him.
"Did you ask for her family's permission?"
She dubiously asked "Permission? Why would I need someone's permission? She is a big girl enough to take care of herself. Of course I asked her. She did not have any family. She used to live on her own. Besides what is wrong to flaunt a personal Japanese maid before other women. Do you know how jealous they were? It was fun." She said twirling a bit. She clearly was having fun.
Damn these noble women and their petty jealousy!
"Did you ask her about her past?" Ciel asked again.
"Ah! Well not really. Why should I care about that anyway?"
So she had brought a complete stranger with her not even knowing what the girl was. She could have been a killer but the foolish woman just needed to show off before the society. Did she not know what they say about strangers? Did she possess anything call a brain?
By this time Kagome had exploded into an inferno of pink holy energy. Ciel clenched his teeth in discomfort. He had had enough! "Sebastian stop. This is an order." Ciel spoke through gritted teeth.
"But one thing earl. I did not teach her English. She knew my language even before I met her. In fact it was this reason I brought her with me. And those cherries she brought as a gift for me." The woman stated suddenly. It was enough to move Ciel and Sebastian's mind from whatever they were thinking.
"She knew English even before she came in England? How?" His young lord voiced the question that was also plaguing his butler's mind.
"I asked her and she replied that there were many English people coming to her country for business purpose and she learned it by hearing."
Now this was a total lie according to Ciel.
"A marvellous quality indeed." He said; especially when her own language is so different than ours. He slanted a suspicious eye towards the girl.
"So she is a gardener." Ciel said pointing at Kagome.
"Not really. I already have a gardener. in fact I have enough servants in my household. She is an extra help. She helps everywhere wherever a help is needed. But I take her to the parties with me and she takes care of these cherry trees too as you can see."
Ciel looked around once more. He had to admit the trees were extremely beautiful. Apparently this girl had many more secret than just spraying some irritating sparkly energy that could perform miracles like why was she here, how did she has that type of power, what more her powers could do and most importantly what exactly was she? Was she even a human? So many questions and not a single answer. Ciel hated it but he knew that there was no way he could get the answers. If only he kidnapped her and…no that won't be appropriate.
"By the way earl did I mention that she is an archer too?" The woman asked.
"Hn?" Ciel was distracted. "What did you say?"
"Madam said that her maid is also an archer my lord." Sebastian supplied helpfully; his eyes still glued on the girl.
"An archer?" Ciel asked wide eyed. More mystery? A sigh of suffering exhaled through him. He now regretted coming here.
A/N: Hey friends. This chapter is Ciel centric. Actually I do Ciel centric chapters because we need to know Ciel's thoughts about Kagome too ans also Sebastian and Ciel's lives are entwined so it is obvious. And I really like to annoy Ciel; he is so serious always that it is fun to mess with him XD. Kagome centric chapters will also come where we will learn some of her secrets. Stay tuned.
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