Disclaimers: I don't own Kuroshitsuji.
A/N: Alois is not in this chapter as well but I'll make sure that he appears in the next. Thank you to those who made it this far. Really. I. Mean. It. Anyways, please review. Please.
"Amazing, young mistress," Hannah said, holding a piece of paper. "Your handwriting is not only legible, it is also beautiful." The girl scratched her cheek and smiled sheepishly. "It's because you are a really good teacher, Hannah," the girl said.
"I don't think that is so," Hannah said, returning the paper to the girl. "You are a quick learner. I am certain that if you were to the French language, you'd be speaking fluently in less than half a day."
"I think you're exaggerating, Hannah," the girl said. By now her face was beet red after hearing yet another compliment from the maid.
Ever since they came back from the village, Hannah has been teaching things like the colors and names of objects. Hannah even showed her how certain words and numbers were read. From there she was able to deduce which letter is which. In a span of an hour or less, she was able to read, count, and do math all by herself, surprising the maid.
"Thank you for everything, Hannah," the girl said with a voice full of sincerity. "Now I can write a letter to him. I hope I can make him happy."
The girl grew silent. Hannah looked at the girl anxiously. "Is there something wrong, mistress?"
The girl slumped over the desk. It was not such a ladylike manner but she never really cared about it. "I don't even know how to make people happy. How am I ever going to succeed in this?" she said dolefully.
Hannah chuckled at the young girl's behavior. She tousled the girl's hair gently to get her attention. "You needn't worry so much," she said when Caeli looked up. "Just be yourself, mistress. Also I would always be here to guide you, alright?" The girl nodded.
"You're smiling Hannah," the girl said. Her voice sounded muffled because of her sleeves. "Did I make you happy somehow?" Hannah chuckled again and nodded. The sat up straight and beamed.
The sound of carriage got their attention. "Your brother has returned, mistress."
The Following Day
The girl stared at the mansion astounded. She turned to her smirking brother. "H-how did this happened?" Her brother shrugged, not really knowing how it was possible that the ruins he saw before transformed into the beautiful mansion he once knew.
Alfred walked up to his sister and bent down to her level. "Do you believe big brother, now?" he asked hopefully and affectionately. The girl could do nothing but nodded her head, recalling her conversation with her brother the day before.
Flashback
"Welcome ba-" "Caeli!" Alfred interrupted his sister's greeting. "It a miracle I tell you. A miracle!" the girl sweatdropped at her brother. Her brother kept on babbling about "miracle" and "mansion".
"Brother, please calm down. I don't understand what you're saying."
Alfred calmed down then quickly grabbed his sister's shoulders, making the girl jump. "The mansion has been restored," he said stoically, the complete opposite of what he looked liked before.
"That's impossible," the girl said. "I don't believe you."
Alfred looked at his sister brokenhearted. "Caeli doesn't believe big brother?" He then moved to a corner and curled up into a ball.
Caeli sighed at her brother's childish antics. "I believe you," she said.
"You do!?" her brother said turning to her with a beam.
"If you'll take me there."
"You still don't believe me," Alfred said accusingly. He stood up and crossed his arms in a very dignified way. "Fine then," he said. "I'll take you there and you will believe me."
"Ok," the girl said giggling at her brother's actions. At the corner of the room, Hannah and Wilfred watched the two with an amused smile.
End of Flashback
"Are we going to move here, then?" Caeli asked her brother. He replied with a "Yes." The girl beamed instantly. "That's great. The mansion is closer to the Trancy manor."
The the black-haired young man looked at his sister curiously. "Why would you want that Caeli?"
"It's a secret," the girl said to her brother with a sly smile. She quickly ran inside the mansion.
"I won't let that Trancy boy take my sister without going through me first!" Alfred said with determination, when his sister was out of earshot.
Hannah and Wilfred sweatdropped. "I think that you misunderstood the relationship of milady and the young earl, master," Alfred said. Hannah just watched silently.
'The mistress' brother sure is lively,' she thought. 'Would he still be like this when she's gone?'
The Next Morning
"What are you planning to do mistress?" Hannah asked as she scrubbed the girl's back. The girl closed her eyes as she silently contemplated on her plan of action.
"I'll just make them happy and whatever time I've left," the girl said. "I'll make sure that their wish comes true. You'll help me, right Hannah?"
"Yes, my lady," Hannah said. The mark on the girl's cerulean right eye glowed momentarily. It disappeared quickly and the girl's eye looked normal once more, as if the mark was not even there.
"Thank you, Hannah."
