Hey guys! So it's been a while! ...5 months I think...I'm so sorry I keep doing this to you guys but I have been contemplating a lot about this story. I want to try something out. I want to try writing the story in the 3rd person. Just for this one chapter! I just want to test it out. Sebastian's POV will still be in first person. So prepare for this test run!
/sprinkles fairy dust
POOF!
(BTW the chap is like 17 pages)
"Fuck...I wanna play in the snow…AH-AH-ACHOO~!" Louis sniffled and wrapped her blanket tighter around her body as she watched the other servants play around. She rubbed her nose and tucked her toes into the blanket as she sighed.
A chuckle echoed in the room. "You know, pouting over snow will only make your sickness worse." Sebastian informed, pouring hot milk into a mug for her. Louis looked at Sebastian before rolling her eyes and turning her attention back to the window.
"Oh shut up," she said, smiling slightly. She wiped the mist off the window and peered out.
Finny was running through the snow, spinning around. "Whoa~It's snow!" he said with a laugh. Mey-Rin was trying to make a snowman. She screamed out as the head started to fall on her. "It's too big!" she shouted. Tanaka sat inside an igloo that he made, sipping on tea as he usually did. Bard sat in the cold snow, forming snowballs with his hands while smirking to himself. "With a stone inside, it will become lethal!"
Louis sighed again, resting her chin in her palm while she watched. Sebastian poured cocoa mix into the mug and swirled the contents around with a silver spoon before gesturing the mug to her. Louis looked up at him and smiled before taking the mug and blowing on it, taking a sip.
"Thanks…" Louis said, looking up at him again and smiling slightly, sipping more. Sebastian smiled down at her and nodded his head. "It's the least I can do…" he gazed out the window.
"The young master and I will be heading out soon…" he shifted his gaze down to her. Louis coughed for a bit before clearing her throat and sipping her hot cocoa, sniffling.
"For what?"
Sebastian smiled devilishly at her.
"To investigate."
t-t-t-t
Watch this, you wild, pathetic, chosen children of sloth and depravity.
England is the motherland of the devil. It steals everything and forces its worthless, rotten, and decadent culture on you instead.
To all the bitch-dominated idiots of this land, you are the ones that deserve the vengeance of Heaven!
Now the Day has come!
Lord Randall tightened his grip around the disrespectful note before he crumpled it up, grinding his teeth. "Damn it! This is the 20th one now," he complained. He turned his gaze to Aberline quickly.
"You haven't apprehended the culprit yet, Abberline?!" he shouted, causing Abberline to stiffen in posture. "M-My apologies!" he uttered.
"Feh!" Lord Randall twisted his face in anger. "And the glory of catching Jack the Ripper was stolen from us also by that little...brat…" he spat.
A heel clacked against the cobblestone floor. "Sorry to be such a brat…" Lord Randall choked.
"E-Earl Phantomhive!"
Abberline gritted his teeth and stepped forward slightly. "Hey you! How the hell did you get in here?!" Lord Randall put his arm out, quickly stopping him.
"Lord Phantomhive, why are you here?" he asked politely. Abberline gave him a puzzled look. Ciel and Sebastian walked over to them. "Isn't it obvious? I'm here to clean up the mess made by an old pathetic hunting dog," Ciel said with a slight smirk.
Lord Randall twitched from the remark. Abberline looked down at his hands to find them empty of the documents he was holding. His face went blank as he looked between his hands and the documents that were now in Ciel's hands. "WHAT THE-!"
Ciel rested his finger against his lip as he looked the documents over. "Hmmm...is that so? A crime targeted only at people have returned to England from India….I see the victims are not dead."
Lord Randall gritted his teeth. "! Don't just-!" He was cut off when Ciel shoved a letter into his face.
"If it was just a highway-man, I wouldn't get involved. However, I won't sit by and watch the Royal Family be insulted," Ciel informed, smiling. Sebastian smiled down at his young master, pleased. Lord Randall looked away from the letter, clearly annoyed. Ciel smirked and tucked the letter back into his cloak before handing some of the documents over to Sebastian to read.
"The criminals are described as 'chosen children of sloth and depravity' which is quite accurate. I agree that England would be better off without India's wealthy upstarts." Ciel smirked at his own statement.
"They are cowards who were too busy with extravagance and indulged in worthless pastimes. Most of them are upper class people in this so-called Great Britain." Lord Randall clenched his fists tightly. Ciel tilted his head while examining over the evidence. "Upperclass...How worthless…Anyways…" his eyebrows furrowed. "What is this mark?" He copied the document and stuck out his tongue.
"HE'S MAKING A FOOL OF US BRITS AND THE QUEEN! WHAT AN IDIOT! TARGETING THOSE WHO RETURN FROM INDIA MEANS THAT THE CRIMINAL CAN'T BE ANYONE OTHER THAN A VULGAR INDIAN BARBARIAN!" Lord Randall shouted, his fists clenching tighter as the veins in his head pulsed from his rage. Abberline tried to calm him down.
"So that's the reason you called me out here?" Ciel asked while smiling. "A majority of smuggling Indians have a stronghold in the East End. I can see that even city Yards don't know what to do with a dark street like the East End. It's hard to identify the route and exact number of smugglers right?" Sebastian took the documents from his hands and attached them back to the clipboard.
"So...I shall make a move in my own way...I want to return to the manor as quickly as possible." Ciel gazed back at Sebastian. "Did you memorize the documents?" Sebastian placed a hand over his heart and bowed his head. "Yes." Sebastian walked over to Abberline and plopped
Ciel turned on his heel and began to walk away. "Let's go then Sebastian."
t-t-t-t
Louis shuffled around the manor, still wrapped up in her blanket. Her stomach grumbled in annoyance. "Yeah, yeah, I hear ya. No need to get so whiny," she yelled at her stomach, sniffling.
"I can't believe I'm still sick...I mean I-" she paused, her body lurching. "AH-AH-ACHOO!" Louis blinked a few times to regain herself before shuffling on to the kitchen. "I mean I've been sick for like 2 months!"
She froze.
"Oh my God, I caught some 19th century plague that the history books and science books never talked about. Soon I'm gonna start losing my hair and then my teeth and then I won't be able to eat," she shuffled over to the window to look at her face, rotating her face to look at it from different angles.
"I must remain BEAUTIFUL!" she declared before laughing at herself. "Who am I kidding? I have bags under my eyes, my nose is red like Rudolph's!" she squeezed her belly fat. "AND I gained weight because of all the sweets I ate while on my period!" She puffed her cheeks before shuffling on to the kitchen.
Louis pushed the door open with her foot and shuffled around, clenching her blanket while looking at her options. "Hmm...On a scale of 1 to 10…" she opened a pot and peered inside to find it empty. She pouted and closed it, shuffling on. "How willing am I to actually cook something?" Louis bit her lip, thinking.
"I mean I have many options and I've talked to my good old buddy Sebastian-Ooo bread!-About some really quick recipes…" She paused in the middle of the kitchen, doing one last sweep with her eyes.
"Nah, fuck that. I'll just ask Sebastian to make me something when he comes back."
Louis shuffled back to her room.
t-t-t-t
"Young master, we have arrived." Sebastian announced, looking at the stairway that led down to a door. Ciel placed his wrists on his hips. "Is this the right place?"
"Yes my Lord…"
Ciel nodded and descended down the stairs. "Please watch your step." Sebastian warned before slowly opening the door. Ciel's face twisted in disgust before he covered his nose and mouth with his sleeve. "What an awful smell," he declared.
"So~you finally found this place...Earl~~" cooed a voice from the shadows. The voice belonged to Lau. He blew out a stream of smoke as the women surrounding him cuddled closer. "It feels kinda weird for you to see me this way...However...I always knew the day would come."
Ciel twitched as veins pulsed all around. "And what kind of day is this?"
Lau smiled brightly as Ran-Mao turned to look at them from her position on his lap. "Welcome Earl~! Long time no see!" Lau rested his cheek on his knuckle. "How you been?" His eyebrows perked up. "Ah! Wasn't it your birthday recently? Congrats."
Ciel blushed from the position Lau and Ran-Mao were in. "I don't really care about such things!" he shouted back. Sebastian rolled his eyes in the background with a smirk.
Ciel cleared his throat. "I have something to ask you."
"Ah~~!" Lau cooed, resting his head against Ran-Mao's chest. "The Earl had to come all the way to Anagura to ask me about that incident...Am I right?"
A few of Lau's "aids" walked over to Sebastian, offering him a pipe. "Would you like some, brother?" one of them asked, her eyes glazed over and a drunk smile on her face. The other girl held onto Sebastian's arm, pressing her chest against it. Sebastian smiled and waved them off slightly. "No thank you," he said.
"The news spread to you already? You sure are fast...I have been investigating that incident. If it's about Orientals, the fastest way to find out is to ask the one who has a strong influence...The President of the British Branch of the Chinese trading company, Kunlun-No-Shanghai Mafia Qingbang Executive-Lau."
Lau slowly opened his eyes. "Oh~So formal…" He shut his eyes again and held Ran-Mao's chin. "I don't like it when you address me that way. It's too formal. Right, Ran-Mao?" he rubbed her chin with his thumb.
"I'll leave the East End in your care. The number of people who move in and out of this street are in your control right?"
Lau slowly placed his pipe down in its resting place. "Of course, I have done as you asked." Lau ran his finger up and down the engravings on his pipe. "It's the bribe that allows me to do business in the underworld of this country."
"So-" Ciel began.
"Well first I also want to ask you one thing."
Ciel raised a brow at this.
"What exactly is that incident?" Lau asked.
Ciel blanched. "You…" Sebastian chuckled slightly. "Ah yes, I forgot he does that…"
t-t-t-t
Louis sat on the kitchen counter, flipping through a cookbook while swinging her legs to a song stuck in her head. Her stomach raged within in. She slapped her stomach and continued flipping.
"Shut up! Who's the real one suffering here? Me or you?" she yelled back. She paused and squinted at the cursive writing.
"...Roasted...Cheese?" she tilted her head. "Hm...I'll keep that in mind."
Mey-Rin walked past the kitchen door, holding a basket of sheets. She quickly backtracked and looked at Louis, baffled.
"M-M-Miss Louis!? What are you doing out of bed!?" she shouted, putting down her basket and rushing over to her, checking her over to make sure she's alright. Louis smiled.
"I'm doing okay, Mey-Rin. I just got a little hungry...Do you know when Sebastian will be back? I'm gonna make him make me dinner…"
"Eh?! Y-You can't order Sebastian around like that! He'll punish you!" Mey-Rin warned. Louis giggled before closing the cookbook and tucking it under her arm, securing her blanket around her tighter. "I'd like to see him try…" she hopped off the counter.
Above them, the sounds of heels clacked over and over.
"Speak of the devil…" Louis smiled at her joke. Mey-Rin flared her arms. "I haven't finished my chores!" she shouted before grabbing her basket and fleeing all in one motion.
"Now we can get Sebastian to feed us!" she said, patting her stomach and shuffling upstairs to greet them.
t-t-t-t
Ciel frowned as Sebastian removed his coat, their hair splattered with snowflakes. "How tiresome...The criminals may be among them. Let's wait to hear from Commissioner Randall." Sebastian suggested, hanging their coats on the wall. Ciel stomped around.
"FEH! Fancy calling me out to London because of this boring case!" he complained, veins pulsing everywhere. Lau followed him, his arms interlocked in his sleeves as he chuckled.
"Well, you can't help but bark if there is any sort of threat to the Queen. This is part of being a pitiful Watchdog, isn't it Earl~~?" he teased.
The three stooges (and Tanaka) peered from a wall with bright smiles. "Welcome back~!" they sang. Lau tilted his head at them. "I see you brought all the servants this time…" Sebastian's expression darkened. "Yes, they would be more of a burden if we left them at the manor," he said, envisioning the house being destroyed. He plastered on a smile and clapped his hands together.
"Well now. You must be tired due to the cold. I will serve you tea immediately."
Ciel sighed. "Fair enough…"
"Instead of English tea, let's have Chai! That would be better!" came a voice from behind them.
Sebastian, Ciel, Lau, and the servants quickly turned to find the young Indian man with his butler they had met earlier during a series of events standing in their doorway.
"ERR...WHAT THE?!" Ciel quickly hollered.
Ciel stuttered, not really knowing how to react yet.
The pair slowly looked around, intrigued. "It's a lot smaller than my palace," uttered the young man.
"WHY THE BLAZES ARE YOU HERE?!" Ciel shouted finally. The young man tilted his head. "Oh? But we met earlier today…"
Bard leaned close to the other servants. "They just met…?"
"Besides, I saved you!" said the young man, crossing his arms. "In India, it is common to welcome and entertain benefactors. We even have a saying! 'Entertain your guests even if you must sell your treasures.'!" he explained before looking around in bewilderment. "Oi, where is the bed?"
Lau tilted his head. "Why are you looking for a bed?" The young man's butler walked past them, searching. The young man placed his hands on his hips and puffed out his cheeks. "In my country, we sit together on a bed…"
"PRINCE~! " his butler called, descending the stairs a little so he can be seen and waving his arms. "PRIIINCE~! I FOUND IT!" The young man-I mean Prince-nodded his head and followed him.
Veins pulsed all around Ciel's head. "Oi~!" he shouted after them. The prince placed his arms behind his head as he walked around. "Hm...However narrow it is, I've decided to stay here." Ciel chased after them. He skid to a halt in the doorway of a spare room.
"Wait a minute! Why do I have to look after you guys!?" he shouted at them. The butler took off the prince's cloak and draped it over a chair. The prince plopped down on the bed. "I did not consider staying in an inn. Is it common in England for people to kick benefactors out into the cold?" he teased, laying down on his stomach, kicking his feet. "Ah~~comfy, comfy!" he purred.
"Who the hell are you!?" Ciel shouted, Sebastian frowning behind him.
"Oh? Me? I am a prince…" he purred, glancing back at Ciel. Sebastian perked up slightly at this. "A prince?" he asked. The prince's butler gestured to him.
"This person is the 26th child of the King of the princely state of Bengal. Prince Soma Asman Gandal." Prince Soma smiled from his introduction. "I am going to stay for a while, okay midget?" he teased, causing Ciel to twitch in annoyance.
Louis came shuffling in, her blanket draped around her shoulders. "Mm...Sebastian~I'm hungry," she complained, shuffling over to him and resting her forehead on his arm. Sebastian looked down and sighed at her. "Is that any way to greet your friend?" he teased. She dug her forehead into his arm. "Feed~~me!" Sebastian smiled. "I-"
Soma's butler interrupted him. "As a symbol of our new friendship, I, Agni, shall serve you Chai! On a cold day, Chai tea with ginger is a wise choice!" he began to scurry to the kitchen. Louis plopped down on the bed near Soma, sitting criss-cross on the bed and wrapping the blanket around her.
"Okay~~..." she said, sniffling.
Sebastian went after Agni. "Er, wait. Let me assist you!" he called, fearing what this stranger may do to the kitchen. Finny's eyes sparkled. "Amazing~! Are you really a prince!?" he asked. Mey-Rin held her cheeks, blushing slightly. "A...prince?" Bard nodded, his arms crossed. "Hmm, this is my first time seein' a real prince…" Ciel stood still, twitching. Soma smiled smugly. "I shall allow you to come close." The three stooges immediately went over to him, fawning over him like a newborn puppy.
"So what kind of place is Bengal?" Finny asked. "It is a holy country that received the blessing of Kali, the Goddess and the Ganges River." Soma rested his head in his palm as he lounged, his smug smile still intact. "We have tigers…" he continued. Finny's eyes exploded. "TIGERS!?" Bard rubbed his scruffy chin, thinking. "I don't think I've ever eaten one of those…"
Lau laughed and shrugged. "Yah~, it seems as if there are going to be some lively times ahead, eh Earl~?" Ciel broke.
"GET OUT!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. Soma laughed. "I saved you, remember?" he sat up, wiggling his toes. "In England is it common to kick your benefactors out in the cold?" Ciel's brow twitched. Soma laughed again. "Therefore, I shall stay!" he stated, smiling mischievously. He noticed Louis and tilted his head. Louis turned and looked Prince Soma up and down. Soma blushed.
"U-Uh…"
"Do you have any food on you?" she asked bluntly, hair falling into her face.
Soma gulped. "N-No…" Louis huffed, blowing some of the hair out of her face. She looked him up and down again.
"...I like your bindi…" she smiled slightly before getting up and shuffling out to get some food. Soma watched her, blinking in confusion.
t-t-t-t
(THE NEXT DAY)
"Open."
"No."
"Open."
"No."
"...I am not asking you, I am telling you. Now, open."
"And I'm telling you 'No'!"
"You are making this quite difficult. This medicine will help you get better."
"That medicine looks like it will kill me! ...Are you trying to kill me?"
"If I wanted to kill you, it would have been done already."
"...Very true…"
"Now open!"
"NO!"
Sebastian sighed, his brow twitching and his hand that held the spoon of medicine was trembling. "Why must you make everything so difficult?" he asked, putting down the small jar of medicine and walking closer to her. Louis crossed her arms and puffed her cheeks out. "Because I don't want your nasty ass remedy!" Sebastian's eyes glowed a pink fluorescent, his anger growing. Louis's eyes widened as she leaned back slightly. Sebastian narrowed his eyes at her, moving the spoon close to her lips. "Open. Your. Mouth," he hissed. Louis looked up at him and then back at the spoon.
"N-No…"
Sebastian's eyes glowed brighter as his anger peaked. Using his free hand, he pinch her nose and pried her mouth open, force-feeding her the medicine. Louis moaned in disgust as the taste hit her tongue and she tried to smack the spoon away. Sebastian pulled the spoon out of her mouth.
"Now swallow," he commanded. Louis slowly swallowed. Sebastian's eyes returned to red as he smiled. "Good girl," he let go of her nose and patted her head. Louis gasped for air and fanned her mouth. "Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew ,ew~!" Sebastian chuckled at her, pouring another spoonful. "You are such a child…" he gestured the spoon to her. "Say ah~" he cooed, teasing her. Louis looked at him and narrowed her eyes. "I despise you…" she opened her mouth. Sebastian put the spoon in and then out. He tilted his head.
"See, was that so hard?" he teased again. He turned to pour another spoonful. Louis made a stupid face and waved her hands around. "Meeh, meh meh-meh meh?" she said, mocking him before rolling her eyes and crossing her arms. Sebastian chuckled at her and handed the spoon to her.
"I'm sure you can administer this yourself…" Louis narrowed her eyes and took the spoon. Sebastian turned his back to her, closing the jar and assorting his things. Louis smiled mischievously and moved the spoon over the plant on her nightstand.
"Pour it in the plant and I will hurt you…" Sebastian warned.
Louis froze. "H-How did you-" she pouted and put the spoon in her mouth and left it there, drinking the contents of the spoon and crossing her arms as she pouted. Sebastian turned to her and chuckled, plucking her spoon from her mouth with a POP! and placing it on a napkin on the cart. Louis licked her lips, looking at the clock.
"Aren't you late to waking Ciel up?"
Sebastian tilted his head at her. "Hm?" he looked at the clock. "Ah...it seems that I am…"
"You don't even care, do you?"
Sebastian smiled. "It is my duty as a butler to wake up the young master."
"Then why aren't you running off to go do that?"
"Because you haven't thanked me yet."
"I didn't ask you to bring me medicine!"
"That didn't sound like a 'Thank you'."
"You did this on your own! I didn't ask you for anything!"
"Say it with me now. 'Thank you'."
"Oh fuck you…"
"Louis."
Louis sighed and crossed her arms tighter. "Fine. Thank you." Sebastian waved his finger at her. "Be more sincere," he said, winking at her. Louis threw her arms down "Oh come on!" Sebastian chuckled. "I shall return again in a few hours to give you more medicine," he informed, holding the cart and pushing it. Louis laid back against her pillows. "Yeah, yeah," she scooted deeper into the pillows.
"Bye Sebastian."
Sebastian stopped and looked back at her, smiling.
"Goodbye Louis." He left.
Louis smacked her lips and then licked them again, her face scrunching up in disgust.
"Bleh...tastes like cod liver oil and anchovies…"
t-t-t-t
"Master Ciel...It is time to wake up," said a cheery voice. Ciel groaned and rolled to the other side, rubbing his eye with his knuckle. "Mmm...Master...Ciel?" he questioned before opening his eyes. Literally 2 inches away was the face of Agni, smiling down at him.
"Good morning~!" he said with a bright smile. Ciel's eyes widened.
"!?"
Agni clasped his hands together as he smiled. "Namaste, Master Ciel!" Ciel sat up and quickly covered his right eye. "Wh-Why are you in my room!?" he shouted. Agni tilted his head, an adorable smile on his face. "Breakfast has already been prepared!"
Sebastian opened the door. "Good morning, young-" his sentence trailed as he saw Agni hoist Ciel in his arms and hold him like...well, a child.
"The food will get cold if you don't hurry!" Agni informed. Ciel struggled and pushed against Agni, trying to get away. "Wait a second! What the hell is this!?" he shouted. Sebastian slowly raised a brow as he watched the scene before him. Lau peeked in from the doorway.
"Oyah~! So lively already…" he cooed. The three stooges came bolting down the hallway. "Sebastian~~~!" they called. They skidded to a halt in front of him, trying to catch their breath. Sebastian put his hands on his hips. "Need I remind you that we have guests? Do not run in the halls…" he scolded. Sebastian sighed. "What did you three do now?"
"I-It's weird! The food! The yard! The clothes!" they shouted together.
Sebastian's brow slowly went up again. "Weird?" Meanwhile in the background, Ciel was carried off by Agni. The three stooges lead him around the house. Everything was so...clean and not reduced to ashes. The sheets smelled like spring morning. The garden was neat and symmetrical. And the food made your mouth water from just a small whiff of it! Sebastian was nearly brought to tears.
"W-What happened?" he asked, looking around in bewilderment. Agni raised his hand. "Ah! It was presumptuous of me, but I have prepared all of this myself!" Sebastian turned to him, shocked. "You should not have! Please, you must relax! You are our guest after all!" he insisted. Agni waved him off nervously. "Oh, but it is nothing!" Agni smiled somberly.
"I am a mere butler. The least I can do is lend a hard-working man such as you Sebastian a hand."
Sebastian's bottom lip began to tremble slightly for he was so moved. He glanced back at the other servants before smiling sarcastically at them.
"Why don't you all kneel down on the ground and beg for a mere scrap of Agni's talents? Perhaps you would even improve!" The three stooges blinked before pouncing on Agni.
"GIMME THE DIRT!" they yelled. Agni panicked and waved his arms around. "Eh!? What is wrong?!" Sebastian walked away, grumbling to himself.
t-t-t-t
"...So?" Ciel tapped his fingers against the table. "How long do you intend to stay in my manor?" he asked bluntly.
[Today's Breakfast: Prawn Curry and French toast with Ginger.]
Soma chewed on his french toast happily. "We will leave once our work is done." Veins pulsed all around Ciel's head. "And that is-!?" Sebastian smiled to himself as he placed some food in a bowl for Louis. He covered it with another bowl and laid it on a tray along with silverware. Agni noticed and pour a teacup full of Chai tea and placed it on the tray for him. "Who is this for?" he asked. Sebastian nodded in appreciation for the tea. "This is for one of our servants. She is quite ill." Agni clasped his hands together. "Oh~I wish her well," he bowed slightly.
Lau picked up a spoonful of curry. "Aren't you two looking for someone?" he asked. Ciel scowled. "So what if they are? Why do they need to stay here?" Soma spoke with his mouth full. "Oh!" He dug through his pocket. "We are looking for a woman." Soma pulled out a piece of paper and showed them.
"This woman!"
It was a very crude drawing of an Indian woman that would honestly not help in a search whatsoever.
Ciel, Lau, and Sebastian all looked at the picture baffled.
"Her name is Mina. She was a maidservant at my palace." Soma chewed loudly. "I drew that." Ciel gazed over at Sebastian, basically giving him a 'Humor me' look. "Sebastian, can you find her with this?" Sebastian raised a brow at his young master. "Even for me, that's…" he sighed. "I will try my best…"
Ciel put some food in his mouth. "So...why is this woman in England?"
In a flash, a giant statue had appeared and Soma and Agni were sitting on their heels praying to it. Veins pulsed all over Ciel's head. "LISTEN!" he shouted. "What the hell is this all of a sudden? Where did you get this statue?!" Sebastian rested his finger on his chin, his other fist under his elbow, thinking. "It seems they are praying but that is such an awful surreal figure of a God." Lau said, tucking his arms in his sleeves.
Sebastian tilted his head. "A figure of a God?" he moved closer to the statue. "It is just a statue of a woman holding the heads of men and wearing a necklace of men's heads all while dancing on a man's stomach…" Sebastian blinked.
Agni turned to them and smiled while Soma furiously prayed. "This is a statue of Kali the Goddess from the Hindu religion that we follow." Ciel blinked. "Our Goddess Kali is the wife of our God Shiva and is also the Goddess of Power." Agni stood.
"A long time ago...A demon recklessly challenged Kali to fight him. Of course, the victory went to our Goddess Kali. However, her destructive urge was not settled. The Goddess became absorbed in destruction and massacres." he explained, clutching his heart.
"The damage she caused was much worse than what the demon did eh~?" Lau commented.
"Other Gods couldn't stop Kali so they decided to destroy the world at any cost. HOWEVER!" Agni wiggled his fingers from such a riveting tale, a faint blush on his cheeks. "In order to protect the world, the God Shiva laid down at her feet!" Sebastian nodded, his mouth forming an O. "Oh~! So that is why he is being trampled upon!" he said, dropping his fist in his palm, understanding. Ciel rolled his eyes. "Maybe he should have done that before so many were killed…"
"After she had trampled on her husband with her dirty feet, Kali returned to her peaceful state along with the world." Agni explained, smiling adorably. He clasped his hands together. "In other words, Kali is the great Goddess who defeated the demon after a time of struggle. She is holding the head of the demon she defeated as proof," Agni finished, pointing at it. "So you say…" Ciel commented, looking up at Sebastian. "If such a strong person exists, I should be careful when I go to India…" Sebastian commented. Agni tilted his head at the statement.
Soma stood up, dusting off his robe. "I have finished praying now." He quickly snatched up Ciel. "Let us go out, midget! You will be my guide!" he declared. Ciel flared his arms. "Why me!?" Ciel squirmed in Soma's arms. "Besides, I am not 'Midget', my name is Ciel!" he shouted. Soma began to walk towards the door. "Then Ciel, I order you to lead the way." Sebastian stuck his arm out, stopping them.
"I am deeply sorry but, the young master already has a full schedule," he explained smiling (mostly at Ciel's predicament). Ciel finally escaped Soma's grasp and dusted off his clothing. "As you can see, I am very busy. If you want to look for that person, then do it yourself." Sebastian picked up the tray for Louis and led the way. Soma put his arms behind his head and puffed his cheeks out.
t-t-t-t
Louis planked on her bed, wrapped up in her blanket like a burrito. "Ooooh myyyy Godddd I am SOOOOO bored~~!" she complained, staring at the floor. "Why did you have to get sick you dumbfuck!?" She kicked herself. Her room door opened slowly, Ciel and Sebastian walking in. Sebastian raised a knuckle to his mouth and chuckled at her.
"I do hope you are not taking advantage of your sickness in order to get special treatment," he teased, placing the tray on a table in front of her. Ciel looked around her room slightly. Louis rolled onto her back. "I won't answer that question without a lawyer present," she retorted back. Sebastian chuckled again, uncovering the steamy bowl of food. Louis's eyes lit up at the bowl.
"You made CURRY!?" she snatched the bowl and quickly began to eat with her right hand (like you traditionally would eat curry). "Mmm~! So good!" she squealed. Sebastian smiled at her display. "I actually did not make the curry. It was the butler of our guest Prince Soma's doing."
Louis looked up at Sebastian, starry eyed. "Tell him I love him." Sebastian chuckled. "I shall."
Ciel leaned against the doorway. "Sebastian told me that your birthday was also on the 13th…" he stated, crossing his arms. Louis looked up at him with stuffed cheeks. She nodded.
Ciel smiled slightly. "Happy Belated Birthday then…" Louis nodded in thanks before going back to eat her curry happily. "Are you feeling any better?" Ciel asked. Louis sucked off her fingers and sipped on the Chai tea. "Hm...I can move around now. I still have a stuffy nose though!" she explained. Ciel nodded, waving at her slightly as he left the room. "Get better soon then…" Louis waved awkwardly as he left, placing the teacup back on the tray.
"Do not feel bad. The young master actually is concerned about you and wish for you to get better." Sebastian reassured, picking up the tray.
"And I do as well," he smiled with his eyes. Louis blinked.
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Bard rested the skillet against his shoulder, smiling smugly. "Alright~~! I can't lost to that guy from India! I shall display my wonderful skills today!" Sebastian quickly snatched the skillet from his hands, walking to the stove. "There's no need for that! I shall take care of the preparations. Kindly stay away," he said. Bard looked at his hand in confusion. "O-Oi~!" he shouted.
"Hey! What was that all about?! Today, your's truly was gonna prepare his specialty dish!" Bard yelled after him. Sebastian's brow twitched in annoyance but it was not entirely because of Bard. Soma was constantly interrupting the schedule for Ciel's lessons. He ruined his violin lesson with the beating of some instrument, he disturb the young master's art lesson by trying to force Mey-Rin to disrobe, and then he tried to pitch an idea for a terrible toy idea! Then he had the audacity to challenge the young master to a fencing tournament!
In the end, we were behind schedule for more than 30 minutes...he thought to himself.
"SEBASTIAN! ARE YOU LISTENIN'?" Bard hollered. Sebastian clicked his teeth, glaring back at him. "Can you please be quiet?" Agni peeked from the doorway, a bright smile on his face as usual. "Mr. Sebastian, I do hope I am not interrupting…" he walked into the kitchen shyly, bowing his head in apology. "I was just wondering if there was any way I could assist you…"
Sebastian waved his arms as he smiled. "Mr. Agni, there is no need for you to-" Agni smiled again. "Two pairs of hands are always better than one! Feel free to give me orders!" Sebastian smiled sweetly, his head tilting slightly. "In that case, may I trouble you with the task of preparing the berry sauce for tonight's seafood dish as well as the cottage pie?" Bard blanched, in disbelief that Sebastian would replace him so easily. Agni rolled up his sleeves. "Of course!"
Sebastian walked over to a drawer and opened it. "The recipe is placed here. We shall substitute the meat in the cottage pie with chicken." Agni blushed slightly. "Oh! Thank you for being so thoughtful!"
"HEY! WHY ARE YOU LETTIN' HIM HELP OUT WHILE TREATIN' ME LIKE A NUISANCE!?" Bard hollered in Sebastian's face. Sebastian waved him off. "Bard, you will only get in the way. Kindly step back," he said, walking out of the kitchen muttering 'Busy busy' to himself. Bard plopped down on a barrel, pissed off. Agni looked over at Bard, concerned.
A light bulb went off in his head.
Agni shook Bard lightly while he slumbered, calling out to him. "Mr. Chef...Mr. Chef?" Bard smacked his lips and slowly opened his eyes, scratching his stomach. "Huh~~Chef?" he sprung up.
"CHEF!? You talkin' to me!?"
Agni smiled. "Yes! You are the chef!" Bard's eyes sparkled, wet with tears. "I am not familiar with English cuisine. Do you mind assisting me?" Agni asked. Bard cheered. "LEAVE EVERYTHING TO ME!"
"In that case, would you help to chop up the onions?" Bard nodded rapidly, putting his goggles on and chopping like a mad man.
"What a delicious smell~~!" Finny cooed, peeking into the kitchen and sniffing the air. "What's for dinner today?" he asked, drooling slightly. Agni smiled at him, holding a soup pot. "Are you willing to assist us with dinner?" he asked. Finny pointed at himself. "Eh?! ME!?" he questioned. He pushed his pointing fingers together.
"Um...I-I don't have much control over my strength so Mr. Sebastian forbids me from touching anything in the kitchen…" he warned. Agni perked up. "It is good that you are strong! In that case, please use the spoon to smash these potatoes before sieving them!" he showed him the bowl of potatoes and the spoon. "This is a job that is extremely taxing on one's strength. Can I count on you to do it?"
"Y-YES!" Finny shouted, getting to work. "Thank you for the trouble!" Agni said.
The last to arrive was Mey-Rin who peered in the kitchen, her finger at her lips. "W-Where is Mr. Sebastian?" she asked nervously. "Ah!" Agni walked over to her. "Mr. Sebastian is off doing other tasks." Mey-Rin perked up, blushing. "Then I shall help to set the table!"
Mey-Rin placed a chair in front of the china cabinet, balancing on it as she reached for the "good" plates.
"Uh...the big plates and the salad plates-WAH!" she began to fall backwards. Agni quickly rushed out and grabbed her, hoisting her back up. "Miss maid, I hope you are not hurt…" he said. Mey-Rin nodded rapidly in embarrassment. "Y-Yes! I am okay!" Agni gave her a refreshing smile.
"The big plates must be rather heavy for you! When taking the plates down from such a height, it would be best to take one down at a time. Especially for you own safety. It would not be good if you were to fall and injure yourself." Mey-Rin blushed slightly, staring at Agni. "Y-Yes…"
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Sebastian came walking back into the kitchen, drying off his gloves with towel. "Mr. Agni, how are things?" he called before walking in. He blinked in shock. Everyone in the kitchen was working together. Nothing was charred or reduced to ashes. There was no broken glass or wasted food. He blinked again before his head slowly tilted. Agni turned to him while rolling out dough, smiling. "Yes! There is no problem!" Finny ran over to Sebastian, showing the mashed potatoes. "Mr. Sebastian! LOOK! The potatoes that are going to be in the pie were smashed by me!" he said, giggling. Tanaka was in a chef outfit, juggling vegetables while laughing.
Bard lifted his goggles. "As for me, I was the one who chopped up the onions! I'm preparin' the vegetables now!" Mey-Rin blushed, her hands on her cheeks while she looked down at the sparkly plates and silverware. "I-I have prepared the cutlery!" she said. Agni smiled at Sebastian. "Thanks to everyone, we will be having a delicious meal tonight!"
Sebastian blinked again. Agni tilted his head. "Mr. Sebastian?" he called. Sebastian walked over to Agni's side, looking at the three stooges as if they were aliens. "I-It is nothing...It is just amazing that you were willing to let them help you." Agni laughed. "Everyone worked very hard!" Sebastian sighed. "They are not bad by nature but-" he had flashbacks of the many times they ruined things around the house. Agni smiled somberly. "Everyone is born with different abilities and purposes in life, with our calling and life being guided by God," he smiled again, rolling the dough out some more. "We humans just need to abide by God's will. Naturally and slowly in order to complete what we have to do." Sebastian blinked once more. "Mr. Agni...You are truly remarkable.
Agni blushed. "That is not true! I was a sinful person in the past. I abused my social status to obtain things. I would constantly hurt people and go against God. Soon my crimes and sins were noticed and I was to be hang in the city center. Right before my death, God appeared and cut me down. He said that I was reborn as a new, honest man. When I gazed up, it was Prince Soma. He gave me my new identity…" he said, smiling to himself. Sebastian rolled his eyes slightly and went to the pot. "Mr. Agni, the pot is boiling over…" He took it off the stove and placed it on the counter next to Agni.
"I served the Prince ever since that day...The Prince is my God and my King!" he interlocked his fingers. "Even if at the cost of my life, I will do anything to protect the Prince who gave me a new life…" he smiled shyly. "I hope to help fulfill his wishes in anyway I can!"
Sebastian raised his brow at him.
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Louis looked up at the moon before returning to her book. It was some self-help book called The Secret to a Good Life. She rolled her eyes as she continued to read.
"Not every woman wants to get married, honey!" she shouted at the book. Her bedroom door swung open and Sebastian came strolling in, stretching.
"...Yeah sure, come on in, you piece of shit…" she said sarcastically, not looking up from the book. Sebastian sat on her bed and took off his jacket, folding it neatly and putting it next to him. He then began to work on taking his shoes off.
"Yeah sure...just make yourself comfortable…" Louis said, flipping the page and coughing into her elbow crevice. She snuggled further into her pillows as she read. Sebastian planted his feet firmly on the ground, falling back against her bed and looking up at the ceiling. He sighed.
"So…" Louis flipped the page. "How was your day? Since you obviously want me to ask you…" Sebastian glanced at her, clearly not in the mood. Louis glanced up at him before going back to reading. "Are you going to vent or just lay there?" she asked, licking her thumb so she can turn the page. Sebastian glanced at her again, narrowing his eyes.
"Oh by the way, Agni gave me my medicine already…" Sebastian's eyes narrowed more. Louis smirked, flipping the page. "Bingo." She put a bookmark in the book and closed it, interlocking her fingers and resting her chin on them, her elbows planted on her legs.
"So what did he do to make you upset?"
Sebastian sighed. "I am not upset."
"Then what's up?"
"I…" Sebastian raised his eyebrows. "Do not know…"
Louis fake gasped. "Sebastian doesn't know something? This is the find of the century…" she teased, smiling to herself. Sebastian glanced at her again.
"I am going to punch you one day…"
"You'll have to buy me dinner first, buddy…" she winked at him.
Sebastian smiled slightly, snuggling into her mattress and resting his hands on his stomach, interlocking his fingers. "Well...Agni is...interesting…"
Louis raised a brow. "Interesting?"
"Yes. He was able to get the other servants to work...efficiently. It was surprising…"
"That's because...he doesn't seem like the type to constantly point out what someone has done wrong but what they have done right. That's your problem." Sebastian looked at her. "My problem?"
"Yeah...You're a demon, Sebastian. That means you're naturally supposed to be an asshole. You can't help who you are. You enjoy bringing people down. Agni's not like that...He is a very sweet person. I mean, I only talked to him for like 5 minutes and it was awesome…" she shrugged.
Sebastian blinked before looking down. "Hm…"
"Yeah, the other servants respect you, but that respect comes from you striking fear into the them. Also you never give them a chance. For example, when the three stooges decorated the house for Ciel's birthday! You didn't even praise them!" she sat up and crossed her arms.
"What they did was a sign that they are capable of doing good here! You just have to give them a chance!" she finished, looking down at him. Sebastian blinked before looking back at the ceiling and shutting his eyes, smiling.
"Hm...Agni said something similar…" he snuggled into the mattress more. Louis picked up her book and snuggling into her pillows, going back to reading. "That's cause he knows what he's doing…"
"...Do I...frighten you…?" Sebastian asked carefully, turning his head to look at her. Louis looked up at him for a few moments before going back to reading.
"Nope!" she said, popping the 'p' in the word. "You're even more harmless than a newborn kitten…" she teased, flipping the page. Sebastian chuckled. "What do you think of Prince Soma?"
She shrugged. "He's cute." Sebastian raised a brow. "Cute?" he repeated. Louis nodded. "But I heard him bitching and moaning downstairs about the person he's looking for and complaining about being alone and all this other crap…"
"...So?"
"So~~He's a spoiled brat." Sebastian blinked before laughing loudly, covering his mouth to stifle his laughter. Louis closed her book, using her thumb to mark the page as she watched him in shock. Sebastian covered his mouth until he stopped. He inhaled and exhaled before looking up at her. She slowly raised an eyebrow.
"Did you just laugh? Like...genuinely laugh?" she asked. Sebastian blinked. "I think I did…" he smiled. Louis looked him up and down. "Never do that again...That was so scary…" she teased, going back to reading. Sebastian smiled, closing his eyes, his breathing slowing. Louis blinked and looked up from her book.
"Are you falling asleep?" Sebastian opened one eye, peering at her. "Shh~" he closed his eye again.
"...Bitch who's room is this?"
"SH~!"
"Oh fuck you…"
Sebastian's chest slowly rose and fell as he slept. Do demons need sleep? Louis thought to herself as she slipped her bookmark in and put the book on the nightstand. She smiled at Sebastian's sleeping face and turned off the lamp.
"Night…"
Ta-da! I did it! I hope you enjoyed it! Um...tell me if you liked it all in 3rd person. I also skipped over a lot of parts...Um..review, favorite and follow! 'Kay bye!