Red was in deep thought as she stared at Ciel's sleeping face, feeling both frustrated and upset. Not long ago, Sebastian arrived back in the room and had given Ciel a different pillow and teased him about acting like a child. He also asked Arthur to take care of both Ciel and her, this is what started her frustration. She felt upset due to something could have possibly happened to Sebastian. Despite him being a demon, she saw him as a friend.
Hearing a sigh and a shift on the bed, she looked over to see Arthur was finally asleep. Looking back to the earl that was clinging onto her, she sighed softly before sitting up, her waist being held on by him still. Pushing his hair out of his face, she asked herself one question.
"Why did it have to be you?"
She failed to notice a figure stand up behind her on the side of the bed, where Arthur laid, as it came closer to her until she felt hands cover her mouth and eyes.
It was near reaching noon when Arthur was awoken by the sound of the earl's voice.
"Professor. Professor, please wake up."
"MWHA! Good morning!" Arthur shouted as he sat up.
"Professor. Something isn't right with the manor."
"Eh?"
"Sebastian should've come to wake me a long time ago, but he has not come yet. Not to mention the fact that Red isn't here."
Arthur's eyes grew wide as different scenarios played through his mind until a knock sounded at the door.
"Pardon me, sir." An old saddened voice spoke up before Tanaka walked in and bowed. "Please forgive me for my untoward lateness."
"Tanaka…" Ciel mumbled before a serious look crossed his face. "Where is Sebastian?"
Both Arthur and Ciel were running until they heard voices coming from the room the previous murder took in. Upon arrival, Ciel and Arthur stared in horror at the sight of Sebastian's lifeless body in front of them, a fireplace poker sticking out of his chest.
"Se…bas…tia…n?" was all Ciel let out before he wobbled toward the body.
"N-No, stop! Young master, you must not enter, not at all!" Mey-Rin shouted as she grabbed her master and tried to pull him back.
"Let me go!"
"No, young master!" Finny shouted as he tried to help Mey-Rin.
"Stay back!" Ciel shouted as he slapped their hands away. "Don't you dare order your master around!"
"Young master…!" Finny let out as both he and Mey-Rin began to cry.
Stepping to where he hovered over the body, Ciel stared before he spoke up.
"Sebastian, how much longer are you going to keep up this childish prank? Once again, I can't imagine the floor makes for comfortable slumber. Just how much longer do you intend to feign sleep, hm?"
Silence passed throughout the room.
"Young master." Bard spoke with grim.
Ciel then stomped on his butler's corpse on the chest.
"Can you not hear me, Sebastian? I'm telling you to get up." Gritting his teeth after a moment of silence, he yanked the fireplace poker out from his butler's chest. "Why, you…"
"My lord…!" Arthur exclaimed.
Grabbing the collar of Sebastian's shirt, Ciel shook him as he shouted, "Sebastian! You get up right now, you hear me!? I command you!"
He then proceeded to slap his butler across the face as the other guests looked at him with pity.
"Did you fail to hear my command!? Who in the name of hell gave you permission to die!? I'll never forgive you for this, Sebastian! Open your damn-!"
His hand was caught by Bard before he could slap his butler again.
"Young master." Bard started with the same grim tone in his voice. "Please stop. We can't take any more of this. He…He's already dead."
Ciel stared at the corpse with a wide eye as Bard stared at the ground in misery.
"This…must be some kind of joke, right? Are you…really dead? Sebastian. You, my butler…you…and you alone, who-…who promised you would stay at my side until the very end-…"
"The corpse will rot if we leave it here, so it would be a good idea to move it quickly." Grey stated.
"Yeah…" Bard agreed,
"Come on…young master." Mey-Rin grabbed her master, trying to move him away from the body.
"No! Let me go! Don't leave me behind, Sebastian! Sebastian!"
"Young master!"
"I command you." Ciel shouted as he reached on his butler's tailcoat and ripped off a pin. "I command you…! I command you!"
Sebastian's body was then carried out by Bard, following Grey. Ciel straightened himself when his eye widened in realization of something.
"Red…"
"What?" Arthur asked.
"Red!"
With that, Ciel took off out of the room, leaving the others confused until Finny understood.
"Miss Red!" Finny exclaimed, the others now understanding as they followed after the young earl.
Ciel all the way back to the room he stayed in and noticed something down the other way of the hallway. Speeding towards it, he looked down and saw part of the carpet stained red in a thin trail and a necklace some ways from it. Inspecting the necklace closer, he recognized it to be the one Red never takes off. As soon as the others caught up, Ciel took off again with the necklace and followed the trail. It was only a few minutes before he arrived at a door where the trail stopped. Everyone had now caught up and stared at the door, fearing for what was behind it. Reaching out with a shaky hand, Ciel opened the door to reveal the library. The group slowly entered the room, being wary of their surroundings. Everyone nearly jumped at the sound of Finny's voice.
"No…" he said softly before a strangled sob came out afterward as he fell to his knees. "No!"
Everyone moved to where he was and saw Red's body. Her eyes were closed as blood trickled down the corner of her mouth and on the side of her head. Finny was being held by a crying Mey-Rin as he sobbed. The others looked at the body with sadness, tears forming in Irene's eyes as she held onto Grimsby. Ciel walked slowly over to his friend's body and got on his knees. Picking her up gently, he held her in his arms with tears in his eyes.
"Not you, too…" he mumbled.
As the other guests looked on with sadness, Lau spoke up, only being paid attention by Arthur.
"Committing these last two murders would have been impossible for the confined earl, hmm?" a smirk surfaced on the Chinese man's face as Arthur's eyes widened. "This is all turning out to be very amusing indeed."
