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That Butler, Freeloading 4
≤speech in Indian language≥
'thoughts'
"speech"
"Demonic speech"
{setting/stage directions?}
SOUND EFFECTS
An entire sentence like this, without quotes, is narration for dreams or stuff like written letters.
=†=†=†=†= scene shift/time shift
Previously:
"Be that as it may... I should think our first priority is to take these people to the city police." Sebastian said, smiling wryly as he sweat dropped, and kneeled beside the thugs Agni had just defeated for them. They were out cold. Chêne sweat dropped.
"Yeah... that might be a good idea..." Chêne said, smiling wryly.
{Later that evening, at the Phantomhive London Townhouse...}
"We labored in vain..." Ciel groaned, exhausted, as they entered the town house, and Sebastian took Ciel and Lau's coats. "And now it's begun to snow..."
"You say 'snow' like it's a bad thing..." Chêne said, sweat dropping. "I'm sure we'll find something soon." She reassured Ciel.
"The culprit may be among them. Let us wait for Lord Randall to contact us." Sebastian said, smiling wryly at Ciel's chagrin. Lord Randall was presently in the process of interrogating the thugs that had tried to mug them.
"Really! I'm tired of being summoned to London every time a silly incident like this occurs!!" Ciel huffed as he marched off to the sitting room, so he could finally sit down and relax after such a long and irritating day.
"Haha~! You must howl if there is even the faintest possibility of harm befalling Her Majesty! Such is the difficult role of the watchdog, Earl." Lau told Ciel, smiling. "But I don't mind in the least since I get to play with you~!"
"Young Master!" Mei-Rin said excitedly as she, Bard, Finni, and Mister Tanaka suddenly popped out and peeked around the doorframe.
"Welcome hooome~!!" Finni said cheerfully, smiling brightly at them.
"Yes, home~!" Mei-Rin chimed happily. They had been good and played in the snow all day instead of trying to clean and cook, just like Chêne had asked. So the house was still fully intact and tidy upon their return.
"You brought all your servants with you this time?" Lau asked, smiling. He was slightly puzzled as to why Ciel would do that when Chêne and Sebastian were enough last time...
"Yes. It would be troublesome to leave them behind at the manor." Sebastian said gravely with a serious gleam in his eye. Chêne sweat dropped. After the others had managed to completely destroy the mansion, any trust Sebastian had in them to behave themselves in their absence had been completely destroyed as well.
"Ohhh?" Lau said curiously.
"Please, Don't ask." Chêne said, sighing, as she pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Well! You must be worn out from the cold. I will have tea ready right away." Sebastian said, smiling a brilliant shit-eating grin.
"Oh, that sounds great! I'll make a snack to go with it." Chêne said, smiling.
"Haah. Indeed." Ciel agreed, sighing wearily. He could use something sweet to perk him up.
"I would prefer Chai to English tea." A familiar voice said.
"Indeed." Ciel agreed.
"Eh?" Ciel, Chêne, Sebastian, and Lau said as they whipped their heads around when they realized who had spoken. There, standing inside the Town house with them, were the two strange and well-dressed Indians they had met before—Agni and Soma.
"This is awfully small compared to my palace." Soma said as he looked around.
"Wh—!? Wh—!? Why are you here!?" Ciel demanded incredulously. Idiot hairs popped out on Chêne and Sebastian's heads as they sweat dropped. Wasn't the better question 'how'... As in, 'How in the world did they find them and manage to slip in without any of them noticing!?
"What do you mean, why? We became acquainted but a moment ago. Have you forgotten me already?" Soma said bluntly.
"Became acquainted, you say..." Ciel sputtered indignantly.
"Huh? What's going on?" Finn and the other servants asked Chêne as he tugged on her sleeve. Chêne sweat dropped and smiled wryly at their innocently curious stares.
"It's a long story..." Chêne told them.
"And I rescued you." Soma added.
"Res—!? How!?" Ciel demanded incredulously. They were the ones who attacked him, and Sebastian could've handled those thugs just fine!!
"In India it is commonplace to invite your benefactors into your home and make them welcome. There's a saying that goes 'entertain your guests even if you sell off your heirlooms." Soma stated.
"There's also a saying my grandmother had that goes 'a good hostess never turns away a guest, but a good guest never outstays their welcome'..." Chêne said, sweat dropping.
"Hey, where's the bed?" Soma asked, glancing around the room and totally ignoring Chêne.
"Why a bed?" Lau asked.
"In my country, one invites one's guests to one's bed to sit together in a circle, enjoying each other's company." Soma explained.
"Myyyyy Priiince~!" Agni called out cheerfully. "Loooord Somaaaa!! There is one heeeere!!" Agni said, giving them all a sunny smile as he waved to Soma from on the stairs.
"That is well." Soma said.
"Hey!!" Ciel yelled incredulously, vein mark throbbing on his forehead. "Listen to me!!"
"Then, good. It is a tad small, but we shall stay here for a while. Much obliged." Soma said carelessly as he followed Agni up the stairs. Ciel flinched in surprise, and sweat dropped before running after them.
"Wait a minute!! Why must I take care of you all of a sudden!?" Ciel demanded as he skidded to a stop in the doorway of the guest bedroom that they had found.
"I haven't given any thought to other lodgings." Soma said frankly as he plopped down onto the bed. "Besides, is it custom for Englishmen to throw their benefactors out into the cold?" Soma asked, grinning.
"—!" Ciel said, tuning blue with shock from the down spiral that Soma's willfulness and culture shock was giving his brain.
"This and that are two different things..." Chêne said, sweat dropping as she and Sebastian entered the room, having followed after Ciel.
"Moreover! Just who are you!?" Ciel demanded incredulously. As Soma rolled around on the soft bed, like he was in heaven and on a soft, fluffy cloud. He wasn't going to be pushed around in his own home like this by—by some nameless, weird foreigner!!
"Me? I am a prince." Soma said, smiling slightly at them.
"A prince...?" Sebastian asked. Well, it certainly did explain the holier than thou attitude...
"This gentleman is the twenty-sixth child of the Raja of Bengal... Prince Soma Asam Kadar." Agni explained, smiling as them as Soma stretched out and lounged on the bed, laying on his side, with his head propped up on one hand.
"Tw-Twenty-sixth...!?" Chêne asked, stunned. Was that even flippin' possible...!?
"We shall be imposing on you for a bit... Runt." Soma said, deciding to give Ciel a 'nickname' since he hadn't bothered to find out his proper first name yet.
CRACK.
'Ah...' Chêne thought as she glanced at Ciel. That couldn't be good.
Ciel's inner calm snapped, and he turned blue with shock and anger as multiple vein marks throbbed on his head, and he tried really hard to restrain himself from doing something that Chêne was sure Soma would regret.
"My Prince! Agni will make some Chai as a token of friendship! On a cold day, Chai full of ginger is the best." Agni said, smiling cheerfully as he pulled a ginger root out from underneath his cloak. "I will borrow the kitchen!" He said brightly as he hummed merrily and wandered of to find it. Chêne sweat dropped. Sebastian was not going to like that...
"Ah! Please wait. If it is tea you want, I shall—" Sebastian said quickly as he hurried after the man, sweat dropping. The demon butler was looking rather flustered since he wasn't quite sure how to handle this... Ciel hadn't given him orders to remove the two strangers, so they were technically still 'guests,' and as the Phantomhive butler, he could not allow a guest to have to go to the trouble of serving himself.
"I'll just take this opportunity to esca—I mean go bake some gingerbread cookies to go with the ginger chai tea, then...!" Chêne said as she ducked out the room, feeling slightly guilty for leaving Ciel there by himself, with the other servants... who were all googily-eyed over a 'real-live prince.'
"Amaziiiiing~! So you're reeeeally a priiiince—!?" Finni asked Soma excitedly with sparkling eyes.
"A-A prince..." Mei-Rin said, blushing, as she stared at Soma.
"First time I've seen a real prince in the flesh." Bard said casually, deciding to play it cool... the effect was ruined by his eyes though, since they were wide with surprise. He sweat dropped.
"You may approach." Soma told them, grinning smugly.
"So what's this Bengal-whatever country liiiike!?" Finni asked curiously as they all immediately zoomed over to Soma's side.
"It is a holy land blessed by the goddess Kali and the River Ganges." Soma said, enjoying the attention.
"You are the prince of a sacred country, are you?" Mei-Rin asked excitedly.
"Ah, it's in east India." Bard said, nodding.
"..." Ciel said, stunned at how quickly his servants had gone over to the darkside.
"Well, my Lord. Your stay should be a lively one. Hahaha~!" Lau said, smiling, as he shrugged in a 'what can you do' kind of way while his servants cavorted with the enemy.
"...!" Ciel said darkly, freezing at the horrible thought. No—
"GET OOOOOUT!!" Ciel shouted angrily, multiple vein marks throbbing on his head. The young earls cry of frustration and desperation echoed throughout the chilly, London night air.
