Chapter 17

The group returned to the town house to be warmly greeted by the other servants. "I see you brought all the servants this time..." Lau commented upon their entrance.

"Yes. They would end up more of a burden if we had left them." Sebastian's face visibly darkened as he said it. 'And the sad part is that he's not even kidding...' Luce sighed ruefully. Who knew what they would do in their absence and she honestly didn't feel like cleaning up all the damage when they got back. "Well now," The butler turned to the kid earl with a close eyed smile, "you must be tired due to the cold. I will prepare your tea immediately."

"Instead of English tea let's have chai."

"Fair enough then- "Ciel stopped mid-comment and slowly turned to the door. "Huh?!" There in their entrance stood the Indian duo from before. When did they get here? And how? 'I'm sure Houdini wasn't Indian.' Luce tilted her head curiously. "Why in the blazes are you HERE?!" The earl screamed at their uninvited guests.

"Hm? We met earlier today, remember?" The Indian Barney raised a brow at him. "Besides I saved you."

Luciana frowned at that. "In what alternate reality does he live?" She mumbled incredulously. She was quite sure that that was not what had happened.

"In India, it's common courtesy to welcome and entertain benefactors." 'Barney' continued. "We have a saying for that; 'entertain the guests even if you must sell your treasures'." He finished smugly. 'That's probably why you're a colony now...' Luciana blinked incredulously. The guy was just asking to be taken advantage of. "Oi, where's the bed?"

"Bed?" Lau asked perplexed.

"Prince! I found it!" The two Indians ran off without further comment.

"HEY! Listen to me!" Ciel screamed, hurrying up behind them along with the servant trio.

"Who knew he could run..." Luciana grinned cheekily, her eyes following the kid up the stairs.

"Let's go." Sebastian shook his head with an amused smirk, leading the now giggling girl up the stairs. The kid earl's shouting could easily be heard from one of the guest rooms, but neither of the two bothered to quicken the pace. The kid would just have to deal without them for a little more.

"Who the hell are you anyway?!" Ciel blanched at the prince lying on the bed. It was an interesting sight for both maid and butler when they entered. 'Well, someone sure knows how to get comfortable.' Luciana chuckled. Maybe the two weren't all that bad.

"Me? I'm a prince." Barney smiled smugly.

"A prince?" Sebastian asked calmly, contrary to the servant trio. The three stood frozen in awe, staring at the prince with their mouths agape. 'Well, it explains the shiny jewelry...' Luciana mentally shrugged. In all honesty, she wasn't sure whether to be excited or not; the apparent prince wasn't all that princely- not that she even knew how a prince should act, but surely a little less...dense?

"This is prince Soma Asman Gandal, the 26th child of the king of Bengal." The prince's servant stated confidently. 'Fancy title...' Luciana hummed thoughtfully, but if he was the 26th child that probably meant he didn't get much in the end. So prince or not, it didn't seem like a big deal.

"I'm going to stay for a while, midget." Ciel visibly froze at the mention of his height whilst Luce had to bite her lip so not to laugh out loud.

"Then, as a symbol of our new friendship, I, Agni, will serve you chai!" The prince's servant exclaimed happily. "On a cold day chai with ginger is the best!" He left the room with Sebastian right on his heel.

"Er, wait- serving tea is my job." The demon's flustered voice made Luciana shake in silent laughter. 'Sebastian at a loss of words? Oh the bliss~' Her stomach was hurting from holding in her laughter.

"Seems the little maid is enjoying herself." Lau flung an arm around the girl's shaking shoulders.

"Definitely." She wheezed out, her eyes tearing up with glee. Oh, it was just too funny.

"Waah~ A real prince?" Finnie's eyes sparkled as he looked at Soma.

"...this is like my first time seeing a real prince." Even Bard looked at him with amazement.

"A pr-prince?" Mey-Rin blushed.

"You may come closer." Soma held his hand out smugly, fully enjoying the attention as the three servants gathered around him asking all kinds of questions.

"Not joining the fun?" Lau asked the little maid. Even if she wanted to, Luce couldn't at the moment. She was trying too hard to calm her mirth. The Chinese man just shrugged when not receiving an answer and moved to the earl with a grin. "It seems there's going to be some lively times ahead, eh earl?"

"GET OUT!" Ciel growled.

When all their guests were accommodated for, the young earl in bed and the other servants asleep, Sebastian hauled Luciana off into the library for yet another lesson. She didn't even try to struggle; there was just no point when he had her slung over his shoulder. The girl's sigh dripped with annoyance. "Are we gonna do this every night? Because I very much like my sleep."

"You already slept after dinner." The butler deadpanned.

Well, he wasn't wrong but there is no way three hours would be enough. "Don't you want to sleep?"

"Demons don't need sleep." Luce could practically hear his smirk and it ticked her off. "It is merely a luxury we like to indulge."

'Of course it is...' She scowled at the carpet. "And you wouldn't happen to want to indulge in it tonight?" Luce asked through clenched teeth but Sebastian just chuckled. Yep, she didn't think so. "I mean it must be tiresome to deal with a 12 year old every second of the day." Her voice turned apathetic. "Waking him up, dressing him, his constant demand for sweets..." The demon raised a curious eyebrow. The girl had a point. "And you know with the new guests here it will be much noisier than before. You will have to deal with that naive prince...and let's not forget about that butler...surely you wouldn't want to run after him all the time." Luce gave a fake compassionate sigh. "Then there are the others. Must I elaborate on that?- We both know they are bound to cause trouble." This time her sigh was genuine. "Wouldn't you want to indulge before chaos ensues? I know I would." By the end of her speech they had reached the library.

Sebastian sat her into a chair, looming over the girl with an amused smirk. "Are you trying to sway a demon?"

"Is it working?" She tilted her head innocently, making the man chuckle.

"No. And as amusing as this is..." Sebastian straightened, moving to the other side of the table and opening several books, "yesterday you fell asleep during the lesson." He looked at her sternly, putting on his tutor glasses.

"Now you look like a butler with glasses, bravo." She commented dryly, grumpy that he won't let her sleep. He took off his tailcoat and rolled up his sleeves with a not so subtle eye roll. 'Well now he looks like a hot office worker...' She gave a satisfied grin.

"As I was saying, you fell asleep..." He leaned over the table pushing one of the books to her, "therefore," Sebastian gave her a close-eyed smile, "...please translate this." Her grin vanished. 'Seriously? We just started yesterday!' And here Luce thought she was finally rid off schoolwork.

"I find it ironic how a demon reminds me so much of my catholic school..." She watched in satisfaction how his face fell into a disgusted frown. "Amen." She mocked with a grin.

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed it.