Chapter 14
As Lily prepared dinner, dishing out menial jobs to the other three, she noticed them begin to become more worried about where Sebastian and their lord was. She herself had become more concerned, though it seemed more for the butler than their master, which made her mutter and scold herself.
As she was carrying in the fresh table cloth, she noticed something dart away from the window. She paused, staring for a moment before she put the sheet down, going over she opened the window, sniffing around, eyes narrowed. It was then she caught it, a mild almost fleeting scent, but it was there, no doubt about it. She snarled slightly, her body becoming fully alert, practically ready to pounce through the window. That was, till she recalled the tasks left to do, and would mean leaving the others with nothing to do, which would only lead to trouble. She sighed, walking out of the dining room, crossing her arms.
"You lot!" She shouted, the four appearing in front of her in a flash, taking her slightly by surprise. "I feel rather light headed, so would like to take a moment outside, I want you to see to preparing the room for our masters return."
"Oh yeah, and who put you in charge?" Bard sneered, smirking at her, leering almost. She merely flipped her hair over her shoulder to look him in the eye.
"My position of course, with no disrespect to Tanaka, when Sebastian is absent I am the highest level servant here. So must ensure everything is to our lord, as well as Sebastian's standards, by serving out tasks as I see fit…" She inwardly loved yet hated this, feeling Bard begin to glower at her, as well as Finny and Mey-rin, she cleared her throat, bowing her head. "However, being the new girl, I shall give a leniency… If you do it to their standards, you may have the pie. I shall serve it to you myself, lemon is not a favourite of mine, so more for you. If Sebastian has any qualms with it, I shall take the brunt of it, not you." The mood amongst them swiftly shot up, the three beaming at her. "Now, no lollygagging, we don't know when they will be returning, so get to it." She said sternly, a cloud of smoke forming as the four rushed in to get to work. She smirked to herself, as she made her way along the corridor.
She checked in on dinner, before making her way outside, her body tense as she sniffed and scanned the area, eyes going to the shadows and the woods. She searched along the outside walls of the house, towards the dining room, beneath the window still held the freshest scent.
"It was here longer than I saw it for… Foul thing, it shall not taint here as it did the camps, I won't allow it…"
She kept at it for at least twenty minutes, before deciding it best to go back and check on the others. She had caught glances of it, red hair with traces of white and black, finding patches where its scent was fresh, yet wasn't able to narrow down where the hell it was.
As she passed through the kitchen, she put together the final pieces of prep needed for their masters meal, before making her way to the dining room she had set the others up in. She stopped outside the closed door, preparing herself for the worst, before she opened the door. The sight which greeted her stunned her, everything was immaculate. Not a decoration out of place, not a single crease in the table cloth. No sign that the four had even been in the room… Bar the pile slumped to the side, they having grown exhausted and collapsed together. Lily lifted a hand to her lips, letting out a light laugh which seemed to catch their attention, waking them up. They sprung forwards, lining up in front of her, side by side, stood to attention.
"I must say, you lot, I am honestly surprised, this is fine work indeed… You have more than earned the pie… Now for my side of this, come along," she said, turning she led them out to the kitchen.