Chapter 2: the Watchdog of Queen and the Bride of lion

In the great mansion Broderick, the servants of the mansion returned to the mansion as it was before, putting in place the pictures and decoration of the times in which the true Broderick family lived here and again from now on. While Damien gave Elyanna a tour of the Broderick mansion and introduced him to his deceased relatives through portraits: she saw his grandfather when he was young and old; saw his aunt Audrey Broderick, better known by all as the sea dahlia for her brutal murder still unsolved; His grandmother Helga, an imposing Finnish lady; His uncle Clarence, who died as a child, and finally his father Sean and Emma Broderick. Damien and Elyanna stood in front of the Pictures they might have been Counts Broderick, they were separate portraits but they were together although now that Elyanna thought she had not seen many pictures of them together. Damien's mother was beautiful: she was slender, light-skinned, a face with almost childish features, ice blue eyes, and her hair was reddish-blonde with a small bangs covering her forehead and slightly fleshy but pink lips, she resembled A porcelain doll; While Damien's father was also handsome: his hair was short, scruffy and light blond, his eyes gray, he wore glasses, he had broad shoulders and athletic physique.

"They are my parents" Damien said

"You look like the 2" Elyanna said

"They told me, my mother was very beautiful and my father was strong as a warrior"

"Do you think they would have accepted me?"

"Of course, they would have loved you like I love you."

"Maybe Mrs. Flynn and Mr. French would have loved you….or even my biological parents if I had grown up with them."

"Who knows?"

While Demian and Elyanna continued their conversation, Sisyphus and Pandora were in charge of making the decorating changes in the mansion with the help of the homunculus servants, the elder archangel (Sisyphus) didn't like the presence of those beings created by man and who were so cold and without feelings, as if they were incapable of knowing what that was, they were an affront to the creator to exist only while the other archangel (Pandora) didn't care to some extent they seemed adorable besides she had noticed that they had soul although each shared a soul with their twin. On the other hand Arang, Sattojeon, Gumiho and Minho did what their new superiors, Sisyphus and Pandora, told them to do although Damien had not given them the order to obey those archangels they did it of their own free will even though the 4 homunculus of the Broderick mansion had been created solely to obey the members of the Broderick family, but those 4 had made an exception with the new butler and the new housekeeper at the Broderick mansion, all of it out of free will.

"I cannot stand these things" Sisyphus with a certain disdain said

"What do you mean, brother?" Pandora asked.

"To those subhuman beings"

"You mean Arang and Sattojeon or Gumiho and Minho?"

"Of the 4"

"I don't know what you have against them, for me they are very adorable"

"Typical of you, my dear sister, you always feel affection for the parasites, from the homunculus to the demons"

Sisyphus' words had disturbed and deeply wounded Pandora, reminding him only of that terrible mistake, of having had a demon as mistress. The displeasure of the angel was so much that his brother realized but did not regret to say it, to have been girlfriend of that demon was something that still could not forgive him although 1000 years had passed but that did not justify talking to him thus, I try to apologize but Before he did it 2 pairs of red eyes and golden eyes fixed on them, the homunculus servants did not understand what privacy was or did not care they just stood there looking at them, perhaps waiting for new orders. The awkward moment was interrupted when Demian and Elyanna approached.

"Are the changes ready?" Damien asked.

"They are ready," Pandora said.

"How good"

"What do they need now? My Lord, My Lady" Sisyphus asked

"Nothing at all, just help us get ready for the evening," Elyanna said.

"This afternoon?" Gumiho Asked

"What will happen this afternoon?" Minho asked

"I didn't tell them?" They will give me back my title and my duty as the queen's lion" explain Damien

"That sounds important," Arang said.

"You will have our complete disposition," Sattojeon said.

"I'm glad to hear that. Can we trust you?" Demian asked.

"Yes, My Master. Yes, my Lady" all the servants of the Broderick mansion said

Both Damien and Elyanna were satisfied with the response of their servants and went to their respective rooms to prepare for that ceremony at Buckingham Palace. While she was prepared by her maids, Elyanna could not stop thinking about that ceremony, she was nervous and not only to meet Queen Victoria, a great honor, but also to think that her twin brother, Ciel Phantomhive, would be there and he is the watchdog of the queen. Elyanna cares very little about her twin brother and much less worried about him, however, made her nervous just being face to face to her twin; thousands of questions came to mind. Will you recognize me? Note that we are twins? Will I feel something when I see it personally? While she was in her thoughts, she did not realize what she was doing, the homunculus maids were not aware of her Lady's behavior, but Pandora did notice.

"What is it, my lady?" Pandora asked.

"How do you know that something happens to me?" Arang and Gumiho have not noticed"

"They are homunculus, they don't understand human emotions, but I do and I don't say because I'm an angel"

"Do not miss anything, right? There is something that makes me nervous"

"Can I know what it is?"

"It's about my twin Ciel, he does not know who I am and I do not care about him, but ..."

"But what?"

"I think ... I'm afraid to meet him and discover that who I am, just to see me scares me ... I feel that if that happens prematurely, I can destroy everything I've fought"

Just thinking about it made her heart clench. Pandora, meanwhile, took in her hands the face of her young mistress and looked into her eyes, the angel maid knew that despite Elyanna becoming strong was still a child and as every child needed care and protection despite That says that she could alone, besides she and Damien were their masters and would defend them and would obey at any moment although that means to kill with that twin brother.

"Nothing would happen, neither I nor Sisyphus allowed it," Pandora said

"Really?"

"Yes, you and the young master are our masters and our duty is to protect and obey them"

"I know"

"And I'll never allow the damage done, any of the 2"

"Promise me?"

"I swear on my life"

Elyanna smiled and felt better, no longer intimidated by the idea of seeing her brother now knew that if she tried something against Damien or her, Sisyphus and Pandora will protect them from everything and everyone.

Meanwhile in the Phantomhive mansion, Ciel had instructed Sebastian to investigate as much as possible about the Broderick family, the Queen's lions. Ciel knew perfectly well that, like anyone else, the Phantomhive were not the only noble family that served the royal family, there were many Aristocrats of Evil, although not everyone knew each other, yet Count Broderick was very mysterious as him fiancée, Countess Popplewell. He couldn't stop thinking about them and so he asked his butler for that information. After 3 hours Sebastian had returned with the information.

"So, what did you find out?"

"The current Earl Broderick, Demian Broderick is the bastard son of Sean Broderick. He was born in Kenya"

"And the mother?"

"Nothing is known about her, although Demian Broderick's birth certificate shows the name of Lia Bennett as the mother and the records that Sean Broderick lived with a woman while living in Kenya but that woman knows nothing, is as if she didn´t exist"

"What do you know about the other members of the family?"

"Former Counts Broderick had 4 children: Sean, Clarence, Emma and Audrey. Sean went to live in Kenya without saying anything to anyone as if he fled; Clarence died at age 8, of an ear infection; Emma disappeared the same day her brother went to Kenya, her parents looked for her but never found her; And Audrey was the youngest daughter and is best known as the sea dahlia"

"I know that case. The young woman went to a party on a yacht in Dover that lasted all night, her body was found on the beach split in half, had a smile carved on her face over her serene smile, had 2 nails ripped, had no signs of Defended herself and had white dahlia petals on her hair. The case was never solved, what coincidence they are relatives"

With respect to the Countess Elyanna Popplewell, Sebastian had inquired about his family. Apparently the Popplewell family was one of the longest families in all of Great Britain, whose lineage goes back to the first Roman settlements and the members of this family descended from illustrious figures such as: Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror and the King Charles Stuart. And apparently the young lady who was Earl Broderick's fiancée, Elyanna Diane Popplewell, was the last of that family to live on the Isle of Wight and was an orphan but no one knows more about her life before returning to society. Ciel, on hearing the name of Count Broderick's fiancée, quickly remembered her dead sister, she was also called Diana. Soon the memories came to mind as they went to visit the tomb of the little girl who only came to live for two days. Her mother still kept the clothes she wore and did not get to use the baby but it was not time to think the past now she had to prepare for that ceremony.

The ceremony would begin at 4:00 p.m. and many nobles were even there in the Midfords. Elizabeth gave Ciel a good constrictor hug, Lady Frances combed her hair back to Sebastian and Edward told Ciel that he did not accept him as her brother-in-law but they were not the only ones there: there was also Viscount Druitt, Behaving as ever and the Prince of Wales and his wife who came with their children; Diededrich, who did not know why he had come from Germany for this; Chlaus, who was in good spirits among other nobles. After a few minutes in Earl Broderick with his fiancée Lady Popplewell and 2 servants; Man and woman. When Sebastian saw the maid (Pandora) opened his eyes wide of surprise and it seemed that he had seen a fantasy and when she realized his presence the angel looked at the demon in the same way until looked as surprised as Sebastian, for Another Part of the other butler (Sisyphus) noticed what was happening to his sister and when he saw Sebastian, who greets him with cynicism, became so angry that he almost lost the composition but controlled, I took his sister from that trance in which he was saw to ex- mistress of his sister and ignore the devil; However, do not avoid the reunion of former mistresses.

On the other hand Ciel has noticed Lady Elyanna Popplewell. She really very pretty: she is more than less than her height, her skin was flawless, with large blue eyes crowned by long black eyelashes, she has a nice nose, cheeks of a soft pink color, her developing figure slender and She had a long bluish-black hair; she wore a beautiful champagne dress made of tulle and muslin with embroidered flowers on the top of the dress and a few embroidered tulle skirts with a pale gold silk ribbon at the waist and a choker with embroidered flowers of the same color. Ciel had been hypnotized by her, for some reason he was attracted to her and at the same time he was familiar. Where had he seen her before? Lady Elyanna suddenly realized that they were looking at her and looked at Ciel, her twin brother, who quickly blushed causing fun in Elyanna, she never thought to cause such a reaction with her gaze; Ciel swallowed and went to Elyanna to introduce himself, however, he was not the only one. Elizabeth was looking for beautiful dresses and she was very fond of Elyanna's dress, and with her bright and pink personality she "went" to "admire" the wonderful dress of Elyanna Popplewell (Diane Phantomhive).

"Oh! What a beautiful dress ~!" Elizabeth chirped breaking the composition and pouncing on Elyanna as if it were a bear hug

"Don't touch me!" exclaimed Elyanna pushing to Elizabeth since it did not like that physical contact

Elizabeth was not able to fall to the floor but was very surprised, never anyone had done that and was even more astonished when she saw the severe look and full of reproach of the Countess Popplewell to the point that reminded of her mother, a look that It was never for her but now yes was.

"I don't like being thrown over and ruined my dress" Elyanna said wanting to look very annoying

"I'm sorry," Elizabeth said with a pout.

"Calm down, I'm not angry yet but I would like to know who you 2"

"I am Earl Ciel Phantomhive and she is my fiancée Elizabeth Midford," Ciel explained.

"But you can call me Lizzie!" Elizabeth chirped "and who are you?"

"I'm Elyanna Popplewell."

"Elyanna Popplewell!" Are you Earl Broderick's fiancée? "a surprised Elizabeth said

"You seem to know my lion"

Ciel became increasingly impressed with her as Elizabeth thought as calling from now on Ciel: if I call my dog or my guard dog. And of course Ciel could not be alone with Elyanna (her own sister though he did not know) because Elizabeth was also there as the palace guards would not let her approach the daughters of the princes of Wales, who brought beautiful dresses brought from Italy.

On the other hand, Sebastian went to look for his former lover angel, he remembered her perfectly and how difficult it was to conquer her. Sebastian did not have to look much and Pandora appeared in front of him and she looked very serious.

"Hello, I knew you'd come looking for me" Sebastian said

"I mustn't do this, you know," Pandora replied.

"Thank you to do it"

"How should I call you now?"

"I'm Sebastian Michaelis, butler of the Phantomhive mansion, and you are?"

"I'm Pandora now"

Sebastian looked at her and tried to visualize that humiliated and betrayed angel he knew 1000 years ago, that his own companions jealous of her cut off his wings and left her lying in the fields of Andalusia; She was very difficult almost impossible to conquer, but in the end she got it, maybe she was vulnerable to lose their wings, they were together for 100 years, but in the end things did not go well. On the other hand, Pandora felt confused, what she should or should not feel, everything was so confused and Sebastian confused her a lot.

"Have you recovered your wings?" Sebastian asked

"Grow after 100 years"

"Now I understand why you left me"

"It was not that and you know it very well"

That was a mixture of low blow and bucket of cold water, Sebastian did not deny it.

"I'm sorry about what happened ... between us"

"If you wanted to conquer me, you failed completely"

"Do not punish my poor heart, although I know that I deserve it"

"I also remember that you like to tease me"

"Tell me Pandora, if I told you that I was interested again, would you return with me?"

"Of course not, after all you're Sebastian Michaelis"

He said these words were leaving Sebastian talking alone, on the way he met with Sisyphus, her older brother, but he was not angry or upset, he was serious as almost surprised, this strange Pandora much, she hoped he was angry or disappointed of her, With the overprotective he was, but it was not so he was only serious and both returned together with their masters, the silence was worse than a discussion until Sisyphus spoke breaking the silence.

"How could you talk to him?"

'Is that all you can say? I thought you would say other things"

"Do you regret something about what happened?"

"I don't know, I'm never quite sure how I feel about him."

Sisyphus decided to leave the subject there. The ceremony continued normally until it was over and Damien and Elyanna entered their carriage returned to the Broderick mansion, the ceremony was sufficient enough to meet the nobles with whom they had to socialize and also with Ciel Phantomhive.

"And what did you think of the ceremony?"

"It was interesting although there was a certain Viscount Druitt who insisted that he had seen me elsewhere"

"Ignore that jerk, Elyanna. By the way, I saw you met your brother"

"Yes, I met my twin and his fiancée, a real empty head"

"Was not that girl who was looking for pretty dresses and was not allowed to approach the daughters of the princes of Wales?"

"Yes, was she"

"Earl Phantomhive is strong enough to put up with such a child, he quickly grew weary of her and sought out another"

"Maybe as grumpy as he is," Elyanna said with laughter.

"I just hope he's not interested in you." Demian's voice was jealous.

"That would never happen for 2 reasons: the first, I'm in love with you and the second, he is my brother"

"So were my parents, but you already know that"

Elyanna knew this story very well and what Damien felt for that, however, Elyanna managed to convince her fiancé that it would never happen. Damien had decided that she wanted to meet Ciel Phantomhive personally and when they were at the Broderick mansion, she was in charge of sending him an invitation tomorrow morning.

All night Ciel could not stop thinking about the queen's lion and his fiancée so I quote a Diederich and Chlaus to the mansion to be told everything they knew about the Broderick family and they knew very well that family and Who had fallen in love with the Broderick sisters: Diederich had fallen in love with Emma Broderick but she never ignored him until she seemed to irritate him slightly but the German nobleman never gave up despite her telling him that she was not interested in him Or refuse his invitations to leave, when Emma Broderick disappeared without a trace this almost had a crisis and I look for it to this day; while Chlaus had fallen in love with Audrey Broderick despite the great age difference, he was already a middle-aged man and she was a young woman who was in her 20s, yet she sent a lot of sympathy for him and shared a passion to know the world, the same day that he was going to ask for marriage was the day he learned of his brutal murder and they are dedicated to believing the double life full of clandestine parties, lovers and excesses that the girl wore. Maybe after so long they were still in love of the sisters. Meanwhile the servants of the Phantomhive mansion worked and screwed up when suddenly they noticed someone else in the mansion and did not work there, it was at that moment that they noticed the presence of this very beautiful unknown servant: The stature of a normal young woman, was pale as if she were on the verge of death but she looked healthy, although she was very white had pink lips, her eyes were like 2 rubies in the sun and her long hair was the color of Bright snow; Her maid's uniform was neat and immaculate. Arang, the homunculus maid of the Broderick mansion. Everyone was surprised to see her and not understand how he had entered without being seen while Snake blushed as he seemed the most beautiful creature that his eyes have seen; all the servants tried to stop it but Arang passed between them until the office of Ciel.

"Who you are?!" Ciel exclaimed

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Arang, a maid of the Broderick mansion"

"And what do you want?"

"My masters, the Earl Broderick and Lady Popplewell, send you this invitation," Arang said, giving him the invitation.

"What do they want?"

"They do not have the duty to explain anything to me, I just obey"

"But at least they told you what it was?" Ciel asked impressed with his coldness

"It's just an invitation to meet, the time is in the invitation, you decide. Confirm or reject?"

Ciel felt some pressure but in the end I accept and Arang returned to the mansion Broderick with the answer for his masters. From tomorrow the watchdog and the lion would see each other face to face.

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DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL AFFAIRS

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The superiors had convened a meeting of all the Grim Reapers from the London headquarters. Everyone was there: Grell Sutcliff, William T. Spears, Ronald Knox, Alan Humphries, Eric Slingby but there were also others like Richard "Rick" Yandell, a drunken, hedonistic Grim Reaper; Jordan Dormer, who was as handsome as a woman and serene; Wade Lynch, who was the most sympathetic, arrogant and shameless of his generation, and the female trio of novices: Sasha Watson, a girl with short hair and blond; April Roberts, a girl with brown hair and braid; And Allison Flynn, agirl with thick auburn hair. Among other Grim Reapers men and women.

"What's going on?" Sasha asked.

"No idea," Allison replied.

"Haa! What a nuisance! It seems that the old men do not take us into consideration!" Wade complained

"You calm down," Jordan told him.

"Don't say old to my Will-chan!" Grell exclaimed

"It must be very important" Eric said.

"Hey, Alan - sempai .William - sempai did not say anything to you?" Ronald asked

"No, he didn't tell me anything," Alan replied.

"At least they should say something, I do not like being in this suspense," April complained.

"This is typical of Willy, if you want to surprise me I should wear one of Grell's dresses and dance head-on," Rick said.

"How dare you talk about my man like that? Did you drink?!" Grell exclaimed furiously.

"What? What did I said?"

"Why do not you do something productive?!" Grell exclaimed red of anger

"Like what?" Rick asked, arching an eyebrow.

"Like shaving your back for example," Grell said with a smile of victory.

"This is for a reason Grell so you do not go near me at night"

This made everyone laugh and Grell was angry but not so much as if Wade Lynch said it, after the laughter ended William T. Spears appeared and everyone fell silent, although more than out of respect everyone wanted to know what was going on. Of all the superiors had chosen William to give this news to all, he was the fittest.

"We have been informed that the number of souls to collect has tripled unexpectedly in addition to many film records in the archives have been burned out of nothing among other things that I will explain later but now I will say that they must give their 100% in the missions" William explained

This for the Grim Reapers meant many extra hours while for ordinary humans meant a series of supernatural, dangerous and deadly events.