Lily backed up. At that moment, she discovered that Alois had also made a contract with a demon. She was no match for Claude. "Sebastian!" she cried out, terrified, shakily unbuttoning the first button of her dress. The symbol on her chest glowed. "Save me!"

"My, my, Mistress, you've gotten yourself in quite a bit of trouble."

Sebastian was standing behind her. Alois laughed. "THIS is your demon? He's weak compared to my Claude!"

Claude said, "I am flattered, your highness."

"Don't get sentimental. I have an idea for a game. Instead of destroying Lillith, destroy Sebastian. I'd love to see a good fight. I order you to destroy him instead."

"Yes, your highness," Claude said, bowing slightly.

Lily trembled. She looked at Sebastian. "Sebastian, I…I order you to kill Claude."

Sebastian bowed. "Yes, my lady." To Claude, he said, "Wouldn't it be wiser to battle outside? The passengers will wake and get in the way."

"Indeed, Michaelis. Let us go."

The two butlers disappeared. "I want to see the fight!" Alois pouted.

"I believe they are on top of the train," Lily said, her expression filled with guilt.

Alois opened a window. "I was bored, anyway. This will be fun watching my butler massacre yours." He stuck his head out the window and looked up. Lily did the same with another window. She saw Sebastian and Claude fighting gracefully but powerfully against each other. When Claude seemed to be losing, Alois stuck almost his whole body out the window and shouted, "Come on, Claude! Hurry up and finish this!"

"Alois!" Lily cried out, terrified. Before she could say anything else, Alois fell out the window.

Time seemed to stop for what seemed like hours. Lily could hear her own breathing and even her racing pulse, but nothing else. Eventually, she could hear the train again. "Sebastian! Sebastian!"

"It is over, my lady."

Lily swiftly turned around and saw her butler, bleeding. His clothes were torn. Stuttering, she said, "I order you to take me to Alois."

Sebastian seemed surprised, but bowed. "Yes, my lady." He picked her up, and they somehow were almost instantly beside Alois, who was lying on the ground beside the tracks. He was bleeding.

"Alois! Oh, god, what have I done?!" Lily cried.

She saw him open his eyes, weakly. "Claude?" he asked, barely audible.

"Don't speak. I'm so sorry, Alois. This is all my fault. I didn't want anyone to die."

Alois looked at Lily. "Why do girls always have to be so weepy? Oh, and you never gave me the chocolates you promised."

Sebastian handed Lily a handful of chocolates. She put them in Alois's hand and unwrapped one and put it in his mouth. He swallowed it.

Lily looked at Sebastian and said, desperately, "Sebastian, I order you to save him!"

"I'm afraid I cannot do that. I'm so sorry."

"Don't bother with me," Alois said. "I was merely a fly caught in a spider's web. I knew it all along. Just let me go in peace."

Lily held Alois in her arms and watched as the life slowly left him. She didn't have time to speak because a familiar voice said right afterwards, "How unfortunate. He was only a young boy. Oh, well."

Lily looked up and saw Grell standing in front of them, holding his scythe. She kept holding Alois, trying to come to terms that he had passed.

All of a sudden, Alois's synthetic record played. The three of them saw Alois's tragic life play before their eyes. Lily was startled when she saw the part about the fire. The rest of it played until there was no more. Grell reaped the teenage boy's soul while Lily still held the body.

The reaper tried to flirt with Sebastian, but the butler didn't react; he simply looked at the teenage girl who was sitting, frozen on the ground, holding Alois's corpse. Grell left, disappointed.

"My lady, we should go back to the train," Sebastian said.

Lily didn't reply. She was staring ahead in shock. "Mistress?" the butler asked. When he saw that she was in some form of shock, he sighed. "Humans are peculiar creatures. They feel so deeply about everything." He touched her shoulder.

Lily immediately looked at Sebastian, her face pale. "We must have a funeral for him."

"Now, my lady?"

"Yes. I won't leave or feel any peace until he is laid to rest."

"Very well, Mistress."

Sebastian dug a grave nearby, and the two of them held a small funeral for Alois. Then, Lily hugged Sebastian, crying. "It's all my fault! I shouldn't have threatened him!"

"He caused his own demise. The fact that you cared enough about his life and death speaks of your character. At least he didn't leave this world alone; not everyone has that luxury."

Lily nodded and looked at the grave. "In his synthetic record, I saw that neither he nor Claude ever knew my uncle. I watched his memory of the fire, and he nor Claude started it. Grell said that the same person was involved in both my aunt and uncle's deaths, which means…" Lily paused. Her voice became more solemn. "…which means Alois and Claude did not cause the murders."

She continued. "My mistake cost them their lives. I will never forgive myself."

"You must not dwell on it. Turn your sorrow into strength. You need that strength to achieve your goals. Guilt won't bring them back; all it will do is cause you more pain and stress."

Lily nodded and took one last look at the grave. "Let us return," she told her butler, trying to show no emotion.

Sebastian picked her up. With lightning speed, he ran and caught up with the train. They went inside, and no one saw them. It was as if nothing had happened, but that was far from the truth.