When I stepped out of the carriage, my jaw dropped when I looked at my new master's home. Only three words came to my mind. It. Was. Huge. The building must have been at least two stories high and it looked like something out of a horror story. The entire building was made out of some type of brick that was aged with time. Some of the outside walls were covered with vines and some other type of plant. The windows were probably taller than me (and I'm 6' 2'') and again seemed aged with time. It was so detailed from the molding to the roof tiles and to….well everything. I guess they noticed me gawking at the place and decided to get my attention.
"Can see that you're interested with the architecture of the manor", Sebastian told me as he stood next to me. I looked to him, not expecting him to start talking to me. I looked back at the manor as I gave him my answer.
"Well yeah, I've never seen anything like this". He nodded at my response and guided me and the young lord to the door. His white gloved hand grasped the door handle and opened the door for us. When he opened the door, my jaw dropped seeing the beautiful interior of the manor. The fine carpet, the beautiful paintings, and the expensive drapery, this place was incredible! This kid must be very important to have this much money. Again, my gawking was noticed by the two and this time the young Earl gained my attention with a sigh.
"Sebastian introduce Ben to the others. I'll be in my office if you need me", he said in a dull tone.
"Of course young master". With that said, Earl Ciel went up the short flight of stairs to his office. As I watched him go up the stairs, I noticed the large painting on the wall. I depicted a man and a woman. It appeared that they both have some physical qualities of Ciel. The man had dark colored eyes and navy blue hair, while the woman had long blonde hair and large blue eyes. They must be his parents. With that thought in mind, it made start to think of something. Where are his parents?
"Those were the young Lord's parents", said monotonous voice. I looked to see that Sebastian was once again next to me and looked in the direction of the painting with an impassive look.
"What?"
"The couple in the painting", Sebastian said, "That was the previous Earl and his wife. They were in-charge of the manor before the young master". I nodded to the butler's explanation. Wait, did he say "were"?, I thought to myself.
"What do you mean by were?", I asked him with curiosity in my eyes. He looked to be with a blank expression on his face.
"About three years ago, a fire had broken out into the manor thus killing the Lord and his lady. Master Ciel had survived, but he was held captive at a cult which tortured him and other children. He made it out of there, and now has devoted himself to get those who had humiliated him", he told me without hesitation. His explanation shocked me. I would have never thought that Ciel had suffered so much pain and seen so much horror. But that does explain why he acts more mature that he is. He wants to feel respected and confident, but still that's a lot for a kid like him to handle. "Now shall we meet the other servants?", he asked breaking my train of thought. I nodded to him and the black clad butler led to me through the manor to the servant quarters. He led me down multiple hallways and down a flight of stairs until we reached a set of doors. Sebastian opened them and it showed me some-type of kitchen area. I saw that three people were sitting around a table talking.
Must be the other servants. Sebastian stepped a few steps ahead of me and clapped his hands to get the others attention. The servants turned to Sebastian and stood up from their seats and in a line from tallest to smallest. There were only three of them, two guys and one girl. The taller one was a gruffy looking guy, with dirty blonde hair and some stubble. He wore a chef's outfit, so I guess he's the chef of the household. He also appeared the same age as me, if not older. The next one in line was the girl. She was wearing a maid's outfit and large round glasses that covered most of her face. She also had dark magenta hair in pigtails. She's cute I guess, I thought to myself. The last one in line was a boy who looked about 18 or maybe younger. She had bright blonde hair and was wearing an outfit that looked like he was ready for gardening. That's probably because he is the gardener. They all stared at me with interest and slight confusion.
"Who is this Sebastian?", said the maid.
"Is he a guest of the young master", the gardener asked. Sebastian gave the three a fake smile (probably the millionth time I've seen him do this) and said with voice like honey,
"Master Ciel has employed a new servant", he told them gesturing to me, "this is Ben, and he will be working with us for now on". After the short introduction the other servants started to introduce themselves.
"I'm Baldroy, but you can call me Bard", said the chef.
"I'm Mey-rin, it's nice to meet you", said the maid with a slight blush on her face.
"I'm Finny", said the young gardener. I'm actually quite surprised. I suspected to be more servants, but then again there's only one person living here so the need of more servants would be pointless.
"Ho ho ho" I heard an unknown voice and turned to the direction of where it came from. In the far off corner I saw a small old man drinking what I think was green tea. He dressed similar to Sebastian, but wasn't completely wearing all black. I turned back to Sebastian giving him a confused look of why there was an old man sitting on the floor drinking tea.
"Oh that over there is Tanaka, he's the house steward", he told me pointing to the small man, "he has low stamina so he doesn't do much, but relax". I nodded to his explanation and waved to the little old man and gave him a small smile. "Now that you've been introduced to the other servants, I'll show you to your room. As for you three, get back to work". With that said the three servants scattered and went to do whatever they had to do. Based on how fast they left, I guess they seem a little scared of Sebastian. But then again, Sebastian does seem like the type of person who can scare people. He soon led me to my new room passing a few room along the way. After a few minutes we reached what would be my room. Sebastian opened the door and I looked inside and saw that it was rather nice for a servant's room. It had a simple bed, dresser, desk, nightstand and full body mirror. I went inside and sat on the plush bed and then laid down enjoying the feeling.
I can get used to this, I thought to myself, a smile growing onto my face.
"I can see that you are pleased with your room", Sebastian said with a slight chuckle.
"Oh hell yeah", I told him, "this is so much better than sleeping on dirt". We both stayed quiet for a bit. The longer the silence lasted, the more time I thought about my belonging and how I'm never going to see them again. Thinking this made be sad, the only things that hold any connection to me and my life are gone and they're never going to come back. I know that Ciel told Sebastian to retrieve them, but the thief could be anywhere and Sebastian is just a person.
"Are you alright?" I looked to the side and saw that Sebastian had walked closer to me and was next to the bed. I looked into his eyes and saw something different. He was holding actual emotion, not like he was doing before with his fake smiles. In his eyes was actual concern, something that not many people show me. I stayed quiet for a while before giving him my answer.
"I-I'm alright", I told him in a dry voice. I saw that he didn't believe my answer, so I sighed and replied, "I'm just a little bumped that that thief got away with my things. They were my only possessions and now…and now they're gone". I looked away, feeling too depressed and sad to talk anymore. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see Sebastian was close to me face, his eyes still filled with concern.
"There is no need to worry Ben", he told me in a soft tone, "I will make sure you get back what was taken from you. Both material and what you have forgotten". I was a little surprised with what he told me. I couldn't help but chuckle thus getting a confused look from Sebastian.
"Sebastian, you can't be serious", I told him, "you're just a butler." This time it was Sebastian who chuckled and me looking confused.
"That is where you are wrong Ben. I am one Hell of a Butler", he told me with a devilish smirk. This caused me to roll my eyes.
"Sure you are and I'm the king of Hell", I told him jokingly. This cause Sebastian to smirk out of amusement, another actual emotion I've seen out of him all day.
"I find that hard to believe", he told me, "you should probably get some rest. You'll be working quite early tomorrow". I nodded to him and let out a small yawn as I lay back down on the bed. My body sunk into the mattress as my eyes were slowly closing. The last thing I saw was Sebastian in the doorway with a smile on his face. However, this one was different. This one was a real one.
I think I'm going to like it here.
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In a rundown building a few miles out of city limits, a lowly thief sat in the middle of his living area looking at all of the things he'd taken that morning. He was disappointed that he wasn't able to take more, but that damned peasant had come back for his things. He didn't even know why he was even chasing him, there wasn't anything valuable or worth selling. There were only some old clothes, an old picture and a beat up locket that wouldn't even sell for a single pound.
"My, look at what you've gathered", said a strange voice. This caused the thief to jump not expecting to hear such a voice. He stood from his chair and looked around to see where it came from.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" the thief exclaimed, with a hint of fear. The thief kept looking for someone as he held his gun protectively. As he was about to turn, he met face to face with a ghostly white face with abnormally red eyes. The lowly thief tumbled backward not expecting to see that. This caused the unexpected visitor to chuckle and walk towards the other.
"My, what a fall you've taken", said the visitor walking closer to the thief, who kept crawling away from him. This caused the visitor to smile wider, enjoying seeing the other cower. "Why are you running away? I just need to ask you something?" The thief crawled until his back hit the wall. The visitor knelt down and came close the others face. The thief aimed his gun the strangers head, shaking out of fear.
"S-Stay back", he stuttered, still pointing his gun. The stranger only laughed at the other's expense and lowered the gun with his white gloved hand.
"There's no need for that now".
"W-W-Who the Hell are you?!" The stranger chuckled once again, this time much darker. He looked to the poor, terrified thief, his eyes glowing inhumanly.
"I'm simply...one Hell of a Butler…."
Hey sorry for not updating for a really long while. I've had major writer's block and I've been busy with my other story so I do apologize. Anyway I hope you enjoy.
