The door to Ciel's office burst open, making the boy jump in his seat. Selina entered with sparkling eyes and the brightest of smiles.
"Congratulations, my dears! We're getting a new anime season in 2024!" She said in a sing-song tone, as she got behind Ciel's office, caught the boy off guard and squeezed him in a warm hug. Then she wrapped her arms around Sebastian's waist, as he was standing next to his master with an accountant book in his hands. The demon welcomed the witch's gesture with a smile.
"'We'? Dear Selina, you do realize that you will not be part of the anime, right? That you exist only in KuroNazgul's mind? That you are her... Hmm... what was the word?" Sebastian wondered.
"Headcanon... or something like that. Tsk! Weird people..." Ciel mumbled, still trying to regain his composure after the unexpected hug.
"Yes, yes, of course I do, Sebastian. Everyone has a right to their headcanons and that's all it is... a person's fantasy. But if you two didn't exist in Yana Toboso's fantasy then I would not exist in KuroNazgul's... and for me that is a double reason to celebrate the new season! However, what exists in the original creator's mind is what counts, above all, and when that comes to life through beautiful images and... ch-charming voices..." She tried so hard to not blush at Sebastian's smug smirk upon hearing her last words. "Um... Anyway! It is amazing, either way, and I want to celebrate! Now, I'm going to save the cake Bard wants to make for the occassion and... see you later!"
She planted a feathery kiss on Sebastian's cheek, messed Ciel's hair teasingly - making him glare at her, even though his ears turned red too - and exited the office as fast and suddenly as she entered it, closing the door behind her. Then she turned to... us.
"2024 seems a long way right now, doesn't it? You all cannot wait for the time to come. Well... me too! But until then, please, allow me to continue keeping you company on your weekends!" She finished with a smile and a bow.
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Hello people! Sorry for such a long introduction, but I hope you enjoyed it š! I was kind of busy the day the announcement was made, but now the excitement is catching up with me, so I had to do something about it! Now, let's get back to our scheduled programming with chapter 30! Wow! We reached chapter 30 and... we are just getting close to the middle of the story! Yaaaaay! WARNING: Adult content!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Kuroshitsuji or its characters. I entirely own only my OCs, arcs and ideas/themes not mentioned in any form of the franchise (manga, anime, games, movies or musicals).
Chapter 30: The Tutor, Breaking the Curse
"Sebastian!" Ciel finally yelled, breaking the tight hold of his demon butler's black tendrils coiling around his body. "Bastard! Let go of me! This instant! I command you!" The boy's voice had assumed his usual authoritative tone and clarity of mind. He had managed to face his inner demon's wearing familiar faces, beat them and now he was back to reality a hundred percent... no more hiding and weeping.
The demon could do nothing more than obey and draw back in his body all of his blackness with which he had encompassed the frightened boy in an effort to shock him to sense or... devour him. Who can really know? He lied Ciel softly on the mattress and turned back to his so attractive and misleading human form, hiding once again the real beast he was.
"Blast! I have never had a wake-up call as horrid as this in my life! You dare perpetrate such a vile act on your master, do you? Well, Sebastian?" Ciel yelled at his butler having found himself again.
"Ah, alasā¦ Please forgive me." Sebastian said as his voice was turning back to the familiar and pleasant one, that of the human butler. "You were just far too soundly asleep. Good morningā¦ my lord." He finally said kneeling in obedience in front of the little Earl.
They remained like that staring at each other and smirking in mutual understanding, until Ciel planted a hard kick on the butler's shoulder surprising him a little but failing to move him even an inch.
"You were about to devour me in all deadly earnest just now." The boy said very successfully mimicking the butler's supposedly sad expression, clearly mocking him.
"Oh no, not at all. I was only perhaps ninety per cent earnest." Sebastian stated unfazed smiling cheerfully. "Mister Tanaka had asked that I hold off taking drastic measures, so I was merely watching and waiting butā¦ since you continued to throw tantrums befitting a mewling babe, I could not help myself." He explained in a so humbly manner.
"What kind of servant attempts to eat his master with an excuse of 'I could not help myself'? You bloody devil." Ciel kicked him again in a reprimanding manner.
"Indeed. I am a devil... and a butler." Sebastian said bowing again and then chuckled lightly, as his master left a scornful sigh, glaring at him the way a master would look at his misbehaving servant. "So? What caused you to behave in that manner, young master?" He then asked, placing the boy's eye patch back in its place.
"Wellā¦ I would like to address the rest of the staff as well. Send for them." The young master ordered and Sebastian went to the door.
Ciel did not notice the demon walking a little shaky or grabbing the door handle slightly impatient, like he was trying to finish the task at hand because he needed to be somewhere else. Sebastian sighed slightly relieved, when opening the door revealed the servants tumbling on the floor in a heap of bodies, as they were pushing themselves on the locked door trying to listen to what was going inside. They started explaining themselves and the reason for that behaviour, Finny was crying due to the pain on his back caused by the weight of the others and Mey-Rin was begging Sebastian to never get cross or angry with them.
"You really are such a boisterous lotā¦" Ciel said coolly.
That statement made Finny instantly forget his pain, push himself up from the floor, sending the others tumble away and run to the boy with an evident desire to hug him and make sure he was fine, while tears of happiness were streaming from his eyes. Sebastian grabbed him from the back of his collar right on time and effortlessly lifted him up in the air; Finny still running his legs.
"Yes, yes. Stop right there. Do you intend to send the young master straight back to bed when he has finally pulled around?" The butler reminded the blond boy who immediately pulled back, terrified at the thought he could cause harm to his master.
Right at that moment a thunderous sound of steps was heard and Selina entered the room with a wild look on her. Her hair flying free, totally dishevelled, while her face was red from a furry the servants had not seen again; for a moment they thought they saw a blue fireball storming in the room instead of the woman, but with a blink that image was no longer. She ignored everyone and ran to Ciel calling for him with agony in her voice.
"Oh dear Selina, I was just about to get-" Sebastian said cheerfully, but did not have the chance to finish, as a hard slap landed on his cheek with so much force that made his head turn and his skin sting for a few seconds.
"Selina! What are you doing?" Mey-Rin yelled terrified at seeing her friend so furious and raging.
The blond woman turned to the servants and her voice came out quite raspy with a boiling wrath, making her sound like a wild animal, leaving no room for discussion. "Do not worry; he knows why he deserves it." She said and the maid could not answer as she saw the butler touching his cheek while smirking amused and maybe a littleā¦ satisfied? "My lord! Are you all right?" Selina asked as she almost kneeled on the mattress and instinctively started searching the boy's body with her hands for any wound, obviously ignoring that a servant should never do that.
"I am perfectly alright, Selina. I am safe and sound and back to myself." He reassured her with a light pat on the shoulder. The woman sighed and retreated, standing now next to the butler as she tried to straighten the mess of her gold curls.
Ciel turned and sat straight at the edge of the bed offering his hand to Finny and reassuring him it was fine; he placed his hand in Finny's and the blond boy held it so gently as if it was a fragile china piece while getting overly emotional again. Next, Ciel did something that surprised absolutely everyone, except Selina, and confused Sebastian to the point of speechlessness, a really rare occurrence for the demon.
Ciel apologized to everyone for making them suffer and worry without reason; evaded the various comforting excuses they expressed and then promised that, as their master, he would never allow himself to show them such a weak side of his ever again. Finally, he asked them to serve him anew and absolutely everyone answered with a military salute ā Sebastian and Selina bowing ā and with a loud homophonous "Yes, my lord!"
"ā says Bronte." Snake said surprising Bard and Mey-Rin who yelled at him "You totally ruined it!" and whispered "Did not end quite right that, it did not." respectively.
"Now then. It may be a bit soon, butā¦ as your master, I have orders for you. F-forget everything about the side of me that was here before today! Do it right away!" A small embarrassed blush appeared on his cheeks.
The others stared at him for a while and then started laughing, stating it was impossible to forget, because his behaviour earlier was normal for his age under such a shock, and Finny happily declared he would treasure all kinds of memories from his master. Sebastian seemed ready to faint, due to his struggle to subdue the uncontrollable laughter, threatening to burst out of his chest at his master unreasonable request.
"Oh young master, you were a perfect gentleman even when sick, please be sure about that. You don't want to know the nightmares and monsters I was dreaming as a child when I had even a little fever and how I was behavingā¦ trust me you don't. I couldn't believe my ears when I was told afterwards." Selina said goggling her eyes for emphasis and received a small thankful smile from the boy for trying to make him feel better.
"Oh! Does that meanā¦ you remember everything, young master?" Asked Mey-Rin.
Ciel rubbed his bandaged forehead as if he was trying to erase these memories from his mind too. "Yesā¦ The sooner I can forget the betterā¦ I did not act like that because I wanted to. Harmless things seemed terrifying andā¦ I could not control myselfā¦ It is hard for me to verbalise itā¦" He sighed.
"Ya see that sorta thing a lot in the battlefield, don'cha?" Bard said looking at his master with understanding. "No matter how well they've been trained, when soldiers sustain grave, unimaginable injuries in battle, they all panic. It's pretty commonā¦ so I guess ya might say it's a given that the young master ended up like thatā¦"
"Indeed." Sebastian was heard deep in thought. "Under the effect of the 'curse', your appearance was quite dramatic. Perhaps the attack on your mind was also amongst its aims." He said placing quite an emphasis in his last word as he pulled the Queen's message from his inside pocket and gave it to him. He then explained how he had sent samples of the forest's flora and of the supposed elixir that treated him to the palace for chemical analysis.
"So in other words, this is the true identity of the 'curse'." Ciel said with a smirk and a shining eye that really made him look like a little devil.
"Just so. And Lady Sullivan at the wolf man's request is attempting to perfect the 'ultimate spell'." Sebastian said quite darkly.
"I still support the idea she has been fooled her entire life. Her heart is too much into saving people to be able to pretend." Selina suggested and Sebastian nodded.
Ciel sighed reading the rest of the letter. "Miss Selina, I believe you would be immensely happy if we tried to save Lady Sullivanā¦" Selina did not answer only stared at him surprised. "Sebastian, tell meā¦ is it a common characteristic of all females to ask the impossible from males or is it something found specifically in Her Majesty and our Selina?" The boy said as he showed the demon the second page, where only a few lines were written by the very hand of Queen Victoria, stating to Ciel how delightful it would be if she could have tea with the little witch.
"Oh I assure you, my lord. It is a characteristic of the fair sex in generalā¦" The demon answered, reading the letter and glancing at the blond representative beside him with a tired, but still amused, look in his almost burning eyes. Selina crossed her arms on her chest offended and stuck her tongue out to Sebastian making him sigh deeply.
Ciel went on giving orders to everybody to go and get ready for their departure and that later on he would give further instructions. From Sebastian, he asked to let him get a normal nap for an hour maximum, and when he would awake, the butler should have readied his clothes and supreme morning tea to wake him up for good, while conveying to him everything he and Selina had found during his sickness. Everyone saluted again in a military manner and left the room in a hurry.
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When Sebastian put his master back to bed, left the room along with Selina, and the woman seemed to be in quite a hurry to get back in the room she shared with the demon butler, in order to change in a more fitting attire for the night. She had a feeling the excitements of the night were far from over and would be given a chance to take out her frustration with the demon on someone else of their enemies. However, the butler had other plans.
He slipped in the room right before Selina closed the door and grabbed her right wrist, driving her up against a wall and caging her with his tall, muscular body. "Quite a fiery little thing, are you not? And really furious I must add, for you to use your flames against me and disobey your orders of not harming me." His voice was low and dangerous and his hard face inches from the woman's.
"Oh please, drop it. What did you expect? For me to sit tightly entangled in your shadows, waiting for you to finish threatening the poor boy when you know it's not his time yet?" Now she smirked a little arrogantly. "What happened, demon boy? Did my blue flames tickled you more than you expected and got scared I might end you right on the spot, hmm? Did cold sweat washed over you?" She was obviously making fun of the angry demon in front of her; certain she had hit the spot. She knew it was a dangerous thing to do but the temptation was so great.
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Sebastian left her alone in the room, lying on the bed, bound by his shadowy tentacles and Selina felt helpless and frustrated, like a wild animal locked in a cage. She was trying to convince herself that the demon might use extreme terror just to shock the boy out of his illusions, but at the same time she could not be sure he would not terminate the contract, in case the boy was not willing to come to his senses. She found the thought tearing up the remains of her heart, even though she knew this day would eventually come, just not yet.
However, a blue spark inside her drew her away from despair and by concentrating on it, managed to set fire to the black tentacles and burn them until they disappeared. They were parts of Sebastian's dark spiritual aura that comprised his demonic body and Selina knew that by harming the aura she would simultaneously harm the demon, but also knew that burning these, at least for now, cut off pieces of his body would be equal to a moderate scratch on the leg to any human body; therefore, she would not harm him irrevocably and obviously the demon knew it too when he decided to confine her in this manner.
It was a hard task for Selina, focusing her flames on something so specific, and not being able to clearly listen to what was going on in the next room made it even harder, since it intensified her worry about the boy. But when she managed to hear his voice ordering the demon to release him and then some murmurs in casual tone, calmed down enough to be able to free herself from the demon clutches ā sensing him swaying a little bit as he walked to the door was somehow satisfying for the woman ā and ran to her master's side.
As it is known, Sebastian is an excellent actor and goes without saying, he never made visible to his master the slight discomfort he felt while Selina was working on her release. He allowed no grimace of pain to disturb his calm features and masked the feeling of burning and his shaky legs by kneeling in front of his master. He expected nothing less from the literally fiery witch he had grown attached to, and so he was actually prepared for a little pain, but that does not mean he was not angry at her for burning himā¦ or for slapping him.
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The demon kept staring at the witch and his eyes could not move away from hers, still burning with the unique fire driving him mad with desire every time, and then brought her right hand close to her eyes.
"It was this hand that slapped me, was it not?" He asked with a dangerously husky voice that made the woman unconsciously tremble with excitement.
"You asked for it after manhandling me like that. You pursued a different relationship with me than any other human. I will not accept being treated like any other hu-" Selina was cut short when the palm of her hand was found to be at the mercy of the demon's mouth and she could only watch gasping for breath.
Sebastian's tongue and lips started teasing the skin of her palm and fingers in a clearly seductive manner, while his flat teeth placed light bites at the tips of her fingers; of the same fingers that made his cheek sting for a second. He soon found a spot close to the end of her palm that was a little plumper and softer and pressed his fangs enough to slightly break the skin and draw a drop or two of blood. An utterly surprised moan escaped Selina and before she managed to seal her mouth with her left hand the demon's lips did it for her, hungrily devouring her breath, moans and lips.
Soon he let go of Selina's hand as they both started tearing into each other's clothes quite impatiently. Selina was working on unfastening his trousers, while Sebastian tore apart the woman's clothes under her skirt and then brought her leg to wrap around his waist as he practically rammed himself inside her. Selina cried out in pain mixed with pleasure, feeling him getting as deep as he could, exactly like their second time at the resort and then at the mansion the night explanations were given; both times were after fightingā¦ more or less. Surprisingly, Sebastian cried out too, only with more pleasure and less pain.
"Yes! So deliciously... hot!" He cried with a heavy, shaky voice feeling Selina's hot walls tightening around him. He knew the sensation pretty well but relished at it every time like it was the first.
Selina's mind was losing all ability to think; she knew she was furious at him for treating her like an annoying human he needed to take out of the picture for a while, and she knew he was angry at her more for slapping him than for burning himā¦ although the other way around would be more logical. She also knew they should be fighting furiously and not having sex equally furiously, and he was so forceful that the pain should not turn to a so exquisite pleasure, making her wanting more as she brought up her other leg pulling the demon deeper, and he started moving inside her quite hard, pushing her further up against the stone wall.
In a matter of seconds their hands had found their way under each other's clothes and Sebastian, after ripping the bra's lace, was hugging her breasts with his fingers while Selina was exploring with fingers and nails mostly, the demon's back, sides, tight abdomen and buttocks.
Sebastian left a husky groan of pleasure as her hands were groping him. "I never thought you would be so fond of my 'tight ass', my dear." He chuckled while looking at her under hooded eyes.
"S-Shut upā¦ and-and go on!" Selina demanded and it was her turn to ravage his mouth with her lips, teeth and tongue.
The demon, absolutely satisfied with himself, intensified his efforts like he wanted to do for some time now; soon the room was filled with the sounds of flesh on flesh, their panting and laboured hot like fire breathing and their searing and ravenous kisses as they feasted on each other's lips, moans and groans.
Their climax came simultaneously and hit them so hard, that Selina thought her tightened thighs around his waist would never open again to release him and the raking on his sides would permanently remain open on his skin. Sebastian on the other hand, felt his legs shaking and his knees gave out unexpectedly, so that he had to collapse on the floor taking Selina with him. As a result, they were now at the same position, but at the lower part of the wall, supporting each other, since the waves of their passion and pleasure were still quite strong.
"How-How is itā¦ that every timeā¦ we are angry at each otherā¦ we end up like this?" Selina managed to say after a while; still breathing heavily and trying to control her heart beating like crazy.
Sebastian chuckled and lifted his head, resting on her shoulder, as his hands pushed against the wall to straighten his torso. "I guess anger can be quite an effective aphrodisiac? And making love is an effective way to relieve some of this anger and frustration towards each other."
Selina's sex life and partners were quite normal. Calm and gentle men, up until she met the demon, that is. Therefore, she could not comprehend how was it possible that ninety nine percent of the things Sebastian did ā either intended to tease her in any way or not ā ended up turning her on or blushing like a stupid schoolgirl to the point of being unable to resist him, even when she was mad at himā¦ She really hated that and made her wonder if Sebastian's true demonic nature was that of an incubus.
"That is not normal. I meanā¦ I know it is said for makeup sex to be the best, butā¦ still. And don't think I stopped being mad at you after this. Although... I am sorry for slapping you. I was beyond furious and was absolutely right to be so, but I don't like reacting like that." Selina said with honesty.
"Which part of us and our relationship is normal according to human standards, honey? Plus, would you prefer us to tear down this room, even this castle, while fighting and let the humans see us for what we really are? Personally, I do prefer this hereā¦ it is much more relaxing and pleasurableā¦ and it did help me in not being mad at you for the slap... which I might have enjoyed a little too much." He said, eyes twinkling with mischief as he pulled her in his embrace, while twirling his fingers in her wild curls.
"You're a pervert and you're turning me into one too." Selina said a little over-dramatically, that made Sebastian chuckle. "However... I warn you once again, not to make a habit of treating me like that, because next time there will be no apology or a reaction that will give you pleasure." Her twin blue fires for eyes were burning with fury as she looked up at Sebastian.
"Time was of the essence, I had to act and knew you would try to stop me from shaking up young master." Sebastian said and sighed, ready to dismiss the witch's reprimand.
"It doesn't matter! You could have gone about it in some other way if you tried. Perhaps we could find a way together. Tying me up with your darkness to get me out of the way is not a proper way to treat your partner... both in work and bed. Got it?" Selina said with a strict tone in her voice.
Sebastian tilted his head to the side a little bit confused, as he could not understand what was actually the problem, since he had no intention of harming Selina of course. But her furrowed eyebrows and overall seriousness, reminded him of her fury in St. Ives, in a similar situation. For the life of him, he did not see what was wrong with using any means necessary to achieve a goal, but it seemed important to Selina, especially when she was the recipient of this technique. Perhaps, she could explain it to him, some other time, when she would not be angry.
"Got it." He said finally and it was obvious that Selina was suspicious of him answering like that just to please her for the moment, but she got no chance of saying so as he started kissing her slowly, taking his time and enjoying it to the fullest.
Selina let out a frustrated sigh, feeling herself giving in to him, right before she brought her arms up and wrapped them around his neck hugging him.
They sat like that for a while, enjoying each other's embrace and warmth, it was so relaxing and calming. And that was yet another strange thing about Sebastian and their relationship; he was a demon that really enjoyed hugs after sexā¦ Or at least after having sex with her, because Selina knew he abandoned Beast right after pleasuring her enough for her to give up the information he needed; he just got up from bed, straightened his clothes and left while the woman was still writhing in ecstasy. That brought another thought in Selina's mind, another strange thing for a demon.
"Hey, I know that perhaps the expression 'having sex' might not be that widely used in this era, butā¦ you always refer toā¦ our activities as 'making love'. Why? I mean 'making love' is usually used when the persons involved are actually inā¦ love with each other, when there is emotion between them, while we have a different deal, weā¦ are just having sex, it's only physical becauseā¦ we are notā¦ in love. Either way you cannot feel love." Her eyes were looking at him really interested in his answer.
She saw his face tighten and that confused her. "You are right." He said coldly and suddenly, although casually, pushed her out of his arms, untangled her legs from his waist and got up after buttoning up his trousers. In an instant he was back in his perfect usual self and offered a hand to help her stand.
"Did I say something wrong?" She asked hesitantly.
He glanced towards her with eyes void of any emotion. "No, absolutely not. It seems that three years in the human plane affected me enough to use meaningless expressions with no reason whatsoever; thank you for bringing it to my attention, I will be more careful from now on." He did not pay attention to Selina saying she "didn't mind" and went on while checking his pocket watch. "Oh dear, I have less than half an hour to prepare for waking up young master. Please pack your bags as quickly as possible and get ready for further instructions. I would advise you to also fully arm yourself, I do not expect theā¦ wolf women of the village to let us leave undisturbed while stealing away their precious 'emerald witch'." He smiled cunningly and exited the room.
Selina was left alone and confused. "Did I just hurt a demon's feelings?" She asked the room's still heavy from their passion atmosphere and of course no answer was given.
She decided to ask Miranda at the first chance she gotā¦ Everything indicated their roles had been reversed, and the totally clueless, when alive, red headed witch, had turned to a bright angel, almost expert in everything about demons, while Selina, who believed herself to be quite knowledgeable about these dark creatures as witch and demon slayer, found now she knew close to nothing about the specific demon!
She sighed deciding to store all these thoughts in one more drawer at the back of her mind, and after drinking a drop from a healing potion to heal any lingering pain caused by Sebastian's forceful entrance in her, got ready for a night full of action of the real fighting type. Everything were ready when the young master called all his servants to inform them of their course of action. The boy's plan left her smiling proud of him, and would swear that the supposedly heartless demon was experiencing the same thing, even if his reasons were completely different from hers.
That was a short chapter right? Oh well... be prepared for what follows since - if you remember from the manga - some really action packed moments are about to follow!
Also, I hope I made clear and understandable why Sebastian acted the way he did, binding Selina and all. If you feel I didn't please let me know, I'll try to explain as best I can. Basically, it's just a different way of thinking. No ill will (not more than what's expected from a demon) or anything else.
Oh, oh! Before I forget... A huge thanks to darkangelynn5 who let me know that the Theban Alphabet exists, for real. How more amazing Toboso's eye for the detail can become? Amazing!
That's all for now! 'Till next time! Bye! š