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Chapter 54: The Tutor, Plans and Preparations
"Welcome, Madam. Come over, my dear, do not be shy. One puff of this pipe, and you will find you can forget all your troubles. Now come... Glee in to your instincts and entrust your body to me..."
Everything was blurry due to snakes of smoke twisting in the air and through them came the voice of Temptation, getting lower and more sensual with every word, promising unimaginable pleasure. The adonic embodiment was slumping invitingly on the couch, offering one gentle hand to the potential victim while the other held an opium pipe. The beautifully-shaped lips, from where the tempting words came, were smiling under eyes of almost vibrant red colour and long black lashes that made them look hooded and filed with lasciviousness.
The sound of excited clapping broke the demon's spell. "My word! This is positively scrumptious! Your seductive prowess is practically at a professional level! I think you are much more suited for this than being a butler! Are you sure you do not want to change your mind?" Lau said, genuinely impressed by Sebastian's performance; even Ran Mao was staring at him with a rare interest on her face.
"No, no, I am just simply one hell of a butler; that is all..." Sebastian said back in his usual tone, as he sat up and put the pipe down; a modest smile on his lips.
Lau sighed a little disappointed but shrugged, recognizing he could not force the butler to give up his master. His eyes cracked slightly open and looked towards the other side of the room where said master, very cutely dressed, had a hard time serving some appetisers and drinks to the den's guests. He was very close in placing the tray right in front of a bed occupied by a gentleman, when he tripped and everything came tumbling down, crashing on the floor.
"Selina, snap out of it!" He yelled quite furiously, as he turned - the tassels hanging from his flowery hair ornaments swinging around - to the totally stunned and red faced blond tutor, whose eyes were still glued on the demon approaching her, grinning satisfied; his little seductive performance had obviously affected the woman to the point she totally forgot her young master. "You are supposed to help me with that!" The boy was so fed up on so many levels!
"Eh? O-Oh, y-yes, my lord! F-Forgive me!" She managed to rip her gaze off her demonic husband and approached the boy. "Didn't I tell you, you have to keep a straight back, head high and more strength to the muscles of your shoulders and shoulder blades? That way, you will maintain the correct body posture and will not have to place so much pressure on your fingers to keep the tray steady." She smiled at him and apologized to the annoyed gentleman.
"I did say that we are not a charity, so everyone does have to work for their share... But the Earl really is just all cute looks and no substance. Completely useless!" Lau was saying with a supposed troubled look on his face. Sebastian smiled knowingly beside him. "And yet, you will not wear girls' clothing, even to make up for it. You are so prideful." He finished, while Ran Mao added how "selfish" of the boy was that.
"Of course I am! I would rather hang myself than go out in public dressed in that!" The temperamental boy was seething from anger at the suggestion. "I have no intention of staying in this cave for long, anyhow." He stressed his words by ripping the ornaments off his hair and headed towards the more private chambers, serving as office and meeting rooms of the den that the young Phantomhive had 'borrowed' for as long as he stayed there, until he coordinates his next move.
"Indeed. An opium den like this is hardly fitting for an Earl to reside in." Sebastian said ready to follow his master, but pausing to watch his mate working herself out of a little unpleasant situation.
Selina was about to follow Ciel too, but a man grabbed her wrist as she passed in front of the bed he occupied. The man was quite attracted to how the eastern, quite revealing clothes properly accentuated her body, even though her face was cute but quite ordinary. He invited her to join him and his eyes sparkled quite lewdly, but the woman simply smiled, promising of joining him some other time as her other hand circled and squeezed his wrist, forcing him to open his fingers and retreat... perhaps even a little intimidated by how strong she actually was. Selina took some almost balletic steps away from there and joined Sebastian's side hugging his arm, like Ran Mao was doing with Lau's. The demon smiled at her proudly, making her blush a little as they caught up with the others, the moment Lau was once again reassuring the young Earl he had every intention of assisting him in resuming his position; otherwise, his own business dealings would become harder.
"So, what is the plan, anyway?" The Chinese merchant asked as they entered a room.
With Scotland Yard after them, their movements were limited and the public's view on the whole matter was not helping either - as made obvious through the newspapers - since it was already decided that the impostor Earl, pretending to be his elder brother "in order to steal the rights to the inheritance", was also the culprit behind the Sphere Music Hall murders. Truth is, it would not be surprising if an aristocrat, let alone an impostor, to be the mastermind of the so elaborate machinations in this series of murders.
Forcing their way into the manor and taking care of young master's brother once and for all - as Lau suggested - was out of the question for the time being. The boy doubted that his brother had escaped death's cold clutch entirely, so he believed that Undertaker must have devised a way - aside the Sphere Music Hall - to keep collecting blood and pumping it in the young Earl to keep his body from withering. Therefore, the best and most certain course of action was to discover this blood supplying system of Undertaker's and cut the lifeline for good. Sebastian applauded the boy's train of thought and Selina could not deny he was right; she kept for herself her sadness at the thought of brothers trying to 'devour' each other in order to survive.
However, they could not start searching for blood supply facilities blindly that is why, first and foremost, they needed information. Lau should look for cases of human trafficking, missing persons and in general cases where large numbers of people were "dealt with" in the underside of society. Sebastian would investigate new "fads" or facilities, public places where large number of people gathered. As for Selina... her master wanted her to work on something else, once the necessary information were gathered.
"Yes, my lord!" Everyone present said, bowing respectfully... That surprised Ciel, Selina and Sebastian as Lau and Ran Mao had also joined the two servants; Lau took it as far as kneeling in front of the boy. The three remained staring at the other two with wide eyes, until Lau started laughing.
"Ah! I have always wanted to say that at least once in my life! Because it sounds so cool, you know?" Lau seemed and sounded so amused and relaxed.
"So cool." Ran Mao beside him agreed nodding her head.
Young master's cheeks turned pink, as they always did when he was being teased... but, as always, he turned it to anger as he got up and reminded the merchant they were "not playing around here" shaking his small fist to him.
"Oh, no! How scary!" Lau and Ran Mao retreated, supposedly afraid in front of the lord's wrath, but the man's voice showed exactly the opposite.
"My, my, you seem to be having so much fun." Sebastian added fuel to the fire, while trying not to openly laugh at the humans' shenanigans. Needless to say, he received quite a glare from his young master.
Some humans seemed to have the ability to have zero seriousness at all times and thus managed to instantly lighten even the heaviest atmosphere or serious situation; Lau was obviously one of these humans. Sebastian found it quite amusing. He could say he was still impressed by the strange sense of humour some humans had... and was once again pleased to see his mate being one of them, watching her chuckling behind her sleeve; her eyes, filled with mirth, showed she was perhaps reminded of another time, a time when she too was teasing a serious young human in her family.
Only a couple of days later, the needed information were gathered by both Lau and Sebastian and they were quite a lot and diverse... From popular annual events where people hurt themselves - as in the Cotswold cheese rolling event - to several women gone missing from the Oxford area. The problem was that none of these seemed to fit Undertaker's criteria as the Music Hall... or the Karnstein hospital. Lau's mention to the hospital seemed to turn on a switch in young master's mind, who remembered about Aurora Society, also controlled by Undertaker, and had Sebastian to look again at the information he had for people heavily involved with the Society. After Campania's sinking, Aurora seemed to have been dismantled or remain inactive... publicly, that is, but perhaps it continued operating under different names. As expected, the sharp young mind was right.
In North Yorkshire, a Baron named Heathfield had posted job advertisements in the newspapers requesting maids for his residence, "offering hefty benefits for long term employment". Although, it seemed well over a hundred maids had been employed, the advertisement was still getting published. Several of the maids hired were former nurses in Karnstein.
An institution for children in Norfolk, gathered orphans from all over England and gave them a sophisticated education through their "own original method". Some of the donations they had received came from noblemen with previous affiliations to the Aurora Society.
In Wiltshire, a sanatorium for ex-soldiers was rumoured to have a nurse called "the miracle healing hand" and truth was that many soldiers of the colonial wars, out of service due to mental and physical issues, had been successfully rehabilitated after staying there. Again, doctors of the sanatorium had previously worked for the Society.
Lastly, a new resort and hotel in Brighton. The prices were quite reasonable, perhaps making it affordable to middle classes too, but the hospitality had been considered phenomenal. What was very interesting was the fact that they had visitors extending their stay even after the end of vacation time and some even decided to move there permanently. The executive in charge was a nobleman also affiliated to Aurora.
"So, these four places are the most suspicious." Young master said, after Sebastian finished his report. "And just our luck. They are spread out in completely different directions. North, south, east and west." He fell deep in thought, until Selina's voice pulled him out of his musings.
"Young master, forgive me for interrupting your thoughts, but... I believe you noticed the Brighton's similarities to St. Ives... I don't think we will find anything similar there, but we should handle it with great care." She said, staring at the boy meaningfully.
He nodded. "That is why we three will take up Brighton." He said pointing to himself, the witch and the demon. "You, Selina, will make sure to be prepared for every possibility of any kind!" He ignored Lau's curiosity for this St. Ives case he had never heard of, and ordered Sebastian to gather the rest of the servants.
"With that said..." Sebastian said, after informing the servants of what was necessary for them to know. "We are going to split everyone into groups of two and assign each pair a mission. Mey-Rin and Miss Ran Mao, I would like you two to go to North Yorkshire and investigate Baron Heathfield and his residence. Finny and Snake, you two will go to Norfolk and investigate the children's institution. Bard and Master Lau, please go to Wiltshire and investigate the sanatorium for veterans. Lastly... as the last place is considered more dangerous, the young master, Selina and I will go and investigate the resort hotel in Brighton."
"If there is no blood collection taking place there, withdraw and return here immediately. However, if there is evidence of it happening... Annihilate the entire organization completely, exterminate it from existence!" The young Aristocrat of Evil ordered his servants and allies.
His passion and determination fired them up pretty good and when they all cried out "Yes, my lord!" looked far from their usual - maybe assumed - identities of clumsy maid, always cheerful gardener, goofy chef, dumb prostitute, lazy merchant, apathetic footman, shy tutor or humble butler; on the contrary, they looked cunning and deadly enough to cause shivers to their potential victims.
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Sebastian entered the room as silently as always and his eyes immediately found what they were looking for. Selina, standing in front of a table loaded with all kinds of bottles and vials filled with colourful liquids, herbs and many other miscellaneous objects - like the leather-bound spell book and the small cauldron boiling over the fireplace - that completed the commonly perceived, through stories, image of a witch's peculiar witchcrafting inventory.
Stepping softly, the demon came closer, stood and watched, for a while, the so focused witch – looking nothing like the ugly and wicked ones in children's stories – that most probably failed to sense him. Brows furrowed, golden lashes shadowing blue eyes and lips tightened with perseverance made her look like a wilful child... and truth is, she was so young - despite her adult human age - but still so beautiful in the demon's eyes. He smiled taking in her image and then made himself comfortable on the room's chaise longue that was closer to her than the bed.
Sometime passed until Selina let a deep sigh, leaning her palms on the table and lowering her head. "I believe this will be good enough!" She sounded exhausted and indeed she was.
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The past few days they had all been working like crazy to prepare their missions assigned by their young master... however, this time, Selina had to do more than that. Her master had ordered her to find a way to apply some protective spells on his servants and allies, activated only in case of grave danger. Needless to say, the demon did not miss the chance to tease the boy, that he had started caring too much for his pawns and the boy was quick to deny the accusation.
"Do not be absurd! I do not want them to get killed before they complete their missions... plus, they might prove useful against my brother's faction. Anyway, Selina, I would suggest for you to apply your spells on items they will be carrying on them always." He finished with an ordering tone that let no room for protest.
"Lovable, is he not?" The demon chuckled in her ear, seeing her eyebrow twitching with annoyance. He knew how much she hated to be told how to perform her craft.
Despite that, she had done exactly as the boy said. It was quite hard to put together a so specific spell, but thankfully she managed it. Finding items to apply the spells and then persuade everyone to keep them always on their bodies, no matter what, was actually harder, because, as it was natural, they had questions. Yes, they trusted Selina blindly, but their curiosity was taking over them... Lau deliberately made things harder by examining the small brooch Selina gave him. Thankfully, Ciel simply ordered them to take the items and be done with it. Selina sighed with relief at that; she always preferred performing magic to common humans unbeknownst to them.
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"Welcome, Madam. Come over, my dear, do not be shy." The voice of Temptation, getting lower and more sensual with every word, promising unimaginable pleasure, suddenly pulled Selina - still leaning on the table - from her thoughts. "One taste of this drug and you will find you can forget all your troubles. Now come... Glee in to your instincts and entrust your body to me..." Selina straightened her body and turned to look at where the voice came from.
The adonic embodiment of Temptation was slumping invitingly on the chaise longue, offering one gentle hand to the potential victim. The beautifully-shaped lips, from where the tempting words came, were smiling under eyes of vibrant red colour and long black lashes that made them look hooded and filed with lasciviousness.
Selina crossed arms on her chest and stood staring at the demon challengingly. "And what exactly is that drug, if I may ask?"
"Oh... that is for you to decide, my lady, and for me to serve you what your heart desires." He responded pulling her closer, almost making her fall on top of him, as she accepted the extended hand. "Whether it is opium... or something else, I will gladly give it to you." His arms circled her waist and his eyes stared at her with such hunger.
"Hmm..." Selina pretended to be thinking, as she made herself comfortable straddling the demon's hips. "My mum was a good woman, taught her daughters not to seek temporary and false pleasure in addictive substances. She was saying that the best natural drug, guaranteeing endless pleasure, was in the arms and lips of our most precious person... that can be equally addictive as any other drug." She finished and kissed the lips she loved more than anything else; she smiled when Sebastian's lips thirstily drank her kiss.
"So... what have you been cooking there?" He asked when they stopped for a breath.
"Remember how I said Brighton reminds me of St. Ives? Guests extending their stay or even moving permanently there?" Sebastian nodded. "Well... I don't think we will come across another Bates, but after Blavat being part of this network, I felt the need to take precautions, be able to immediately recognize witches, natural born or not, and take the necessary actions against them. I hate getting caught off guard!" The fire in her eyes emphasised her words.
"A wise thinking, my dear." He praised her, his naked hand loosening the elaborate hairstyle Mey Rin insisted to make her that morning. A shadow appeared in her eyes and he did not like it. "What is it, my kitten? You look sad."
"Mm? Oh, nothing... Just foolish fears..." His piercing eyes kept staring at her until she gave in. "Okay... I don't like you and master leaving tomorrow. I know, I will join you three days later and it is not the first time we are not together, the three of us... You did perfectly fine just the two of you, before I enter the scene, but then things were simpler, young master had the Queen's favor, and knew nothing about Undertaker's machinations! I guess it's true that ignorance is bliss..." She sighed as Sebastian's chest shook from light laughter.
"I am still working on getting used to having a human unnecessarily worrying over me... but it is fine, I find it quite charming coming from this particular human." His fingers stroked her cheeks, as if she was a cat.
Selina nodded. "Exactly, get used to it. And that's why... I want you to feed from my aura tonight, just to be sure that you are in full power, in case anything happens."
"I am perfectly fine, bustling with energy as always. You do not have to-" He was cut off by the look she gave him; she was practically ordering him to do as she said.
If he had any intention of saying something more, he missed the chance, as she attacked his lips furiously, started rubbing her body on his and her fingers got busy unbuttoning his hanfu. The demon gasped feeling her aura getting stronger and directed to him, overwhelming and pulling him in a haze of desire and passion, identical to the one he experienced the first time they made love, and at the time he thought it was only their pent up lust as they kept devouring each other.
This haze kept him enveloped in its arms throughout the night, taking Selina's shape as her actions intensified this feeling. Her hands travelling all over his exposed torso, her lips and hot tongue following each contour line of his muscles leading to his tight stomach and even further down. Her magical aura caressed him so seductively in all his weak places that he could do nothing, other than accept it through the pores of his skin filling him with energy and life force of the finest quality. He was so dazed and surrendered to the woman that – when at some point managed to regain some of his control –was surprised to find himself staring at Selina's back as she kept riding him equally surrendered to the sensation.
Sebastian always preferred to be staring at her face when she was in such a state, her expressions were so... sexy as she would say, but he found the movements of her muscles on her back very erotic too. He enjoyed the view for a while, but then needed more. He ran his hands over her calves and thighs as he sat up, circled her body with his arms and started feasting on Selina's skin.
She got surprised for a moment but continued moving and trying to keep her moans low. The man's hands ran all over her body exciting her even more, but the peak was when his fingers started caressing and stroking the lips of her entrance as they closed around his manhood or teasing that very sensitive bundle of nerves at her centre, almost making her jump at the added stimulation. She had to bite her hand to stop herself from crying out.
"S-Sebastian... you... devil! I have been trying... to keep my voice down... Young master is... right next door!" Her words came out interrupted by gasps and moans, as she could not resist the approaching wave of ultimate pleasure. She let her head fall back on the demon's shoulder.
"Do not care... Want to hear more of you!" He said in a similar manner; his hands and mouth never ceased igniting new fires at every inch of her body.
However, as suddenly as he started playing with her nether regions, equally suddenly he stopped. His fingers withdrew leaving Selina breathless and confused. With swift moves, he lowered the chaise longue's back and placed his hands under Selina's thighs pushing her upwards. She felt him slipping out of her and resisted him.
"No... please! Not now." She whispered demandingly.
"Trust me... Hold on to me." Sebastian responded and brought her left arm over his head, looping it around his neck.
Selina did as told and let him lift her enough to unfold her knees and let her legs lie over his. He then laid back taking her with him while spreading her thighs more and thrusting himself deeper inside her. His fingers resumed their game on her womanhood and breasts, taking the woman higher than before. In this new position, the haze of their lust and passion swallowed them both and lost track of time as they reached a new peak of ecstasy. Thankfully, they retained one small slip of logic, enough to smother their cries in each other's mouth at the moment of climaxing, sparing the child, still innocent in mind, next door.
It was only when they were left gasping for breath and their muscles trembling from the strain that the haze subsided, allowing them to think properly. They remained one lying on top of the other, Selina's arm still around Sebastian's neck, for a while, staring at each other's eyes and a silly, happy smile on their lips.
"I adore it when I make you look like this, all sweaty with messed up hair." Sebastian said, enjoying the sight of Selina's golden curls sticking on her forehead, throat and chest. A couple of stray hair resting on her lips.
A light blush shadowed her already flushed cheeks, as a still trembling finger came and traced strands of raven tousled hair sticking here and there on the demon's face. "You are no different. The image you present me right now is so... Sexy!" She said, smiling impishly and with a little effort managed to turn around and laid her chest on his, hugging his shoulders with both arms and planting a loving kiss on his lips.
The demon responded and squeezed her in his arms, once more relishing at the feeling of her naked body pressed on his. He really had to rein himself in and not give in to his rising desire - otherwise the woman would not be getting any sleep - and he knew the next three days would be quite tiring, as she would have to finish preparations for her part of the Brighton mission and then travel to the place.
"Did you feed enough from my aura?" Selina asked after a while; her eyelids getting heavy with sleep.
"You force-fed me more than enough, even if I did not want to. Silly witch... you have been assigned the most dangerous part of our mission, you need all of your strength and yet you spend it on me..."
Selina giggled satisfied. "I want my demon to be strong, it makes me feel at ease that he will jump in and save me... if I need saving." The smiling light in her eyes showed how improbable that was; as long as she had her flames and swords, she was not afraid of anything. "But honestly, do not worry. I barely sense my aura missing the percentage I give you. A little sleep and I am as good as new."
Sebastian nodded. "Correct, that is why, you will go to sleep... right now!" He ordered, and before Selina could utter a sound, laid her on the chaise longue, got up, removed the forgotten cauldron from the fire place, threw more wood in the dying fire and then joined her again, bringing a blanket with him. He covered their nakedness with it and then pulled his mate in his embrace, warming her with his body.
Selina chuckled happily, as she loved when that 'vile beast' became a caring partner for her and only for her. Soon sleep took her over, since she could not resist the numbing warmth coming from the revived fire and, most of all, Sebastian's body.
*me still covering Ciel's ears while mine are beet red* This scene between Sebastian and Selina is highly inspired by a manhua (hope I write it correctly) called "The Way to Confess". It's short and the story is too simplistic, but the art... is to die for 😍! Really, the artstyle elevates it so much that the smut is not just smut, but real art. I do totally recommend it!
With this chapter:
1) I realize that one year and one week has passed since I began publishing this story! Oh my goodness! I can't believe it! I mean, I knew from the start how long it would take, but I admit, I didn't expect the success or that even now more people would add it to their favorites and follows (even if FanFiction Net is determined to never show me the views over 6.510)! WOW! I'm so excited! Thank you all, girls, boys and everyone else! The best Christmas present for me is your support! Love you all! 💝💝💝💝
2) We say goodbye to the manga and canon events! When I was writing the rest of the story, the manga had... barely entered Bard's and Lau's mission so... I love Yana Toboso, but there was no way I would wait for her to continue in order to do the same. Therefore, whatever follows is totally original and mine! I admit, even though I was suspecting that each mission we see might be more dangerous and I was afraid that something really bad might happen to Finny and Snake... I had not predicted the orphanage situation to be so stressing 😭! (no more spoilers for anyone who hasn't caught up with the manga) So, even though there is much action, danger and... stress... it's quite different from what Toboso-sensei is giving us. I'll be looking forward to your comments! 😁
Till next time, but until then... Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! Bye! 😘