Chapter 2: That Butler, adapting to new environment
"This is your home, Mistress ?"
"Ah yes, this is my home."
After the whole cult fiasco, Sebastian managed to bring Laura, his new contractor and master home. However, he was very confused as he was expecting her to live a luxury mansion instead of an towering cramped building. Laura took her butler to go inside the building, as she tried to introduce him his new what-soon-to-be called home.
"You must be confused, Sebastian. I lived in an apartment, it's not that big, but it's quite spacious."
"Hmm, interesting."
As they get into the elevator, Sebastian asked his Mistress again.
"What is this room ?"
"It's not a room, it's called an elevator."
"Elevator? I do recalled this kind of thing somewhere."
Her butler just murmured.
DING!!!
The elevator bell rang as soon as they arrived the floor where Laura lived, it was floor 20 and her room was B20.
"Come in, I'm gonna show you around."
Sebastian was shocked to see her room. Indeed, it was spacious indeed, there was a large sofa, a 43 inch TV, a bathroom with a small tub, two bedrooms. One with pretty large bed, and the other with a study desk. And small kitchen and dining table.
"See, I told you, it's spacious."
Laura took off her sneakers, and went into her bedroom, taking some outfits from her wardrobe. She went into the bathroom.
"You want me to help you clean up?"
"No, thanks. I can do this all by myself, plus you're a guy and I'm a woman."
She slammed the bathroom in front of her butler's face.
"Perhaps, I should make dinner instead."
A couple of hours later, Laura came out from the bathroom, wearing a t-shirt and baggy trousers. She saw Sebastian who've just finished making dinner for her.
"I find this modern kitchen pretty neat, Mistress."
There was a plate of fried rice and a glass of orange juice. Quite simple, but looks delicious
Hmm...he's really good at this. I guess demons are fast learners...
Laura tried to take to take a bite, suddenly...
"How's the food, Mis.."
"GYAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! IT'S TOO SPICYYYYY, SEBASTIAAAAANNNNNN !!!!!!!!"
She cried in pain, she soon grabbed the glass of orange and drank it. She could feel her mouth burning from the inside.
"I'm terribly sorry, Mistress. You see, my demon taste bud is different from humans."
"Okay, okay I get it."
Laura continued eating the fried rice, ignoring the spiciness as she doesn't her demon butler felt bad for burning her mouth.
At least, he followed recipe book that I owned here. It's okay, that you fail for the first time, Sebastian. I often like that.
Laura tried to wrap a bandage on her left wrist in order to cover her contract mark. Sebastian noticed his Mistress and approaches her.
"No...no, you're doing it wrong."
He fixed the bandage, tying it into a cute a ribbon so it would wrapped nicely. Laura noticed what her butler's doing.
"Sebastian, h-how did you do it?"
"Well, what kind of butler will I be if I can't help my Mistress. Anyway, why are you covering it with bandages? May I suggest covering it with wristband instead ?"
"Sorry, Sebastian. I don't have a wristband and I thought bandages are awesome, besides I can't let anyone see our contract mark and covering it with my jacket sleeves is not enough."
Her butler doesn't say anything.
"You must be cold, you want me to increase the AC's temperature ?"
"AC ?"
Again, Sebastian was confused.
"Uh, it's an air conditioner."
Laura really didn't realised that her butler doesn't know anything about modern living. She didn't took the remote because she probably thought that Sebastian didn't feel cold, she just took a tablet and start designing her unfinished design.
"Mistress, what are you drawing ?"
"Oh, I'm finishing my design project, it's due tomorrow, but I already done that the week before today."
"Interesting."
While giving a final touch to her artsy design, Laura asked her butler.
"Sebastian, are you having a hard time adapting to modern living ?"
Sebastian paused for a moment, his eyes widen. She was right, he really didn't understand about modern living despite the fact that he's a demon who had lived for eons and centuries.
"You probably right, Mistress. I might be an immortal demon but I have no idea how to use modern appliances."
Laura soon touched his pale skinned face, it was as smooth as a porcelain doll as her fingers caresses his cheek.
"Don't worry, Sebastian. I'm sure you can do it, besides you can understand things faster than human since you're a demon, right ?"
He just smiled, his mistress was right. Laura yawned all of a sudden.
"Are you sleepy, Mistress ?"
"Yeah, I think so." Laura replied as she took off her glasses and wiped her tired eyes.
"You should brush your teeth and take a rest now. It's best for a human like you to rest."
"What about you, Sebastian ?"
"Don't worry about me, Mistress. I'll just explored this place while trying to adapting to this new and modern mundane world."
"Won't you get tired ?"
"Fret not, I won't get tired. We demons usually rest for recreational uses only and we rarely rest."
"Okay, just don't push yourself to your limit, Sebastian."
"I won't, Missy."
Laura paused for a second.
"Did you just called me 'Missy' ?"
"I think calling you missy is much more convenient."
"Huh? Well then, good night, Sebastian."
"Good night, Missy."
Sebastian replied with a smile plastered on his face, as his Mistress preparing herself to sleep.
Author's note:
I have a headcanon that Sebastian has a hard time adapting to modern living, despite being a demon who's been living for hundred years
