A Tale of A Rich Man and His Loyal Servant

Chapter Eight: Run As Fast As You Can..

Date: July 30th, 1866

Rann was running as fast as he could, trying his best to get as far away from Dream XD as he could. This was "training" as the god called it. Rann was basically being groomed to become a guard dog, as if he wasn't one already. XD was running quickly behind him, trying his best to catch up to the one who was practically running at the speed of light. Billiam was just sitting in the pool, reclined and tired.

For the past few months Billiam had asked XD to train Rann. And in those few months; Billiam gained demon horns, a tail, beat Rann again, Rani's presence has died down, and XD had visited more often. Rann was growing weaker. It was painful for the boy, some days Billiam would find him leaning against a wall in pain. Just trying not to show his concern he brought it up with XD, since the man can feel the god's presence.

As soon as XD left Rann was sitting in the kitchen nursing a cup of water in his gloved hand. Rani was standing next to him and he was ranting about how he hated XD with a passion, Rann was tired of hearing him ramble all the time. That's all he did, ramble and complain, "RANN." Billiam yelled. Rann straightened his shoulders and darted it over. The older male stared at the sixteen-year old, "You look tired." Billiam noted, staring at the claw marks on his neck, "I'm not sir." Rann insisted. The yellow-eyed man squinted at him, "I'm not stupid, Raphael."

  Rann flinched upon hearing his birth-name. Having known it, and grown to despise it, he hates it. Billiam grinned at his reaction, "Calm down, I won't hurt you." He leaned down towards the one who was shrouding away, "Yet." A low growl erupted from Rann's throat, Rani's eye color was sitting as clear as day. Billiam snarled at the two, walking away with his arms neatly folded behind his back.

  Any inch of a relationship those two had, could be destroyed at any second. Depressing and scary. It wasn't until later in the day that Billiam let him know that he had hired teenagers to help around the estate.

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  "HOW THE HELL DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW TO CLEAN?!" Was all Billiam heard before he heard the scraping of a head on the floor. Getting up, he went to investigate. Only to find Rann holding a teen's head down with his clawed foot, "Take this as a lesson and LEARN from those who have been here for years." The boy leaned down, stared at the scared teen. And let him go, the possessed being sighed as he stared at one of the teenagers who were actually doing well.

  Billiam observed the interaction, staying quiet and letting the head-butler do his thing. It wasn't until Rann heard one of the teenagers mocking him did he get interested. The short one stormed over and smacked the one who was mocking to the floor. Holding his head to the floor and his arms to his back, "You. You do not get to speak to your superiors like that. Not me, nor anyone else. Especially not Sir Billiam. If you do, I will not hesitate to feed you to the egg. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!" The one held under his grasp gave out a weak 'Yes sir!' And that was enough for Rann to let him go. He was fuming now, Billiam just stood there intrigued.

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