(✔︎) ❝𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐑❞

17 | Your Lovely Butler

- Hallway -

     (Name) already handed the magical crystal and is now going back to the Headmaster's Office to pick Yuu up. Not until she saw a man walking in the dark hallway where she is, "Hello, (Name). You're still awake, I see..." It's "Horn-san".

     She took his right hand, kissing it, "Yes, indeed I am. May I ask why are you still awake?" She asked the black-haired man. "I went to take a late-night stroll. I wouldn't mind having you as a company tomorrow, if you want to that is," he smiled at her. "How about you? What is the reason why you're still up at this hour?"

     "Of course, I would gladly accept it," she accepted. "A group of first-years has destroyed the chandelier in the cafeteria. I offered my help to clean the area, of course," she answered the question.

     The black-haired man's expression softened as he stared at (Name)'s smiling facade, but turned into a stiffened one when his eyes glowed lime, "I see. I'm afraid we must stop the conversation here, we can continue our conversation tomorrow morning," he bid goodbye and disappeared, leaving lime fireflies.

     Then she heard a couple of footsteps from the distance, "Ah, it's you four," she sighed in relief when she saw her juniors.  "(Name), (Name)! I'm gonna be a student tomorrow and I'll wipe their faces on the floors to get the #1 spot!" Grim exclaimed as he ran towards the demoness. She carried the grey cat, rubbing the back of his ears, "Well, I'm glad to hear that," she smiled at the cat's purring.

     "Eh, you boast for someone who's just half a student," Ace stated, earning a hiss from Grim. "We're classmates starting from now on, Grim and Yuu-san," Deuce smiled at them.

     "I don't know if it'll go well, to be honest," Yuu stated as he placed his hands on the back of his head. "I'm sure you'll survive this school even tho you can't use magic. You're not afraid of little things, so you'll make it until the end of the school year," Deuce assured, patting Yuu's shoulder.

     "Why do you sound like a violent person, Deuce?" Ace asked. Deuce flinched, "Did I violently deliver that? I thought it was normal to say those kinds of things..." He scratched his cheek in embarrassment.

     "Ugh, whatever," Ace rolled his eyes. "We need to get back to our dorm before we'll be late for class tomorrow after we just escaped getting expelled," the salmon-haired told them as he continued walking. Deuce just shakes his head at his schoolmate's behavior, "Don't mind his attitude. Also, which dorm are you guys in? I and this guy are in Heartslabyul. For sure (Name)-senpai is in Diasomnia."

     "Thinking of Diasomnia gives me the creeps..." Ace whispered. "We live in the dorm, it's located on the outskirts of the school. The Headmaster calls it Ramshackle Dorm, but it is not too long before I change it! Eh, that place gives us the creeps... Ghosts are haunting the place, yanno," Grim shivered.

     "I would rather be assigned in that dorm, what a shame," Ace sighed. He gave Deuce a dirty look, "Just looking at Mr. Honest's face here can probably make me sick every day. Ugh, disgusting."

     "Stop stealing my line, coward," Deuce clashed foreheads with Ace again. Ace smirked at the blue-haired man, "Sure do, almost-expelled-crybaby Deuce."

     "You two, stop it," (Name) told them. Both of them stood away from each other when she said that as if they were her obedient puppies. "Yes, ma'am. Alright, I'll see you guys tomorrow. Goodnight, everyone," Ace coughed and ran towards the Hall of Mirrors with Deuce catching up with them.

     "They could make a good combo. Don't you think, (Name)-san?" Yuu asked the demoness, who seems to be in deep of mind. "They are. They just need to fix their relationship between them," she answered and smiled at the human in front of her.

     "They're the type they fight because they're close," Grim stated, looking at (Name) and Yuu. "We should hurry back to our dorm! Starting today, we aren't janitors at this school! We're now fully fledged students of Night Raven College!"

- Ramshackle Dorm -

     "I can deliver dinner if you want to, Yuu-san," (Name) offered as she opened the door for Yuu. "As well desserts if little Grim favors. If you stayed awake for 30 minutes, estimated to say the least," she added.

     "Why are you doing this (Name)-san? Isn't our relationship just a demon-human pact? I'll call you if I need help or did I miss something?" Yuu seems confused about why (Name) was like this, she merely gave him a soft smile. "Isn't it obvious? I'm originally a butler in Devildom. The butler of the Prince of Devildom, in fact," she explained to Yuu.

     "I don't want to treat you as my helper," Yuu shook his head. "Consider this as a bonus of having a pact with me. Besides, I volunteered to do this and you don't need to be guilty about it. I'm your Lovely Butler until we find a way back to where we're from," she said.

     "Lovely Butler?!" Yuu blushed. (Name) placed Grim on Yuu's arms and patted his head, "I was only teasing you. Now, now, I'll be cooking dinner for you while you wait in your dorm," she said and left the two alone.

     "You two act like parents, yanno?" Grim commented. "Grim now's not the time!"

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