The Butler's Kitten -Black Butler

Chapter 20- Living Amongst the Trope

"You still have a stomach ache?"

I looked at Ceil and went to speak but only a raspy whimper came out. I coughed into my hand a couple times and swallowed hard as the back my throat ached.

"Nah I woke up better this morning," I reclined my head on the side of the carriage door. "I do have a bit of a random sore throat though."

It was the next day and we were already off to go inspect the circus that the queen had written to us about. Missing kids were the talk of the nation and it seemed that this trope had a connection to all of them. Sebastian had been toying with the idea that the case would be falling into our laps after we saw it unsolved in the newspapers a few times and sure enough the ever loyal lap dog of the queen was thrown a shiny new bone.

Sebastian eyed me suspiciously as I swallowed hard and smiled at him before going back to the case records I had woken up early to go steal from Scotland Yard at Ceil's request.

"Your throat probably sore since you've been using your human form more. That and the fact you and Bard go through about three packs of cigarettes between the two of you. I told you to start cutting back." He said flippantly. I knew that wasn't the cause of my sudden throat ache but Sebastian seemed content to lie to himself and believe it so I nodded along. "No one saw you take these case records, correct, Alexandra?"

Chuckling nervously, I rubbed the back of my head. "Well I thought I went early enough that no one would see me but that detective, Abberline, saw me. I tried slipping him some cash to keep him quiet since I was sent on strict 'no maiming' rules, but he told me to keep it and let me walk off with them."

Ceil waved me away. "That's fine, he'll keep silent. He's not like Randall, he knows we three are his best bet at getting the children back and solving this case."

"Speaking as the demon whose powers will probably help you solve the case faster," I batted my eyes at Ceil as Sebastian glared at me, "do we have to stay at the town house?! Agni and Soma are still there and they're annoying!"

Ceil looked to be about to agree with me but Sebastian hushed us both. "Enough. We will only be there for the nights, I understand the prince is a headache but play nice. Speaking as the demon whose powers may not be as powerful but is much more capable."

I pouted but stayed silent. Sebastian passed on the documents for me to read after he was done which I did quickly and set them to the side. Ceil was trying to catch up on some peace and quiet before we lost it getting to the townhouse and Sebastian was doing whatever that weirdo does when he has to be quiet which left me to my own devices.

As a unit, we were supposed to go for Undertaker to see his idea on the case but I had other things to deal with and the silence gave me the time to think through the new problem I had managed to stupidly waltz myself into.

The fact it was getting harder to talk and my throat was aching was starting to worry me. While I was in giant territory, I was warned that there was an outbreak of Giant Fever. It was a disease that attacked only giants and usually left them for dead. It sapped their powers and left them unable to fight against the virus. Giant Fever was a feared infection, every empire knew of it and its low life expectancy.

Usually this would be no problem however as Giant Fever only affect giants but, as my shitty luck would have it, my power levels registered so high that I was the only non-Giant creature in existence to contract the disease.

I had gotten it once before, earlier in my reign. I had gone on some meeting not knowing it could even effect me and fell sick. Every doctor in my kingdom thought I was done for and my political enemies even went as far to book catering for my brother's coronation as king upon my death, it put me on my ass that hard. Unfortunately for them, I was able to weasel my way out of that near death experience by the skin on my teeth. Many considered it the luckiest I had ever gotten, which was really saying something.