Encouraging Villainry

Chapter 2 : familiarity in the unfamiliar

As the butler passed by the empty hallways, a scream of terror bounce over the walls running straight at him like wind. Quickly, he turned around full of curiosity.

“Aah!! Young master!”

His ears perked up at the title being screamed over and ran straight back to daniel's room.

The door was left wide open and all he could think of was stare at the scene before him in awe. In front of him was a maid who was also staring at what was set in front of her with panic in her voice, the young master whom he serves with great loyalty was dangling under the chandelier like a half dead fish with the room's curtain tied to his neck, strangling him mercilessly. It was wonder how the chandelier didn't even fall off with him..

With his tongue out due to the harsh grip on his neck, his gaze slowly turns over to the butler with a pale but blue toned face.

“K-ko..” 'ko' was the nickname he mindlessly made up for the mysterious unnamed butler whose face he favored. He didn't really know what to call the guy since he was so focused on his gorgeous face he hadn't had the time to ask, but now he has a chance except..

“Ack-!”

He should really get off this thing first, he could feel his neck cracking any moment now. Dying was his potential escape to get back to his world but it wasn't exactly pretty, it was very painful actually. Not to mention he doesn't even know if it would actually work but it was worth a try. Anyway, just who in the world made death so painful? Are they trying to kill us?!

Immediately, the butler took action and went over to him. He then untied the complicated knots over his neck effortlessly and held the boy just when he was about to dropped down. He carefully placed him down and kept his hold on him in case he would fall over from the lack of oxygen.

“Elise” He called. The maid who watched everything without so much of move stepped forward.

“Y-yes?” her hazel eyes snapped right over to him. The young lady had brown hair which was parted into two braids and freckles marked all over her tanned face which held a nervous expression.

She intended to save daniel a while ago however she wanted to enjoy the feeling of watching the said lunatic suffer first. That didn't mean she wasn't going to let him die of course, if the duke would ever find out she would be in a pickle. Money is everything after all!

“Go fetch some water for the young master”

“Of course!” Elise nodded and left the two in the spacious room.

The butler turned to the teen boy who still struggled for air. He stared at the mess he calls young master sluggishly sitting on the floor with a disheveled hair and crumpled clothes that all matched with the tired face he was making. He took a glance at his neck and saw an ugly purplish bruise started color over the olive skin. He wondered how did this even happened, he could only assume the young master did it to himself, which was no surprise since the boy has always been unpredictable to the point he stopped questioning his actions. However, he still had to ask in case this may be an assault.

“Young master, did someo-” Daniel reached for 'ko's' face and held it with both hands, he was practically squishing his cheeks with the amount of pressure he gave. The butler flinched by the sudden action but did not show much in his stoned expression.

“N-name..” daniel took a deep breath, feeling a bit dizzy like he could pass out any moment.

The butler raised a brow, “Name?” he repeated.

He directed his gaze to him and stared at the handsome face right in front of him to gaze at for free, oh how he loves pretty faces, he could stare at ko's face for more than an hour without getting bored. It was like an addiction, even when the butler's cheeks were sqeezed together he looked like some k-pop idol with foreign genes. Oh how he wished he could stare at it for long.. maybe slice it off and keep it in a jar all for him to stare at- he was getting distracted.