That Butler, Isekaid (Modern!Reader Insert)

That Butler; Sickness

[A/N; I have asthma too, it is NEVER fun...]

While Ciel and co. investigate, Alois finds a picture of young children, who he guesses are the first-tier members, with an unknown man. __________ nodding to confirm their suspicions.

Beast is on her way to the tent, noting that the audience is excited. Inside the tent, Ciel takes note that the first-tier members are standing in front of a sign that says "workhouse," and questions its relevance. At that moment, Beast walks in and changes her top. As she leaves, it is revealed that Ciel, Alois, and ________ were not caught because his trusted servant hid all of them in the beast tamer's closet. Everyone examines the photograph, and Alois comments that the hallmark in the ring the man is wearing is the same hallmark on Beast's prosthetic leg.

Ciel decides for them to investigate Joker's tent and sends Sebastian back to finish the encore to not draw suspicion and to consequently release the snakes. In Joker's tent, Alois muses that the man is dressed nicely so he's either from the affluent class or aristocracy and guesses that since he's being photographed with workhouse children, he's a philanthropist. Ciel finds a letter under Joker's pillow and sees that it's been sent from "Tom, the Piper's son." Inside is a paper with his name and birthday on it, and worries that his cover has been blown. Sebastian finishes the encore and releases the snakes guarding the first-tier members' tent, and hearing the commotion of the show finishing.

Alois retreats first, leaving Ciel and ______. And he slips out of Joker's tent. The two attempt to leave the restricted area, but is caught by a first-tier member, Doll.

"... You two shouldn't be here"

"Mother fu-"

Ciel's eyes widen in surprise as Doll catches them red-handed. He quickly composes himself, trying to regain his composure. They had been discovered in a restricted area of the circus by Doll, a first-tier member, who protects them by grabbing a nearby snake and reprimanding Snake for having them outside of his tent. Snake apologizes, and Doll leads the two away from the restricted area. She reveals that she is actually Freckles, and this is why she helped him. Ciel inquires why she's wearing that costume although she's a guy. Doll says that he's rude and that it's obvious she's a girl and puts his hand on her chest to demonstrate. Ciel, mortified, and withdraws his hand and Doll offers for him to take "a peek downstairs" to check and he hastily declines.

"Sorry, C-Finnian? I mean... Smile. Yeah! I don't think Smile needs any peeks, Doll"

"His loss, I'm quite the looker under all this"

Ciel coughs as Doll/Freckles questions why Ciel and Lumine were back there since they should have known that there'd be venomous snakes lurking about. He speculate that he has no choice but to pretend he's a thief and claims that he was looking for items to steal. He says he did not actually take anything, as he had been caught beforehand by ________- er, 'Rin' and that they told him he shouldn't steal, lest he wants to be afraid of living on the East End again. Doll assures him it is okay, because he did not steal anything.

Apologizing to _________ for assuming they too were doing something bad. And because Freckles had done something bad to Ciel earlier by revealing his slave mark. She orders him to not steal anything again, and he agrees. Ciel coughs and then questions why she would share a tent with him and Alois- "Jim" when she's a first-tier member. She says that she's not a fan of private rooms and staying with someone else makes her sleep better sometimes and hopes that he doesn't mind to continue to share a tent with her now that he knows of her true identity. He assures her that it's okay and Doll says they'll keep today a secret and shakes hands. As she leaves, he thinks to himself that there's no proof she won't tell anyone as humans have no scruples about lying. Lumine waves and his smile dissipates as Doll leaves, adding that he, too, has no scruples about lying.

Ciel returns to the tent shared by William T. Spears, _________, and Sebastian, where he questions Sebastian's decision to release the snakes even though he knew Ciel and the others were still in the tents. He doesn't deny it, saying that Ciel has gave an earlier order to release the snakes as the first-tier members returned so he simply did so. Ciel gives him a dark look as he coughs and Sebastian tells him that as long as the contract is still in effect, he'll protect his life at all costs. However, if Ciel makes a mistake on his own accord, he will possibly suffer a painful experience while still alive and notes that "any game becomes boring when it lacks thrills." Sebastian says that he would have thought Ciel who is greedy for games will think the same and Ciel says that it's in bad taste to play games that makes him want to throw up and calls him a demon. Sebastian accepts it with pride and Ciel moves on to a different subject, Ciel discussing what he found in the first-tier members' tents: a piece of paper with his name on it, his rank, his mansion's address, and a brief personal history.

William interrupts, extending his Death Scythe at Ciel, but it doesn't reach his space because _________ blocks it's way. The Shinigami then informing that he is intruding his private property by three centimeters. He says that he and his servants are incapable of staying apart just like a dog and its owner and Ciel decides to further the discussion outside while coughing. He adds that the sender's name is "Tom, the Piper's son," and there's also a hallmark in the sealing wax along with the letter "K."

Ciel states that normally, the sealing is engraved with a symbol of motivation and the initial of the person plus the family crest. In other words, Tom, the Piper's son, is someone who holds a family crest with the prefix of a horse. People who have their family crest displaying a horse are usually knights or other soldiers. It's not a rule, though it's basically impossible to get one without a rank of some level. All of these crests are recorded by a heraldry. Ciel says that despite their number of records, he is convinced that Sebastian is capable of finding it with this information alone. While coughing, he lists the pieces: disappearing children, a circus, Tom, the piper's son, and him, and questions their relevance to one another.

Although Ciel plans to return to the London townhouse, he suddenly has a coughing fit and begins to vomit. Sebastian, Doll, and _________ who recently arrived, are shocked. They take Ciel to see Doctor, who says he suffered from an asthma attack. Alois and Sebastian raising their eyebrows at this. _________ muttering with concern as ______ holds his hand.

"Crap I forgot about this part..."