ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ʙᴜᴛʟᴇʀ: Book of Mystery

Part 8.1 "Big disappointment"

For several days, we stayed at the main Phantomhive estate. The day before yesterday, Sebastian had to clean up the kitchen, scrubbing and polishing. Yesterday, he almost interrogated the servants, asking why the kitchen had turned from a decent place into a branch of hell. Words cannot express how happy I am that they didn't give me away. Otherwise, under Sebastian's questioning, my eyes would have betrayed me—I just can't lie.

Overall, I want to say that I have become friends with the servants. Right now, I'm having breakfast with Phantomhive, and I no longer care about not following their etiquette. After all, I have the right not to know it. From now on, I have breakfast with the Earl face to face... But unfortunately, the strange questions from the boy did not stop.

"I was curious..." I looked at Ciel, poking the meat with a salad fork. Sebastian later told me about it, or rather, he scolded me, but I wasn't planning to change anything.

"Curious about what?" Being in this world, or rather in England, I began to get used to their language. It became easier for me to understand what they were saying.

"If you know the future, can you easily solve the case from the Queen?" asked Phantomhive, looking at me with undisguised curiosity.

"As I said," I put down the fork, "I know everything in advance... Not every action, of course, but the main 'events'—yes."

"I see," such a dry response made my eye twitch involuntarily, but luckily, no one noticed my nervous reaction. Otherwise, they might have decided to pick on me.

The rest of our meal continued in silence. Afterwards, I went up to my room, looked at my bag, and took out my favorite score; it was the one I had to submit for my exam. Remembering the melody a little, I quietly hummed its motifs, and when I got bored of it, I wanted to get some fresh air, but within the estate—I had no desire to go outside.

I didn't walk for long before I heard a nearby door slam; someone must have entered somewhere. Following the sound, I ended up in front of another door. What's going on in there? I'm curious...

Suddenly, the door swung open, and there stood Sebastian. I realized that I almost reached his chin with my height of one meter seventy-one. Ugh, he's so tall.

"Oh, Miss, I was just about to come for you," said Sebastian.

"Do you need something from me?"

"Please, come in," Sebastian let me into Ciel's office. The door closed behind me, and I was 'invited' to the sofa opposite the desk. As usual.

"So... why did you need me?" Ciel looked at me intently.

"I just received a bunch of letters, and one of them turned out to be from the Queen. I want to make sure of your knowledge one last time. What's in the letter?" the boy demonstratively held up the envelope and looked at me expectantly. I had to pause for a minute, thinking about whether to speak or not. On one hand, the Earl is just testing me; it won't affect the plot.

Ciel waited, tension almost palpable in the air.

I can't recite the text exactly. Can I only guess? But... Let's try... I thoughtfully rubbed my chin with my finger.

"It's a case of murders, I think Mary Ann was mentioned in the letter... and she was killed, clearly by something sharp..." Ciel tensed up.

"So you really..." the young Earl pondered. "Since you know how the case ends, can't you tell me?"

"No, I don't want to," or rather, I'm not going to.

"And that's the only reason? You do understand that if you help me solve the case, or even if you tell me everything, my attitude towards you might change?" I do need him to have a good attitude towards me, but won't it be too much for him... if I tell him everything? Is this little one blackmailing me? No way, I'll do everything on my own.