🕯️♟️ 📰 - BLACK BUTLER | (CIEL PHANTOMHIVE)
## • " NOBLEWOMAN "
a BLACK BUTLER MANGA fanfiction
IN WHICH - the betrothed of a certain young earl makes it her mission to protect and bond with him, inserting herself into the dangerous work conditions...
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( chapter six !)
"It has been a while since we last met, Marquess Barrett."
In a not-unusual turn of events, Lucius Barrett decided that some days ago, celebrating Ciel Phantomhive's seventeenth birthday was the absolute best idea. Luckily for the young Earl, he was given a notice a few days in advance. However, he thought it would only be Lucius and Leah, not his wife and son as well.
"As always, you have arrived earlier than expected," Ciel gives a lopsided smile, his disheveled hair on display.
Letting out a hearty chuckle, Lucius reaches out a hand to ruffle the boy's hair, "Of course! We need all the time we can get to celebrate." he muses before observing the Phantomhive further. "Did you just get out of bed?"
Before Ciel has a chance to respond, Leah appears behind her father's shoulder. "You look a mess!" she smiles teasingly, earning a scoff and a small slap on the arm from her mother.
Brushing off his fiancé's words, Ciel greets Leah and Vivienne before his eyes fall upon Daniel, Lucius' oldest child whom he rarely hears of. The two meet at about the same height, but Daniel seems stockier compared to the younger boy.
"Daniel.." Ciel starts, "Pleasure to see you."
Daniel Barrett, the heir to the Barrett name, is a nineteen-year-old boy. Brown hair and blue eyes, similar to Leah, and could probably pass as her if you put a wig on him. His tall stature is one quick to intimidate, along with his harsh resting face that speaks an air of composure and authority.
Giving the younger boy a once over, Daniel nods at nothing in particular, "Ciel."
Bounding over towards her fiancé, Leah envelopes him in a hug, "We get to spend the whole day together! Isn't that wonderful?" she smiles brightly.
"Wonderful.." Ciel mutters, trying to ignore that her grip slowly grows tighter.
"Leah, have some decorum!" Vivienne scolds, shaking her head from her spot next to Lucius.
Rolling her eyes in defiance, Leah hardly looks in her mother's direction, "I'm just hugging him, Mama! It's not like anyone can see." she whines.
Speaking up from behind them, Sebastian gives a fake smile, "Shall we tour the manor?" he suggests.
"Firstly, I will lead you to explore the garden, the winter roses bought from Germany are exceptionally beautiful," Sebastian explains as he leads the Barrett family through the Phantomhive manor.
