The Interesting Adventures of Aries ~ Black Butler ~

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Chapter Nine:

Aries stirred, slowly moving to sit up in the bed. She groaned, rubbing her eyes. Her head pounded, probably the after effects of that drug he gave her. Aries heard the door open, and she turned sharply.

Sebastian stepped into the room, a smile on his lips. Aries looked down, holding her head. "It seems you have awoken, Miss Aries," Sebastian mused, obviously relishing in her discomfort. "You were asleep for quite a while. Young Master ordered me to attend to you, he would like to go back into the city soon and requires you to be at peak performance. Whatever drug was in your system must have done quite a number on you, however—"

"What kind of demon are you?" Aries asked, and Sebastian stopped speaking.

"Whatever do you mean by that?" He asked, handing her a cup of tea, but she didn't accept it.

"It makes no sense why they would just..." Aries squinted into nothing, but winced, "Damn, my head." Sebastian sighed, but stepped over. He tore off his glove with his teeth and placed a bare hand on her head.

"You're running a bit of a fever. I would advise you to take it easy, Miss Aries," Sebastian spoke, stepping back, but she closed her eyes, going into her Mind Garden.

The sunny skies had became thick with clouds and mist rolled over the grounds. She slowly searched the hedges, looking for anything that could help explain something to her. She sluggishly stumbled from side to side, tripping on invisible cracks in the stone occasionally. Aries remembered dabbling in a bit of demons, after she had gotten her mark.

She heard a lot from those around her and decided to save it for later. Had it not been for Goodridge, she would he probably died being used as a sacrifice. He wanted to preserve her mind, and although experimenting and breaking her will wasn't the most comfortable way, she was still alive, so she had been minimally grateful for that.

Aries struggle to focus, demons that could... Ward off Hounds. They had to be really powerful in order to do that. Based on pre-existing theories with devil's worship and the existence of demons, there had been some kind of hierarchy with them, which explained why some could command the will of Hounds and others couldn't. It went the same with Hounds as well, more powerful ones were attracted to them while others weren't.

Aries stuck her hand in a bush, pulling out a book, Sebastian caused the Hell Hounds to flee, or else they would've attacked her on Phantomhive property. However, Aries knew that her entrance point from where she came was not the entirety of Phantomhive property, it was only the edge of the Manor's green land, which was usually trimmed by Finnian, however had been neglected today.

He had to be a high level demon, to cause nearly five Hounds to run away from his presence. Which brought the question, why was he here? Unfortunately, she didn't know the details of demon summoning. She vaguely knew about contracting due to her observations in the cult, however she knew nothing of the process and how they managed to succeed.

Aries drew of her Mind Garden and back to reality. She groaned, her head feeling dizzy, "God... Goddamn," she groaned. Usually his drugs didn't leave that kind of effect.

"If you are done daydreaming," Sebastian spoke, handing her back the tea. "Then, I highly suggest you get some more rest. We can discuss what happened when you feel better."

Aries shook her head, moving to get out of the bed, "There's too much. I need to find out where—" Sebastian threw a butterknife at her, which he anticipated and caught. "Thank you!" Aries piped, any recognition of exhaust leaving her. "Finally got my hand one one of these things," Aries grumbled, holding the knife to the light.