𝓪 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓹 || sebastian michaelis x reader

『Chapter 39』

Dinner was served. Everyone was full. That white-coat wouldn't stop throwing his terrible pick-up lines to you. The night went on as you wished this all would be over.

After dessert, Jeremy told Ciel to take off his clothes so they could catch Phelps's killer. He also said that he couldn't move at all, and to not make any noise. The plan was to get Ran Mao in Ciel's clothes as bait.

"How much longer?" Bard groaned, glancing at the clock. "Who knows..." You stifled a yawn. A few minutes later, Jeremy came by the door.

"Excuse me. We have captured the culprit." Jeremy then revealed to everyone that the killer was a snake. And your hunch was right all along.

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Alas, the moment you had been waiting for. The case was solved. Ciel threw a celebration for all the ruckus. To brief up, Karl Woodley was arrested. The killer snake was illegal. As Arthur said, importing poisonous snakes was illegal, and that had been able to get it here means the person would have to have close connections with an African business. Woodley was the first suspect of the killer.

Ciel revealed Woodley's motive: a top-secret plan for a major company in the diamond industry and Ciel's company, Funtom Corporation, that acquired the leading technology was to cooperate.  Woodley was planning to kill Ciel to save his company. Thus, Ciel ordered Charles to arrest Woodley.

"I suppose this means the case is closed," Ciel announced. The guests were busy with him. "Oh yeah, what was that red liquid anyway?" Finny suddenly spoke, which made Meyrin gasp since she was the first one who brought that up.

"Ah yes, we haven't talked about that." Jeremy clasped his hands. He pulled out a bottle from his coat, the bottle they believed filled with the red liquid Meyrin talked about.

"Oh my..." Irene sighed. She explained that it was just an anti-aging drink. She used to keep herself young so she could be with her lover longer time.

"So that's it..." the three servants sighed in relief. You gave out a slight laugh at them. "Oh come on, you've done worse." You laughed. "Yeah yeah, you're just lucky." Bard pushed you playfully.

"Well then, why don't we celebrate the case end with a toast?" Jeremy announced as he then poured the liquid for all of us. Meyrin kept apologizing to Irene for what she expected.

"Care for a drink, my lady?" Jeremy approached you. You gave him a look as he offered you a glass.

"Well then, here's for the case. Cheers!" Arthur raised his glass, followed by everyone else. As every other guest crowded with Ciel, you servants made a circle of your own.

"So, what now?" Finny asked. You gulped down the drink. "What do you mean what now? We solved the case, isn't this what you wanted?" You spoke up, patting him in the back. "Yeah, I mean. Things will be different. Sebastian isn't here with us anymore." Finny added. You pitied these fellas. How loyal they were to Sebastian while Sebastian himself was hiding his true identity.

"I think... just the five of us. It... It won't be the same." Finny pouted. You put a hand on his shoulder, giving it a gentle squeeze. "No... It won't. But it is what it is. Sebastian is gone. We have to move on. We can't let someone's death... affects our lives forever." You bit your lips on saying those words. Now you wondered why you gave him a talk like that while you couldn't even move on.

"Yeah...He was the one who rescued us from our past situation. We had no house, no hope, no family. But he picked us up, took us under his wings." Meyrin stated, looking down at her glass. "He stopped me from killing the innocent." She added.

"He taught us everything. He rescued us. All of us." Bard continued. Somehow their words made you smile. You felt comfortable with them for they went on the same thing.