Laughter is Born From Madness

Chapter 18

As the sun had just risen into the air, so did the Phantomhive servants. The usual three servants started getting ready for the day, while Sebastian was already preparing his master's breakfast and ironing the newspaper. Placing the items on a cart, he rolled it to his master's room. When he opened the door, an eyebrow rose as he looked at his master who was already awake.

"Pardon me, sir. Your being awake at this hour is quite unusual."

"I couldn't sleep well because I was too damned irritated." The young Earl spoke half of the truth. "Those two didn't get back till late last night, after all. I mean, what in the-!"

His eyes widened at the headline on the newspaper that was given to him.

Another mysterious attack! A coffeehouse in Piccadilly circus severely damaged!

"Well!" exclaimed Lau as he turned his attention to the other males in the lounge. "Let's be frank, that duo has seemed terribly dodgy from the start!"

"Quite." Ciel replied as he opened an invitation. "However, I can't fathom why they would cause those incidents. Going by that behaviour, the theory of a grudge against colonial rule seems weak at best. Even if they think ill of Anglo-Indians, attacking them indiscriminately entails too much risk. In the first place, if they were indeed the perpetrators, would they leave the townhouse in blatant view of my sight as they did? That's like practically begging me to suspect them! Besides-"

A scream sounded throughout the townhouse, interrupting the young teenager. The three males raced out of the room, heading to where the sound came from. Trailing down many hallways, they arrived at a door. Sebastian slammed it open to reveal Finnian holding Pluto from trying to get to Red, who was a few feet away from him.

"Bad Plu-Plu!" Finnian shouted.

"What the devil is going on here?!" the short teenager asked in irritation.

"I woke up to see this man on top of me, nearly scaring me to death!"

Sebastian narrowed his eyes at the demon hound, who in return gave a sad expression that could mimic a dog with his tail in between his legs. Sebastian then gave a closed-eyed smile to the red head as he bowed in an apologetic manner.

"I deeply apologise for Pluto's behaviour, Miss Red. He was supposedly known to be back at the manor."

"You know this man?"

Finnian nodded, "Plu-Plu's is just like a guard dog for us."

Red scrunched up her nose in slight disgust, "A dog?"

Finnian tilted his head while Sebastian merely smiled as the young boy asked, "You don't like dogs, Miss Red?"

"No. To be frank, I hate them."

"Why?"

"Dogs and I just haven't gotten along well."

"Perhaps you should spend your time with Pluto. It could assist you with getting along with him." Sebastian suggested.

'This damn demon...', Red thought.