Brilliancy [Black Butler]

『2. His Tone, Condescending』

                                      『2. His Tone, Condescending』

        In the morning the birds were chirping, the bees were buzzing, and the sky was a crystal clear blue. Only one problem slapped the young girl who was snoozing away in a canopy bed; she did not know where she was nor did she know why she was wearing a silk nightgown. Add a third thing to that, she just remembered that she didn't know who undressed her and put her in this gown. It was almost like she had amnesia and wasn't sure even what her name was.

        Then she remembered.

        She was Alice Hall, a top notch assassin currently undercover at the Phantomhive mansion. Last night she'd passed out in the carriage ride back and was seemingly carried inside this elegant manor. The room she was in was larger than her kitchen back in the small manor she inhabited at home. The only reason she did not have a bigger house is she did not wish to spend her money frivolously and buying an elegant home was included in these unimportant needs.

        Her room was large, as stated earlier, the massive canopy bed was covered in soft silk sheets and fluffy rectangle pillows, there was a polished vanity covering almost half of the left wall, a ginormous wardrobe covering the other half of the wall, and then near the canopy bed and the nightstand next to the bed was a bay window covering up the entire wall giving Alice a clear view of the outside of the Phantomhive manor.

        Feeling fully rested, Alice rolled out of bed and let her feet rest on the soft velvety carpet. She could act like she was happy to be here, but then that would alert the lord and his mysterious butler to the fact that she was not just the average street rat, or she could try to escape but she could risk the fact that the Earl would let her leave and the mission would be ruined. Not that the Queen would be upset, though, she's told Alice more than once that it's okay to admit defeat. Well, Ash said it for the Queen, but it was the thought that counted.

        Just then a knock was placed on her door. Alice perked up for Eleanor, but then she remembered that Eleanor was at home probably enjoying the break without the small girl, it was no secret that almost everyone hated Alice, so why not Eleanor? Actually, Alice had once caught Eleanor saying she didn't like the small cat to one of the other servants. Since she was quite the pushover on the inside, the cat agreed that she was indeed a troublesome brat.

        "Milady?" it was the butler, Sebastian, who poked his head through the crack between the door and the door frame. "I'm sorry to pester you this early in the morning, but the young master requests that you visit his study immediately. In the wardrobe are some of our current maid's old clothes, surely they shall fit you. If you're not ready in twenty minutes I will come to help you myself, thank you for understanding." He gave a close-eyed smile and then shut the door with a loud bang.

        While she was thrilled that the mission was going to plan, the cat found it rather odd that he requested to see her this early in the morning. Was it customary to awaken the maids this early? Even at the Hall Estate they didn't have the maids and butlers rise until about nine in the morning while here it was six. They must mean business, Alice realized.

        Walking over to the wardrobe, she saw an array of similar maid uniforms. They were all black with a white apron tied over the bottom half of the dress, there was two white frilly epaulettes at the start of the shoulders, a white bib collar, and some black dress shoes were at the bottom of the wardrobe. It looked slightly too big for her.

        Sighing with distaste, Alice picked up the uniform and quickly changed into it already having a corset on underneath because Ash thought it'd be nice for her to look like a proper lady for once. When she got into the uniform, her earlier suspicions were correct. The maid uniform was indeed too large. The sleeves that were supposed to go to her wrists covered her entire hands like gloves and the bottom of the dress which was supposed to reach her mid-thigh reached the top of her knees.