Meanwhile, in Mr. Barrymore's room, Angela was sitting in a chair with an impassive, unimpressed look on her face while her "master" was kneeling on the ground before her. Rubbing her legs with his hands and cheek. Earlier today, Mr. Barrymore was abusive and cruel to Angela and she was so scared and submissive towards him...but now it looked like their personalities did a complete 180. "Angela, Angela. The queen wants to take my village from me. You understand what I have to do don't you? I must protect it, I must protect the village. Angela, my dear Angela. My sweet, darling angel." Mr. Barrymore says.
"Ahh! I shouldn't have seen! I Shouldn't have seen it at all!" Mey-Rin quietly whispers to herself. She accidentally witnesses this and she jumped back in shock, getting a bloody nose from the sight. Not wanting to get caught and accused of spying, Mey-Rin quickly ran away from the scene.
About a few hours later, Ciel was reading a book by the fireplace while Sebastian was tending with his coat. They both heard a knock and Ciel allowed them permission to enter. Angela enters his chambers, looking exactly as she was this afternoon. Timid and submissive. "I apologise for calling so late." Angela says as she walks in.
"What is it that you need, my young master is about to retire for the evening." Sebastian says to her as he puts away Ciel's coat in the wardrobe closet. Angela walks over to Ciel but still kept her distance. She was hesitant, but she worked up the courage to tell him outright. "I have a request to make. Leave the castle, leave the village completely. You mustn't stay here!"
"Why's that?" Ciel asks her, not looking up from his book to even speak to her. Angela turned her head to the side as she began to get anxious. "I can't say." Angela snapped her head up and her eyes widened in fear when a loud howl was heard from outside. Angela was now shaking like a leaf when she says, "No, the demon hound! It's coming!"
"The what?" Ciel asks as he stood up from his chair, wondering what in the world was a demon hound. Angela raised her head and was about to answer him when she looked at the window and screamed. "Ah!" They all turned around and saw the silhouette of a monstrous-sized head of a dog outside the window. "Sebastian!" Ciel ordered. The demonic butler quickly ran towards the window and threw open the curtains. But whatever was out there had already completely vanished. "What was that thing?" Ciel asked as he joined Sebastian's side and looked outside.
"Master, look there." Sebastian said as he pointed down. Ciel followed to where he was pointing to and saw shiny, blue-green footprints, indicating where the dog had been running. The footprints ran all through the village and because of the loud howl, everyone woke up and was beginning to panic. "It's the demon hound!" "They demon hound is here!!" "W-who is it?! Who's the bad dog?!"
Ciel, Sebastian and Angela went outside to see the footprints. Ciel kneeled down and swiped his finger across the footprint and rubbed it between his fingers "Hm." This was interesting. Shortly after, his servants all ran outside to meet up with him as they also heard the howling. "Master!" Mey-Rin cried out. "Angela!" Finnian said. "What's going on here? What's all the fuss about?" Baldroy asks them. Mei stood by the doorway with a wool shawl over her shoulders. Knowing that they already heard and seen this much, Angela decided to tell them the truth.
"The demon hound is here." Angela says. "Demon hound?" The servants repeated in confusion. Angela places a hand to her heart, as if trying to protect it as she says, "It brings great catastrophe to the village. Anyone who dares to defy my master, will be punished by the demon hound. That's the law here, there is no way to stop it."
As she says this, a mob of scared, angry and frustrated villagers with various weapons and torches came to the Barrymore Castle. A villager spotted Angela and tells her, "Angela! Please wake Lord Barrymore at once. That demon hound has come again."
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The White Butterfly of Phantomhive
FanfictionMei Misaki is a lonely girl who wants to understand where she stands from now and where she really belongs in life. Then, unexpectedly, Mei's mother, known as Kirika, has recently been offered a job in London by its most famous toy company, Funtom C...
