Silence

Chapter 19

"Adalina, you are going to practice with Lady Elizabeth today."

Adalina was confused. Surely Sebastian didn't mean Ciel's fiancée who ran around the manor squealing about making everything cute and adorable.

She and Sebastian headed out towards the gardens and there stood Elizabeth, two swords in hand. She looked much different than the young girl Adalina had come to know. She held herself more professionally and looked as if she was attempting to be more of a woman than a girl.

If she thought Ciel and Elizabeth were a good couple before, seeing this made her realize they were practically made for each other.

"I'll leave the both of you to practice," Sebastian said with a small bow.

"Thank you, Sebastian," Elizabeth smiled. Once the butler left, Elizabeth turned to Adalina. "Don't go easy on me. I won't go easy on you."

Adalina noticed that despite her quite noticeable change, the girl's eyes still sparkled as if getting to spar with Adalina was the highlight of her month. The young woman was a little wary about practicing with Elizabeth. If she ended up hurting her, Ciel was going to kill her.

"Oh, and no using your whip today. Sebastian said you needed to work on your sword-fighting skills."

Adalina raised her eyebrows, and obediently untied her whip from around her waist before flinging it away from her.

Elizabeth tossed her one of her swords. Before Adalina even had time to get used to the feel of the weapon, the spar began.

Adalina nearly got her limbs sliced off simply because she was stunned that Lady Elizabeth possessed such intense fighting knowledge. How had she not known this before?

Elizabeth ended up winning all of the rounds between them.

"You're very talented, Adalina," Elizabeth smiled.

Adalina let out a small amused scoff. If she was talented, why had she lost each time?

"Don't take these defeats personally. Not even Edward has beaten me, and he's been training for longer than I have." Elizabeth looked towards the clouds in the sky as her mind began to wander. "I tried to hide this ability from Ciel. I wanted him to always think of me as cute. But you know...I'm kind of glad he found out. I think he respects me more. And I want him to know that I can protect him as much as he can protect me."

Adalina loved the way Elizabeth talked about Ciel. It was clear that she really loved him and only him. It was extremely adorable.

"I can only hope that one day, Ciel will open up to me as well. And there will be no more secrets between us."

If she wasn't a servant who had no place touching nobility, Adalina would've hugged the girl right then and there.

"Take a short break, and we'll go again."

Adalina politely curtseyed before heading towards the servant's entrance at the back of the manor.

"So soft...so beautiful..."

Adalina turned when she heard Sebastian's voice. She looked ahead of her near the bushes and saw Sebastian cuddling a black cat. His face was the definition of bliss. She had never seen him this way in the entire time they had worked together. That was a shame because it was a rather comical thing to witness.

"Warm fur...piercing eyes...gorgeous voice..."

To think that the normally suave demon was sitting on the ground holding the small animal close to his chest with a slight blush on his cheeks. It made Adalina smile a little. Everyone had their weaknesses. Even demons.