Secrets With It
1489 Words
"This is the first time we expose ourselves to someone we newly met,former members of the manor didn't receive a word from us."
They still continue their conversation after introducing themselves, Charlie who stands with Mikki in the middle,looked to some faces.
"Are you now telling me that you're not only servants of the mistress but something else."He cleared.
"We find hard to trust new members,but if the mistress decided is that person is unworthy of trusting, she'll separate us to them."
The world is not an easy place for them to live in, Vincent, Mikki, Angela, Betty,and Elle struggle to hide their real selves on the world. In fact, taking full covers is their only solution to hide-unless no one knows who actually they are,and just not to be the considered monsters in the world- Humans is the number one most dangerous preditor for them.
Mikki had already clasped his hands on Charlie's shoulder,it was cold from his fear,not on the climate.
"The real thing is,we are entities serving this manor."He finally admitted,he had completed the explanation for Vincent and his fellow servants.
"That's true,"Betty spoke for the first time.
"But we just wanted to live like the ordinary people."
"There's a thing called equality, however some ruined it because of ignorance and vice that affect us Entities."Angela sued.
"'The World is Cruel' you all may say,"
Charlie has nothing to say.
"Alright then Charlie,we will expose 'us' it's all up to you if you judge our nature besides-We never desire this life."
Mikki glanced at Vincent, however in any way the butler told him to go ahead.
"I'm obviously not a human,I'm a serpent, my stories were recognized by the Scandinavians."
"Serpent? Scandinavia? wait you're-"
"Yes,"Vincent nodded.
"That man in front of you is the legendary world serpent, Jormoungand. He lived in this world for a lot of years."
"That serpent said to take part of Ragnarok one day but..."Charlie stutter.
"Remember that huge snake with black scales and glowing blue eyes?That's me in my actual form."He smiled.
"So it's you? Oh..."
"I know you have Ophidiophobia,but in any way,I didn't mean to scare you with my appearance,so is everyone else,I adjusted to be in human form just to walk freely with humans in peace."
"Although you're kind."Charlie blushed,
too stunned to speak.
"Betty here,she's a banshee,her wail is a harbinger of death,but in any reason the mistress found her useful."
"Yes,"Betty nodded.
"In any case,I was used as a warning cry for the thieves."She explained.
"And Angela,"Vincent turned to the other maid standing far behind.
"She's a vampire, originally,she was some sort of princess lived in Romania long ago. Her death is caused by a vampire who turned her into one."
"Yes,I confirm Vincent's summary, I was in the royal family,but my title as a princess was belittle by the people in my land."She bowed.
"And Elle,she shouldn't be born like this."
Angela removed the blindfold on the little girl's eyes,when revealed, Elle's eyes were black,and her iris was burning in bright red in color.
"Elle was born in China,she was born with a curse that her family burdened. She became infected by it. Her eyes is the result of the curse that transmitted to her."She explained.
"Before,back then, during our stay in China, Elle use to haunt on an abadoned jade mine,Where if any thieves or travelers intruded her territory, she will bite their faces off with her jaws."
"So she was sadder than me,"
Charlie mumbled.
"Elle's real name is Xiao Kim,but mistress renamed her as Elle. Now,she guards the cellar to secure her treasure."
"Does Lady Ethel hiding something?"
"Yes,the duchess is an antique collector,the whole duchy envy her. For this instance the thieves who tried to rob the treasures were died on Elle's hands."
Vincent replied.
"But don't worry,that little ghoul loves eating chocolate bars, sometimes sandwiches."Mikki laughed.
"Elle is adorable no matter what. She will rather run around chasing rabbits."
Betty smiled.
"But don't forget, Elle also used to eat corpses. There she is feed by the murdered enemies of the mistress."
"Now-He doesn't want to hear this. Our butler, Vincent. He was the last decendant of Arachne. Originally he lived in Crete for his life."
"Arachne,does that mean he was-"
"An Arachnid."The butler finished.
"I was a spider in human form,three years ago when I was hired by the mistress to be his butler. And the name given to me, Vincent Esther,was from her father's valet. My real name is Arcturus."
"To among us Entities, Vincent is the very first entity the mistress hired."
Angela added.
"But why she called you Entities?"
"You don't know the mistress better Charlie,she has a project that first was instablished by her husband."
Vincent took a picture frame of Lady Ethel with her husband. Behind them is a building with such implants.
"She's planning a community for us. We don't know what experiment she was doing,we doubted that project for a long time from now."
"What project is called?"
"Mid Bottom Lane."
"It was Duke Aristhar's idea. Because he suspected some entities walking around,he decided to how annihilate us,but when he died,she changed that idea into something."
"So are you telling me the duchess is... formidable?"
"Yes, she was the biggest aristocrat who became misanthropic. Our mistress,Lady Ethel Martha, Duchess of Ipswich,was honestly a corrupted."
"But I wonder is she's honest in ruling Suffolk."Betty asked.
"I wonder is she had the obligation. But maybe sometime."Vincent echoed.
"Because of this project,the manor and the mistress' title will be tarnished. I fear one day she will be rmoved in her rank." Mikki pressed.
"So if mistress is removed in rank,the Ipswich is no longer a part of dukedom."
"Yes,"They said.
"And Queen Victoria will take it over as part of her royal territory we don't know."
"It's because we were simple people,How much we know about Her Magesty the Queen?"Angela logically pointed.
"Alright,you almost have exposed yourselves to me-even Lady Ethel."
Charlie smiled.
They all stared to him,he started removing his gloves revealing his jointed hands then his knees,they came into realized that he's a doll, Those joints has a keen resemblance on maniquin's limbs and clearly made off bisque.
"I was a doll but moving,there was a enternal clock inside me that give me life."He explained.
Mikki however flash back,so that's why he was told by the mistress to 'Save him' is he because he was possessing something she was looking for a long time. I must not tell the Mistress about this. He thought.
"Believe me or not,these were not prosthetics,it was my actual limbs. I don't know how my father able to make me alive just it's a miracle."
"So you're not an ordinary boy lost his limbs,you're a walking Pinocchio."
"Yes,but I'm not a liar."
Betty and the others smiled. So there's another one who looks exactly like them.
Charlie accepted that he has the same insecurity. For that he's a doll.
Later the night,the butler secretly summoned Mikki, Angela,Elle,and Betty to the kitchen, except Charlie because he was asleep at that midnight hours.
"Have you notice the difference? the way he was 'brought to life'?"
They nodded.
"And mentioned Enternal clock that is not a clock but six pairs of gears?"
They nodded.
"But it's a relect belonging to The Butterfly of Burton? How he has it?"
Angela was surprised.
"No way, it could be Charlie's father must have robbed it."
"The very jackass reason he was killed."
"Speaking of Enternal clock,The Butterfly of Burton is Lady Ethel's rival,so we are in wholesome trouble."
"But the gears can be worked with black magic,so how that his father able to rework it?"Betty ventured.
"Only one reason,His father is not only a Candyman,a Toymaker,but also a practician of Black magic."Vincent cleared.
"Do you think Charlie knows it's not actually a clock but gears?" Mikki asked him.
"I'm not sure,but Her allies are searching for it,and they will never stop until they get it."Vincent said.
"It's been a while since the duchess will clash again with her."
"Goodluck for us here in the manor."
They all sighed knowing the Butterfly of Burton,it was actually the Baroness who live in Windsor and known to be mortal enemies with the Duchess of Ipswich or Lady Ethel. Mikki should probably think deep and them solving the mystery of maybe the Enternal clock.
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