Hello! I'm Vierne Obolensky. Things got weird in my place and sad in life when a brat forcefully made his way into my life. Apparently, he was not a normal brat but a 'star'. I know it's funny, but it was actually happening to me and above all, he asked me to make a contract with him. Who in their right mind would agree to such a request from a stranger? I was no different but the brat was persistent and I eventually had to give in.
Currently, this is my situation-
He's not a brat anymore but has turned into a teenage boy about my age. This all happened when I formed a contract with him. It was suspicious how he exactly looked like my father, only a bit younger that him. I'm sure my father would have looked the same in his heydays.
The light around that brat (who is no more a brat) turned dimmer until it was dark again. Even though it was midnight and it was dark, he seemed to shine lightly with a tint of yellow, the same color as his hair. I started moving towards when my feet felt heavy and I felt really weak. I was not able to stand anymore, my vision blurred until everything became dark and I became unaware of my surroundings.
I found myself surrounded by darkness, everything was as black as ebony. I couldn't see anything. I felt a chill down my spine, I was scared. I wasn't very comfortable when I saw a ray of light coming from a point which looked like the opening of a cave, I moved towards it. As I reached my hands towards that light, it felt really warm, as if a touch of God. I wasn't scared anymore. I started to feel that if I could feel this warmth, I could stay here forever.
I heard birds chirping , and I slowly opened my eyes, to find 'him' sleeping right in front of me. That brat, he was sleeping beside me on my bed holding my hands between his! Henceforth, I decided to do the exact same thing a lady should do, kicked him out of my bed. I was about to do so when he opened his eyes and lazily got up yawning and stretching his hands.
I was waiting for an explanation when he said to me with a smile "Good morning Milady. Did you sleep well? Yesterday sure was fun".
"Shut up you brat! What is this? Why were you sleeping with me?" I shouted at him.
"Well, I had to protect the bed from your hands, if they would have touched it, then we won't have a bed anymore. Since your powers don't affect me, I decided to cover your hands with mine in order to save the bed. And, I'm not a brat anymore, I seem to have a body of a 17 year old human boy, how convenient, I'm near your age."
"Oh right! I haven't introduced myself yet I'm Vierne Obolensky. The only heir and daughter of the late Earl Avgustin Obolensky. Nice to meet you. And, what is your name?" this was my formal introduction to him, I was waiting for an answer but he just blankly stared at me like an idiot. Finally, after a good 2 minutes of staring, he opened his mouth-"This means milady is an Earl! Awesome! I'm so lucky. I'm going to serve a Demigod earl, I just couldn't ask for more!" he squealed.
"You haven't answered my question yet" I said.
"Don't have"
"Huh? What you don't have?"
"A name, stars don't have a name"
"C'mon, it's not possible, you may have something by which people address you. I can't keep calling you brat forever, now you're not even a brat"
"I don't have a name but..."
"But?"
"I do have a title"
"A title? See, that's your name, what's your title?"
"The hour of music"
"Is that how people addressed you?"
"Yes."
"Man...this really is a title, a weird one."
"But...now I'm not a just star anymore! I'm a star spirit, I have a Demigod as my master, so, I was thinking..."
"Thinking what?"
"Please... give me a name, milady"
While he said that, he literally blushed like a small child. Even if he has a teeneager's body, he's still the same, so cute!
"A name? No problem, I'll give you a name."
While I was thinking of something that would suit him, he was looking at me curiously. I could tell he was eager. Looking into his blue eyes while thinking of his name, it was as if I was lost in another world. It was as if, I was drowning in the ocean, deep in the blue, and, I was able to see my reflection on the water surface above me, without anymore thought I just said...
"Lict"
As I said this, Lict's chest began shining all of a sudden and then the light vanished all of a sudden.
"My name?"
"Your name is Lict, you...didn't like it-"
"I loved it! Lict, Lict, Lict, Lict, it feels so good speaking your own name, I have a name, I'm sooooooooooooooooo happy"
"Hump! Then, Lict-"
I was about to say something when my stomach started making weird noises. A feeling of discomfort covered me and felt a strange emptiness in my stomach. It was as if my body was demanding something, but what? I've never felt it before.
"Oh! Are you hungry milady? I'll prepare breakfast" Lict said as looked at me.
"Hungry? What are you saying, I'm not a human, I don't feel hungry"
"Yes, but, you formed a contract with me, so now, your body needs to perform all the metabolic activities in order to survive. Basically now,...
You're no different from a human."
"You mean..."
"Yes, from now on you'll have to eat, sleep properly, bathe everyday and carry out other human activities in order to stay healthy."
"You've gotta be kidding me!"
"Don't worry, I'll prepare the food and everything you need milady. You just need to take it easy for a few days. Now, if I may ask, where is the pantry?"
"It is near the dining hall at the end of the- wait on! Don't try to change the subject, I'll kill you."
I grabbed his color and like a fool asked him to return all these human qualities I had now gotten within me. Feeling hungry would require food and food will cost money, I can't work so I won't be able to manage it for very long. I don't want to use up all of my parent's treasures. He was so cute just a moment ago but now he's just acting like a jerk all over again! I'll kill him I'll kill him I'll kill him I'll kill him I'll kill him I'll kill him.
He entered the kitchen which was a useless part of the mansion for the past 10 years and was in a useless condition. It was dusty and a home of spider webs. In short, the idea of cooking in that kitchen made me sick to my stomach.
"Hey, how will you cook in here? We don't have any ingredients and this place is a wretch."
He simply smiled and said "Why don't you take a bath milady, I'll serve the food in a short while, you must be starving"
"Didn't you hear what I said right now? How will you cook in here?
"Don't worry milady. Serving you is what I'm here for, I'll clean it soon enough as per the ingredients, I can always make them"
"Make them? What're you saying? Fine then I'll take a bath."
I went to take a bath but even the bath was in the same condition as the bathroom. Just when I was returning to my room and could smell a wonderful smell, but what was it? My body started acting on its own accord. I began following that smell and reached the dining hall. The table was cleaned and set just like how our maid used to set it. It felt nostalgic. It was sheer perfection. Not even a speck of dust was seen anywhere. How could anyone possibly bring out such fine and neat work within such a less amount of time. I turned and found Lict holding a cloth.
"The breakfast is ready my lady, shall I set the appetizers?" Lict asked me.
"Lict, just what are you, how did you do this?"
"You're exaggerating milady. It's plain hard work. I'm just a star spirit. Any star spirit should be able to do at least this much for their lady."
"Did you go to the market to get the ingredients"
"No, I made them."
"Made them? How?"
"By using magic, milady. I can make anything using the 5 elements of nature. I have a control over them."
"Even you have powers?"
"But of course. I need to protect you after all."
"You are the opposite of mine, you make things while I break them, how ironic."
"Well, then if the table's seated, why don't you have some breakfast?"
"I will, thanks."
As I moved towards the table Lict pulled out the chair for me. I was surprised that he too had knowledge about basic etiquette.
"Aren't you gonna eat?"
"I'll only eat after milady does."
"You're just like a butler" I said as I laughed.
"I may be but I'm no ordinary butler you have here."
"Yeah yeah sure"
I began with the appetizers . He made appetizer meatballs. It had been so long since I last tasted something that I was a little nervous bringing it near my mouth. As I smelled the meatball I had a strange feeling of my appetite rising. My first bite was amazing. That was the first time I had eaten anything since the last 10 years and it tasted amazing. I could feel ice water and many other tastes like different spices and pork. By this time I knew one thing. I now had a personal butler who is amazing at cooking.
I ate the breakfast as Lict arranged different dishes for me and all of them were amazing while he gave me the desert he said he was going to check on the bathroom. While I ate the custard he returned and said the bath was ready. In disbelief, I reached the bathroom and saw that it was shining like diamonds. It looked really neat and well maintained. I was shocked. It hardly took him 5 minutes to clean up the mess and he had even arranged soap and shampoo. He told me to take a bath while he was cleaning the entire house. As I hardly even moved my house had become like a haunted house filled with dusty lobby spider webbed halls and broken furniture.
I went inside the bathroom and removed my clothes. I noticed that I was sweating. I couldn't believe my eyes for a second but then I remembered that the metabolism of my body had started functioning again. I felt more...human.
But then I realised I still hadn't taken out my black glove on my left hand. Now since my metabolism was working, it felt itchy to wear that black synthetic glove on my hands. I somehow removed it using my mouth. I clenched the fingertip of one of my fingers and pulled out the entire glove from my hand. Then I took the soap and it shattered to pieces. I got carried away yet again. Now, could have I done, I was already naked but I had nothing to wash with neither could I touch the fissure or shower with my right hand. You couldn't possibly take a bath with just one hand and that also without a soap.
As I stood there in the bathroom thinking a way out of this problem, I heard a knock on the bathroom door.
"Milady! I have finished cleaning the house, you haven't taken a bath yet?"
It was Lict. I was surprised has it been this long already. Damn what else could have I done ?
"The thing is...I've lost the soap...so...you see...could you...get me another one." I said in a dropping voice.You know, I was super embarrassed having a guy do such a job for me.
"Huh? What are you saying? I couldn't hear you milady."
"I SAID GET ME ANOTHER F@#KING SOAP YOU JERK!!!" Okay, this time I practically screamed on top of my lungs.
"Understood" answered Lict.
Damn it! Why can't I control my anger? I end up hurting him again and again. it's as if I'm showing him down due to our difference in status. I don't want to be the one to order someone around" was all that I was thinking as he fetched the soap.
"Milady, I got the soap." He said after he returned.
While I turned to and moved towards the door to slightly open and fetch it he slammed it open.
"Here, I got it, milady" He said as he looked at me into my eyes.
. . .
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
"What are you doing?! Pervert! Molester! Get out!" I had lost it. Any girl would if a random guy just saw her naked while she JUST asked him to fetch a soap! JUST. A. SOAP.
"What are you so upset about milady?"
"What do you mean by THAT? Can't you see it by yourself?"
"No, I can see. Each and everything."
"That's not what I-"
"Wow, you're so pale milady; just like snow"
"Wha-" I covered myself with a towel and kicked him out of the bathroom.
"He's seriously the same as when we first met. Pervert."
"...I am...like snow?..."
Whatever.
Later, that afternoon, while I was reading a book by Mr.Akagi Scheczalier, my favorite novelist, on the sofa, Lict came to me and said
"Milady, I have a request"
"Hmmmm...what?"
"Eh...Could you...take me to the outside world?"
"What?"
"Now that I'm human...I was thinking...that...I want to...experience it...the human world...I want to do things which human teenagers do, please, just this once?"
"..."
"Milady? Is my wish...not possible?"
"Of course it is. I would never say no if you ask like that, you...brat"
"Really?"
"Yes, let's go."
At this time, even I was not aware what teenagers really did when they went out. All that I had read was that they eat loads of fast food and read comics, go shopping etc. So I did all that, we ate ice cream, and went to a mall. Lict was smiling all the time while he was at it. As we moved, everyone stared at him. Well, he was tall (although he had curly hair) and he was really good looking as well. We finally sat at a cafe to take a break.
"You really love humans."
"Yes, I've always liked the human world. It's so colorful and full of life and sounds. It's not empty, silent like my home."
"It surely is beautiful. But if you want it to remain beautiful for you then try to keep yourself away from humans, otherwise you'll end up in a more dreadful silence than that of your own home."
"How can you say that milady?"
"Experience."
"Understood, I'll keep my distance."
"Good, then...let's go."
As we moved, everyone suddenly froze as if time had stopped. Suddenly everything turned black. I found a red thread on my little finger and I turned back to find that the other end was connected to LICT'S LITTLE FINGER?! What the hell? But... He looked serious.
"It's finally time."
"Time for what Lict?"
He pointed towards the darkness and I found two shadows coming towards us, they slowly resembled two people. One was a man who looked in his 20s and the other was a girl who looked like a highschool student. The man was formally dressed in a black suit while the girl was wearing a mini skirt and a white shirt.
"Hello people! How are you?" said the girl then she approached Lict and while she looked at him she said.
"You've got a nice body, you're so hot! Totally my type. Wanna hook up?"
Then she was suddenly shot by a gun by the man behind her. I was shocked. I thought they were partners maybe? But still, how could someone shoot anyone so brutally.
"What are you doing? Stop wasting my time, wrap it quickly." said the man.
There was something not right. Although she was shot she got up! and she was not bleeding, instead, her blood became fine red threads and all of them joined together. One end of the threads remained inside her wound while the other end flowed and wrapped around the wrist of that man.
"Make it quick. I'm running on a deadline here." said the man.
"Understood… Milord"
"Lict? Where are we? What is going on? Who is she? Do you know her? Answer me Lict!"
"Lict? Is that your spirit name, The hour of music. What a lovely name. Your master looks like a girl, are you sure he's strong" said the girl.
"Milady, we're in a parallel universe, we call it blank space, this is a place where star spirits fight each other. It's basically like a fighting ring every star spirit can make one whenever they want. About who she is, her title is 'where there's lust'." Answered Lict ignoring the girl.
"Hold on, 'MILADY'? Lict don't tell me, your master is...a girl? How's that possible?" said the girl with a shocked expression.
"Why are you so surprised?"
"Because..." She said.
"Because?"
"Because Demigods are always guys. It's the first time I've seen a girl Demigod."
"What? Lict? Is that true?"
Lict looked at me then turned to the girl and said.
"Stop babbling ugly, if you wanna fight get over with it already" He said to the girl.
"Wow! That's some confidence you have there Lict" said the girl.
"Shut up"
"Huh?"
"Shut up! No one except milady is allowed to call me that!"
"Got it, then...let's get rid of you" said the girl then she turned towards the man "Milord, I'm ready, let's do it! I'm gonna make a mess outta him within 40 seconds".
"Lict?" I said.
He took my left hand and handed me a knife and then he said-
"Stab me, milady, and make it fatal"
"Huh?"
To be continued