"Young lady, young lady, miss... Wake up."
Yurine opened her big, red eyes as a gentle voice caressed her ear and she felt a light touch on her shoulder.
"Good afternoon, young lady."
"Yu~"
At the sound of his name, she raised her head and looked at the handsome young man in front of her.
"I'm here, young lady."
Yurine was in a wagon she did not recognize, but much bigger than before. The walls were white, inside there were crates, sacks, furniture and candles in wall-mounted candlesticks. The windows were made of glass, not wood as in the old wagons, and in front of them hung red curtains, obviously made of quality fabric.
The red leather seat was much softer and more comfortable than in their old carriage. In fact, it was so comfortable that Yurine hesitated for a moment whether to get up or not and stretched.
But she had to get up because Yu was telling her that if she slept too much during the day she would not be able to sleep at night and the nights were not good. So she lifted her head and studied the handsome young man who called her young lady.
"Yu is so cool!"
When Yu started laughing, Yurine realized she was thinking out loud and covered her mouth with her tiny hands. She was red with embarrassment again.
"Yes, I know I am."
Yurine smiled lightly as Yu gave her a peck on the cheek. What she had just said was embarrassing, but she was happy that she was able to convey something of her feelings to Yu.
"Yu! Why are you dressed like that?"
"This is how a butler should dress. If the young lady is not satisfied, I can buy different clothes."
"Young lady?"
Since her mother was the Cardinal of Virgo, they called her, Her Eminence or the young lady. For Yurine, whom she introduced as her daughter, they called her little lady. Yurine had been uncomfortable being called that at the time, but now she liked it when Yu called her that.
She looked Yu up and down. He was wearing a black butler's suit that fit him perfectly. His hair was neat and Yu was growing it out at Yurine's request. He agreed to grow it out a little for Yurine, even though he said he would be uncomfortable if it grew too long.
To keep his beard from growing, he used an ointment he had found a recipe for in the library at the Wizarding Academy. Thanks to the ointment, Yu's face was completely smooth and Yurine could now kiss him without anything pricking her lips.
He had a gentle smile on his face as always, his fingers were long and graceful, his legs long and his belly flat. His eyes, the most beautiful part of him, were as mesmerizing as ever. He had a faint scent of lilac because of the perfume he wore around his neck. Yu was very impressive.
"Well done, Yu. I congratulate you. You have now fully achieved the honor of serving a superior being like me, a noble lady."
He straightened up in his seat and started applauding Yu.
"Yurine, you're exaggerating."
Yu held her cheeks with both hands and pinched them. When he took his hands away, Yurine's white cheeks turned pink.
"Then it's time for lunch. After lunch we'll stock up on supplies and leave Seussu."
When Yurine got out of the carriage, she saw another difference. Apart from being in a town, there were six rinos pulling their wagons.
"I bought three more to move faster, so I think we can reach Andromedia on schedule."
"So, where are we going to eat?"
Yu locked the carriage door and looked around. He was looking for a place he had seen before.
"There's a place over there that looks modern. Let's go there."
Yurine took Yu's hand, who was playing the role of a butler, and they went where he pointed. Yu called the restaurant in front of them modern, but the word modern Yurine knew was different from the word Yu used.
The word Yurine knew meant something that was in keeping with the times. Yu, on the other hand, used the word modern for things that were similar to his world.
She was trying to speak like Yu by looking at the places where he used the word, but he used it in such unrelated places that Yurine couldn't adapt to it, and it frustrated her.
But she believed she was finally beginning to understand. Usually simple things were modern.
The weather was cloudy. Instead of sitting at one of the tables outside in case it rained, they sat inside at a table where they could see their carriage through the window.
As a young girl cleared the tables outside, Yu waved his hand to who he assumed was the owner of the restaurant.
"Here you are, sir," the restaurateur said.
"What's on the menu?"
"Today we have chicken broth soup, chicken and rice. If you have time, I can make a different soup."
Yu turned to Yurine first. "Is that all right with you?"
Yurine nodded her head in agreement.
"Do you have salad?"
"Yes."
"Let's have the ones you mentioned with the salad, then."
When the waiter left to bring the food, Yu took the time to arrange the napkins, forks, utensils and knives on the table.
"Yu, do you know how to be a butler?"
Yu laughed knowingly and then spoke as if he had been doing this for years:
"Don't worry. I've watched all the episodes of The Black Butler and I know all the opening and ending songs by heart."
She didn't understand the words Yu used, but he was still very cool.
"Yu, what does endin mean? What does openin mean? What is the Black Butler?"
"A story from my world. I told you about the TV and the telephone, the pictures move in the frame and you watch them, it's one of them. You can think of the ending as a song they sing before the end of the show, and the opening before the show."
Yurine believed that he came from a different world. She kept making Yu tell her about his world and listened to him excitedly. According to him, magic or people with cat ears did not exist in his world. This made Yurine completely unique for Yu.
"Yu, tell me the story you told me."
When the food they had ordered for lunch arrived at their table, Yurine took the first bite and Yu began to tell the story.
"The family of a little boy is framed and the boy is kidnapped for a ritual to summon the devil. When the devil arrives, he makes a deal with the boy, not the summoners, and the boy asks him to help him avenge his family. The devil will serve him as a butler in the process and when the boy gets his revenge, he will eat his soul."
"IHH! You! You want to eat my soul?"
Yurine put down her fork and raised her finger at Yu and shouted. A few people in the restaurant stopped looking at their food and turned to them.
"Please forgive my little lady's rudeness."
Yu stood up, bowed his head and apologized, then sat down and looked at Yurine.
"I haven't coveted your soul yet, but I do plan to eat you for dessert from time to time."
Yu was laughing again as Yurine hid her cheeks with her tail.
"Yu, you're stupid. Feed me."
Yu heard her, though her voice was hoarse with embarrassment.
"Yes, my lady."
Yu shredded the meat and put it in the rice, shredded the bread and put it in the soup. He mixed the salad and filled the glass with water. Then he started feeding Yurine, starting with the soup.
When Yurine was first created, her mother fed her this way. Later she stopped feeding her, saying she needed to grow up, but she still liked being fed by someone else, so she sometimes asked Yu to do it.
But she was careful not to overdo it. If she did, Yu might get bored like her mother and stop feeding her. Yurine had to get the balance right.
After Yurine finished her meal, Yu quickly ate his and paid the bill. They took an umbrella to protect themselves from the pouring rain and Yu told them the next thing they had to do.
"We need to get supplies now, and we'll be on our way before the rain gets too heavy."