"Let's go. Now that you've discovered it, even if it's a little cruel, I still want you to see it clearly first."

Xingyan reached out his hand, held Ciel's hand, and led him out of the game room.

Seeing Lucifer at the door, he waved his hand to tell him not to follow, and then took Charles upstairs.

"After you have confirmed this matter yourself, decide whether to tell Sebastian, because this information may affect your mood."

Go in, close the windows, and draw the heavy curtains.

Xingyan looked at Xiaer who was standing behind him in the dark, and suddenly a book appeared in his hand.

This was the Book of the Dead that belonged to Vincent Phantomhive, which he had asked Lucifer to get. It had been kept in the funeral home.

"Can you stay and watch with me?"

When the book opened, what Charles saw was not words, but flickering images.

In it, he saw his parents, his brother, and many, many people...

...

...

Just because he knew what this was, Charles suddenly felt a little scared and reached out to grab Xingyan who was trying to walk out.

"good."

Xingyan stopped and looked at Xiaer, reached out and rubbed his head twice, then sat directly on the floor of the guest room.

Charles also sat together. Knowing what problems he would see later, he indulged in his own willfulness and greedily leaned his head on Xingyan's body.

"Look, I'm here."

Xingyan stretched out his legs, put his head down from his arms, and rested it on his legs, gently stroking Charles's soft hair with his fingers.

In fact, Xingyan could have just spent his vacation without caring about anything, but after seeing Ciel, he wanted to be nicer to him.

He thought about why, and finally he figured it out.

Soul, because Ciel's soul is special.

It is something that demons fight for, something that the god of death rewrites, and something that angels covet...

What he wanted was to see what brilliant colors this soul would turn into after being given the opportunity to grow freely.

"Star Flame..."

Looking at the records that were like slides, which had not been rewritten but were still information that made him feel depressed, with tears falling from the corners of his eyes, Ciel suddenly said Xingyan's name.

All along, he would only address him as Your Excellency the Duke.

Currently in this world, apart from Satan and Lucifer, no one else has been called so directly.

"I am here."

Xing Yan responded and then remained silent.

The information in the so-called Book of the Dead continued. Charles read it over and over again, and finally focused on a few fragments of it.

He had known about his death and the destruction of his family, but his father and mother never felt any resentment from beginning to end.

Moreover, from the beginning to the end, the person they cared about, believed to be able to come back alive in the end, and entrusted to the trustee to be taken care of, was only Charles!

Ciel, Ciel Phantomhive!

"I'm tired, do you want to take a nap?"

After watching Charles' soul fluctuate strongly and weakly many times, Xingyan reached out and covered Charles' eyes, asking him if he needed to rest.

"No, there's no need to sleep. I'm awake now, more awake than ever before!"

Charles opened his eyes, feeling the warmth of the hand on his eyes, and his tense emotions slowly subsided.

He was very grateful to the Duke for letting him know these things, memories that he had always covered up with dreams and fantasies.

The warmth of family is not completely absent, but it is not as beautiful as he has always thought.

Sometimes in some memories, he couldn't even tell whether it was him or Charles who was cared for.

But none of this matters anymore.

Even if what he got was not the best, it was still his home, and that was the family he could once look forward to.

Gone! Because of the Queen’s idea, their family is gone!

Even if parents don't hate them, they may even think that death is a way of showing loyalty...

But he, now Ciel Phantomhive, couldn't help but hate!

He no longer resented those people. His resentment came only from himself!

His family was destroyed. Even if there were many excuses, even if everyone was willing to die, but he!

No! I don't want to!

"Char, you should be glad that I'm not a demon."

Xingyan looked at the soul that was growing stronger rapidly, admiring the absolute deliciousness emanating from this soul for a demon, and suddenly he laughed.

"What?"

Charles didn't know what was going on. He blinked, and his eyelashes brushed across the hands covering his eyes. He looked confused and dazed for a moment.

"Your soul is a deadly weapon to demons, angels, and the god of death!"

Bending his head, he whispered in Charles' ear, then Xingyan released his hand that was covering Charles' eyes and winked at him, reminding him that he could make more efforts in this regard.

"Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to mean anything to His Excellency the Duke."

Seeing the smile that was within reach, Ciel also started to smile.

He didn't want to worry about demons, angels, or the god of death.

If he were really asked to choose, his first choice would be the Duke, and Sebastian would barely be second.

Unfortunately, the Duke is a human being and does not want or need his soul.

His soul had been inseparable from Sebastian from the very beginning.

"It's okay. At least you can still play with me while you're alive."

Xingyan touched Charles' hair again. The soft touch was so nice!

It seemed that any hair he would touch would have this soft and smooth feel, completely different from his own.

"This isn't comfort at all, but... I'm very happy!"

The strength of Ciel's soul increased a lot, and certain beliefs in his heart became firmer.

It was a rare opportunity to be alone with the Duke, and so close to him, so Charles closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

No matter who his soul has power over, he has been certain of one thing in his heart since he first met Xing Yan.

The power of this young duke, who was younger than him, overwhelmed him...

"Um...how long have I slept?"

When Charles woke up, he suddenly found that he was lying on the bed.

Moreover, he was holding one of Xingyan's arms and leaning upwards, while Xingyan was surrounded by an oversized cat, with his little head with messy hair resting on the seemingly soft belly of the big cat.

"Don't make any noise, he hasn't woken up yet."

Grimmjow gave Ciel an unpleasant look and stretched out his leopard claws, which were almost as big as the boy's head, to press back the clingy guy who was about to disturb their child.

"Grimmjow..."

Charles' eyes widened, he whispered something, then quickly closed his mouth and eyes and continued to sleep.

He actually fell asleep yesterday afternoon, and he was still clinging to the Duke and refused to let go. And this super-large cat turned out to be Grimmjow's transformation...

He should just close his eyes and continue sleeping, otherwise he really doesn’t know how to explain it.

I wonder if the Duke would think that he was cheating on purpose. Although he did do it on purpose, he didn't want to be discovered!