- At the Police Station-

" The victim is Collin Ruphas Parma, 24 years old. He's from a well- known family and was born in Oxford. He is an honest and hard working young business man......"

" Yes that's right, and I am his complete opposite, a pest to the family, his shameless fiancee!" Eliza angrily announced to the police officer.

" It seems like you didn't quite like your parents' arrangements with this marriage. I have heard rumours about how you have this habbit of flirting around.... and how you had been having arguments on this issue with Collin for a long time.... "

" What are you trying to say !?" Eliza was more angry than ever and continued yelling at the officer, " So now the police are suspicious over the first person who discovered the body !? What rights do you have when you can't even catch one single 'Jack the Ripper' !!"

" Hey...hey you !!"

" Please calm down madam!!"

Cain had been standing outside the door of the room where the police were questioning Eliza when he then heard Lief's voice, " Cain master"

" I thought I already said you don't need to come."

" I cannot come when it's the London Police Quarter contacting. And today is..." Before Lief could finish, he was interrupted by Eliza as she came out of the room.

" Oh!! Cain!! I am also going back, I don't want to spend one more second in this place. They treat me as if I am the criminal! Hey, why don't we go get another drink to fix up our mood? "

Slap! A man came up from behind Eliza and slapped her very hard on the face.

Lief quickly moved in front of Cain to protect his master just in case.

Eliza feeling the skin where she had just been hit yelled at the man that had just arrived, " Wh- what's your problem!! Violent brother!"

" I appologise for my younger sister's rudeness," the man said to Cain, " I am Eliza's elder brother, my name is Dadery. I think I have seen you at a tea party before.... Earl Hargreeves?"

SLAP !
- Eliza's elder brother Dadery salpped her.
He introduces himself to Cain -

" Yes... thank you for your invitation that time..." Cain replied politely, frowning slightly as he reflects on what he just saw. "He's such a strict brother to slap his own sister in front of other people. But it's probably not an impossible thing to happen. It's the same everywhere, every one only cares about reputation and people like me and her who are out of the crowd are being hated...."

Suprise filled Eliza's face as she finds out who Cain was, " Oh...Cain was that famous Earl !!" She then moved next to Lief and whispered, " Hey... but doesn't he has some bad rumours about him?" As Cain socialised politely with Dadery, Eliza continued gossiping about Cain to Lief, " I heard that the Hargreeves family is cursed... wherever he goes, the God of Death always follows him around..!" Eliza clapped her hands together, a sly smile formed on her lips, "I wonder.... if it was that God of death who killed Collin for me? hehe..."

Lief didn't say anything and just looked at the girl with a stern face. The conversation between Dadery and Cain was also at its close, "... well then...Please excuse us, Earl"

" Okay..." Cain farewelled the man when something caught his attention as they shook hands... the marking on the top of Dadery's walking stick. It was the same picture as the one on the palm of Collin.

" We are going home! Come on, let's go" Dadery caught hold of his sister's arm and started to pull her along.

" Okay okay you're so annoying !" As the two walked out,Cain wondered about if Dadery has some problems with his leg as surely at the man's age, a walking stick is not neccessary....


Ka Ko Ka Ko Ka Ko....
( the sounds from the walking stick hitting the ground as
Dadery walks away)

Cain realised that he has heard these sounds from
somewhere....

Ka Ko Ka Ko Ka Ko Ko ...
- Dadery urges Eliza back to home with him.
The sounds of Dadery's walking stick recalls Cain something . . . -

 

-Inside a Horse Carridge-


" . . . Cain master, I am probably saying too much but.... I am not that impressed if that girl was the reason for you turning down today's dinner party."

" What? Lief, even you are caring about criticisms on reputations?" Cain snapped back.

" Did you forget that today's party was for your guardian, Mr Neel's birthday?"

A mixture of shock and guilt appeared on Cain's face as Lief continued, " And Mr Neel was also probably looking forward to the occasion as today is probably the only chance he could talk with you." Cain looked sideways guiltily and with pain as he recalled what he overheard his guardian said to Lief, " Even though that is so I... care for Cain very much"

"Besides .... I didn't get a very good impression of that girl," Lief continued as he recalls Eliza's strange smile and what she said about Cain, " I think I understand why her brother is so strict to her.. "

At that, flashes of how his father used to whip him crossed Cain's mind and anger along with pain rose from him.

" How can you say such things..... saying that it's right that children who are being thought of as outcasts should get body punishments... you of all who know about the scars on my back....!"

Shock on Lief's face as he realised that Cain is seeing his past in Eliza.

" That wasn't what I meant... !" Lief reached out to touch Cain's arm but Cain angrily snapped his hand away and opened the door to jump off the carridge.

" I was trying to say that because her brother cared about her that he was so strict to her... Cain master!"

Cain had already jumped off the carridge and would not glance back as Lief cried out his name.

"MASTER CAIN --------- !!"

MASTER CAIN !!
- Cain is angry about Rief's saying.
He runs away, leaving Rief alone -

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