Alright.

So, I guess I messed up quite a bit yesterday because when I opened my eyes this morning, I was lying beside a man. I guessed it right! It was that brat except he was not a little squirt anymore but had 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.

He seemed to shine lightly with a tint of yellow and silver, the same colour as his hair. That ankle-biter, he was sleeping beside me on my bed holding my hands between his!

Wait—Sleeping?

I actually slept for the first time in ten years. I feel so refreshed!

However, that doesn't change the fact that this man was sleeping beside me! That's indecent! Henceforth, I decided to do the exact same thing a lady should do, which was to kick 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. Yesterday sure was rough. Did you sleep well?"

"Shut up, you pipsqueak! 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 'pipsqueak' anymore, I seem to have a body of a 17-year-old human boy. How convenient, I'm near your age. By the way milady, what's your name?"

I got up and stood up straight while pressing my chest with my left hand and slightly raising my chin while looking down at him.

"I'm lady Vierne Obolensky. The only heir and daughter of the late Earl, Avgustin Obolensky, and his wife Laura Obolensky. Nice to meet you. And, what is your name?" I had waited so long to do this! Now, I was waiting for an answer but he just blankly stared at me like an idiot.

Finally, after a good two minutes of staring, he opened his mouth and spouted,

"This means milady is nobility? Awesome! I'm so lucky. I'm going to serve a noble demigod, I just couldn't ask for more!" He squealed.

"You haven't answered my question yet," I said.

"Stars don't have a name."

"C'mon, that's not possible. You must 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...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."

"This really is a title, a weird one."

"But—now I'm not just a star anymore! I'm a star spirit, I have a demigod as my master, so I was wondering if..." He got all fidgety "If you could, you know, give me a name, Milady." His dull blue eyes looked into mine, and I could see a mixture of pleading and a bit of... Agh how to say this! Cuteness?

"A name? No problems, I'll give you a name, then. Let me think."

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 his name, I was lost in another world. It was as if I was drowning in the ocean, deep in the blue, staring at the golden sun overhead. Without any more thought, I just said,

"Lict."

As I said this, his chest began shining all of a sudden and then the light vanished just as suddenly.

"My name," He touched his chest.

"Your name is Lict. It means light."

"I love it! Lict, Lict, Lict, Lict, it feels so good speaking your own name, I have a name, I'm so happy!"

"It's easy to make you happy. You're simple, aren't you?"

"I swear I'm not what you're used to though." He smiled.

I was about to say something when my stomach started making weird noises. A feeling of discomfort covered me and I felt a strange emptiness in my stomach. It was as if my body was demanding something, but what? I haven't had this feeling in years.

"Oh! Are you hungry milady? I'll prepare breakfast." Lict 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, Milady.

From now on you'll have to eat, sleep properly, bathe every day 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. 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!"
"Well, dead people can't die,"

I grabbed his collar and like a fool asked him to take back 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. He was so cute just a moment ago but now he's just acting like a jerk all over again!

Lemme just kill him inside my mind since its not legal to murder someone. He started walking towards the kitchen as I chanted inside my head—

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 all these years and was in a horrible condition. It was dusty and home of spider webs. In short, the idea of cooking in that kitchen made me sick to my bowels.

"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 just said right now? How will you cook in here?"

"Don't worry. 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? What do you have a garden in your ass? You know what, fine then I'll take a bath."

I went to take a bath but even the bath was in the same condition as the kitchen. Just when I was returning to my room I 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 nothing but 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 small amount of time? I turned and found Lict holding a cloth.

"The breakfast is ready, Milady. Shall I set the appetizers?" Lict asked me with a smile.

Oh... So, now I'm gonna receive this white gloves treatment? And what's with this 'Milady'? So annoying!

"Lict, just what are you?"

"I'm music in human form." He smiled.

"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 five elements of nature. I have control over them."

"You have powers?"

"But of course. I need to protect you after all."

"You are the opposite of me—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 asked.

"I'll only eat after Milady does."

"You're just like a butler!" I laughed.

"Well, that's a good job if that makes me see you every day, Milady."

"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 stranger feeling of my appetite rising. My first bite was amazing. That was the first time I had eaten anything for the last ten 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 breakfast as Lict arranged different dishes for me and all of them were amazing. He gave me the desert and told me that he was going to check on the bathroom.

While I ate the custard, he returned and announced that the bath was ready. In disbelief, I reached the bathroom and saw that the floor tiles were sparkling like diamonds. It looked really neat and well maintained. I was shocked. It hardly took him five 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 ever moved, my house had become like a haunted house filled with spider-webbed halls, a dusty lobby and broken furniture.

I went inside the bathroom and removed my clothes—I only ended up tearing them, thanks to my right hand. 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. I removed my glove using my mouth. I clenched the fingertip of one of my fingers with my teeth and pulled out the entire glove from my hand.

Then, I took the soap and it shattered to pieces. Great way to start a bath. Now, what 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 without a bar of soap. Also, I didn't have any clothes left to wear. 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 it had been this long already. Damn, what else could have I done?

"The thing is," I hesitated as I felt that I would come rather foolish if I mentioned my silly mistake. But then I remembered that he was my butler so he had no right to judge me "I've lost the soap so could you get me another one." I was dead embarrassed having a guy do such a job for me.

"I couldn't hear you, Milady. Could you speak a bit louder?"

He was definitely enjoying me breaking my pride and begging him for a bar of soap but he hadn't seen the hell inside me yet!

"Fetch me a soap!" Okay, this time I practically screamed on top of my lungs. I felt like I suddenly addressed him like a dog—I didn't mean to.

"Understood, Milady," Answered Lict. After that, it was all footsteps. Maybe he liked it? Would he like it if I treat him like a dog—No, I shouldn't. That's just...not human. But I've read some humans like it—Being stepped on or being treated rashly. Yet again, Lict wasn't human. Humans are such a confusing concept.

"Milady, I got the soap." He had returned while I was lost in thoughts about humans and their pathetic pleasures. While I turned and moved towards the door to slightly open and take it—he slammed it open.

"Here, I got it, Milady." He looked at me into my eyes. I will tell you now, humans, I was wet.

Yes, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

-To be continued

Lady Vierne Obolensky
Dear Ms Lady Demigod