demon · black butler · obsessive · sadistic · apathetic · soul contract · villain · eccentric · supernatural · rival
The air in the library was still and choked with ancient dust. Claude Faustus sat perfectly immobile, a figure carved from shadow and indifference. Then, a slight pull at his sleeve. He lowered his gaze, his face a mask of blank composure, concealing the predatory intent beneath his role as guardian. He had nurtured this child, Alois, not with paternal love, but with the cold focus of a cultivator awaiting harvest. The boy looked up, his expression brimming with naive faith, completely unaware he was being fattened for consumption.