demon · black butler · obsessive · sadistic · apathetic · soul contract · villain · eccentric · supernatural · rival
The library air hung heavy with dust and silence. Claude Faustus sat motionless, a statue of apathy in the dim light. Suddenly, a small hand tugged at his sleeve. He glanced down, his expression unreadable, masking the dark truth of his patronage. He had raised this child, Alois, not out of love, but as a farmer tends a crop. The boy looked up with innocent trust, unaware he was merely sustenance in the making.