Ruby Sterling

Roland who was asleep, abruptly woke up in a cold sweat, breathing heavily. He had a nightmare. 

He tried recalling what he dreamt about but there were no memories of the nightmare, it disappeared like it was a lie. The only proof of it's existence, was the lingering fear and cold sweat attached to Roland's body.

'The hack!' Roland found it weird, because it was the first time he had a nightmare in this word, but he didn't dwell on it. 

He got up and opened the window, a gust of cold wind blew across his face. It was dark out and he could barley see anything, the stars were vaguely visible in the sky. Roland could barely hear their voices calling in the sky.

'When I have the time I'll talk to them.' He thought about getting some information. If they could see him, they can surely see everything else, afterall, the stars in the sky should cover the whole world right?

'Maybe they can find some hidden treasures for me.' Coming to these thoughts, Roland couldn't help but get excited.

'Wait! Did my sight improve?' Roland looked at the bathhouse behind the hostel from afar, he could see the door from his far away position and this was in the dark no less.

'No doubt that is the case! It must be the new evolution thingy.' 

'The butler said he'll come and pick me up, so I'm guessing it's still too early, so I'll check out the system!' Roland laid back on the bed.

Just as Roland was about to close his eyes, he felt something weird, not only was his hearing and sight better then it was priori, but he vaguely felt something moving inside of him.

'It can't be!' Roland suddenly thought of something and quickly closed his eyes. He calmed down and adjusted his breathing, some time passed but nothing happened.

Roland wasn't impatient though, he remained still and concentrated. Suddenly, in the darkness of his vision, Roland saw a white wisp of smoke floated across.

"!!!" Roland was pleasantly surprised. 'Is this the mysterious power the master was talking about?'

With his shock, the white wisp disappeared, and Roland opened his eyes in joy.' Looks like I'm not one of those people who can't train, I need techniques to learn, or magic!'

He closed his eyes and his mind shifted and his consciousness moved. He opened his eyes and entered the Chaos system, he appeared on the wooden throne.

The inside of the hall seemed more detailed, even the floor had been emphesized with a white outline. Standing next to the throne, was a wooden stature that looks exactly like Roland, even the new clothes he wore.

'Is this thing like my avatar?'

When he focused on the avater, a window suddenly popped open.

[Interface]

Title: Baron

Species: Dragon,(young)

Experience value: 0%

Fabric substance: 15 940

Assesment Comprehensive strength: F

Seeing the change in the interface, especially the 'assesmemt comprehensive strength' which should be his strength, made Roland happy. 

'Does that mean I'm stronger then I was prior? I need to check it out!'

With that, Roland immediately exited the system to check. He got up and was startled to see someone standing besides him.

"Butl- Sir Francis, when did you get here?" He calmed down when he saw the old man. 'Wait, how did he get in here when I locked the door?'

"Just a second I ago." Butler Francis gave a short reply. Seeing the weird gaze from the boy, butler Francis added, "There are spare keys when needed."

Roland had a defeated expression on his face, 'Can he read my mind or something?'

As if reading his mind, butler Francis answered, "Nope, but as the head butler, I must at least have this ability, quickly we don't have time."

With his hands behind his back, butler Francis led the way. The quickly arrived and Roland found another woman at the front desk, he left his key and followed the fast walking man. 

They went out the back door and headed towards the bathhouse. It was getting brighter, so Roland estimated the time and thought it would be around five A.M in his previous would.

They quickly arrived at the 'bath', it was currently empty with no one in sight. Roland was relieved to see that the water was 'clean'. 

"Here! Quickly take a bath, leave no spot uncleaned." Butler Francis handed Roland a towel and turned his body and left. His movement were Smooth but rigid, like a soldier marching, but he had his arms behind his back 

'I guess he's being a butler huh.' Roland shook his head as he got into the water. As soon as his hand got into the water it flew out, 'Why is the water cold though?'

Roland shook his head and took of his clothes. Now he washed extra hard, not only was the water clean but he also had to make an impression.

A few minutes later, he came out of the bath spotless, and found butler Francis waiting for him with folded clothes in his hands. Roland shyly covered himself.

"Good!" Butler Francis complimented with a straight face. He turned to leave and said, "Wear this and meet me in front the hostel. You got 3 minutes."

'What 'good' are you talking about!' Roland was annoyed to say the least.

He examined the clothes and saw that it was a servants uniform, but smaller. He wore the clothes and placed the other one's in his inventory. 'So convienent'

Roland looked at his reflection, it was at this moment that he realised that he never got a chance to 'examine' his new face properlary. 

With a lot of night-black hair, he had the appearance of a 13-14 year old youth, his face was perfectly symetrical except for his eyes. 

With his white eyeball as the canvas, one of his eyes was completely black and it was hard to tell where his iris and pupil began, his other eye on the other hand had the same canvas but the pupil and the iris was separated by a white ring around the iris. 

'Heterochromia iridum!' Roland suddenly thought of a condition in which the coloured part of the eye (iris) is multicoloured. Roland pushed back his slightly, large hair, 'This Kid is actually good looking. Especially the skin, it's like I've been taking care of it everyday."

As a person who had 'average' looks in his previous life. Roland was secretly jealous of those good looking 'showoffs' who were popular among the girls. Now if puberty treated him well, he might grow up to be 'popular' among the women.

Roland didn't allow for his 'newfound' looks get to get in his head, he quickly arrived in front of the hostel and saw butler Francis staring at the sky.

"Your on time! but what about your clothes?" Butler Francis frowned.

"I already placed them in my room." Roland nervously responded.

"Ok, do you remember what I told you?" Butler Francis turned around and led the way and didn't pursue the matter.

Along the way, butler Francis reminded Roland of the do's and don'ts. They walked up the hill and went into the 'Main' mansion, the sky was becoming brighter and the fog in the air had completely cleared, showing a light blue sky.

There were already other servants and guards walking around the house. They must change shifts with another group.

Butler Francis gave Roland some food and brought him all the way into the more guarded part of the mansion and left him by a door, "Wait outside and enter when the young miss calls, understand?"

After that, butler Francis disappeared, leaving Roland in the hallway, there were a few guards standing at the ends of the hall. 

'This reminds me of the time I was going around doing interviews' Roland felt nervous.

Time slowly passed and quickly an hour passed, the sun was already out and about warming the place up. Roland's had long since relaxed, at this point he was getting annoyed. 

"Serving people is really a tiresome job, It should be 7 right about now!" Roland grunted and folded his arms.

"Come in" Just then, the door slightly opened and a voice drifted out.

'Not creepy at all.' Roland suppressed his fear and entered the room.

The room was big and within Roland's expectations, a big bed in the middle and expensive furniture everywhere. In front of a mirror on the side was a girl wrapped in a towel and covered in water droplets. She was looking at Roland via the mirror, while drying her hair with a towel.

She looked fresh out of the shower, or bath. What was weird was her expression which was deadpan and lacked any emotions.

Roland quickly dispelled his thoughts and remembered butler Francis' words, he bowed and greeted, "Good morning, youn- Miss."

'Good his dressed properly, but...' Ruby stared at Roland with wide eyes without saying anything. Finally her sweat yet swift voice sounded,"Fix your collar, and your last button hasn't been buttoned."

Confused, Roland looked at his neck, his collar was a little bent so he adjusted it and buttoned his shirt, "Sorry miss."

Ruby's eyes twitched, she continued and said, "Fix your tie again, it's not in the right place."

He checked again, despite seeing nothing wrong with his tie, Roland still adjusted it a bit. Just then the sweet voice sounded again, "Right there! Perfect!"

Roland frowned, he looked around the room again and he understood something. The furniture, even the brushes were placed perfectly in 'order'. He glanced at the plethora of books on one side and saw that even the lose papers were in a neat stack.

'OCPD? This might be harder then I thought.' Roland suddenly thought of a mental disorder that causes an extensive preoccupation with perfectionism, organization and control.

"Make sure to never make that mistake again." Ruby continued drying her hair with a towel. "You and Francis arrived late this morning, so I punished you by letting you stand outside for a bit longer. Next time will be your last ."

Roland felt sweat trickling down his back, 'Can she see through walls?'

He lowered his head and said,"I'm sorry Miss."

"Prove it, come and brush my hair!" Ruby put down the towel.

Her expression still deadpan.

"Huh, miss I'm not very good in this regard." Roland nervously said, he didn't want to 'learn' using her hair, the consequence of messing up her hair could be death. Especially for him as a servant.

'Hmph! Not willing huh, your one of those people. ' Ruby's eye's narrowed. "I order you to come and brush my hair."

Just as Roland was hesitant, he felt his chest getting warmer or more accurately the weird symbol on his chest. Suddenly a bolt of electricity appeared from the tattoo and ran across his body.

Roland screamed out in pain. After a short while, the electricity stopped and Roland was laying on the ground. The weird symbol was so magical, there were no burn marks or signs of being electrocuted.

"Hmph, look at what you made me do, it's your fault, quickly come and brush my hair." Without giving Roland time to recover Ruby said again. 'I know how to deal with uncooperative servents like you.'

'My fault?'

Roland broke out in a cold sweat, not only because he finally understood the function of the weird symbol but because this girl with OCPD was also crazy. 'That Damn butler didn't give me a heads up.' He didn't have much time to think because the weird symbol was starting to heat up again.

There's no time like the present! Roland shrugged off his nervousness, ignored the pain and picked up the brush. 

Ruby had shoulder length blood-red hair, it was damp and wet. Recalling every memories from his past, he placed the brush in the midsection of the hair and carefully brushed down. 

"No! Are you trying to ruin my hair! Don't you know that your suppose to dry my hair first! Also clean your hands, you were touching the floor." Ruby suddenly screamed, startling Roland.

'I must punish you again.' Ruby's eyes almost spiwed out flames. "Washa!"

When the word fell, Roland felt another bolt of electricity run around his body. This time, the tattoo skipped the whole heating up stage.

He gritted his teeth but he still screamed out, after a while he got up and said, "I'm sorry Miss."

'Hmph! This should be enough to remind him for next time.' Seeing his pitiful expression, Ruby proudly said, "Your forgiven, use a towel!"

Roland clumsily took the towel and carefully cleaned his hands then dried her hair.

"Wipe my hair properly!"

He didn't want to hurt her so he was careful.

"Use more strength!"

He continued but remained gentle.

Ruby was dissatisfied. She gritted her teeth and looked at Roland via the mirror. If looks could kill, he would have died at least a hundred times.

"Che Vanessa you do it!" Ruby suddenly shouted.

Suddenly Roland felt a gust of wind, the towel and the brush in his hands were gone and a tall woman wearing a maids outfit was standing in front of him. 

He didn't even noticed that there was someone else in the room. Nor did he hear the door getting opened. Was she here the entire time?

"Yes young Miss." The woman's voices sounded and brought Roland out of his daze. 

"Che, useless he can't even brush my hair properly, I don't know what I was thinking." Ruby's dissatisfied voice sounded.

"Yes he is young miss." Vanessa responded, her tone and expression almost similar to Ruby's, deadpan and not having any emotions what so ever.

Vanessa used the towel and quickly wiped Ruby's hair, her movement were slow and soft but they were effective.

"Yes, Yes, this is how it should be done, your great as always Vanessa" Ruby closed her eyes and complimented.

"Thank you young miss." Vanessa responded with the same expression.

It seemed like these two have an understanding relationship. One is a crazy girl with obsessive compulsive disorder, while the other is an obedient emotionless woman.

"Why are you standing there in a daze, go and bring me my food!" Roland came back to his senses, and saw Ruby glaring at him.

"Yes young miss!" Roland quickly bowed and left the room.

"You should ignore him from now on miss."

"Your right! Vanessa, I'll do that."