Laneglancedatit,saidnothing,pouredthewhiskyintotheglass,andthendrankitagain.Afterawhile,Chaninkasaid,hewouldbeorderedtodowhathehaddonebefore,buthewaswrong.Lanekeptpouringwhiskyintotheglassanddrankituntilhespoke.
"Haveyoudrunktoomuch,myLord?"
Lanepausedandgavehimanangrylook.
"Don'tsmoke!"
Iwasyelledat,butIkeptsilent,butIcouldn'thelpwonderingifRunwasirritated.
Midoriispossible,butnotsurewhichone.
Isitbecausethegirlshowedupwithoutbeinginvited,orbecauseMidoriinvitedhimtodateinfrontofRan,
ThefirstthingIthoughtof,butdeepdown,wasthathehopedthatRunwouldbedepressedforthesecondreason,atleastitwouldmakehisheartpounding.
Ifso,aslavelikehimwouldbehappytobeaman...No,theessenceofthemaster.
Aslavelikehimcanonlybeinanimateproperty,andhissoulcanonlysatisfyhismaster.
Butevenso...
Evenso,hewantstobeimportant,evenifunderestimated,andifitisLan'simportance,hewillgiveupeverything.
"Sir,areyouinabadmoodbecauseofMr.West?"Askbecauseofcuriosity.