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In the quiet and dawn sky, the alarm clock rang inside of the boy's room! As the alarm rang, it was stopped immediately by none other than Tanjiro.
He got up immediately, with a smile on his face, taking a cold shower early in the morning, getting ready in his special uniform and brushing his hair as usual. He's the type of guy who's always ready even in the earliest morning, waking up early dutifully to serve his Lord.
His suit contains a black vest with a long white polo fit for him with his usual black pants. All he was missing is an earring, one that was a hanafuda - black jewel that does not require to be fierced, just attached to its ear could do.
His hair was messy after the shower and was placed back to its frizzy hair after the amount of brushing its own hair. He finally smiled in the mirror after seeing himself in his own reflection.
As he left the room, he knocked on five of the doors in the ground floor hallway, waking them up with his usual happy and normal tone “ Everyone! It's time to wake up “.
As he knocked on their doors, Tanjiro began his routine: Waking up everyone, washing the clothes outside, going out in the morning for eggs, cooking and lastly setting up the plates symmetrically and perfectly. As he was cooking food in the kitchen, some of the others finally headed to the kitchen.
“ Morning Tanjiro “ The golden haired boy greeted him first thing in the morning, with the same outfit as him. He went to the table and began to fold all the clothes that Tanjiro recently got outside.
“ Good morning! Did you sleep well last night? “ He asked, the boy nodded shyly. The eldest smiled in relief and as they were doing chores, a short figure appeared from the door, wearing a classic black maid outfit long enough until her knee length, in her sleek low bun who came back from cleaning the mansion. Despite how busy they have been, Tanjiro being the observant one checks for any errors and mistakes in their attire or chores knowing that their Lord may inspect later. He noticed one error on her.
“ Hey Kanao- “ Tanjiro spoke while sizzling the bacon on the pan and Kanao perked up from wiping the dishes that were used yesterday “ Where are your special gloves? “
She finally realized and blushed in embarrassment and bowed quietly as she headed back to her room to bring her special gloves. Their Lord gave each and every one of them special gloves, for a special activity as a family. Tanjiro sighed happily knowing that he saved her today just then there were voices which kept getting near, arguing about a certain something that slowly increased once heading down to the kitchen with the table linen on one of the person’s hands.
“ This is all your fault! You spilled some orange juice by the table! “
“ Me?! “ The person scoffed “ You’re the one who kept minding my business on how I set up the table when it’s nearly fixed! “ He yelled back.
When they both came inside of the kitchen, Tanjiro was finished cooking their breakfast meals, set them for a while by the kitchen counter and went near the two of them “ Hey both of you, calm down. What is going on? “ He asked, both of them looked at each other.
“ He spilled orange juice on the table. The Lord will be upset if he finds the stain, what do we do?! “ The scared and concerned figure asked their eldest.
“ Place them on the bucket with water and detergent, let the linen be soaked for a while and come back for this one after breakfast. I’ll grab some new linen since I was planning to change it anyway. “ Tanjiro went back inside, crouched to the lower cabinet, opened it and grabbed a spare table linen, carrying it inside to the dining room.
“ While I’m going to change the linen, everyone! Prepare to place the plates down to the table and the other two will have to carry the food that I cooked, I’ll deal with the Lord’s special tea. “ Tanjiro spoke as all four nodded and immediately went back to work.
He stepped outside, calling the second eldest who hadn't woken up yet due to his watch duty last night. Just before the third call, he finally appeared in the dining room groggy and awake “ Just in time! Help me set out the linen! “
“ Wha- What happened? “
“ They spilt orange juice on the table “
“ Let me guess, “ he said in an annoyed tone. “ They both argued, didn't they? “ the man guessed, looking at the eldest, him looking away from the second eldest was the only confirmation he needed, then he added.
“ Besides, I have to make them tone their voice down, the Lord won’t be happy if he hears arguing first thing in the morning. “ Tanjiro spoke, as the second nodded. “ I’ll go prepare the Lord’s special tea, tell the four of them to set the plates now. I’ll wake up the master. “
Once he sets out the request to him, the second eldest leaves the room immediately assisting the rest as he finally prepares for the final touch for a good and happy breakfast. Tanjiro went back to the kitchen, with the four of them setting out the utensils leaving the kitchen, when no one was finally watching he prepared the special tea in the order the way their Lord wishes it.
Place lukewarm water in an iron kettle, place it in a stove on medium-high heat.
Apply pomegranate powder.
Wait for five minutes to boil.
Add boiling water to the teapot
Tanjiro is nearly done, as he reached and opened the upper cabinet to reach the container filled with petals of Blue Spider - cornflower placing it on the top of the glass teapot. Once he finished making his special tea, he placed them on an iron tray with additional cornflower and carried them to the Lord’s bedroom.
He went to the dining room to find the five of them setting out the places and tidying the place up a bit before the master’s arrival. Tanjiro walked to the bifurcated staircase as he stood in front of the figurines that the Lord displayed on a short table, then tilting his head upward was the biggest landscape picture frame of his father and the six of them were all sitting perfectly by hierarchy: The Lord in the middle with his smile with each side of his hand placed on their shoulders. Tanjiro sitting on the right-side with the third and fourth sibling standing behind him and the second eldest on the left-side with the second and youngest sibling standing behind him also, formal and poised. Everything is perfect.
After looking at the family picture, he made a right turn before ascending, going to the second floor where the Lord resides, holding a tray with his back straight and aligned, his shoulders up and making sure that he was holding the tray with both hands. As he arrived with the tray on his hand, in front of a two long door with golden door knobs, lies the place where the Master of the House resides during his sleeping and working hours.
He knocked once and yelled “ Good morning, my Lord! Your tea has arrived! “. The innocent boy stood outside waiting for his master's response.
“ Come in . “
All five of them stood in front of their respective chairs waiting for the eldest and their Lord to arrive. The second eldest, with his ears perked up, knew that they were getting closer.
“ The Lord has arrived. “ He spoke in a loud tone. Tanjiro walked into the dining room as he looked around. A wide and large table is enough for seven people in this house, with plates, glasses and utensils neatly aligned and the scent of food despite being displayed at the table spreads throughout the dining room. Tanjiro placed the tray onto the kitchen room, heading back to where he was supposed to sit.
As they all stood on their respective seats, the Lord finally appeared from the hallways. His hair was usually curly as always, wearing his usual black tuxedo with a black dress shirt including a white tie and white pants. His brown almond eyes stared at the room with all of his children present in the dining room, he walked his way towards his seat in the middle, with Tanjiro’s assistance helping him sit down.
“ Good Morning, Father. “ The all greeted him
“ You may all take your seat, children. “ He commanded. All six of them sat down on their chairs, not allowed to touch the food. The Lord just sipped his special tea first before speaking.
“ I see that all the furniture in the house is well-cleaned as usual, Tanjiro “ He looked at the boy.
“ Thank you. I wouldn't have done it without Kanao-san “ Tanjiro stared at the short-figured girl beside the second eldest with a bright smile.
“ I-it was nothing, I was just following orders and cleaning up the living room as usual ” The second youngest, Kanao ??? looked at her Father with a calm smile with her classic maid uniform in a low bun hairstyle, black shoes and with the same earring she pierced on her ear. As she folded the napkin in front of her, she then continued “ I apologize for changing my hairstyle, Father. I did not like the previous one “ Kanao said this in her normal tone.
“ It's alright. How are you today, Senjuro? “ The Lord asked. Senjuro beamed with a smile and spoke in his shy tone.
“ i-im doing well, Father. I'm slowly getting used to doing the laundry and ironing clothes. I still worry that I might be clumsy and mess up during my chore hours. Just so long as I am able to help my siblings out, that's all that matters to me “ Senjuro spoke with a happy tone that made the Lord nod with amusement.
“ Very good. “ As the Lord of the house nodded proudly, he saw the two of them on Tanjiro's side, glaring darts at each other.
“ Zenitsu, Inosuke. What were you two arguing awhile ago? “ The Lord spoke in an annoyed tone, that made the both of them look at their Father for once.
“ I was just trying to help Inosuke because he keeps on misplacing the utensils in the wrong order “ Zenitsu ??? The middle child, fourth of the six siblings, spoke cowardly, while staring at Father. He wears the same outfit as Tanjiro, but he wasn't wearing his coat for once, only wearing his white long polo shirt and black pants, wearing the same earring with his hair stays the same after rejecting the idea of color dying his own hair.
“ I know what I'm doing! You're the one who doesn't mind their own business! “ Inosuke, the third amongst the six and the second middle child, glared at Zenitsu. Two sides of his hair were neatly ponytailed and clean, wearing the same uniform as Zenitsu but his black sleeves were rolled up until his elbows. The Lord sighed deeply.
“ Enough both of you. I do not want to hear the both of you bicker again, and do help Tanjiro in washing the linen- “
“ I already washed them, Father. All I have to do is to hang them by the rubber thread after breakfast. “ Tanjiro spoke calmly, and that made the Father smile proudly.
“ I’m glad that I am able to rely on you, had you not been here it would have been a mess . “ The Lord hinted at his tone after saying the last word that was being referred to the two middle children. The second eldest just observed the tension in the room, nearly darkening had Tanjiro not did his job dutifully.
“ Before the discussion later for this week, shall we eat then? “