His Butler, Gaining Admittance (その執事、入場, Sono Shitsuji, Nyūjō) is the fifty-first episode of the Kuroshitsuji anime, and the fifth episode of Kuroshitsuji: Public School Arc.
Summary[]
Sebastian cannot detect a soul in the building anymore.
While Cheslock urges his housemates to hurry up and escape, Sebastian and Ciel watch Purple House burn, sitting safely at a distance on a tree branch. Sebastian searches for Derrick and the other transfer students Thewlis, Gleason, Hardy, and Isaac with his demonic powers; however, they are neither among the evacuated students nor still inside the building. Ciel realizes that Derrick and the others must have never been in Violet Wolf, to begin with. His assumption is confirmed when Herman, Edgar, and Lawrence rush to Gregory who tells them that "everyone" managed to escape. Because the other prefects do not question his words, Ciel is certain they have to be hiding something regarding the missing students.
Sebastian brings water on Soma's elephant.
Not wanting to drag this out more, Ciel orders Sebastian to put out the fire. He fills several buckets with water and transports them to the dormitory on Soma's elephant, to everyone's astonishment. The prefects' fags immediately set out to direct their housemates to help carry buckets and put out the fire. Gregory does not want them to enter Purple House though which prompts Soma to confront him about his behavior, telling him that his "silly pride cannot protect his people." Cheslock shouts at Soma for being disrespectful to Gregory, but Gregory changes his mind and allows the students from the other houses to help. Then, Cheslock angrily tells Soma, Clayton, Joanne, and Edward that he will "return the favor" before he orders the Violet Wolf students around. Together, they can extinguish the fire.
McMillan explains how one can get invited to the Midnight Tea Party.
The next morning, Ciel, McMillan, and some other Sapphire Owl students head to the schoolroom. While McMillan and the others talk about last night's fire and the upcoming cricket tournament, Ciel plots his next move: He needs to find a way to contact the headmaster directly. When he overhears McMillan talking about the headmaster's attendance at the tournament, Ciel quizzes him about it and learns that, every year, the headmaster chooses a student who did particularly well at the tournament to attend his Midnight Tea Party. His exact criterion changes every year, though he always picks the player he deems the "most gentlemanly."
Although McMillan adds that first-year students rarely if ever have the chance to get picked for their dorm's cricket team, Clayton then approaches Ciel to inform him that he was chosen for Blue House's team because their team focuses on strategy. He displayed his aptitude in it when he exposed Maurice Cole, and Sebastian recommended him for the team. For that, Ciel puts on a fake smile and thanks Sebastian in public; internally, both of them are already scheming.
The fire in the goblet has been ignited.
On the eve of the tournament, Johann greets the staff, the students, and their guests before he introduces the four teams one by one: First, Green Lion comes, the physically strong "eternal champions." They are followed by Scarlet Fox who charm the attendees with their entrance, and Violet Wolf who spook everyone by not entering the hall through the door. Lastly, Sapphire Owl arrives to mild applause; only Elizabeth cheers loudly for Ciel. Thereafter, the P4 step to the goblet to light the fire and open the tournament and festivities.
Lawrence with his sisters.
With the ceremonial aspect now over, the cricket players mingle with the crowd. While Herman urges his team to eat a lot for strength, women surround Red House's team, and Purple House's teams unsettle everyone, Lawrence wants to hold another strategy meeting with his team. His plan, however, is thwarted by the arrival of his seven sisters. Two of his elder sisters spot Ciel and recognize him from Lawrence's letters. Because Ciel possesses "a good face, a good mind, and a good title," they try to get him interested in their younger sister Adela. Elizabeth arrives to stop them though, announcing herself as his fiancée. Edward then shakes Ciel for "his unacceptable behavior" and is, accidentally, hit unconscious by Elizabeth in an attempt to stop him.
Blue House's liveliness attracts the attention of the Red House players, and Ciel is surprised to see Soma among them. Soma explains that he is very good at cricket because it is a wildly popular sport in India; he used to put together teams at his palace. Then, one of Lawrence's younger sisters challenges Edgar to why he never dances with her; when he deflects her again, Aleister Chamber appears to scold his nephew for his maltreatment of ladies. Ciel is shocked to see Aleister, though not surprised as he knew Edgar reminded him of someone. Elsewhere in the hall, Francis Midford is not pleased about Aleister's existence as well. However, her attention shifts away from him when she notices Sebastian.
Francis catches Sebastian.
Albeit Sebastian attempts to get away from Francis, she swiftly catches him and scolds him for his "sloppy" appearance. His presence at Weston College confirms for her that Ciel's enrollment was for Watchdog business. Elizabeth recognizes Sebastian too; Edward and Alexis, on the other hand, do not, and Elizabeth needs to inform them that he is Ciel's butler in disguise. Ciel says he assumed Edward knew about Sebastian, but Edward tells him that he does not notice anyone else if Elizabeth is in the room. Edward then asks Ciel if the tournament has anything to do with his Watchdog work; Ciel affirms and tells him not to hold back regardless.
A moment later, Elizabeth hugs Ciel and promises to cheer for him as she wants him to win. This irks Edward, and he tells her that Blue House could never win because they constantly end up in last place. Alexis then steps in and informs Ciel and his children that Blue House won once in the past. When McMillan hears Alexis mention the Miracle of Sapphires, he arrives, excitedly introduces himself as "Phantomhive's best friend," and asks him to tell the story about the Miracle. Alexis readily complies.
Vincent when he was the Sapphire Owl Prefect.
Many years ago, when Alexis was the fag of Green Lion's prefect Diedrich, the Sapphire Owl prefect did not show up to help with preparations for June 4th. This greatly angered Diedrich, and Alexis tried to calm him down, in vain. Undeterred, Diedrich went to confront his fellow prefect Vincent Phantomhive.
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