Ch 147 review: Does the new plan align with the contract?
At the end of chapter 147, Our Ciel resolves to defeat the "ghost" of his brother and reclaim the estate, manor, and title of Earl Phantomhive.
So here's my big question: Does that plan align with the contract?
The terms of the contract stipulate that Sebastian must obey and protect Ciel while he pursues vengeance against the "mastermind" who "attacked House Phantomhive" (ch 138 pg 30). If Our Ciel stops pursuing the mastermind, that's a breach of contract.
That's why I'm so interested in what Sebastian has to say when he pulls Ciel aside at the end of the chapter. How Sebastian handles this situation will be crucial to how I predict the plot turning.
Sebastian might just be rebuking Ciel's table manors for now, but what will he do next? Will he pull him aside and repeat the same speech from the Green Witch arc, threatening to eat Ciel's soul on the spot unless he resumes his revenge?
I think it's likely, considering he uses the same body language, even grabbing Ciel's face the same way he did when he threatened Ciel in Germany.
Our Ciel might try to argue that he does need his Earldom in order to achieve revenge. His plan up until this point was to continue to operate as Watchdog and living in the manor so that his enemies would come to him.
I don't think that's a strong argument though. Ciel's strategy was fine in the beginning when the "mastermind" didn't know he was still alive, but we can safely assume that they know now. Our Ciel has the resources of a devil and his capable servants, and the "mastermind" must know he's still alive. He doesn't really need to title anymore to kill his enemy.
But what should we think if what if Sebastian doesn't pull Ciel aside and lecture him about the contract? What if Sebastian allows this to continue as though reclaiming his title is the same as achieving revenge?
I would take that as confirmation of one of two things:
Either Sebastian agrees that reclaiming the title is a decent way of discovering the "mastermind" and pursuing revenge ...
... or one of the people Our Ciel will need to defeat in order to reclaim the title is the mastermind.
(That might not be Real Ciel necessarily. It might be Undertaker, or someone else allied with them.)