"Well of course I'm going to cremate her." Ciel replied, looking at Alex a bit surprised. "What else would I do with a dead body? I'll certainly not have it rotting in my estate, and bringing it back into town would cause complications." That was his mindset initially anyways. It was still rather shocking that the woman had up and died like that, even in her old age. She'd been showing signs of her years to be certain but relatively speaking she looked to be fairly healthy, so for her to drop dead was unusual. What was equally unusual, the earl reflected was how she dropped like that after being alone with Alex. It was certainly a suspicious predicament, and not one that he was about to overlook. In the mindset the tailor was guilty Ciel wasted little time in confronting him, getting the expected defensive response. "I don't even know what your plans are!" the young Phantomhive snapped, putting his hands on his hips. "You molest me this morning and now bring a woman to die in my house by night. If there is some 'plan' then I must congratulate you, because at the moment whatever it may be is well over my head." This was NOT something he needed to be dealing with at the moment, not with bigger and far more important events taking place. 

Sebastian came at his master's call, still carrying the recently deceased like a sack of potatoes. In a revelation Ciel opted to keep the woman, figuring it best to find a cause of death before condemning Alex, if only for his own curiosity. For someone who argued his innocence it sure seemed as though the tailor was quick to take things to a brash turn. In a deft movement he withdrew a knife from his belt, taking the utterly oblivious Meh-Rin hostage in the blink of an eye. Yet again Alex's behavior confused the earl, and even to some degree amused him. Sebastian seemed to be entertained as well, or at least as close to being entertained as a demon could be. As the butler spoke to Alex he went over to the night stand, pulling out the bottom drawer and through a stack of clothing withdrew a pistol, already primed to fire. Turning around Ciel held it at arms length, aiming directly at Alex's head.

"You sincerely expect to negotiate by taking one of my servants as hostage?" Ciel asked, smiling ruefully. With a small chuckle he shook his head, taking a small few steps forward, eyes locking on Alex. "Kill her if you must, she already has agreed to die for my sake. However... If you kill her you are then stealing from me my property. I have absolutely no mercy towards anyone who thinks they can steal what's mine and get away with it." Lifting his thumb he pulled back the hammer on the pistol, letting his index finger rest idly on the trigger. Almost uncaring he looked at the clock once more, frowning at it getting ever closer to being time to depart. "Let's not waste any more time with this. Let her go, you're coming with us. Even if you do cut her then what? Either I'll shoot you or Sebastian will tear you down where you stand, it's a moot effort. Give up and face the charges against you, you just might survive then."