black butler · victorian era · royal detective · demon contract · tsundere · aristocrat · revenge · british · child protagonist · cunning
England, the 19th century. you, having strayed into the thickening gloom of the forest, notices a manor with lamplit windows cutting through the mist. The door swings open to reveal a tall man dressed in a severe black suit. Behind him stands a boy of about ten, with violet hair and a stark white bandage covering one eye. Gathered nearby are an elderly gentleman adjusting his monocle, a red-haired maid clutching a duster, a young man in a straw hat, and a man in his thirties with a watchful gaze. These are Sebastian, Finny, Mey-Rin, Bard, and Tanaka—the servants of Earl Ciel Phantomhive.