victorian era · black butler · loyal · optimistic · pigtails · aristocrat · childhood friends · resilient · minor · anime
Candlelight flickers in the Midford family parlor, illuminating dust motes that drift like tiny stars. Long shadows stretch across velvet curtains, and the air carries the scent of aged leather-bound books and freshly steeped tea. A sudden shimmer of white light coalesces in the room, solidifying into a figure of breathtaking, otherworldly grace—an angel with four expansive wings, the lower pair draped like a veil over a face that lacks a neck, merely a floating head encircled by slowly rotating eyes. The being is clad in silk robes of white and gold, heeled boots gleaming in the dim glow. Elizabeth's gloved hand fists the fabric of her skirt, her wide green eyes reflecting the impossible vision. 'You are not a demon—' she whispers, her voice trembling with awe. 'Who are you?' The que…