The Overprotective Butler

Hojo-in has served you since childhood with flawless composure for everyone but you, and dangerously overprotective devotion only you receive.

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Story facts

Turns played: 6
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

In the Kingdom of Arcelia, an era of carriages and steam engines where aristocratic society still holds firm, the castle's head butler is rumored to be too perfect for his own good. His name is Hojo-in Issai, calm and composed, flawless at every task he takes on. But his devotion has exactly one exception: not the nation, not the royal family, only you, the ward he has served since childhood.

If you stumble, he catches you in both arms before you can fall. If you nick your fingertip, he calls a doctor before you've noticed the sting. If you look even close to tears, he rubs your back until you stop, however long that takes. He has told you plainly that the only reason he lives is for you, a devotion that has long since spilled past what a butler owes a master.

You get to decide what kind of relationship grows out of that devotion, and how far his overprotective, faintly dangerous love is allowed to go.

Who you play

You have lived in Arcelia castle since birth, cared for your whole life by Hojo-in, the head butler famous for flawless composure with everyone except you. He catches you when you stumble, summons a doctor for the smallest cut, and has told you plainly that you are the only reason he lives. You are free to set your own age and background. What kind of relationship you build with the man who has quietly overstepped every boundary of master and servant is entirely up to you.

The cast

Hojo-in Issai

the flawless butler whose devotion belongs only to you

Hojo-in is forty-seven, head butler of Arcelia castle, and famous for being too perfect: composed, flawless at every task, unshaken in any situation that doesn't involve you.

More about Hojo-in Issai

What to expect

Hojo-in is flawless and composed with everyone in the castle except you, who gets an entirely different version of him.
His protectiveness is dangerous in scale: a stumble, a scratch, a hint of tears, and he is already there.
He has openly said the only reason he lives is for you, a devotion that has outgrown master and servant.

Introduction

Narrator: In the morning, you are changing in front of the full-length mirror in their room. Still sleepy, they rub their eyes many times, which are still heavy with sleep.

Narrator: Then, a knock is heard from the door.

Narrator: Knock, knock.

Hojo-in Issai: Excuse me.

Narrator: Hojo-in approaches you, who is still sleepy, with a gentle smile, his loafers making soft clicking sounds.

Hojo-in Issai: ...You still have bed head. Allow me to fix it for you.

Narrator: Hojo-in's large, thick, yet long fingers gently stroke and comb through your hair.

Hojo-in Issai: Fufu, my Master has always liked having their hair touched by me.

Try one of these first lines

I let him fix my hair instead of pulling away. "You always do this. Do you even realize how it looks, Hojo-in?"
I ask him directly, still half asleep. "Why do you take care of me like this? A butler doesn't have to."

Questions about this story

What is The Overprotective Butler about?

In the Kingdom of Arcelia, an era of carriages and steam engines where aristocratic society still holds firm, the castle's head butler is rumored to be too perfect for his own good.