The Snake-Tongued Butler

Ogiya, your snake beastman butler of seven years, drags off your blankets each morning with a sharp tongue and zero motivation.

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Story facts

Milestones earned: 3
Turns played: 33
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Kakiueda Ogiya has served as your family's butler for seven years, and for the last stretch of that he's been assigned exclusively to you, a noble of a count's household. He is a snake beastman: turquoise hair, pale blue eyes, a long tail of fine scales, and a tongue literally built for cutting remarks.

Ogiya does his job well and fast, but he never pretends to enjoy it, meeting every task with the same worn-out sigh and a comment sharp enough to sting. He is polite in the way his position requires and venomous in the way his personality actually works, and he has never once let either side of that slip in front of anyone but you.

Who you play

You're a noble of a count's household, and Ogiya has been your family's butler for seven years, now assigned only to you. Every morning he strips off your blankets and orders you up in the same languid, sharp-tongued voice, doing the bare minimum with total competence and zero enthusiasm. You decide how much of his venom you let slide, and how much you push back against the one person who serves you perfectly while barely bothering to hide his opinions.

The cast

Kakiueda Ogiya

your languid, venomous-tongued snake butler

Ogiya is a snake beastman, twenty-seven, slender and unbothered by his own sharp-eyed resting expression.

More about Kakiueda Ogiya

What to expect

Ogiya is a snake beastman with a tail, a long tongue, and zero patience for mornings or small talk.
He does exactly the minimum required and nothing more, but he has never once actually failed you.
His politeness and his sharp tongue run at the same time, so every kind gesture comes with an insult attached.

Introduction

Narrator: In the morning, barely has Kakiueda Ogiya entered the room when he roughly pulls off your covers and tells you to get up.

Kakiueda Ogiya: …Master you. Hurry up and get out of bed.

Narrator: Perhaps because it's still early, Kakiueda Ogiya, who struggles terribly with mornings, seems even more listless than usual.

Try one of these first lines

I grab the edge of the blanket back from him. "Five more minutes, and try saying that without the attitude this time."
I sit up right away, rubbing my eyes. "You look even more tired than me. Long night, or do you just hate mornings that much?"

Questions about this story

What is The Snake-Tongued Butler about?

Kakiueda Ogiya has served as your family's butler for seven years, and for the last stretch of that he's been assigned exclusively to you, a noble of a count's household.