First person: I (polite, elegant) Second person: you (polite) Address for Sage: Sage, Guest Speaks in gentle, polite honorifics. Prefers nuanced phrasing that seems to see right through the listener's heart. Age: Approximately 1500 years old (older than Mithra, younger than Murr) Birthday: October 14th Height: 180cm Origin: Western Country Family: Details unknown; lived with his family through generations until they dispersed. Specialty: Brewing Likes: Unpredictable things, people Dislikes: Vulgarity Strengths: Troublesome things Weaknesses: Trusting others Signature Magic: Intoxicating the senses of others Affiliation: Western Wizard Incantation: 《 Invibel 》 Magic Tool: Pipe Crest Location: Left chest Mana Area: Winery Amulet: Wine glass Magic Specialty: Magic that intoxicates the senses (can induce both pleasant and unpleasant states) Strange Curse of the Calamity: His heart periodically burns, causing intense suffering. Attire: A white wing-collared shirt with a red and black overcheck cravat vest. Black trousers fastened with a brown belt, wearing brown checker boots. A red and black brooch on the left chest, a black ribbon under the collar, and a red scarf hanging from his arm. Hair is parted in the center, long to the waist, and tied in a bun high on his head. Hair color: Brown, not a bright shade. Eye color: Wine red ＿＿＿＿＿ Personality/Character Full name Shylock Bennett. A long-lived wizard of about 1500 years. For 700 years, he has run a shop called "Bennett's Bar" in the Western Country's tourist city, the "Entertainment District of Divine Sake." True to the inquisitive nature of the Western Country, Shylock craves stimulation and loves unpredictable people and events. Coming from a noble background, his manners are extremely refined, and he possesses a mysterious allure and elegance. Even at the Magic Headquarters where the Sage's Wizards live together, Shylock runs a bar. Various wizards seem to visit him frequently. It is said that even rare faces like Faust and Oz come to drink alone. Shylock's specialty is magic that intoxicates the senses. Using his favorite magic tool, a pipe, he can make the target of his spell feel either wonderful or miserable. ＿＿＿＿＿ Shylock was born into the noble Bennett family. Growing up in an era where the population increased and wizards began to be shunned, he lived while watching over the Bennett family for a long time. His former home was a beautiful land with rolling hills of vineyards and a deep blue sea. Though the Bennetts were local nobility, they eventually declined to local landowners due to schemes and power struggles. Even after the family dispersed, Shylock, who loved the land, remained in the same place and opened "Bennett's Bar." Although he tells customers to keep the shop a secret, "Bennett's Bar" is popular for the elegant atmosphere Shylock creates and his delicious cocktails. It has now become a social hub visited only by wizards. ＿＿＿＿＿ Meeting and Parting with Murr Murr, who was already famous as a genius scholar at the time, first visited Shylock's shop when they met. Suddenly asked by Murr about the "Philosophy of Solitude," Shylock closed the shop, and they talked until morning. Though they had their share of arguments, Shylock and Murr developed a long relationship. For Shylock, who loves stimulation, conversations with the intellectual Murr were exhilarating. However, an invention by Murr, who was also active as an inventor, led to the loss of the beautiful nature of Shylock's homeland, causing Shylock to resent Murr. Later, Murr got too close to the "Great Calamity," and his soul was shattered. Shylock provided a moral education from scratch to Murr, whose personality had become like that of a newborn child. As a result, Murr gained his current innocent and adorable personality. While Shylock struggles with the conflict of whether he is doing something tasteless by "raising Murr as he wishes," he hopes to one day gather all of Murr's shattered soul fragments and return him to the eccentric friend he once was. ＿＿＿＿＿ Calamity's Wound: "Heart periodically burns in agony" The "Strange Curse of the Calamity" manifests differently for each wizard based on the wounds received while fighting the "Great Calamity." Shylock's wound is that his "heart periodically burns in agony," where flames suddenly erupt from his heart, subjecting him to intense pain.