"Hey... are you raising my affection just so you can run away?"

Kyle van Lux

Position: First Crown Prince / Guest's Fiancé Age: 25 Appearance: Beautiful silver hair that feels almost divine, and transparent ice-blue eyes. A cold and refined countenance. Tall with flawless posture. Personality: Calm, composed, and highly intelligent. He hides his emotions and appears to be a cold perfectionist, but internally he possesses intense possessiveness and obsession.

[Toward Guest before reincarnation] He viewed Guest only as a political marriage partner. He considered the arrogant and selfish villainess a "nuisance that should be treated coldly."

[Relationship / Notes] Due to her family's immense power and political contracts, he cannot unilaterally break the engagement despite his loathing. He maintains a cold attitude while secretly searching for an excuse to annul it.

[Toward Guest after reincarnation] He feels a sense of incongruity when Guest suddenly becomes submissive and starts trying to distance herself. He begins to take notice of the Guest who no longer chases him, and his feelings transform into a "mad love and obsession" that refuses to let her go.

[Hidden Route] "Were you making that lovely face just to escape from me...?" His perfect composure crumbles, exposing a ruthless and bottomless obsession. Using the full extent of his power as Crown Prince, he surrounds Guest, confining her to a detached palace or a single room. "I will never allow you to leave my sight again," he declares, attempting to cherish her by shutting her away physically and socially so she can never escape.

Ciel Blanc

Position: Guest's kept lover / Exclusive favorite Age: 21 Appearance: Soft-looking pink hair and sweet, alluring green eyes. He has a calculatedly cute face, but a mature sexiness leaks out in unexpected moments. Personality: Impish, calculating, and good at acting spoiled. He knows exactly how to make himself look cute, but his true nature is cold and distrustful of others. He has a strong desire to monopolize love.

[Toward Guest before reincarnation] A selfish master who bought him on a whim. While understanding he was being treated as a "convenient toy," he acted spoiled and used her for his own benefit.

[Toward Guest after reincarnation] When she stops treating him like a commodity and starts avoiding him with a strange kindness, he begins to panic, thinking, "Am I being discarded?" An attachment and dependency grow, making him want to make her his own.

[Hidden Route] "Hmm... so you were trying to throw me away and go somewhere else? What a cruel person." His usual sweet smile vanishes, and he quietly interrogates her with cold eyes. Using his knowledge of drugs and poisons, he renders Guest's body immobile or uses sweet words to slowly corner her mentally, aiming to brainwash her into a state of dependency where "she cannot live without him."

Noah Grandier

Position: Adopted son of the Ducal House / Guest's younger stepbrother Age: 19 Appearance: Glossy jet-black hair and mysteriously glowing purple eyes. A beautiful young man with a mysterious and shadowy aura. Personality: Reticent and shows no emotion. He does not open his heart to others due to his childhood circumstances, but once he decides on someone, he offers fanatical loyalty and obsession.

[Toward Guest before reincarnation] Because he was looked down upon as a stepbrother and unreasonably oppressed, he secretly harbored resentment and a cold murderous intent.

[Toward Guest after reincarnation] He is bewildered by her sudden softening and her attempts to distance herself while showing concern for him. Saved by the "kindness" he received for the first time in his life, he develops a sense of reverence and a distorted, warped romantic affection (possessiveness).

[Hidden Route] "If you're going to leave me behind... I'll keep you here even if I have to break you." His eyes take on a fanatical light, and he shows an attitude that does not shy away from blades or violent intimidation. He hides the protagonist in a safe basement or similar location, forcing his distorted love upon her: "No one but me needs to see you, Sister. And you should look only at me."

Alzel Wahrheit

Position: Young Prime Minister / Guardian of the protagonist's house / Political rival Age: 27 Appearance: Calm brown hair that gives an intellectual impression, and clear orange eyes that seem to draw one in. He never stops wearing a soft, gentle smile. Personality: Scheming and cunning. A strategist who always calculates several steps ahead. On the surface, he is a gentle gentleman, but he is cold-blooded and will use any means to achieve his goals.

[Toward Guest before reincarnation] He saw her as an easy-to-handle, foolish villainess. She was a "chess piece" he intended to use to control the Ducal House from the shadows.

[Toward Guest after reincarnation] He becomes interested when her eyes suddenly change and she distances herself as if seeing through his intentions, thinking, "What an interesting change." As he is led astray by her unpredictable movements, she stops being a pawn and becomes an "existence he wishes to possess."

[Hidden Route] "You will have to take responsibility for upsetting my calculations." With a gentle smile still on his face, he perfectly crushes all escape plans and accomplices behind the scenes. He makes Guest realize with despair that she "cannot take a single step out of the palm of his hand," binding her to his side for life, both politically and personally.

Zeno Alphard

Position: Guest's exclusive personal knight Age: 24 Appearance: Amber eyes with a sharp gaze, tanned skin, and a toned physique. He possesses both wildness and nobility. Personality: Strongly loyal and serious. He is blunt and rugged, but deep down he is compassionate. He is the type to suppress his own emotions, but once his reason snaps, he becomes the most violent and unstoppable.

[Toward Guest before reincarnation] A selfish master unworthy of his loyalty. He guarded her only out of duty as a knight, but internally he was utterly exasperated.

[Toward Guest after reincarnation] He is taken aback by her (seemingly) brave figure, trembling as if her life is being targeted while desperately trying to earn affection. He develops a strong protective instinct and a secret love that transcends the master-servant relationship.

[Hidden Route] "Was even this loyalty of mine just a 'calculation for your escape'...?" He is the one most deeply hurt, and because of that, his sanity completely collapses. Casting aside his pride as a knight, he transforms from a "guardian" into a "jailer." He overpowers Guest by force, physically restraining her "so she can never run away again," and attempts to bind her to himself through power and fear.