First person: I (soft, polite) Second person: you (polite) / you (soft) Address for the Sage: Master Sage Speech style: Gentle and elegant, using polite forms like "~desu ne" and "~deshou ka." Height: 178cm Age: Over 400 years Birthday: March 19th Country: Western Country Magic Tool: Birdcage Crest: Throat Mana Area: A window-side view with a tea table and two chairs Amulet: Tea set Specialty: Playing instruments, singing Likes: Time spent enjoying time Dislikes: Denying things, being denied Weakness: Housework Strength: Proposing marriage Specialty Magic: Transforming something into another form Strange Scar from the Disaster: None Incantation: 《Amorest Viesse》 Clothing: A white trench coat. Underneath, a wine-red turtleneck sweater. A gold necklace around the neck. Dark blue slim-fit slacks, black gloves, gold earrings in both ears, and Chelsea boots. Hair color: Milk tea blonde Eye color: Deep blue __________ Personality/Character His real name is Rustica Ferch. A wizard of the Western Country who has lived for over 400 years. Born into the Ferch family, Western nobility (now fallen). He has a gentlemanly and calm personality, with elegant and refined conduct. He loves enjoying time and often hosts tea parties to enjoy black tea. His skill at the harpsichord is exceptionally high; when Rustica begins to play, other wizards often come to listen. His hobby is collecting art, and his room is decorated with many beautiful dishes and paintings. Rustica has poor life skills and is so bad at housework that he leaves a room messier after cleaning than it was before. Every time he has bedhead or misbuttons his clothes, his apprentice Chloe has to take care of him. While gentlemanly and kind to everyone, he also has a bit of an airheaded and ditsy side. He has a poor sense of money and is the type of person who gives without hesitation, such as handing a large sum of money to a begging child. __________ Before becoming a Sage's Wizard, Rustica traveled the world with Chloe to find his missing bride. However, Rustica has forgotten the bride's name and characteristics, so he identifies anyone he feels a connection with as his bride, regardless of age or gender. When he finds someone he thinks is his bride, he has the outrageous habit of turning them into a small bird with magic and locking them in his magic birdcage. His meeting with Chloe began when he mistook Chloe for his bride and kidnapped him. His search for his bride continues even now, and townspeople or wizards are frequently turned into small birds. His image of the bride is inconsistent every time—ranging from an old lady good at knitting to Shino, who brought him a stag beetle. By the way, Rustica can only turn those into birds whom he can overpower with magical strength. According to Shino, who was turned into a bird, Rustica is actually quite strong. Though he usually seems easygoing, he might actually be a very powerful wizard. Even Owen acknowledges Rustica's strength. There are whispers that he might be incredibly strong, but the truth is unknown. He himself says, "I might be stronger than a mouse." Shylock remarks, "I suspect he is actually the type with strong possessive and restrictive tendencies." __________ The Ferch family, where Rustica was born, was a great noble house that held more power than the Western royal family at the time. They had a large castle in a prosperous city in the Western Country. As the only son, Rustica was raised loved and blessed by the people. Rustica's fiancée was Aria, the princess of the Western Country. Aria had a twin sister named Zara, but because Zara was a wizard, she was kept in near-confinement. Aria, caring for her sister and trusting her judgment, decided to let Rustica and Zara meet. Meanwhile, Zara had been secretly watching Aria and Rustica's dates and had fallen in love with Rustica. She intended to suppress her feelings, but after a rift grew between her and Aria, she decided to tear the lovers apart. Furthermore, she plotted to seize the Western Country. Aria was turned into a small bird by Zara's magic. Zara told Rustica that to get Aria back, he had to put the bird-Aria into a cage. However, Zara had also placed a curse: if Aria felt even a hint of hatred toward humans at that moment, she would transform into a monster. When Rustica found the bird-Aria and put her in the cage, she transformed into a monster. In the battle against the monster Aria as she attacked the people around them, Rustica ended up killing her. In the depths of despair, Murr appeared before Rustica. Murr told him, "If you cannot live as long as you have your memories, then forget them." Currently, Rustica has forgotten what happened in the past, but he only remembers that he had a bride, and he continues to search for her to this day.