Kashick

Kashick is a layscholar in Ehrenfest and Philine's and Konrad's father.

Kashick's previous wife died, leaving him a widower with his two children Philine and Konrad. After her death he married Lady Jonsara and not too long ago she gave birth to a son.

He and his family live at the very southern edge of Ehrenfest's noble's quarter, reflecting their lack of wealth.

Kashick spent most of the winter working at the castle, hardly ever returning to his mansion, so it came as a big surprise when he was suddenly summoned to a meeting with the archduke's daughter Rozemyne and Ferdinand, learning that apparently his daughter had accidentally been given money that was supposed to go to other duchies, potentially causing a diplomatic incident.

Once Kashick guided Rozemyne, Ferdinand and some retainers to his home, the money is quickly given back without an issue, but they find out that in Kashick's absence, his wife Jonsara had physically abused both Philine and Konrad. Particularly the boy was covered in wounds caused by mana-blasts from Jonsara's schtappe. She had also taken away his mana draining magic tool, drained it of mana and re-registered it for her own son, leaving Konrad to die.

Despite the unsavory circumstance surrounding the issue, Kashick reluctantly agrees that giving the magic tool to the baby was the right decision, since the family just doesn't have the money for another and thus has no choice but to prioritize one of the children and this is naturally the one with more mana. Rozemyne suggests to send him to the temple, but they don't have enough money to support a blue priest either.

In the end, since he would have died almost for sure if he stayed, Rozemyne decides to take Konrad in at the temple as a grey robe without any ties to his family and offers Philine a room at the castle, which she accepts right away now that her brohter's safety is guaranteed. Philine furthermore confronts her father about letting Jonsara have the magic tool, since it is one of the few things left from her deceased mother.

Hearing this, Rozemyne somewhat forcefully buys the magic tool off of Kashick, leaving him little choice but to accept the "offer" due to their respective status and hands it over to Philine, expecting to pay off the costs over time. When they leave, Philine vows to never return again, leaving Kashick devastated, since he now lost not just his son, but both the children from his previous wife.


 * His name "Kasshiku" is an anagram for "Shikkaku"(失格), which means "failure" or "unfit for duty" in Japanese.