Lutz/Story

Lutz is introduced as the boy her age from the neighborhood in Myne's memory. He is kind and helpful to her, even offering to carry her to the gate. He sought her help when he heard about Otto, a former traveling merchant from her to introduce him.

In order to become a traveling merchant, he is willing to help Myne as much as she needs, though he accepts the compromise Myne staged to become a merchant instead during his meeting with Otto and Benno. The two children are set a task to proof their worth by making a working prototype of plant-paper before their baptism.

Benno soon becomes impressed with his capacity to accompany Myne and her recklessness. Then, Benno assigned Lutz to be Myne's health manager.

Lutz starts to get suspicious of Myne's abnormal behavior and vast knowledge but he decides to wait until they complete Benno's test. After they finished making the paper prototypes, Lutz confronts her to tell the truth and Myne reveals her secret. At first, he thought she killed the real Myne but realisles after Myne's explanation, that no one would be willingly trapped in a body of a sickly girl, so he accepts her, as she is the Myne he knows and befriended.

After passing Benno's test he is registered in the Merchant's Guild alongside with Myne with Benno is their guardian. He will sign a lehange contract after his baptism.

Benno begins to think about making Lutz his successor, as Lutz is an honest, capable and diligent worker. Therefore he wants to take Lutz to another city where he plans to build a new paper workshop. Lutz's family didn't allow him to travel to another city with Benno which is why Lutz runs away from home. Myne meddles and even involves the High Priest Ferdinand into this matter. Followed by an invitation to his parents and the Gilberta Company, Ferdinand holds a meeting with before-mentioned parties and Myne to solve Lutz's problem. It turns out, that there was miscommunication and misunderstandings between Lutz and his family. They made up and resolved Lutz's problem. The Gilberta Company offers him a leherl contract which Lutz accepts.

When Benno forms the Plantin Company, he takes Lutz with him. Lutz's first job at the Plantin company was to travel to Illgner. There he teaches the locals how to make paper as well as researches what new types of paper could be made.

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