Eckhart

Eckhart (エックハルト Ekkuharuto) is the oldest child of Karstedt and Elvira. He is currently a knight and was at the trombe mission which Myne was on. He also was Ferdinand's bodyguard before Fredinard went into to the temple.

Appearance
He is tall and looks muscular with an expression resembling his farther. His dark-green hair resembles his mother's hair colour.

Lower City Investigation
When Myne joined the temple, Justus and Eckhart are both sent by Ferdinand to investigate Myne and collect any information they could get about her in the lower city. When visiting the lower city, he is overwhelmed by the smell and lack of hygiene which even amplified due to him using a spell to clean his clothes. Whilst he is feeling sick, Justus uses various disguises and investigates around the south gate. At night they break into the Merchant Guild to collect further information on Myne as his investigation wasn't successful so far. They eventually collected enough information and Eckhart returned while Justus's checked out the market.

Meeting Rozemyne
We are first introduced to him just before Rozemyne's baptism, where he picks her up and is happily surprised to find out his new sister is the same girl who was the shrine maiden who brought life to land after the trombe's destruction. At the time of their encounter in Karstedt's estate he is 18 years old.

When Ferdinand returned to Noble Society, Eckhart was overjoyed and became his bodyguard again.

He eventually gained Ferdinand's trust by offering his name to him. The same applies to Justus which is why Ferdinand only has two trusted attendants.

Trivia

 * He is one of the few people who know that Rozemyne is Myne.
 * He lives in the knights' barracks.
 * He looks up to Ferdinand and really liked him since their time in the Royal Academy.
 * Both him and his deceased wife were crazy fans of Ferdinand.
 * He sold information on Ferdinand to his mother for pocket money during their time in the Royal Academy.
 * His name was previously translated as "Eckehard" but was adjusted in Part 3 Vol. 1.
 * Eckhart is surprised by Ferdinand's trust in Rozemyne. Nobles are normally very cautious when other nobles are involved. While Rozemyne's spring ingredient gathering, Rozemyne was in charge of all the cooking which is normally unheard of, as nobles fear getting poisened by other nobles. Eckhart had to work hard over a long time to earn Ferdinand's trust, while Rozemyne gained his trust in a relatively short amount of time. Ferdinand when questioned about his trust in Rozemyne, puts it down, claiming that Rozemyne was brought up in the temple and does not have such thoughts.