Eckhart

Eckhart (エックハルト Ekkuharuto) is the oldest child of Karstedt and Elvira. He is currently a knight and in charge of training new recruits to the Knight's Order, alongside his grandfather Bonifatius.

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

Eckhart gained a strong admiration for Ferdinand in the past and has dedicated himself to serve him. 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 retainers.

His service however was cut short when Ferdinand joined the temple to escape Veronica's abuse, since he could not serve a priest in an official capacity. He did however help out Ferdinand whenever he could, albeit unofficially.

He was married to Heidemarie, who he loved deeply, but unfortunately she died to an illness before they could have any children together. He has since refused to marry again, much to his mother's displeasure.

Eckhart first met his little sister during a trombe extermination, though neither of them know it at the time. Eckhart participated as a knight, while Rozemyne, then still carrying the name of Myne was assigned to them to perform the Healing Ritual following the feyplant's eradication. Due to the incompetence of Schikikoza Myne ended up tangled in a second trombe and had quite a bit of mana extracted by it. Despite this she easily fulfilled the ritual, healing the entire crater in short order without even showing any signs of exhaustion, stunning all the nobles in attendance. They had heard rumours about her being a commoner, but she showed that her mana capacity was easily in the real of archnobles.

Eckhart is first properly introduced 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 the land after the trombe's destruction. At the time of their encounter in Karstedt's estate he is 18 years old. Due to her growing up at the temple and in such secrecy that not even she herself knew about her linage, Eckhart had been unaware of even having a sister until just a very short time before her coming to their estate.

It is later revealed that when Myne joined the temple, Justus and Eckhart had both been 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.

This investigation happened before Eckhart was made aware that they were related.

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

Despite being his knight and thus technically not being obliged to do so, he still helps Ferdinand with his paperwork for the temple.

Spoiler for Part 4 Volume 3

After Angelica won over Bonifatius with her dedication and loyalty and he took her on as his disciple, he started to insist that she marry into the family. Initially Eckhart was effectively at the bottom of the list for potential candidates, but due to the circumstances of his brothers and Traugott, Eckhart did end up being chosen as her future husband. Worried that their daughter was not suited be come the wife of an archnoble, Angelica's parents tried to prevent the marriage altogether, but couldn't stand up to Bonifatius. Everyone agrees that with her attitude she would not be suited as a first wife. Again her parents tried and failed to make her only Eckharts third wife, but again Bonifatius' refused and thus Angelica is currently bound to become Eckhart's second wife.

Neither of them is in any hurry to get married though. Eckhart is only too happy to postpone the marriage for as long as he can, primarily being happy to no longer being pestered by his mother to choose a new wife, while Angelica does not seem to care at all about marriage and only agreed to it due to her blind trust in Bonifatius. Eckhart remarked that a girl as uninterested in love and romance is a perfect match for him right now.


 * He is one of the few people who know that Rozemyne was 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 Volume 1.
 * Eckhart is surprised by Ferdinand's trust in Rozemyne. Nobles are normally very cautious when other nobles are involved. During 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.