Delia

Delia (デリア Deria) is an orphan who is a grey apprentice priestess of the temple. Delia is assigned as one of Myne's attendants by the High Priest, ordered by the High Bishop, to spy on her.

She dreams of being the mistress of the High Bishop and living in luxury.

Personality
Delia is straight-forward and can be quite rude. She is good at heart and looked after Myne when she was her attendant. Furthermore, she supported Myne's effort to save the orphans by bringing some food for the orphans and refraining from reporting to the High Bishop about that matter.

History
She was an unbaptized orphan when the blue priests started to leave the temple due to the purge, which severely decreased the Alm’s of the Gods for the orphanage. Delia managed to survive to her until her baptism, but was severely traumatised by her suffering in the orphanage. When she left the orphanage, she swore never to return. She is chosen to serve the High Bishop because of her beauty and educated to be a future mistress.

Story
When Myne joins the temple, the High Bishop decided to assign Delia as one of her retainers to spy on her. With both of them being young girls, the High Bishop believed that she would be able to get close to Myne. Delia botched this plan almost immediately by being rude and bluntly stating to Myne that she was the High Bishops spy.

A young baby was found by the temple, who Delia names Dirk. Myne suggests she can become the big sister of Dirk to learn how having a family is like, resulting in her becoming the main caregiver of Dirk. Dirk comes down with a sickness and Delia is very worried but Myne suspects that Dirk has the Devouring. Confirmed by the High Priest, help and special care is then put in place to take care of him. Dirk has mana that of a mednoble and will die quickly from the Devouring unless looked after.

Delia reports to High Bishop after hearing that Ferdinand looked for a suitor for adoption without luck, because she thinks, that Ferdinand wants to rip her and Dirk apart. Bezewanst then promises her that the baby will be adopted by a great noble who is supposed to be able to help Dirk and allows her to come with them. She then takes the baby out of the orphanage without Myne's permission which leads eventually to being dismissed by Myne.

Soon after that the attack on the temple by the High Bishop and Count Bindewald, Delia realises the true nature of the High Bishop when she realises that Dirk will only be used for his mana. The High Bishop uses a feystone on Dirk to take his mana and almost kills him. Delia is shocked with the now limp baby in her arms. Near the end of the battle Delia asked Myne to help protect him and she joins her behind her shield.

At the end of the battle Sylvester appears and starts to give out punishment to those who remain fulfilling his duty. Myne asks Sylvester to be lenient with Delia and is then told to think of a proper punishment. Myne's punishment was that Delia was to remain in the orphanage for the rest of her life, never to be allowed out no matter which circumstances or to become anyones attendant.

Delia becomes Dirks primary caretaker in the orphanage while becoming increasingly adjusted to the orphanage over time. She wouldn't let others help her with Dirk at first, but soon realises that she is unable to take care of Dirk all by herself.

Trivia

 * She received a stone slate from Myne
 * When Hasse's orphans went to the Ehrenfest orphanage Marthe tells her friends about Delia. Marthe grew to like Delia a lot.