Bezewanst

Bezewanst (ベーゼヴァンス, Beezevansu) is the High Bishop of the temple of Ehrenfest and the only one who outranks Ferdinand. Since he was raised in the temple, and therefore did not go to the Royal Academy, he is not considered a true noble, leading most nobles to look down on him.

Bezewanst is a large old man with long white hair and beard, and usually wears the white robes of the High Bishop. Unlike most Blue Priests he does have a noble's ring.

The High Bishop leaves most of the work of actually running the temple to Ferdinand, and spends most of his time simply enjoying the perks of his position. Due to his older sister Veronica (mother of the current Aub Ehrenfest) covering for the numerous crimes he commits as High Bishop, and their unusually close relationship, he takes a dark sense of joy using the connection to elevate his position in noble society.

His true personality is scarred by a deep inferiority complex over not being recognized as a true noble despite his archduke's blood. He is well aware that most true nobles disrespect him as a person and only put up a show of respect due to his connection to his older sister, which is a great source of frustration and anger to him. This constant barrage of negative emotions have made him into a very vengeful and cruel person who seeks to release his pent up anger on those of lesser status than him, whenever he thinks he can get away with it. And due to his sister's protection he could get away with a shocking amount of crimes and abuse, which made him arrogant on top of his other vices. He is also very vengeful and will go to great length to avenge himself upon those he deems to have wronged him, prioritizing his revenge over the good of the temple and duchy.

He is able to quite competently hide his character flaws and project an air of benevolence and kindness much in contrast to his true self, if he deems it benefitial to himself.

Bezewanst, born with pure-blood of the archduke's family, possessed relatively low mana in comparison with his kin, and was therefore raised, since his baby years, in the temple as a priest and continues his life there. His mother died when she gave birth to him, so nobody could protect him from his fate. With his mother's death, the position of his father's first wife fell onto the second wife who belongs to the Leisegang faction. Giebe Leisegang demanded, that Bezewanst was to be put into the temple. As his daughter became Bezewanst's father's first wife, Bezewanst's fate was sealed. Bezewanst was Veronica's last living blood relative, which made her protect her little brother as much as possible. He was granted the position of the High Bishop in the temple and his embezzlement and further small crimes were covered up by Veronica.

Since he was never officially recognized as a noble he was never sent to the Royal Academy and thus neither aquired a Schtappe nor learned to properly use his mana. He also never learned how to form a Highbeast and thus had to rely on coaches, much to his displeasure. His sister Veronica gifted him with a noble's ring, but due to his lack of training, he was unable to make proper use of it.

In the beginning he is the head of the temple in Ehrenfest. He first appears during Myne's baptism ceremony. Myne looks like a rich girl, which is why he treated her well despite her being a commoner. When he summoned her parents to the temple to talk about her apprenticeship, he learned that she is from a poor family. His attitude changed rapidly to a condescending one. A fight begins, and although he initially holds the advantage by overpowering Myne's father due to the Bishop's men over High Bishop's completely unjust request of them abandoning Myne to the temple, he was nearly crushed to death by Myne's Devouring personality, although he did lose consciousness. He despises Myne for being a commoner possessing more mana than him.

When Myne joins the temple, upon hearing that the High Priest is assigning one of his own attendants to Myne, he decided to allocate one of his own attendants as well, as a means to spy on her; as well as assign the temple's worst problem child to Myne.

During the attempted abduction of Myne, he found himself fighting against Myne and her bodyguards with Count Bindewald in front of the High Priest's chambers. When the fight ends, Bezewanst was taken into custody by Sylvester and he ended up executed for his crimes.

Rozemyne later finds a large amount of personal letters, some are from Georgine. Rozemyne does thinks the letters are from a "lover" and when a Ordonnanz comes to with a letter to the arch bishop she replys to the letter about Bezewanst death and it sends it self back. She later finds out that it was a letter from Georgine which Sylvester was trying to keep a secret from her.


 * He received a name for the light novel adaption. In the Web Novel he was always referred to only by his title of "High Bishop" (神殿長 Shindenchou).
 * In the Anime after Myne knocks him out with the crushing it can be seen in the background while Ferdinard and Myne discuss what to do next, several grey priests are trying to move him unsuccessfully.


 * Cambridge Online Dictionary