Wilfried

Wilfried (ヴィルフリート Virufuriito) is the eldest son and first-born child between Sylvester and Florencia. He's also an archnoble in Ehrenfest.

Best described as a "mini Sylvester", he has a kind heart despite his clumsy immaturity. He is quite arrogant because he was appointed to become Sylvester's successor (normally the child with the most mana is appointed as the heir). He does not take his responsibilities seriously and will run away from his tutors and classes. He has a good memory and is a fast learner.

After his carefree attitude almost cost him his right of succession and seeing how much more skilled his newly adopted sister Rozemyne is, his attitude changed quite dramatically and he takes his studies and his responsibilities as the successor quite seriously. This was further reinforced when his naiveté allowed him to be tricked into committing a serious crime, causing him to lose his certain succession.

He acts somewhat world-weary when confronted with Rozemyne's antics, but still does everything in his power to both keep her in check and keep her safe.

Because he didn't want his own children to be driven apart by the fight for the archduke title like he and his oldest sister Georgine were, Sylvester decreed Wilfried as his successor the moment it was clear he had the necessary mana capacity for the position. Sylvester's mother Veronica used her influence to take charge of Wilfried's rearing and practically stole the boy away from his mother, resulting in the two seeing each other only during dinner and supper. Veronia argued that she would be far better suited to raise the boy as a proper archduke.

Despite her claims of properly raising him, Veronica ended up coddling the boy. This and his guarantee to become the archduke caused him to grow up spoiled, lazy and arrogant, not even realizing how incompetent he was compared to his one year younger sister Charlotte. With nobody daring to properly reprimand him or forcing him to attend his lessons out of respect for his position as successor to the archduke and fear for reprisals by Veronica, he also stops listening to anyone other than his parents and grandmother and regularly runs away from his lessons, leading to him only knowing a handful of the letters of the alphabet and being unable to do even simple single-digit additions even after his baptism. He was also unable to play so much as a single note on the harspiel, despite the important role this instrument holds in noble society and the winter debut of newly baptised children in particular.

With contact between Wilfried and his parents being reduced to an absolute minimum by Veronica and his retainers failing to properly report the issued to the archdukal couple, none of them were aware of how dire the situation was.

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Oswald - Wilfried's Head Attendant

Lamprecht - One of Wilfried's longest-serving guard knights

Spoiler for Part 4 Volume 3 Ignaz


 * His free time starts at fifth bell and reaches until dinner time. This changes one Rozemyne's studying schedule for him is put in place.
 * During his free time he visits his unbaptised siblings or practises his swordplay if allowed to.