Otto (Anime)

Otto (オットー Ottoo) is a soldier who works with Gunther at the city gate of Ehrenfest. He is married to Corinna, the younger sister of the merchant Benno.

A former traveling merchant, Otto is one of the only soldiers at the gate who can read, write, and do arithmetic. He is the one who teaches Myne to read letters.

Otto has brown hair and brown eyes. He is slightly wealthier than the other soldiers, and he dresses in nicer clothing.

Otto has an easygoing, cheerful personality. He is very devoted to his wife and is effusive with praise for his family. However, he still has the businesslike attitude of a merchant and is good at negotiating deals.

He was in the traveling trade before becoming a soldier, and still has connections with merchants. Otto originally planned on buying citizenship in a city near Frenbeltag and start a store there, however he fell in love with Corinna at first sight. To prove he was serious he spent all of his savings to buy citizenship in Ehrenfest and used his connections to obtain a job as a soldier. Despite to the possibility of drawing the guildmaster's ire, that would lead to him never being able to do official business as a merchant again, Otto believed marrying Corinna would be well worth it.

When Myne and Tuuli visit their father at the gate, Otto is asked to read a letter from a noble who needs to pass through the gate. Seeing Myne's interest in reading and writing, Otto offers to give her a secondhand stone slate and teach her to write. When Myne falls ill at the Pork Stocking Festival and stays at the city gate to recover, he follows through on that promise and shows her how to write her name.

During the winter, Gunther once again brings Myne to the city gate while the rest of the family goes out to gather parues. He treats Otto brusquely, feeling jealous of his daughter's admiration for him.

While supervising Myne, Otto teaches her how to write more letters and then starts working on some accounting ledgers. To his surprise, she catches an error in his math. He swallows his pride and asks for her help with his paperwork, and she agrees on the condition that he continue to give her slate pencils and teach her how to read.


 * He spread the rumor that Myne was Benno's Goddess of Water