Karstedt

Karstedt (カルステッド Karusutetto) is a character that appears in the Ascendance of a Bookworm series. He is the commander of the Knight's Order and the cousin of Sylvester and Ferdinand.

Personality
He is a reliable and calm man. When the chips are down, one can depend on him.

History
During the feud between his second and third wife, he took the side of his third wife Rozemary, leading his first wife Elvira to take side with his second wife. This lead to a unpleasant atmosphere in the whole house and eventually to Rozemary's death.

Trombe extermination
Karstedt was responsible to choose to knights to guard Myne during the trombe extermination. His subordinates failed and one of them even hurt Myne, which lead to a failure on his part. As punishment his pay got reduced and he had to pay half the price of Myne's new ceremonial clothes.

After Myne's memory searching, Ferdinand visits Karstedt's estate to return the magic tool. There he receives Ferdinand's report about his findings, while being amused and surprised by Ferdinand's attachment to Myne. Ferdinand wishes for Karstedt to adopt Myne and that as early as possible. Karstedt respects Ferdinand and deeply trust him, and so accepts his wish.

Aoption talk
Karstedt visits the temple and speaks to Myne about the adoption. Due to Myne's emotional instability the metting ended abruptly. He remained involved with Myne and investigated Wolf with Ferdinand.

Afterwards, Sylvester investigates Myne in the temple as undercover blue priest, he follows Sylvester as his bodyguard. On one night during their Spring Prayer travel, they spend their night with music and sword dancing, where Karstedt displays his skillful sword dance and flute playing. They were attacked during their travels once, leading Karstedt to unleash a strong magical attack with his sword turning rainbow-coloury. With the Spring Prayer completed successsfully and finishing the investigation, Sylvester and Karstedt leave the temple.

Attack in the temple
Their roads cross not long after, at the time of the Archduke Conference. Sylvester and Karstedt returned to Ehrenfest using the Noble's Gate, and find themselves amidst a fight. In a matter of a few seconds they reacted and followed Myne's instructions. The fight ended following Sylvester's job to judge the situation. Having determined the criminals and called in the Knight's Order, they could finally dedicate their time to discuss Myne's adoption. While they wait for Myne's family to arrive at the temple, they talk about Myne's situation, her adoption, her made-up story and her new name. Karstedt would take in Myne as daughter between him and Rozemary, while baptising her as Rozemyne with him and Elvira as her parents.

Trivia

 * He ordered Myne's new ceremonial clothes with the Gilberta Company like Myne requested.
 * He prefers the flute over the harspiel and is quite skilled.
 * He wished to have a child with his deceased third wife.