Brigitte

Brigitte (ブリギッテ, Burigitte) is a mednoble who served Rozemyne as a guard knight. She is the younger sister of the current Giebe Ilgner.

After retiring from service, Brigitte returned to her home province with her new husband. She now helps manage the paper industry in Illgner.

Brigitte has dark red hair and amethyst eyes. She is tall and muscular, with broader shoulders than most noblewomen. Rozemyne thinks she has a sharp and refined expression.

She is loyal to her family and took on the job of serving Rozemyne as a way to help with her family's influence with the Aub. She took the job on knowing that Rozemyne would be working in the temple and there was a chance she may have to go to the lower city, both of which is looked down on and despised by nobles.

Brigitte was born in the small rural province of Illgner as the daughter of the then-Giebe Illgner. She was the younger sister of Helfried. She attended the Royal Academy and graduated from the Knight's Course. During her graduation ceremony, she was escorted by her brother Helfried, suggesting that she did not have marriage plans at the time.

At some point after graduation, Brigitte's father died and Helfried became the next Giebe Illgner. Brigitte became engaged to Hassheit, a mednoble. However, she ended up refusing to marry when she discovered that Hassheit viewed her family as vulnerable and planned to take over Illgner for himself.

After breaking off her engagement, Brigitte was harshly criticized in noble society. Her reputation was so maligned that she agreed to take on the task of serving as Rozemyne's guard knight even though it meant entering the temple.


 * Nadine is Brigitte's attendant.

Brigitte begins serving Rozemyne as a knight when she becomes a noble. Later, Rozemyne hears about Brigitte's family circumstances and thinks it's unfortunate that she has little hope of getting married. To help her show off her beauty, Rozemyne designs a new halter-top dress designed to suit Brigitte's well-built body type for the next Starbind Ceremony in hopes that she can find a new husband. The dress is part of Brigitte's reward for helping Angelica pass her studies from the Royal Academy.

As Rozemyne gathers ingredients for her jureve, Brigitte becomes closer with her other guard knight, Damuel. When the two of them next attend the Starbind Ceremony together, Brigitte is approached by her ex-fiancé, Hassheit. He proposes to her, saying that she can't possibly hope to marry anyone else at this point. However, Damuel stands up for her and proposes himself, promising to raise his mana to the level expected of a mednoble. Brigitte interprets this offer as a kindhearted attempt to save her from humiliation, but to her surprise, Damuel later insists that he meant it and truly intends to propose.

Elvira invites Brigitte to her tea parties, which helps reduce some of the scorn other nobles show toward Brigitte. However, Elvira is unimpressed when Brigitte says she wants to go back to her Illgner once she is married, understanding that to mean that Rozemyne is secondary to Illgner.

Brigitte continues to help Rozemyne gather all the ingredients for her jureve, and later goes with Rozemyne to visit her home province of Illgner. She is delighted when Rozemyne says she intends to set up the paper-making industry there. However, Rozemyne warns her that the way the nobles and commoners interact in Illgner, with little to no formality, could cause trouble as more nobles visit the province. Brigitte thanks her for her warning and promises to help the citizens of Illgner prepare for the change.

When Rozemyne recovers from poisoning in her jureve, Brigitte and her other guard knights train under Bonifatius to improve their skills. As promised, Damuel works hard to increase his mana capacity and proposes to Brigitte at the next Starbind Ceremony. However, the two of them have very different expectations about what will happen after they marry. She expects to resign from service and return to Illgner, while Damuel expects to continue serving Rozemyne in the temple. As a result, Damuel ends up turning down the engagement with Brigitte. He knows, as she does not, that he can't be allowed to leave Rozemyne's service while he knows the truth about her past.

To prevent Rozemyne from making rash decisions in order to support her knights' marriage, Elvira soon finds a suitable mednoble husband for Brigitte. She then resigns from service as planned, gets married, and returns to support the paper-making industry in Illgner.


 * Mana Attributes: Brigitte has elemental affinities for Earth and Fire.


 * Illgner is small, so it is not uncommon for nobles to eat and socialise with commoners . Some commoners even know some of her more embarrassing pasts, like her habit of running into mountains with a knife to hunt.
 * Brigette does become suspicious about Rozemyne on one occasion, on a visit to Hasse, Rozemyne is being friendly with Gunther a commoner guard captain. Rozemyne covers it up telling her she knew the rest of the family (Tuuli and Effa) due to them making clothes and hair ornaments for her.
 * Brigitte was escorted by her brother Helfried during her Royal Academy graduation ceremony, due to being unable to find a new partner after forfeiting her previous engagement . This is somewhat uncommon, since being escorted by a relative of similar age can seem like a fiancé to bystanders, which could deter prospective partners.