Hence why I said... rather than romantic feeling, it's more to "a man that fit her ideal criteria" rather than a sure romantic target. It's very common that as much as someone fit the ideal image in your head, it's not a surefire you will like them as a romantic partner. I'd say the chair parable is just how Ferdinand is someone she is very comfortable with, reliable but also strict that she didn't become idle. I have read official LN part 2 vol 2 now and I LOVE IT Anyway... at this point Ferdinand had admitted himself that he had become quite fond of her, and Myne... gets really good at reading Ferdinand and also getting a clearer picture of what kind of person he is. I am surprised reading this part and latter WN that she gets really spot on about his person. Yeah... and that's why I believe this engagement is a super bad idea in the long run. Then again- Jilvester isn't thinking for long term solution I believe- at least if he is smart he won't believe this is gonna work. Myne's mana is growing faster than Wilfried's and Jilvester himself know Ferdinand is like... the only guy who can marry her in Ehrenfest anyway. Jilvester was quite into the idea of marrying them off himself, same goes for Karlsted... until Myne like Ferdinand go 110% to excel in Royal academy and give other nobles ideas. It's like tragedy repeating all over again, and Jilvester didn't want WIlfried to become the second Georgine. But as we all can see- attaching Myne to Wilfried isn't a solution, especially since she make him look bad. While actually Wilfried did quite well for a Lord candidate...he just can't catch up with her. Not sure about romantic feeling, but trust and fondness yeah- Ironically enough, for someone as icy as him, Ferdinand is the one who come to trust Myne quicker than the other way around. While he DID mind-reading Myne, it's more to assure people behind him like Jilvester rather than himself. From their interaction, Ferdinand seems to be more curious than suspicious the more they interact. The latest LN translation outright stated that Ferdinand is on guard all his life that when he interacted with Myne, he doesn't have to and he likes it. This says a lot about his harsh life, if Jilvester, Karlsted, and his entourage doesn't count in his book. Honestly- it makes me cringe to read his POV in the epilogue, like... what the hell Ferdinand?! (ಥ﹏ಥ) Spoiler: Not that I can't understand... considering= Freaking Jilvester and Karlsted give up on saving him so quickly in the last arc. Once again JIlvester for all his boisterousness and other shonen MC like trait, he is not the most dependable guy for his position. Spoiler: More analysis of Ferdinand and Myne Also... you will notice that Ferdinand is very tactile when it comes to Myne, and it seems to start from part 2 vol 2 after the mind-reading. It's tear-jerking scene, as Ferdinand is so overwhelmed by Myne's emotion he doesn't know what to do and she offer to give him a big hug to comfort each other. He just sit there with no clue what to do with the affectionate gesture. Then by next volume , he is willingly give it to her when she gets overwhelmingly emotional and need comfort. Also- as mentioned early on, there's no steamy scene between them but by last arc, Ferdinand hug her whenever he gets the chance. Not to mention... Ferdinand is a cautious guy but you will not believe how MANY action he took in regards to Myne that would make nobles/ or even common people to give him strange look. His gifts... The first personal gift Ferdinand gave Myne is a bedding set, which supposes to be given only to fiance or mistress. Next... potions, one can say it's out of necessity but when one stuffed his ward with expensive and difficult to brew potions constantly like Ferdinand, you will raise an eyebrow or two. Funnily enough, Myne reveals that Ferdinand stop giving her share of allowance from temple for fee. Though- recalling how much Myne get the first time around I doubt it very much it cover the cost. Same case... magic tools. At the rate, Ferdinand is going Myne's value shot up through the roof in Lyon LOL Headdress, Myne starts the trend of this as courting gift and he give her one before he left Ehrenfest. However... Myne didn't wear jewelry often, only kanzashi... basically, one that she will always wear. Which end up in them exchanging gift- the irony of Ferdinand leaving to marry to another teritorry but exchanging things that very close to courting gift with Myne. BEHOOOOLD! BTW- I feel I need to point out that Myne is known in Royal Academy as "Ferdinand's beloved disciple" after her "Saint of Ehrenfest" It's a wonder whether the 'beloved' come from or how anyone can even imagine the 'beloved' part associated with Maou Ferdi?! Oh yeah... from how openly he strapped her in magical tools and expensive potions, I can see where the beloved come from. Spoiler: Last arc Also- is it just me or in last arc, Ferdinand run wild with creating ambiguous scene with Myne? Medical examination in public, enough to alarm a tied up enemy at how 'shameless' they are. Then he proceed to drag her to his secret room and lock their entourage out to be alone. And poor Siegswald... Ferdinand purposely (no doubt) warn Myne late for touching Siegswald's courting gift bare handed and turn it to gold dust. Which is equal to public humiliation in front of his family, making it clear Rosemyne is out of their league. Ferdinand: Gold dust filled with goddess' mana, how enviable your highness." Myne, not getting the sarcasm: Uhm, I can make some for you too as long as you prepare the material. Ferdinand : How generous of you. *Touch her hair and headdress he gave her* Basically showing off that his gift is fine touching her body directly, a proof their mana capacity match. He also repeatedly test Myne that she will pick him over their country, power of Zent and then commoner's freedom. Well... his entourage aside, this will be his first time that someone he love give as much back and prioritizes his happiness. https://m.blog.naver.com/wldms3040/221736302336 BTW- this is korean translation of Ferdinand's POV as he create her hairpin. Spoiler: So much THOUGHT put into one object. So much consideration... it's heart breaking. Ferdinand is asked by his entourage to pass the crafting to Rosemyne's aides instead. He insist they are busy, AS IF he isn't busier and persist to create the parting gift with his own hand. He reflect that now he understand Myne's commoner family's feeling, thinking that he can no longer by her side and comfort her when she is sad. He also want her to wear it all the time, but necklace is risky... it's straight up a courting gift. So like her family, Ferdinand wants the hairpin he made to nestle next to one made by Tuuri, Eva and Gunther. He makes sure the design will fit whatever flower they made so she can wear it in all seasons, so the amulet can protect her when he is no longer there for her. He also muse how beautiful the hairpin in her night like hair, shining like star. Frankly, who the hell cares if it's familial or romantic love anymore after reading this?
Here is one aspect of Ferdinand's trust of Myne. Spoiler: Ferdinand and food In Part 3 Vol 3 Epilogue, from the POV of Eckhart (Myne’s fake brother, son of Karstead and guarding knight of Ferdinand) was making observation that during the Spring Prayer, the ritual of delivering mana to farming communities around the country, Ferdinand was allowing Myne’s cook to provide for the food during the trip for him and didn’t bring his own cook. Eckhart narrates that due to fear of poisoning, nobles rarely shares their cook with other nobles, and that Ferdinand has been especially careful with poisoning, so he was puzzled why Ferdinand has such a trust to Myne. He kind of felt jealous of Myne because it took him a long time to gain the trust of Ferdinand. To further the understanding of poisoning and Ferdinand, in the final side story of Part 5 Vol 9, from Fran POV, he hears from another attendant about earlier days of Ferdinand in the temple. He said that Ferdinand used to go back to Nobles Quarter everyday for lunch, because he was afraid of getting poisoned in the temple, and advised his attendants to be build up immunity to poisons. Once a gray priestess was caught sneaking into Ferdinand’s kitchen and adding something to the food. Ferdinand interrogated her, then turned around and used that poison against former Head Directory, making everybody in the chamber sick for a few days. Poisoning is part of life in this world. So it is an established protocol that when you serve food to somebody, host would poison test the food before the guest. Naturally, Myne acquires that custom living as noble. In the very last chapter when Myne finally visit her original family with Ferdinand, Effa serves him a tea, then Myne takes it from the side, take a sip and then hand it to Ferdinand, that she poison tested it for him out of habit. Ferdinand reminds her, “...You don’t have to do that here.”
Wow, thank you for that reminder. I love Eckhart- and Harmut. They are such a fanboy/devout of their master. Though from what I see he is better at NOT weirding out his master, unlike Harmut... I swear- Myne have a lot of "I will pretend I never heard that," Eckhart is all about sharing Ferdinand's splendor- But back to spoiler of Ferdinand on Myne Spoiler: Trust and Fondness It brings a smile to my face when I remember he taught her poison-testing custom. Really make me go aww that he really teach her almost everything since she was young, but also sigh in the same time that we can't deny Ferdinand pull of Hikaru Genji's wife husbandry here. I think the most extreme evidence of Ferdinand's trust in Myne is allowing her to enter his secret room. Her mana capacity is one thing, by the common sense of nobility it's allowing someone to breach his personal space. Myne also describes Ferdinand's expression in the secret room to be very expressive. He also readily drop his roundabout way of speaking to accommodate her. And again- like your example. His aides are surprised Myne is allowed to waltz into his workshop/secret room. Fondness- We won't be able to tell from Myne's POV, but everything Ferdinand did for Myne Trombe Subjugation arc from perspective of Karlsted is extraordinary. Apparently you don't carry random person (without order of your superior) in your high beast. Ferdinand pretty much escorting her like a lady on his. Attendants- as it's evident from Fran's cluelessness about the in field operation. It's not the norm to bring attendants on mission, Ferdinand bring his most trusted and reliable grey priest to take care of Myne. One to manage her condition (Fran) and another to carry the sacred item (Arno) for her. Giving her potion, again... traditionally potion is brewed by you aides. If you brew them yourself like Ferdinand, typically you don't share it with others. Declaration of custody, even more absurd. Karlsted seems to imply that Ferdinand is sticking his neck out with this. Applying to borrow the magic circlet, it's NOT a pleasant task to do but Ferdinand go out his way to do this so there's no loose end. Ferdinand in his POV outright state that he is fond of her and upset at the prospect that Myne would be wary or even hate him after this. He has a habit to hide what he likes from other, this include person. Karlsted is someone he trust, and yet as soon as the guy make a casual remark that Ferdinand is growing fond of Myne- Ferdinand quickly backpedal and deny it. His excuse however... is so poor. He states that Myne is very valuable and start listing all her good points, basically boasting about her. While inwardly Karsted wonders, if Ferdinand is aware he is not denying anything.
There is a fun exchange when Ferdinand started training Myne for potion making. To start, she brewed the most basic recovery potion, but find it useless for her. Ferdinand said that it is good enough for most people and sells pretty well to Knight apprentices, and a good way to make money at the Academy. Myne wondered if selling Ferdinand's potion would make more money, but he responded that those do not sell because it is too expensive for most people. Myne realized that she had been taking it all the time without paying for it. Ferdinand said that she has been paying by her help with paperwork and providing her mana. After all those time, she learned that other people helping Ferdinand with paperwork were being payed for their labor, but she was never being payed.
Ah yes... their take and give shenanigan LOL Poor Hannerole, whose sweet imagination about Rosemyne and Ferdinand's romance shattered to pieces. Although... depends on how you look at it, Rosemyne's tendency to default to Benno's teaching when it comes to cost and benefit is partly why Ferdinand gets really comfortable exchanging favor with her. Myne's past as Urano teach her a harsh lesson of appreciating bond around her, so unlike Jilvester (yeah this overgrown brat) Ferdinand know Myne will never take him for granted. Before anyone defend Jilvester... an aub or not, how the hell this guy didn't check on Ferdinand's workload for so long after more than half of blue priest left Ehrenfest temple? It's not a rocket science- and he should know Ferdinand's bad habit. This is the guy who won't let out a peep no matter how overworked he is! And Jilvester have to hear this outdated information from Rosemyne, who is also as overworked but unlike Ferdinand knows to complaint to your Boss about unreasonable workload. It's no wonder from the start to the end, Rosemyne's assessment of him never go up.
Sorry to double post... But rereading part 1 vol 3 make me crack up at Benno's suggestion, this part is excluded from anime... because it sounds scandalous if you think of the meaning underneath. Unknown to Benno, only one guy happen to fit the bill in the temple... and volunteer himself to be the third babysitter of Myne. Though I bet Benno didn't expect it become a lifetime commitment. Spoiler: Benno's POV fanfic when he get the news of Rosemyne's engagement. My name is Benno, the proud owner of Plantin company. When I receive the news that Rosemyne's engagement with the Lord's son is cancelled, I was not too surprised. I have always expecting Rosemyne to draw a lot of suitors, she looks splendid when she is quiet. But alas... she just looks cute, the inside is disappointing so she would drive suitors away because of her antics. Like Lutz said to Johann years ago, if you can't keep up with her craziness you should give up when you can. The same applies to anyone who wants to marry her. The next suitor is the first prince, which throw me off of my game for a bit. Because it means Rosemyne is going to migrate the whole company plus her commoner family to central. Part of me wonder if this real that little girl is going to be a prince consort. It was so surreal, but even more unreal was perhaps my readiness to follow her to capital. Insanity... but there was no way I can live in peace, thinking of Rosemyne alone without us nearby as her limbs. "I don't know what kind of person her current fiance is, but... can he handle Rosemyne?" Lutz asked me. "I am worried for her. "I have my doubts from what I know of the first prince, he doesn't sounds like someone who can handle Rosemyne well like Lord Ferdinand." Lutz frowned, recalling the 'good man' who has to marry to another territory. "I don't think you should use Lord Ferdinand as a standard for anything, Master Benno." Like teacher, like disciple... One political mayhem that last a few weeks later... Benno understood the growing tension with Ahrenbach at last snapped, but he was unsure how the hell did Lanzenave gets involved. Rosemyne was undoubtedly the center of chaos, of course she is. I resolved to leave the noble problems to nobles, they insisted to take her away so she is their problem now. Serve them right. It seems Rosemyne has escaped royal marriage and adoption, which bring relief to me but also exasperation. Just how many man have given up on Rosemyne? She was still very young but her prospect doesn't seem very bright... Problem child... are you going to stay single like me? Seriously? Me staying single didn't look good but also not terrible, some even praise me for rising my little sister to such a splendid lady. In her case, however, it was a bad track record for a young lady regardless of the political circumstances behind it. People would wonder if there was something wrong with her... well, she was weird but not wrong. Maybe... It didn't take long for the latest escapade of Rosemyne to reach my ears, she has a new fiance candidate again. The third time was the charm, they said so I brace myself. I resist my urge to burst to hysterical laughter when I found out who is the next unlucky man. Of all people, it was Lord Ferdinand... On one hand I have no worries he can take care of her better than anyone I know, but I have endless sympathy for the poor man that he is gonna get stuck with Rosemyne for life. Seven years old... Rosemyne, Myne would be fifteen this year so... give or take he has been with her for seven years? He had not run away just like us when faced by her antics, the stern man even threw himself to be her guardian. I stuck my own neck and Lutz's deep for Rosemyne, but the man went above and beyond for her. I recalled what I said to Myne before she went to negotiate with the temple, that she has to pick a noble to rely on and exploit that person for her benefit. I thought she was lucky the political upheaval at the time open an opportunity for her, and super lucky when the High Priest volunteer to be her sponsor. It was funny in hindsight that the man was worried about me and that water goddess nonsense, acting like proper guardian and suspecting me to be a suspicious man. Look at him now! To think... she end up bringing the very same High Priest back as a son in law. It work out for her but being engaged to Lord Ferdinand is certainly not what I meant about picking a noble to exploit. Oh well, I suppose I can brag in the next drinking night with Gunther and Lutz that they should thank me for my suggestion.
These are so ADORABLE, I finally read the translated version of part 2 volume 2 and also read the 1st part of part 2 volume 3, and damn it Ferdinand got soft real fast. Their banter is the BEST especially Spoiler: quote from part 2 vol 2 Ferdinand: "I would rather not see your face more than once a day, you know Myne: *internally* "..it's not like i'm coming here to see you either" Ferdinand is the only one who can catch up with Myne probably because they have the same obsessive tendencies whilst adept in taking care of the other. Also I know this is just a fanfic, but BENNO I love him so much and his relationship with Myne. You can see how much he cares about about her with his willingness to follow her all the way to the capital, and i dont even care this is as good as canon to me. It's kinda funny to me that Myne's initial impression of Jilvester doesn't go away even after becomign adopted by him.
It is interesting that in Q&A with the author in one of the fan book, she mentioned that Benno character was not originally in the plan and added as after thought. So he is not a key element of the story.
Interesting, but I can see how this after thought character become a beloved one. He is a driving force for commoner and Shrine Maiden Myne. Her family taught her familial love, Lutz encourage her to never give up but it's Benno who teach her how to negotiate and fight for benefits she use for her whole life. Yeah- their banter have a different flair than Benno VS Myne, especially since I am pretty sure Ferdinand can read her internal retort just fine. I think at some point Myne really FORGOT to be scared of Ferdinand, in a sense she should be polite to him as a commoner. Which is ironic considering Ferdinand is the one who teach Myne her etiquette early on before passing the job to Rosina. Oh, her impression of Jilvester NEVER improve, partly Jilvester's own doing, bad luck and Wilfried's... but I believe what drop her respect to him to the bottom is Ferdinand. Spoiler: How to make your adopted have 0 respect for you. Jilvester annoying the heck out of her leave a deep impression, it's NOTHING big but remember the setting at the time. Myne had just recently traumatized by certain small fry knight and no doubt have a great fear of noble that's not Ferdinand and Damuel. She is mildly nervous around Karslted. So imagine how stressed Myne is to be treated like a squeaky toy by an unknown noble like Jilvester. Even though she quickly realize Jilvester is just an overgrown brat, her nervousness stays and didn't abate until she saw how well Jilvester get along with orphanage children. I am sure her impression on him gets a little better afterward however, after she get adopted... Wilfried happened. Myne feels BOTH Jilvester and his mini-me have no delicacy in treating her and it's best to not get too close. Again- her respect drop but it's just go down hill from there... she found out WHY Ferdinand is worked to the bone and subsequently the same brat is treating her the same way. It's no wonder she gets really angry at him for making them do so much work while he keep skipping his. Wilfried happen again... whining at her seemingly easy life (to him) and make trouble. Then Myne realize Wilfried is immitating Jilvester, skipping work... and worst- his education gets nowhere. So after they swap life to teach Wilfried a lesson, Rosemyne make suggestion to stuck Wilfried in Jilvester's office as he study. So Jilvester can't run if he don't want his dignity as a father crushed, and becoming a good example for Wilfried. Then AGAIn... Ferdinand, Rosemyne is frustrated that Ferdinand is a very strict teacher to her but he is spoiling Jilvester with doing aub's job for his brother. So Rosemyne reminded Jilvester that... officially, Ferdinand's direct boss is HER not HIM. So she told him to make use of the technicality so Jilvester can't use Ferdinand as his minister anymore. If Ferdinand's matter crush Rosemyne's respect to him as a person. Wilfried, the problem with this particular son shatter whatever respect she has for a fatherly figure. Rosemyne accept her engagement to Wilfried with "whatever, as long as I get a library as collateral" and go along with it. Partly feel bad she make people of their faction having an idea to make her Jilvester's heir. But later on she receive the news that Wilfried is depressed because their engagement is seen as perfect example of "Putting a fresh flower in the cow dung" this chinese idiom. It calm their people for a bit but they all think Jilvester is just using Rosemyne so his useless son can be Aub. Rereading this part make me think this engagement is useless, especially if the goal is making Wilfried the next aub. So yes, is it any wonder Rosemyne's respect for him is almost nonexistent? BTW- I ask this in another forum but I also want to discuss it here. The medicine for mind Syncro... "Dye me with your color" taste sweet to Myne and it surprise Ferdinand. I wonder if fellow MTL WN reader have come across an explanation for this somewhere? It seems unusual with how shocked Ferdinand was.
Somewhere around part 2, I dubbed him as the goofy, borderline annoying but wise, and reliable character that we often see in stories, but from what I've read so far from the posts and the reading the actual WN, he's really just a big hot mess. I want to know too, maybe it has something to do with their mana compatibility?
Spoiler: Jilvester in part 5 But further down in part 5, once the threat to Ehrenfest from his sister Georgine became apparent, he plays major role in defending his region and worked closely with Myne. He does not participate in the war away from the region, but involved in the battle defending the region, and at the end, kills Georgine with his own hands in the battle.
Rereading the part where Rosemyne is about to get engaged with the first prince... and gee, I would love to read Egrantine and Anaztasius's POV of this chapter. Because it does seem like kicking the puppy, from start to finish Myne insist on "return Ferdinand" to Ehrenfest, and how blatant it seems she is sacrificing herself for his sake. It's no wonder the two accept whatever abuse Ferdinand tossed at them later on, tons of responsibility and what else. He even got Egrantine offering her life to Rosemyne- all a charade to pass over an artificial "Proof of King" Rereading this really makes me realize what a miracle no blood is spilled by Ferdinand, but blackmail material on top of holding Egrantine's life as hostage... he just made the bloodless conflict worse for the losing side. Rosemyne never get around returning Egrantine's name, and most likely never to make sure the royal family never think of screwing with them again. I think if we get to read opposite POV of royal family during the discussion, I am sure they can hear the hidden meaning of Ferdinand's seemingly logical reason to offer their name to Rosemyne. "Give me your life as collateral for Glutris Height" so after Ferdinand can be sure they won't try anything again. Well done demon king...
Read in another forum that Rosemyne is technically more politically powerful and influential than the king himself, which is like no easy feat whatsoever. Aside from dominating the public market with her products and revolutionary printing press, and her high amounts of mana, are there any other stuff that factors in her ascendance to power?
Her direct interactions with the gods (including being possessed by one) and that she was the one that picked the current king and presented them with the needed item for that position.
Speaking of gods, was it ever mentioned why Urano and Myne had the same soul and why she's so special? Was she the harry potter equivalent of "the chosen one?"
Spoiler: Myne's power Single factor. Only Myne and Ferdinand obtained the ultimate magic device, Glutrisheight, a mysterious book or bible, accumulation of knowledges of all the previous kings (with search capability). It used to be the requirement to be the king, but the knowledge of it were lost over time, and the current king does not possess it. Glutrisheight is the key to the foundation magic, and one of its functionality is to create/destroy duchy or redraw borders. The fact they possesses this is a tightly kept secret. Since current member of royal family does not have capability to obtain it on their own, Ferdinand created a single generation only imitation device and conducted fake ceremony to give it to the new king, Egrantine. It is expected that they restore the old system and next king will obtain it the right way. So although they have the ultimate power, they don't excise it and remain in the background running the duchy, former Ahrensbach renamed to Alexandria and staying away from Kingdum politics (so far).
I believe the author's clarified in LN side stories and interviews that what happened is that normally reincarnated souls act as a core, and new memories and experiences cover up that core like a shell as time goes on. In Myne's case, because of her illness and her resentment towards her family, she never had a chance to properly make new memories. Instead, she started seeing glimpses of her previous life as Urano in her dreams, and she fled towards that, wishing she could become Urano, who she saw as happy and healthy, resulting in Urano's original personality coming to the outside. AFAIK the only really special thing about her is the fact that she has the devouring, but while that's rare it's not unheard of. Her huge mana pool is because of her creating advanced magic compression techniques from a young age out of necessity. There is the question of why she looks just like Mestianora, the goddess of knowledge, I suppose? I don't think that's been explained yet, unless it's in one of the bits I haven't read.
The explanation about why her memory resurface is super nice of Miya Kazuki, because most reincarnation LN just... well- it happens and that's it. It make sense original Myne is a resentful child, not that she is ungrateful or anything but her seeing glimpse of Urano's life (modern person living in first world country) it's no wonder she has a lot of pent up dissatisfaction to her world/family. If the echo of her thought when our Myne resurface is any clue, she has never live a good life in spite of her family's love. There's just so much pain for a child... Even for Myne (who has adult mind) it's VERY difficult to keep going. We can all face-palm with how single minded Myne is for books but when you live everyday not knowing when you might drop dead without warning, how she live her life is understandable. True... though picking the current king is one way to call it, more like pushing the only eligible person with decent character (relatively by Myne's standard) and easily exploited weakness. Egrantine have a lot of wrong herself towards Myne, born from 'path to hell is paved with good intention' circumstances on her part. She dare to volunteer herself because the rest of royal family have earned bigger grudge from Myne and Ferdinand. Spoiler: how to not get chosen to be Ferdinand's and Myne's standin -The ex-king earn Ferdinand's scorn for being an irresponsible idiot, and Myne's for what he did to Ferdinand. -Siegswald tried to court Myne, that's an instant hate from Ferdinand on top of staying in the rear like cowards. - Anaztasius, eliminated because he don't have all attributes, not a bad person in general he is just the second Jilvester, a wife idiot. -Hildebrand, aside from his very young age... also gets on Ferdinand's nerve. The unluckier version of Wilfried minus the brashness, victim of childhood ignorance... unluckily he fall for Myne and we all know how that ends. So that leave Egrantine, who will basically live as Myne's and Ferdinand's meat shield. Myne and Ferdinand are actually the true ruler of their country, but neither wants to 'waste' their time for government duties. Egrantine got to do the job simply because the two obsessive idiots wants more time for books, research and family. Spoiler: The problem all starts with the Demon King Who refuse to take the throne, and run away from it. So yeah, it's ALL Ferdinand's fault really~ though considering his age at the time I'd say it's no wonder he run away. On that note it's never explained WHY Ferdinand looks like Avermein either~ Also... for a series that ends with Ferdinand and Myne not sharing even a kiss, from perspective of people around them... They're quite an intimate couple with scandalous secret. Poor Myne for realizing super late that because she walks around with Ferdinand's magic color on her, the moment she start receiving people swearing their name and life to her... when they saw her and Ferdinand, they will be under assumption that Myne and Ferdinand have pre-marital relationship. On top of that, at the time between name offering and short reunion, Myne is still engaged to Wilfried.