Stranger's Handbook

Chapter 25: The Characters until Now ※Contains Spoilers ※

Takkurun: It’s simply a summary of the characters. It’s all right if you don’t read it.

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Zest Gaiyus

Protagonist

A middle aged man, 32 years old, with black eyes and black hair

In Japan he was a salesman.

He becomes the adopted son of the Knights Commander and is engaged to the granddaughter of the Frontier Count.

While scared shitless, he aims at surviving and rising to a higher position (in this world).

As the plot progresses, his magical powers become the strongest and he’s a user of the rare light attribute magic.

Beatrice Varnam

Heroine

A 16 years old with black eyes and black hair

A Japanese style beauty who gives the impression of matureness

An expert of black attribute magic

The negatives effect of her magical power is that people are scared of her and she always looks angry.

Because the protagonist can read her true thoughts/feelings, she falls deeply in love with him.

Razatonia Varnam

The head of the Frontier Count’s Household

A demon-like old geezer with a dark mind

He’s also an expert of the dark attribute magic and is feared in the area.

A frightening and always scheming old man

He calls Beatrice ‘Bea’ and is affectionate towards her.

Sonia Varnam

A son-in-law in the Frontier Count’s Household

The refreshment of the terrifying Frontier Count’s Household

When he’s only with the family he switches to the gentle ‘papa’ mode.

Normally, he interacts with people while being is the frightening ‘Frontier Count’ mode.

He’s the protagonist’s magic teacher and the Magic Division Commander.

Galef Gaiyus

The Knights Commander

The protagonist’s foster father

He accepted the protagonist for being his successor, but the protagonist also healed his wife.

He is able to have children now.

He feels a debt of gratitude towards his adopted son and always causes a stir about his successor.

He’s a loud man who wears a full-plate armor.

An old man with muscle brains who looks like a bandit.

Celica Gaiyus

The protagonist’s foster mother

The Frontier Count’s younger sister

Since the moment the protagonist healed her infertility, she’s always doting on him.

She’s very supportive of his marriage to her grandniece Beatrice.

Her personality is the spitting image of the Frontier Count’s, but she intends to be kind towards the protagonist.

Camel

The Gaiyus’ Household’s butler

An old man who manages the servants

He deeply respects the protagonist who healed madam Celica.

Albert

A male kemonobito

The man called dog knight

Because he’s exceptional, he also serves as the Frontier Count’s guard.

Since the ‘marking incident’ he unnecessarily fears the protagonist.

The Emperor of the Grun Empire

A middle aged handsome man with blond hair and blue eyes

Conforming to tradition, he cast aside his name after the enthronement.

He was called ‘Sarsesh’ when he was a child.

No one calls him by this name now since it’s considered a blasphemy.

People call him ‘his Majesty the Emperor’ or simply ‘his Majesty’.

Empress Natasha

A beautiful woman with blond hair and blue eyes

She has a gentle aura and she looks like a soothing ‘onee-sama’.

His Majesty is deeply in love with her and won’t really show her in front of the public.

The gardener who fixed his eyes on the empress got killed.

The master chef who complimented her cooking skills got killed too.

If you breathe the same air that she breathes, you’ll be killed…

This is the extent of the rumors, which show how much his Majesty cares about her.

Imperial princess Tsubaki

The daughter of his Majesty and Natasha

She has the name of a flower (1) from the legendary country of Japan.

A 10 years old beautiful girl

She likes the ‘spirit’ (2) and she admires Beatrice who is the model of it.

The Prime Minister Arc

A man in his 50s

He has the image of a little fatty with brown hair and red eyes.

However, he also acts heartlessly according to his position of a Prime Minster, and he would be capable of murdering his family if that’s for the best interest of the country.

He gets along well with the Frontier Count and he visits him every year.

Imperial Mage Rank 4

Lamia Varnam

A mage specialized in medical treatments; Sonia’s wife

Beatrice’s mother

She normally works in the imperial capital.

She’s a very indulgent ‘mama’ towards Bea.

Towards her husband she also has a ‘spartan’ face and often gives him aggressive responses.

Meryl

The daughter of a baron from the Frontier Count’s territory

She’s currently working as a maid in the imperial capital’s palace in order to learn the good manners.

She’s in love with Albert.

Bicks

Viscount

The head of domestic affairs

He’s the father of the idiotic noble who ‘offered’ a marriage proposal to Beatrice.

Unknown cause of death

Tanya

A middle aged woman

The shopkeeper of a Western-style clothes store, who shows favor to the Frontier Count’s Household.

She also opened a shop that sells all sorts of new selections of goods.

Terminal Kingdom’s side

Harnil

Count

A grandpa who came to the empire as an emissary for the kingdom

(1) Tsubaki （椿・つばき）means ‘camellia’ and is a common name for girls.

(2) A spirit that shows up later in the story.