History Characters / AnObservationLogOfMyFianceeWhoCallsHerselfAVillainess

** In the sequel, Bertia finally does something villainous and her substitute villainess plan works - albeit to the wrong target since by monopolizing Lady June's time she causes Prince Izrach to have a GreenEyedEphiphany with some coaxing from Cecil. Although ironically she had pretty much already dropped the substitute villainess plan since Lady June was too sweet and kind for her to even attempt her PokeThePoodle antics.

** She grows increasingly more horrified when Cecil outlines an ''actual'' villainous scheme to get the third member of a LoveTriangle out of the way, rejecting it as being "unclassy".
** She tries this again in the sequel, this time [[spoiler:for the purpose of helping Lisolna avoid her bad ending by trying to bully June. However, she manages to actually endear herself to June and even helps her befriend Lisolina in the process instead, as everyone aside from her notices.]]
** Cecil actually makes a point in the sequel to say that Bertia's ideals of being a villainess clash fantastically with the [[TheDitz the]] [[MinionWithAnFInEvil kind of]] [[AllLovingHeroine person]] she really is.

* GenkiGirl: Bertia is a very energetic, {{Cuckoolander}} and CuteClumsyGirl, and it was invoked by the king who wanted someone whou would bring color into Cecil's life. [[spoiler: She even manages to turn a ScreamingBirth hilarious with her energy, shouting the entire time with her family considering her energy even while giving birth to be a good sign.]]

%%* InsecureLoveInterest: In the sequel series, [[spoiler:the genuine villainess manages to stun and upset her by claiming that Cecil wouldn't tolerate her selfishness. Cecil internally urges her to not fall for it but it doesn't work and he has to intervene in true TranquilFury, EvilerThanThou fashion.]]

* LethalChef: Averted, while nowhere near Silica's level, her cookies are at least passable and edible, unlike Joanna's which somehow became gaseous.

* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Her absolutely pathetic attempt at villainy starts off by her declaring her intent to invoke the worst ending for herself so [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Cecil can be happy,]] and gets worse at evil from there.

* SmarterThanYouLook: While she is no doubt TheDitz, TheKlutz and has an F in evil, Tia knows more than she lets out. The "How to be a Villain" guidebook she wrote for her father has pretty accurate data and Cecil and her father note by the guide's overall qualities that Bertia could create successful tourism guides if she applied herself. [[spoiler:After marrying Cecil, she starts a popular wedding magazine using the same format.]]

The first and crown prince of Alphasta, he is engaged to Bertia, and the point-of-view character. In his first time meeting with his fiancée, her spouting about "otome game" and seemingly predicting the future interests him, so he decided to keep track of her for "further amusement". Before he realized it, he started to care more about Bertia than he originally thought he would.

* BerserkButton: While he's subdued about it, insulting or hurting Bertia in any matter is a very quick way to get on Cecil's bad side.

* EmotionlessBoy: Originally, Cecil grew up without caring for anyone, couldn't understand why his father was grieving after he was forced to refuse Douglas the medicine that would save his best friend's wife and stayed apathetic towards the death of Bertia's mother. Like an "emotionless doll". Thankfully, current Bertia changed him for the better, so while still rather stoic, he's far more conscious of other people's feelings than his original counterpart. Even the present Cecil witnessing what he would have been like had the world remained as the original collapses in self-loathing and hearing about how he ends up in the game's routes outside his own unsettles him.

* NotSoStoic: Being TheStraightMan in a comedy-filled manga? Seems you won't have a good day, Your Highness.

Despite how far the story has strayed from the script, Heronia still believes in her destiny as the "fated maiden" who would make Prince Cecil happy and acts like she's actually playing a game. Through the help of the Light Spirit, she has attracted many man, but not the person she aimed for.

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:When given the choice to spend her exile in a comfortable monastery close to the capitol or in a distant one in the harsh northern territory, Cecil makes the point that the one in the north has a strong connection to the Holy Light, with the implication that if Heronia chooses the more difficult path, she could find a way to revive Pi. She agrees to go that route in order to redeem herself by bringing back her only friend after Cecil makes her understand that Pi sacrificed themselves for her happiness.]]
* ButtMonkey: Nothing she tries ever go right. Her first appearance makes Cecil think she's a crazed loon high on drugs, her first attempt at a flag event results in him flat-out ignoring her as she gets increasingly loud and desperate, and when Bertia manipulates him into getting locked in the same room as Heronia he takes the first moment he gets to ''jump out the window'', while Cecil observes she doesn't seem to pay attention to reality [[note]]Heroina talks about how he gave her a red rose, which not only was not true, the roses he did have were blue and given to Bertia.[[/note]]. Bertia tries to help her by playing TheMatchmaker to the other love interests but that only results in Heronia ending up with no backup romantic options (or being denied the harem route).

* EntitledToHaveYou: Being an reincarnate, she believes she is entitled to have Cecil like in the game. This becomes the source of her undoing, owing to her [[IRejectYourReality not realizing the canon has changed]], as well as not doing anything her game counterpart does to win Cecil's heart.
* FatalFlaw: Selfishness and denial. As the heroine, she feels she's entitled to everything that role indicates, which includes the affections of the love interests, especially Cecil. Heronia sees the people in the world as just game characters rather than as real people with their own thoughts and feelings. Heronia in the process ignores how things have changed from the original story that make it impossible for things to play out exactly as the original story. She refuses to improve herself like the original Heronia or the current Bertia, being completely without proper manner or etiquette when she should already know such. Cecil notes to Pi that Heronia still could have found happiness distinct from the original story had she not been so caught up in a destiny she thought was entitled to her.
* {{Foil}}: It's clear she's this to Bertia. Both go about trying to act in the script of the original story in the roles they were designated for. However, that's where they diverge; Bertia tries to be the villainess, but her kind nature makes her unable to do anything worst than PokeThePoodle moments and she draws people easily to her. Meanwhile, Heronia firmly believes herself the heroine, but she shows herself to be both delusional and incredibly self-serving, only having attention because of her light spirit's magic.

* IronicName: Heronia is close enough to "heroine" and indeed, both she and Bertia believe she fulfills that role. However, this is not her story and she is merely an obstacle in Cecil, the POV character's way, because she can't accept she isn't the heroine (main character) or "heroine" (the love interest). And since the story still needs a villainess, Heronia steps up to the role perfectly.

His engagement with Cynthia would have worked out if she didn't fall to the same epidemic that took the life of Bertia's mother. Her weakened condition bothered him and the youthful heroine stepped in. Due to how the epidemic was stopped before it could become deadly in the story however, Bard and Cynthia soon becomes besties in outdoor activities and love springs between them.

* CassandraTruth: Charles doesn't believe him when he said Bertia has been exercising well. Cecil mentally confirms his assessments.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He even forgets that his fiancée will attend in the same academy with him and was surprised seeing her amongst the new students. Which, in the world of nobility, it's not a good thing to do.

* LovableJock: As Cecil regards, he is the one to find when you need battling tips, but when talking about the etiquette of nobility or things that requires brains, he is hopeless.

Eldest son of the Minister of Foreign Affair. He is ChildhoodFriends with Silica, but since she was caring for him too much, he started to feel uncomfortable. In the story, the heroine jumped in, but at present Bertia is the one resolves the problem and they reconcile.

* {{Bookworm}}: He always carries around a book and would rather spending his time paying attention to it than to other people.

* WhatTheHellHero: Him snapping at Silica when all she wants is helping him, despite somewhat [[JustifiedTrope justified]] considering the situation: his father sent him a scolding letter, the weather is hot as hell (even disregarding those thick-ass clothes), he hasn't sleep well, then someone just starts to complain right in his ear... Later, in return, he receives a lecture from Bertia who accused him of being an UngratefulBastard who never looked after himself unless Silica stepped in.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: He constantly runs from Joana, which Cecil comments to be very rude, and [[BrutalHonesty straight up telling Joana her cookies taste bad]].

* SiblingYinYang: Cecil is mature, manipulative and knows how to use his words, but also surprisingly childish when it comes to his love for Bertia. Shaun at the time is more innocent, childish and cheerful than his actual age while in truth being more precocious about 'love' than his brother.

A member in a branch of the Noches family. In the original story, he was adopted into the main Noches family and ForcedIntoEvil by Bertia's father. However, the birth of Bertia's younger because of her mother surviving made this not happen. To appease Bertia, Cecil has Kulgan adopted by a different noble family to spy on them.

* ShipTease: With Bertia's maid Milma. Between his ability to instantly spot her despite her hard-to-notice nature and her blushing in his presence, both Bertia and Cecil become ShipperOnDeck for them.

* TeamMom: To Bertia and even Nert. She joins the Bertia Fanclub to protect Bertia's innocence, and takes care of Nert for his every needs.

* UnstoppableRage: Nothing can stop her once she angered. She does acknowledge that Bertia staying meek and letting her finish her lecture helped her let go of her anger, though.

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She keeps her hair long, likes reading books, takes part in tea party and wears PimpedOutDress like any other ladies, but she also likes horse-riding and martial arts.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Joana becomes friends with Bertia, and even starts a fanclub for her, after Bertia had defended her from suitor who was not taking the hint that she was not interested in him.

* CutenessProximity: When it comes to Tia or Shaun, she tosses her regal image aside and gushing over them like a true {{fangirl}}.

* LethalChef: That one time she tried to bake some cookies, the results somehow resemble 3 stages of water: solid (hard as rock), liquid (melted), and ''gaseous'' ([[ItMakesSenseInContext the cookies literally disappear]]). The flavor is rocking as well, but at least it can be consumed without food poisoning. It's these imperfections which finally allow she and Shaun to open up to each other and progress as a couple.

* AlmightyJanitor: Downplayed, but Zeno is a butler that also happens to have the blood of the Spirit King and therefore able to use all elements outside his main ones at a decent level, meaning he's actually a rather powerful spirit despite his position.
* BattleButler: Well, for a butler who gets snarked and mistreated by his master, he is a ridiculously powerful spirit.
* BlowYouAway[=/=]MakingASplash: His two main elements is Wind and Water.
** ElementalPowers: Since he inherits the blood of Spirit King, he can use any other element in a decent level.

* {{Telepathy}}: The inner exchanges between him and Cecil that looks like telepathy is ''actually'' telepathy.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Because of how spirits ages work, Kuro is actually a fully mature being, she only takes on a child's appearance during the day to save energy when serving her mistress under the sunlight where she's naturally weaker. Once night falls and she needs to expend less energy, she can look like a proper adult. [[spoiler:Which is why Cecil ended up having no objections to Zeno and Kuro pursuing a relationship despite warning the former not to lay hands on a "child".]]

* UndyingLoyalty: It does anything Heronia wishes for, from over exhausting itself trying to lure more men or even risking its life.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Bertia reveals to Cecil that in the route where Heronia ended up with Bard, [[spoiler:Bard was horrified by the BloodKnight that Cecil became and his callous disregard for the lives of the soldiers under his comman. Bertia states that this was the first point in his life where Bard had ever doubted Cecil.]]

* CovertPervert: Despite his stoic, calm demeanor he is really looking forward to his marriage with Bertia, at one point suggesting they go somewhere more intimate during a date, with a tone that implied he had something very intimate in mind.
* CrazyJealousGuy: After they got married, Cecil becomes jealous at even the slightest suggestion Bertia might have been interested in someone else, whether they're real or fictional, and expressly forbids her from attempting a seduction.

* EvilerThanThou: Bertia's influence manages to ensure that Cecil is not actually as evil or tyrannical as he could have been but he's still much more of a cunning, unscrupulous person than anyone else he meets.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold / InnocentBlueEyes: Inverted, but downplayed. While he has both of these as part of his princely looks, he way too ruthless and scheming to be a straight played example. However, he does somewhat mellow out over the curse of the story.

* PerpetualSmiler: The calm, know-it-all smile on his face rarely, if ever, shuts down. When it ''does'' shut down, you know nothing good is coming.

* CuteAndPsycho: Let’s be honest, while Heronia is pretty plain compared to other characters, she does look cute. However throughout the course of the story, her mindset seems to be...unstable. Especially in the Graduation Ceremony arc, where she yells her insults in Cecil’s face like a maniac and her face [[NightmareFace shifts into a deformed expression]], with SlasherSmile to boot.

* KarmicButtMonkey: Despite her trying and following the game events, all her "capture targets" see her as a fool at best and with distain at worst rather than the undying love in the game. This is partly due, however, to her attitude towards the targets and the rival girls, as it is her entitlement to the instant affection of the targets and trying to ruin their relationships with the rivals that earn their scorn and alienate her from the other students.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He feels ashamed about his crush on his older brother's fiancée, and has been holding off on confessing his feelings because he felt that she would be better off with his brother's prestige and higher standing, despite the fact he's a notorious womanizer. However,Bertia's meddling before Anne makes said decision makes him finally act on them.

* LongHairedPrettyBoy

* HimeCut

* IRejectYourReality: Heronia still tries to follow her original destiny as the "fated maiden" and belief that only she can make Cecil happy, despite the mounting evidence the world is far different from the original otome game. She becomes increasingly unstable as the world continues to not go in her favor. It's one reason people can't stand her.

* ButtMonkey: Nothing she tries ever go right. Her first appearance makes Cecil think she's a crazed loon high on drugs, her first attempt at a flag event results in him flat-out ignoring her as she gets increasingly loud and desperate, and when Bertia manipulates him into getting locked in the same room as Heronia he takes the first moment he gets to ''jump out the window''. Bertia tries to help her by playing TheMatchmaker to the other love interests but that only results in Heronia ending up with no backup romantic options (or being denied the harem route).

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: She has one at the very end, due to Pi's death.]]

* KissingCousins: She is the fiancée of Shaun, and formerly Cecil. They’re also cousins.

* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Shaun, who gets the wrong idea because she tends to look like she's scheming. It's really because she's trying to figure out how to approach him.

* MistakenForPedophile: A large reason Cecil warns Zeno to be careful about publicly pursuing Kuro as a love interest, because he doesn't want rumors spreading about his butler laying hands on a "little girl". Even though he's aware she's a fully mature spirit with a proper adult form, and only takes on a child's appearance in daylight for practical reasons.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: She loves inarizushi.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold / HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Inverted, but downplayed. While he has both of these as part of his princely looks, he way too ruthless and scheming to be a straight played example.

--> ''”Prince Cecil, I’m actually a villainess! It’s my duty to attempt to tear you and the heroine apart, only to be soundly beaten and have our engagement annulled!”''

The firstborn child and only daughter of the Main House of Noches, she is Prince Cecil’s fiancée.

Upon realizing that she has been reincarnated into an otome game as the villain at very young age, she aims to become the greatest villainess, a "pure flower of evil" as she calls it. She spends the majority of the series attempting to get the Heroine together with Cecil, but things aren’t going her way when everyone around her is more villainous than she will ever be...

* AccidentalHero: When trying to do '[[PokeThePoodle villainous acts]]' Bertia deliberately breaks a teacup in front of a new maid while complaining about the quality of the tea and is pleased when said maid cries. Bertia specifically chose a chipped teacup to shatter. The same expensive teacup the maid had accidentally damaged and was afraid of being punished for. The maid's tears were in relief and gratitude because she believed that Bertia's tantrum was an act to protect the maid from the consequences. There are several other examples where misunderstandings and coincidences result in Bertia's attempts at villainy being beneficial without her realizing it.
* AchievementsInIgnorance:

** Cecil points out when she's fretting over her lack of [[NewLifeInAnotherWorldBonus cheat skills]] for being a crown princess that she's been asked by many foreign princesses and even paid to arrange their weddings, so she's established a good foothold for foreign relations from her unusual wedding alone.

* BigBadWannabe:

** She tries this again in the sequel, this time for the purpose of helping Lisolna avoid her bad ending by trying to bully June. However, she manages to actually endear herself to June and even helps her befriend Lisolna in the process instead, as everyone aside from her notices.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Little is known about Bertia's past life, though bits and pieces have been dropped here and there: she wasn't very popular, she had at least one friend, who tried to hook her up with a male friend of hers, and Cecil was her "one and only joy when [she] was living in a shell", which is the FreudianExcuse for her behavior. Cecil is certain she was just as dense in her previous incarnation as she is now (ObliviousToLove, specifically).
* DarkIsNotEvil: When Bertia is informed that she has contracted with a dark spirit she initially remarks that it sounds quite befitting for a villainess, however once Cecil explains that dark spirits are more about defensive magic she says that that doesn't sound like a villainess at all.

* TheDefroster: In the sequel, Tia manages to defrost Princess Lisolna completely unintentionally just by hanging out with her. Cecil is wary they became friends too fast, and that Tia wouldn't be able to see through Lisolna if she were up to something, but when he gets to meet Lisolna again, the change in her personality utterly confuses him. Zeno observes that compared to fixing ''Cecil'', Lisolna must be a walk in the park for Tia. Although Cecil appreciates his point, putting it in those terms ticks him off.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Bertia comes up with a plan to get Lisolna and Airath closer together by wearing a pair of extremely high heels, which will let her pretend to fall over and push Lisolna into Airath's arms. Unfortunately, she forgot they'd be having a ''seated'' tea party together, where said heels are pretty much useless. She does fall over eventually - but she ends up falling on Cecil instead, who's very much appreciative of the opportunity to have his wife in his lap.
* EvilRedhead: Subverted: she has long, curled red hair which she inherited from her mother and she ''tries'' to be villainous, but her pure-hearted and innocent nature makes her worst actions cases of PokeThePoodle.
* FormerlyFat: This version of Bertia was a chubby little girl at the start of the story. She slimmed down via diet and exercise after her first meeting with Cecil in order to become a "proper" villainess. [[spoiler:Her "original" self [[FatBastard remained fat throughout her life]], as seen in the dreamworld Cecil experiences thanks to Pi.]]

* HiddenDepths: At one point, she makes a "How to be a Villain" guidebook for her father, which he notes is both well-put together, includes illustrations, and is easy to read. Cecil notes its quality and both he and her father think she could better use these evident talents in publishing to make tourist guidebooks instead. Bertia does later publish a wedding magazine after marrying Cecil, which goes on to be popular and successful.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Albeit it pains her heart to no end, she thoroughly believes that Cecil cannot be happy without Heronia. Problem is, Cecil won't let her, and is more than aware that Tia loves him.
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Come the sequel, she's convinced she's a veteran villainess who'll have no trouble playing the part, entirely unaware that she's terrible at even pretending to be evil.

%%* InsecureLoveInterest: In the sequel series, the genuine villainess manages to stun and upset her by claiming that Cecil wouldn't tolerate her selfishness. Cecil internally urges her to not fall for it but it doesn't work and he has to intervene in true TranquilFury, EvilerThanThou fashion.

* TheMatchmaker: Bertia tries to pair off all the prince's future advisors so that they can't end up in the harem ending with Heronia. As far as Charles and Silica (and later Lisolna in the sequel) are concerned, however, it somewhat veers into UnwantedAssistance because of her exuberance, even if her efforts worked out.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Her absolute negative ability at villainy starts off by her declaring her intent to invoke the worst ending for herself so [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Cecil can be happy,]] and gets worse at evil from there.

* ShrinkingViolet: How the original Bertia was before her mother’s death.
* SmarterThanYouLook: While she is no doubt TheDitz, TheKlutz and has an F in evil, Tia knows more than she lets out. The “How to be a Villain” guidebook she wrote for her father has pretty accurate data and Cecil and her father note by the guide's overall qualities that Bertia could create successful tourism guides if she applied herself.

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Bertia's plight. Bertia does her best to follow the game's plot and be the best villainess there can ever be, but she happens to be a gentle and kind soul. As such, it's her cues that have led Cecil to avoid the markedly malicious and chaotic events that Tia unwittingly discloses with him.

* WeightWoe: After declaring that she aims to be a ‘pure flower of evil’, she consistently exercised and dieted in order to slim down. As such, getting fatter becomes SeriousBusiness.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: While she loves Cecil more than anyone, she constantly tries to hook Cecil and Heronia together because she believes only that way would make Cecil happy. [[spoiler:It turns out another reason she was so determined to pair them together is because a war happens and Cecil ends up either a BloodKnight, a recluse, disappears or assassinated in all routes outside his own.]]
* YouCantFightFate: Her main flaw. Despite having already sent the game's plot OffTheRails, she still full-heartedly believes that Cecil and the kingdom can only be safe with her downfall and Heronia at his side, no matter how many times Cecil spells it out that she already defied fate.

-->''"You’re interesting."''

The first and crown prince of Alphasta, he is engaged to Bertia, and is the [[=POV=]] character.

In his first time meeting with his fiancée, her spouting about "otome game" and seemingly predicting the future interest him, so he decided to keep track of her for "further amusement". Before he could realize it, he started to care more about Bertia than he originally thought he would.

* AffectionateNickname: He forced Tia to call him “Cil” as a pet name.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: His golden hair and blue eyes are fitting for the stereotypical fairytale prince image he lets out.

* CrazyJealousGuy: After they get married, Cecil gets jealous at even the slightest suggestion Bertia might have been interested in someone else, whether they're real or fictional, and expressly forbids her from attempting a seduction.

* {{Bookworm}}: He always carries around a book and would rather spending his time concentrate on it than talking to someone.

* TheDitz: Perhaps more than Bertia. He lacks awareness in social situations and even once forced Cynthia to shut him up by kneeing him hard in the ribs.

* IronicName: Ibil sounds rather like “evil”, which she very much isn’t.
* TheMatchmaker: Bertia tries to pair off all the prince's future advisors so that they can't end up in the harem ending with Heronia. As far as Charles and Silica are concerned, however, it somewhat veers into UnwantedAssistance because of her exuberance, even if her efforts worked out.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Like in the game, her classmates ignore her at best and scorn and belittle her at worst. Unlike in the game, however, most of the scorn is rightfully deserved, as she spreads rumors about Bertie and the other rival girls and throws public tantrums when things don’t go her way.

* BewareOfTheNiceOnes: While a very sweet self-proclaimed villainess, when she witness Nelt yell at Silica over her mothering to where the latter is left in tears, she's quick to furiously lash back at Nelt about how ungrateful he was acting for everything Silica does for him because she cares.

* UnintentionallyKarmic: Bertia tries to help Heronia have a clear path to Cecil by fixing the problems between the other capture targets and the rival girls, thus eliminating them as romantic paths for Heronia. This however, causes more trouble for Heronia, as now she has no other options for when Cecil starts rebuffing her advances.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: While she loves Cecil more than anyone, she constantly tries to hook Cecil and Heronia together because she believes only that way would make Cecil happy. [[spoiler:It turns out another reason she was so determined to pair them together is because a war happens and Cecil ends up either ends up a BloodKnight, a recluse, disappears or assassinated in all routes outside his own.]]

* DelicateAndSickly: In the original game, she suffered the aftertastes of the deadly epidemic, which weakened her body. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the story because Bertia's desire to save her own mother from the same epidemic indirectly prevented Cynthia from being infected.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She keeps her hair long, likes reading books, takes part in tea party and wears PimpedOutDress like any other ladies, but she also likes horse riding and martial arts.

* ShortHairWithTail: Wears his hair this way.

* EmotionlessBoy: Originally, Cecil grew up without caring for anyone, couldn’t understand why his father was grieving after he was forced to refuse Douglas the medicine that would save his best friend's wife and stayed apathetic towards the death of Bertia’s mother. Like an “emotionless doll“. Thankfully, current Bertia changed him for the better. Even the present Cecil witnessing what he would have been like had the world remained as the original collapses in self-loathing and hearing about how he ends up in the game's routes outside his own unsettles him.

* LovedByAll: Tia's antics and poor attempts to [[MinionWithAnFInEvil play the villainess]] actually leads to the opposite result; the prince and the capture targets are all enamored with her. It even leads to Tia having an in-universe fan club devoted to her.