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Princess Nakaba

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The Princess of Senan who is arranged to marry Belquat's second-in-line, Prince Caesar. Nakaba is resented by nobles for her inferior red hair and illegitimate birth, forcibly residing in a remote tower for most of her life. Initially emotionless and resigned to her life as a "prisoner" of Belquat, her new found ability, Time's Arcana, as well as her growing relationship with Caesar and her strong friendship with Loki, is what allows Nakaba to develop into a stronger person who wants to help others.
  • Afraid of Blood: This is initially due to it reminding her of her mother's death. Blood turns out to be a factor in provoking her power, and there are quite a number of times where she puts herself at self-harm in order to use it.
  • All-Loving Hero: Loves all animals, humans, Ajin. Her dream is a world where Ajin and humans live equally in harmony.
  • All of the Other Reindeer: She is looked down upon for her inferior red hair (by both Senan and Belquat nobles) and for her Senan background (by Belquat). Her illegitimate lineage is looked down upon by her grandfather (the current king of Senan), who prevents her from being the direct heir to the Senan throne (shafting her position to her half-cousin Adel instead) and kept her locked in a tower for fourteen years of her life.
  • Arranged Marriage:
  • Berserk Button: She is provoked whenever Caesar or Loki are insulted. Caesar yanking on her braid used to push her buttons too. When they visit Senan, she reacts with embarrassment and eventually snaps because she doesn't want to be insulted in front of Caesar (or have Caesar insulted because of her) due to her red hair or her shameful background.
  • Betty and Veronica: She is the Archie in a seeming Love Triangle between her childhood friend Loki (the Betty) and her husband Caesar (the Veronica). When put on the spot by Loki to choose between them, she chooses Caesar.
  • Big "NO!": Happens twice: when she has a dream of Caesar getting killed and when her hair is forcibly dyed black.
  • Big "SHUT UP!": She yells this when she overhears two Senan nobles insulting her and Caesar.
  • Blessed with Suck: Time Arcana powers despite being useful in telling the past, present and future come at a very heavy price. The powers come at the cost of her lifespan (most Time Arcana users die early when the power overwhelms them) and you can Screw Destiny but at a very heavy cost.
  • Cannot Spit It Out: Her feelings for Caesar and telling Caesar about Time's Arcana. She reveals the former in Chapter 21.
  • Conflicting Loyalty: In Chapter 6, she develops this when Loki tells her to not forgive Caesar as it was Caesar's father was the one who ordered the attack that killed her mother. While she decides to follow through with this since Loki has been the one person always by her side, she struggles with distancing herself from Caesar due to a part of her already forgiving him and due to her developing feelings for him. This eventually gets resolved.
  • Cry into Chest/Security Cling: She tends to do this with Caesar or Loki.
  • Damsel out of Distress: Nakaba has a knack at getting into serious danger, but this does little to waver her determination.
  • Defrosting Ice Queen: She gradually changes from an Emotionless Girl to someone who is stronger and more honest with her feelings.
  • Determinator: She is willing to go through great lengths to save people, even if it includes self-harm in order to provoke her power or the fact that her power is slowly dwindling her life away.
  • Dreaming of Things to Come: Her Arcana initially manifests this way.
  • Emotionless Girl: Initially. When she used to live in the Senan Country, she was devoid of any physical or emotional response in spite of the insults that Adel would throw at her. Her experience in Belquat and her relationship with Caesar eventually results in her opening herself to others and becoming a more honest person with her feelings rather than concealing or repressing them. When she meets with Adel again, he is quite bristled by the fact that she is capable of emotions like embarrassment (towards Caesar discovering what her life in Senan used to be like).
    Adel: Y...You!! When did you learn to make that kind of expression?! You never gave a response before! No matter what was said to you! No matter how hurt you were, or how resentful you've become... like a doll! Why now...?
  • Equivalent Exchange: She learns the hard way that saving someone's life costs someone else's.
  • Fainting: This frequently happened to her in earlier chapters due to Time's Arcana.
  • Faux Action Girl: Though she knows how to defend herself and how to outwit others, in most cases she ends up getting rescued by either (or both) Caesar or Loki.
  • Fiery Redhead: Is Redhead and is very plucky and fiery.
  • Girl in the Tower: She lived in a tower remote from rest of the Senan Castle for fourteen years of your life prior to marrying Caesar.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: When using Time's Arcana, her eyes turn from green to red
  • Happy Marriage Charade: How her marriage to Caesar starts off. They end up Happily Married.
  • Holding Hands: Her relationship with Loki is so intimate that they constantly hold each other's hands or cup each other's faces without thinking anything of it. This changes after she discovers that Loki is in love with her, and any close gesture between them after now feels strange and uncomfortable to her because she now knows these gestures aren't of friendship but of love, and she is already in love with Caesar.
  • In-Series Nickname: She is initially referred to by Caesar as akage, or "red hair," prior to him developing feelings for her.
  • Important Haircut
  • Knight in Sour Armor: She initially views herself a sacrificial lamb that maintains her role for the sake of the happiness of the people.
  • Living Emotional Crutch: She is this to Loki.
  • Love Confession: Confesses her love for Caesar in Chapter 21.
  • Redhead In Green: Promotional images often show her wearing green clothing. This is probably to complement her green eyes.
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something
  • Screw Destiny: How she acts whenever she sees a vision with someone getting killed and tries to save them. She succeeds in saving Caesar and Lemilia, but the cost of saving the latter was Cain's life.
  • She Cleans Up Nicely: In Chapter 2 and Chapter 13.
  • Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Has red hair and green eyes and both are plot relevant. Her red hair marks her as part commoner and serve as a source of grief. Her green eyes are unique to Time Arcana wielders and turn red when she's using her powers.
  • Single Woman Seeks Good Man: She doesn't start developing feelings for Caesar until he becomes a kinder person.

Prince Caesar

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Second-in-line to the Belquat throne and Nakaba's husband. Caesar has been pressured from a young age to fight for the throne due to his noble background and black hair, but he shows disinterest in becoming Belquat's succeeding king. He initially starts off as a childish and immature, young man that is empty and devoid of any purpose, but it is only through Nakaba's kindness and eventual love that Caesar becomes a more kinder person who is willing to do what is right.
  • Beneath the Mask: Initially introduced as an immature jerkass, he turns out to be pressured to gain the throne by his mother and a noblewoman who holds affections for him and thus feels empty because he has no desire for anything for himself and is aware of his half-brother's hatred for him, in spite of his attempts to gain his affection.
  • Betty and Veronica: The Veronica to Loki's Betty.
  • Brilliant, but Lazy: Though everyone finds him more suitable for the throne than Cain and expects him to challenge his half-brother as the heir to the throne, he shows disinterest in becoming Belquat's succeeding king. This turns out to be intentional because he is aware that Cain hates him and his attempt to distance himself from the throne is his way of trying to gain his Cain's love.
  • Crazy Jealous Guy: He can be quite clingy and jealous sometimes when it comes to Nakaba and Loki's closeness to her.
  • Defrosting Ice King: Starts off cold and cruel to Nakaba, but kindness and patience softens him.
  • The Four Loves: Type Storge. All he wants is his half-brother Cain's love and for Cain to stop hating him.
  • Freudian Excuse: His immaturity and lazy inclination towards succeeding the throne is derived from the emptiness he feels of having no purpose of his own, and from being aware of Cain's hatred for him, and in an attempt to receive his half-brother's love, tried to appear unsuitable for the throne.
  • Green-Eyed Monster:
    • He is jealous of the fact that Nakaba is close to Loki, or rather that his "wife" is close to "another man," but he eventually grows to tolerate it because he knows how important Loki is to her. In earlier chapters, he was also jealous of Loki because he is a sub-person—who have keener senses and are physically stronger than humans—which he could not hope to surpass himself.
    • He also has some jealousy towards Adel after Adel and Nakaba are married.
  • Happily Married: To Nakaba.
  • Happy Marriage Charade: How his marriage to Nakaba starts off. They end up Happily Married.
  • Innocently Insensitive: When they visits the Senan castle, he teases Nakaba for "having No Sense of Direction" when she forgets where to go, to which Loki replies that he's "losing points." Later, when he sees a remote tower in the castle, he asks about it, unaware that this is where Nakaba had lived for the past fourteen years. Loki pretty much tells him this and explains this is why he said he was "losing points [with Nakaba]," to his shock and Nakaba's provocation.
  • Jerkass -> Jerk with a Heart of Gold
  • Locked Out of the Loop: He is kept in the dark about Nakaba's power, Time's Arcana. He is aware that Nakaba is keeping a secret from him but accepts it.
  • Love Redeems: His love for Nakaba is what allows him to become a more kinder and selfless person.
  • Unwanted Spouse: Of Nakaba, initially. They end up Happily Married. Subverted with Louise. He was initially against marrying him because he is already married to Nakaba but inevitably agrees in order to do whatever that is necessary to become king and because Louise no longer has feelings for him (and thus will not affect his feelings for Nakaba). Nakaba and he later remarry.
  • Youngest Child Wins: Caesar was born with black hair, considered to be the prized hair color of the royals, and is considered more suitable for the throne than his older half-brother Cain, who was born with blond hair. He is happily married to Nakaba and is the object of Cain's fiancee Louise's affections. Following Cain's death, he is the direct heir to the throne.

Loki

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Nakaba's attendant and longtime friend. Loki is a sub-person: a half-beast and half-human with beast ears and a tail. He is important to Nakaba, as he has stayed by her side and taken care of her since she was a child, and is the only person from Senan who accompanies her to Belquat, as well as her only source of comfort and solace in an unfamiliar country that despises her. Loki is distrustful of Caesar and is determined to protect Nakaba.
  • All Love Is Unrequited: It has been hinted in Chapter 21 and revealed in Chapter 32 that Loki is in love with Nakaba. When he makes her choose between them, she chooses Caesar.
  • Always Second Best: Caesar is not only jealous of him due to his closeness to Nakaba but also due to the fact that sub-people have stronger senses and are physically stronger than humans, which Caesar cannot hope to surpass.
  • Animal Motifs: Is part dog and is also heavily associated with wolves.
  • Attempted Rape: An interesting variant in Chapter 32. While using Time's Arcana, Nakaba witnesses a flashback where he was tempted to but restrained himself from "violating" her in her sleep. This incident is notable because this is what makes Nakaba realize that he is in love with her.
  • Beneath the Mask: Lemilia says that behind his surface, he is muddled with conflicting feelings of "loneliness, pain, love, hatred, and fear." Later chapters show the extent of his suppressed emotions, from his determination to protect Nakaba resulting in him killing and covering up the death of a noblewoman to how he restrains his suppressed feelings for Nakaba to the point where he has to tell himself not to violate her. The final chapters reveal that Nakaba and he are actually siblings and are half-Ajin; while he loves Nakaba and his life revolves around her, he also envies her at the same time as she physically looks more human than Ajin while he had to secretly burden the fact that he was half-human but would always be treated badly.
  • Berserk Button: Insult Nakaba, and you might just get a death threat and a knife at your throat. Threaten Nakaba, and you will probably get yourself killed.
  • Betty and Veronica: The Betty to Caesar's Veronica.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: He is utterly and completely devoted to Nakaba. Threaten Nakaba, and all bets are off.
  • Brother–Sister Incest: He is in love with Nakaba and knew all along that they were siblings.
  • Celibate Hero: He rejects Bella's advances and doesn't seem interested in romance or women beyond his deep attachment for Nakaba. Subverted as it turns out that he does have romantic feelings for Nakaba, but the feelings are not mutual.
  • Childhood Friends: With Nakaba. Subverted as he is actually her brother.
  • Dark Secret: He is hinted to have one in Chapter 25 that he is unable to tell Nakaba. It is hinted that his secret is killing Bella to protect Nakaba, though the final chapters reveal that his secret is much more complicated and painful than that.
  • Deadpan Snarker: He has a habit of commenting whenever Caesar accidentally insults Nakaba.
  • Facial Markings: Has a marking on his face. He inherited that trait from his father who has a marking on his neck
  • Failure Knight: His determination to protect Nakaba seems to stem from his failure in protecting her mother, who died protecting them from a Belquat soldier. This causes him not to want to lose anyone else important to him.
  • Foreshadowing: There's a decent amount of foreshadowing and hints that he has Time Arcana powers and that he is Nakaba's brother
    • Loki has black hair but nothing is made of it since he is an Ajin. His hair comes from having royal blood - he's Stesha's son and Nakaba's brother.
    • Loki has a great deal of knowledge about the Time Arcana and explains much of it to Nakaba. He knows so much because he also has the power and learned through experience.
    • Loki is associated with wolves. He mentions that he is a wolf and Loki the Norse god is the father of Fenrir. Nakaba sees a wolf in the Arcana of Time who is revealed to be Loki.
    • Loki always shows up when Nakaba is in trouble and finds her when she needs him. While this is a normal shoujo trope, the implication is that he's using his Arcana powers to search for her and predict when she's in trouble.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: Chapter 21 seemingly hints that Loki has feelings for Nakaba and is jealous of Caesar's relationship with her. Chapter 32 confirms it.
  • Hopeless Suitor: Despite his feelings for her, because he has the same ability as Nakaba, he knew all along that Nakaba would go to Belquat and marry and fall in love with Caesar.
  • Meaningful Name: He's not necessarily like the trickster god of Norse Mythology, but he does have a few tricks up his sleeve like his scheme to gain Caesar's trust while underhandedly creating a sub-person to attack Belquat (which never comes to fruition) and manipulating Nakaba into distrusting Caesar.
  • Nice Guy: For the most part. See Hidden Depths.
  • The Mole: It turns out that, along with Rito, he sent internal affairs to the Senan King at the latter's orders.
  • Platonic Life-Partners: With Nakaba. Subverted in Chapter 32, as it turns out he's in love with her.
  • The Promise: Much of Loki's personality is defined by his promise to his parents to protect Nakaba.
  • Promotion to Parent: Promised to protect Nakaba after their parents died.
  • Psycho Sidekick: To Nakaba. He would do anything to protect her including kill her enemies.
  • The Resenter: Towards Caesar and Nakaba.
  • Vague Age: It is unknown how old he is, but since he appears to be an older child or an early teenager when Nakaba was a toddler in flashbacks, it can be assumed that he is older than Nakaba at the very least.
  • Yandere: He has quite a few elements of this, from threatening Caesar for insulting Nakaba and regretting that he didn't kill Caesar due to Nakaba's and Caesar's growing closeness in earlier chapters to killing Bella for threatening to have Nakaba either killed or raped by soldiers.

    Senan 

King Morris

The current king of Senan and Nakaba's grandfather. He harbors hatred towards Belquat for the murder of his only daughter (and Nakaba's mother) and confined Nakaba to a remote tower in the Senan castle for most of her life. Though Nakaba is similar to her mother, he is unable to love her.


  • Forging the Will: A variant. Nakaba threatens to kill Adel until King Morris rewrites his will to make her Queen.
  • Heel Realization: There are hints that he regrets his racist treatment of Nakaba and Loki but it's too late for him to make amends.
  • Parental Favoritism:
    • Favored Nakaba's mother because she was the daughter of his most beloved queen.
    • Of his grandchildren, he favors Adel and makes him his heir.
  • Revenge: Considers sending Caesar's head to Belquat in revenge for his daughter's death before Nakaba intervenes.
  • Secret Secret-Keeper: He knew all along that Loki was Nakaba's brother having figured it out from Loki's black hair.

Princess Stesha

Nakaba's mother and the previous direct heir to the Senan throne. She is the only beloved child of the King of Senan. She ran away with her lover to an Ajin village, where Nakaba lived her childhood in, and sacrificed herself during Belquat's attack in order to save Nakaba and Loki.


  • Birds of a Feather: What little we see of Stesha and her husband shows that they're both very similar.
  • Dating What Daddy Hates: Ran away from home to marry a commoner and an Ajin
  • Genki Girl: Almost every flashback we see of her beside her death, she's happy and smiling.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: She sacrificed herself to save Nakaba.
  • Posthumous Character: Her heritage as princess of Senan would define the rest of Nakaba's childhood. So would Loki's promise to protect Nakaba.
  • The Runaway: She ran away to be with Nakaba's father.
  • Spell My Name With An S: Earlier chapters had her name translated as "Cyndia" and "Sasha." Later chapters have it more correctly translated as "Sutesha/Suteisha." In the official English translation she's Stesha.
  • Taking the Bullet

Prince Adel

Nakaba's relative (half-cousin) and a grandson of the king and the present queen of Senan. He is first-in-line to the Senan throne.


  • Arranged Marriage: To Nakaba in Chapter 39.
  • Berserk Button: He loses his nerve once he notices Nakaba has developed emotions. Prior to her marriage to Caesar, she was an Emotionless Girl.
  • The Bus Came Back: In Chapter 39, whereupon he and Nakaba enter an arranged marriage.
  • Evil Counterpart: Quite a bit to Caesar. He physically resembles Caesar (before the latter's Important Haircut) and acts like a complete jerkass to Nakaba to the point of grabbing her hair like how Caesar used to yank at her braid. This is lampshaded later when Nakaba, using Time's Arcana, sees the past with him insulting her and pulling on her braid, which reminds her of Caesar.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: He seems to harbor jealousy over the effect Loki and especially Caesar have over Nakaba.
  • Jerkass: He is introduced in this fashion, insulting Nakaba in his first appearance in Chapter 23. Chapter 24 furthers this by showing that in the past he often went out of his way to insult her just because he could.
  • Kick the Dog: He is a constant offender of this to Nakaba.
  • Kissing Cousins: It hasn't been outright stated, but it is hinted that he might have feelings for Nakaba. This would also explain why he reacted negatively to Nakaba's newfound emotions and to her husband Caesar, and why he disliked Nakaba comparing him to Loki and favoring Loki over him in the past. As of Chapter 39, he has married Nakaba, if only because of her power over Time's Arcana; he wants to consummate the marriage, but Nakaba's tears about Caesar cause him to "postpone" it.
  • Pair the Spares: Seems to be headed this way with Lemilia.
  • Pet the Dog: He has very, very occasional moments of this with Nakaba after they are married, but it is not enough for her to stop from taking Senan from him.
  • Royal Brat: Adel was a spoiled bratty child who bullied Nakaba. He does seem to have gotten a bit better as he grew up but only a bit.
  • Meaningful Name: His name means "noble." Naturally, he is revealed to be the successor to the Senan throne.
  • Put on a Bus: Shortly after being introduced in Chapter 23.
  • Tsundere: Adel's childhood bullying was childish pig-tail pulling. He liked her but couldn't express it.
  • Unwanted Spouse: To Nakaba. Subverted as she did form enough of an attachment and/or pity to feel apologetic when she takes Senan from him.

Rito

A sub-person who was one of few friends that Nakaba had in Senan.


  • The Mole: Was blackmailed by the king of Senan to spy on Nakaba and Belquat's dealings in return for his mother's safety.

Lisa

Rito's mother. Other than Rito, she was the only other person who was kind to Nakaba during her stay in the Senan Castle. She is imprisoned in Nakaba's tower at the king's command, blackmailing Rito into spying on Nakaba in order to free her.


  • I Have Your Wife: Or really, "I Have Your Mother." The king uses her as leverage to force Rito to spy on Nakaba.

    Belquat 

King Guran

The king of Belquat and the father of Caesar and Cain.


  • Be Careful What You Wish For: Forces an Arcana user to tell the future at sword point and only learns death and tragedy.
  • Disproportionate Retribution: Guran makes a habit of this:
    • When King Guran enters the dining hall and is startled that Nakaba is dressed in Senan attire, Loki takes responsibility for it. King Guran reacts by slashing Loki with his sword and ordering for him to be killed.
    • He murdered an Arcana user, his friends and Nakaba's village solely because the user predicted Lady Sarah's death and then the destruction of his kingdom. Note, he threatened the Arcana user into making a prediction.
  • Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Despite Nakaba learning of his past, the main characters come to the conclusion that he still could have been a better father and that he was ultimately a weak-willed person unfit to be king.
  • The Mourning After: Is still mourning Lady Sarah's death
  • Parental Neglect: Is implied to have taken a very hands-off approach raising his children after Lady Sarah's death. His neglect caused Cain, despite being his favorite son and heir, to feel inadequate driving a wedge between Cain and Caesar.

Queen Rosenta

The mother of Caesar and King Guran's second wife. She is determined to make sure Caesar surpasses Cain in becoming king and continues to feel jealousy and resentment over King Guran's preference of Lady Sarah over her. She was originally a concubine and her titles with Lady Sarah were switched in order to secure Caesar's legitimacy to the throne.


  • Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Queen Rosenta's open disdain of Cain is what poisons the brothers' relationship, which helps lead to Cain's death. It's also pointed out that Caesar is accused of killing Cain mostly because she couldn't keep her resentments to herself, making him the prime suspect.

Lady Sarah

Cain's mother and King Guran's first wife. She was born a commoner and is the favored wife of King Guran. However, noblemen disliked her for her blonde hair and commoner status. Sarah died of an illness and had her titles switched with Queen Rosenta due to Caesar's birth. This is one of the factors that drives Cain's resentment towards Caesar.


  • Always Someone Better: This is how Queen Rosenta regards her.
  • Genki Girl: Was a strong-willed, happy woman. It's easy to see how Guran loved her.
  • The Lost Lenore: To King Guran, as she was his beloved wife and died from an illness.

Prince Cain

Caesar's older half-brother and first-in-line to the Belquat throne. He is arranged to marry Louise.


  • All Love Is Unrequited: He has unrequited feelings for his fiancee Louise, who is in love with Caesar. Ironically, Louise only realizes that she reciprocates his feelings once he dies.
  • Aloof Big Brother/Big Brother Mentor: Zigzagged between these towards Caesar when they were children. He would train with Caesar only to turn around and snub him. This is due to his conflicted feelings towards Caesar where he wanted to have a genuine relationship but was too poisoned by envy
  • Arranged Marriage: With Louise whose family controls the army. Had Cain not have pulled a Face–Heel Turn, it could have very well ended up being a Perfectly Arranged Marriage.
  • Cain and Abel: Naturally between Caesar and himself.
  • Death Equals Redemption/Redemption Equals Death: He stopped himself from attacking Lemilia when Nakaba went in the way, as he recognized her and did not want to harm her. But it is because he threatened Nakaba that Loki killed him.
  • Evil Counterpart: [[spoiler To Nakaba. They are both discriminated for their hair colors and inferiority. The only difference is that while Nakaba decided to overcome it, he gave up.]]
  • Fatal Flaw: His envy towards Caesar and his Revenge Before Reason in attacking Lemilia ultimately seal his death.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: He is jealous of Caesar for the latter's mother being promoted to queen while the former's mother gets dethroned from the position, Caesar being born with black hair, and his arranged fiancee and love interest Louise having feelings for Caesar over him. However, this ends up being his Fatal Flaw.
  • Misplaced Retribution: A running theme with Cain. It's not Caesar's fault that Cain is viewed as lesser heir or that Louise loves Caesar more as Caesar is simply a child who wants a brother. Furthermore, Nakaba and Lemilia notice his envy but they don't do anything about it and attempting to kill them for it is Disproportionate Retribution.
  • "Not So Different" Remark: With Nakaba. There's a side chapter dedicated to his thoughts of her from meeting her to his death, where he ultimately considers her as his "conscience."
  • The Resenter: Resented a Caesar for being born with black hair and Nakaba and Lemilia for seeing through his mask
  • Revenge Before Reason: His abrupt decision to attack Lemilia over her fear of him led to him ultimately getting killed.
  • Sacrificial Lion: He dies partway through the manga which kicks off the story's Cerebus Syndrome and establishes the Balancing Death's Books aspect of Nakaba's power.
  • Sibling Triangle: With Caesar and Louise. Louise clearly loves Caesar and openly flirts with him even if Caesar isn't interested and tries his best to stay out of the triangle.

Louise

The daughter of a Belquat general and Cain's arranged fiancee. She is in love with Caesar and is jealous of Nakaba.


  • All Love Is Unrequited: She is the object of Cain's unrequited affection, and she has unrequited feelings for Caesar. Subverted in that while her feelings for Caesar are unrequited, she seems to have developed some feelings for Cain following his death. As of Chapter 39, she has married Caesar but no longer retains feelings for him due to her feelings for Cain.
  • Arranged Marriage:
  • Subverted with her marriage to Caesar in Chapter 39 as she is no longer in love with him.
  • Character Development: In the beginning of the manga, she loved Caesar and wanted him to actively fight for the throne against Cain. Following Cain's death, she shows reluctance and sadness over Caesar's mother attempting to get Caesar married to her so it would stop the rumors of Caesar being Cain's murderer.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: She is jealous of Nakaba (and of Caesar's growing affection for her) and on one occasion gets Nakaba and Loki thrown in jail merely because Nakaba "stole Caesar-sama away from [her]."
  • The Mourning After: After Cain dies, she realizes she's in love with him.
  • Pet the Dog: When she cries over Cain after his death.
  • Sibling Triangle: She loves Caesar but is engaged to his half-brother Cain.
  • So Happy Together: Realizes that she might love Cain just after he goes on the mission that kills him

Bellinus

The Belquat king's trusted advisor who is often in the company of Caesar. He joins Nakaba's quest alongside his younger sister Lemilia.


  • Conflicting Loyalty: Had this when he had to betray Nakaba, Caesar, and Loki due to King Guran's orders and to protect Lemilia. He gets better.

Lemilia

Vernas' younger sister who quickly develops a fast friendship with Nakaba and is the second person who Nakaba successfully rescues from a foreseen demise. She also has an Arcane that allows her to read minds.


  • Big Brother Worship: Idolizes her brother a lot.
  • Chekhov's Gun: Her perceptiveness of others, hinted in her first few appearances, is a result of her mind-reading Arcana.
  • Damsel in Distress: She has a tendency be this, and a strong portion of a later arc revolved around Nakaba trying to prevent her death.

    Lithuanel 

Prince Baatar

Lithuanel's first prince.


  • Jerkass: Sacrificed his Ajin slave who he knew was in love with him so he could be king.

Prince Azuhal

Lithuanel's second prince and Ahkil's older half-brother, Azuhal was born on the same day as the first prince Baatar. Ahkil prefers to see Azuhal gain the throne in comparison to its direct heir and requests Nakaba and the others to help capture the bandits plaguing their cities in order to help Azuhal succeed the throne.


  • Informed Attribute: Ahkil states that Azuhal would be a better king than Baatar but what is shown of Azuhal depicts him as flighty and unconcerned with ruling. Ahkil would be a better ruler than both of them.

Prince Ahkil

Lithuanel's fifth prince. He briefly meets Nakaba during his visit to Belquat and knows a lot of information about Time's Arcana. Ahkil requests several times for Nakaba to visit his country in order to use her power to see its future and to stop any strife.



Irasifu or Elaheh, in the official romanization.

A snake-like Ajin who is among the bandits attacking the Lithuanel cities.


    Other Characters 

Leo

An Ajin who Nakaba and the others meet in Ajin Village. He joins them in their quest to Senan.




Alternative Title(s): Reimei No Arcana

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