The Marren Clan | Dinrat Kingdom: (Lomarn City | The Fage Territory: Russell Village | Palgas Village)
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The Marren Clan
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Tropes apply on the clan
- Adults Are Useless:
- They sent a search party to find Abel, consisted of 13 adult and 4 teens. Because they were ill-prepared for the outside world, and couldn't stand being away from their village and loved ones, 7 adults turned back to the village, before even reaching the closest city!
- They reached Lomarn City, after 10 days from their departure (Abel took 3 days on Jaime' wagon), with help from a kind adventurer who found them after they lost hope when their map got eaten by a magical beast. However, the group are such Shrinking Violet they let Giselle handle the talking. Once inside the crowded city, their anti-social trait kicks in, making them a spectacle.
- They get kicked out of the friendly hotel they stayed in, because they smoked their leaves indoor, breaking the city rules. After they lost their leaves stash, the adults stayed in another hotel, while the teens went to become adventurers to earn money and collect information on Abel.
- Brother–Sister Incest: It's a custom in the clan for brothers and sisters to marry after the brother's coming of age, if they're less than 5 years apart. Abel was mortified when his father sprung the matter on him.
- The Dreaded: It says something when a three hundred-years old elf remembers them as the "The War Clan" and "The Gods of Death in the Battlefield". Mind you, said elf was facing Abel. The clan now on the other hand, not so much.
- Fish out of Water:
- The Abel search party quickly prove to be inept after day 2. Homesickness settled in, exhausted and fatigued from walking for hours and sleeping outdoors, and lost the will to go on. One adult carved Ortems to resemble his family.
- Godzilla Threshold: The Chieftain isn't allowed to leave the village, unless in the case of a threat to it, or at the request of the royal family.
- I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin!: Abel's new brand of specially cultivated incense-smoke leaves was so good, the members of the tribe held a riot at their leader's door when they learned that they can't grow them anymore. How good was that smoke for them??
- Maligned Mixed Marriage: The Marren tribe initially treated Abel's desire to marry Mea as this in the epilogue, because he ran away from marrying his sister, broke the village's rules and traditions, and brought an outsider for a marriage partner. Then it gets Reconstructed after his parents accepted Mea into the family, and the Chieftain, along with Giselle and Filo shown their support for their union, making the villagers respect his wishes.
- Magical Native American: The manga adaption's picture of the Marren is inspired by this trope, with traditional clothing, totems, drums and smoking pipes. They also pray to the spirits of their ancestors.
- Mystical White Hair: All the tribespeople sport white hair.
- Practical Currency: The clan has no currency, resorting to trade and bartering. They often use incense-smoke leaves instead, making it also Money to Burn. The Chieftain later replace it with Demon Ore Coins, after the price plummets.
- Technicolor Eyes: All the tribe have red eyes.
- We Have Become Complacent: The Marren clan got hit with this HARD. With the last war that the kingdom needed them in was a hundred year ago, they became too comfortable. Their incredible magic is now used to wash their hands and light fires and now rely on archery to hunt. The only experienced mage known is the Chieftain, who isn't happy with the situation and is too jaded to expect anyone to show interest in magic.Narrator: The former secret weapon of the Dinrat Kingdom was nowhere to be found. They had become fragile in many ways as they straddled the generations since they were neglected by the royalty and no longer sent off to war, and enjoyed peace without being threatened by anything.
Giselle Belek
Surely nothing is wrong with her ...Oh Crap!.
Abel's little sister. Always followed behind her big brother since birth, and was often left in his care by their parents. This caused her to develop a strong attachment to Abel, which worried him.
- Action Girl:
- Surrounded and beaten down a Greater Bear that attacked the Abel Search Party with her Ortems. She's her brother's sister after all.
- Risen to level semi-D-Class Adventurer at Lomarn City's Adventurer Support Center in an "unusually fast rate for a teenager". Which is one week.
- Anti-Villain: All what Giselle wants is to find her brother, bring him back to the village and marry him!. He's just scared and confused from the sudden change in his life. Or so she thinks...
- Badass in Distress: Gets grabbed and engulfed in Sim's spirit body, after he loses his patience and decides to confront Abel directly, with her as a Human Shield. With Sim being a 10,000 year old Great Spirit, she was helpless against him.
- Batman Gambit:
- Sabotaged Abel's Ortem truck to break down at the middle of the forest road to the city, because he'll never make it on foot with his weak body, and he won't make it back to the village as well before he'd collapse from exhaustion. This way the tribe will catch him red-handed breaking the rules, and they would make sure he'll never try to escape ever again. If it wasn't for that carriage though...
- Leaked the fact that the Chieftain failed to reproduce Abel's incense-smoke leaves cultivation method to the villagers, who are desperate to smoke it again, causing complaints and riots at the Chief's door. Forced into a corner, the Chief calls to form a search party to get Abel back.
- Big Brother Attraction: To her brother's troubles.
- Break Them by Talking: Tries to break Abel and Mea up by talking about the Marren's traditions and rules, to make Mea thinks that their traditions are absolute and must be followed no matter what, that Abel is in a precarious position because he broke the rules and will be severely punished for it, and heaping the guilt on Mea because she's holding him back. It almost works as Abel can't defend Mea, fearing that he'll anger Giselle, until Mea brings up the fact that Giselle is ignoring Abel's wishes for her own convinence, stunning her.Giselle: “You can say it’s not relevant because you don’t know anything! You, who is an outsider of the tribe, might not understand! We respect the richness of our blood. That’s why there is no precedent for marriage with an outsider of the tribe! My brother has a father, a mother, a friend, and a benefactor in the village! How can you be so selfish?”
Mea: “Y-You’re wrong, Mea didn’t mean it ……”
Giselle: “Ohhhhhh! I’ve figured it out! Because it doesn’t matter, does it? Isn’t it because you don’t care about brother that you can say such things?” - Child Prodigy: Learned everything she knows about magic from observing her brother. Also he did teach her and Shibi some magic lessons.
- Consulting Mister Puppet: After Abel left, she found and carried around a green book she refers to as "Sim-san". She talks to it and gets advice from as if it was her friend. Little did she know...
- Cute Bruiser
- Deconstructed Character Archetype: Giselle might as well be what happens when the Little Sister Heroine is encouraged to marry her brother. Her parents filled her head with how great and lovely it would be to marry her brother, even read her and Abel stories that portrays it as the norm and blissful thing to happen. Because of it, Giselle grew orbiting around her brother, following him and admiring him, becoming an introvert who sees no point in making friends, with her eyes only on her brother. Once Abel tries to confront her about the marriage, her interactions with him becomes less cute and more borderline creepy. Suggesting to him that he lets her sleep with him, talking about "perverted stuff" married people do, etc. just convinces Abel that there is no way to talk her out of it. Even learning that Abel isn't interested doesn't deter her, and instead she impedes his escape to corner him. Her rejected love for her brother turned into an unhealthy obsession, that Sim was all happy to exploit in his plans. Even worse, Giselle is willing to ignore what her brother wants for what SHE wants, and would fly into a fit of rage upon learning that Abel is traveling with a GIRL (LN short stories only). Once Sim betrays her and uses her against her brother, she realizes her mistake and begs her brother to kill her, if it meant saving himself from Sim.
- Determinator: Neither stupid adults nor giant frogs made of sand nor Desert Bandits nor tornadoes stays this girl from finding her brother.
- The Dreaded: Abel treats the thought of his sister catching him like a death sentence, after his escape. However, it stems from the feeling of guilt he has over suddenly leaving her and hurting her, mixed with the fact that he'll probably be forced into their Arranged Marriage once she find him, as well as the fact that he cannot say no to her. In the light novel and manga however, Abel had a nightmare about Giselle catching him, to make his fear feel justified.Abel (narrating): I’m not going to unleash my magic on Shibi or my father Zelrut, but I’m not going to unleash my magic on Giselle, whom I escaped from after I single-handedly hurt her.
If she cries out, I may have to be swept away and go home. - Father, I Want to Marry My Brother: Was overjoyed when she learned that she'll marry her brother thanks to the tribe's traditions. Once she learned how he actually felt about it however...
- Faux Affably Evil: When she spots Mea hugging Abel's shoulder, she frowns and looks in disgust at her, but then she thanks her for taking care of her brother throughout his journey and bows her head to her... and then asks her to leave because Abel's problem is with his village and she's not welcomed.
- Graceful Loser: She quits trying to coerce Abel into marrying her, after the incident with Sim. Even though she's hurt about it:Giselle: “…… I might regret that later. But for now, I can’t seem to separate the two.”
- Head-Turning Beauty: Many boys are overwhelmed with her beauty, Shibi included. Too bad she has her eyes on her brother.
- Hopeless Suitor: She's in love with her big brother Abel, who repulsed of their tribe's beliefs, thinks that marrying her will be unhealthy for both of them and isn't interested in an early marriage.
- I Let You Win: Abel once mentioned that he beaten Giselle after many fierce battles.. in an arm-wrestling match. She was smiling and laughing while he was sweating, but it was a win for him.
- I Will Find You: Joins a search party of 17 members of the Marren clan to bring Abel back. By the time she finds him, she only have Shibi and Lil with her.
- Kung-Fu Wizard: She attacks Mea with kicks, flying kicks, mid-air kicks, palm strikes and elbow strikes, teleporting to front and behind her. Abel notices to his amazement, that she somehow mastered a Secret Art of the Marren tribe's martial arts, called "Wooden Puppet".
- Love Makes You Crazy: When She cornered Abel and Mea, Abel mentions to her the letter he left behind when he ran off and how he said he doesn't see her as a Love Interest. Giselle smiles and say she understands, making him relax and wonders if he misjudged her... but then:Abel: “…… I’m glad. I’m glad that Giselle understands ……”
Giselle: “It’s okay. I didn’t get that letter in the first place, after all.”
Abel: “Hm?”
Giselle: “It was never there, brother. That’s why father, mother, or anyone else in the village, no one knows. If brother takes my hand, I’ll forget it too. That’s why that letter was never there. Now, let’s go home, Brother.”
Abel (Narrating): She didn’t understand me at all. - Mask of Sanity: Throughout her focus chapters, she's always cheerful, polite, smiling, and has went Cute and Psycho because her beloved brother/ fiance ran off from their marriage!!.
- My God, What Have I Done?: After being taken a hostage by Sim and seeing her brother helpless against him, she cries and begs Abel to kill them both, but he's unable to do it. Fortunately, Sim petrifys her anyway, leaving him wide open for Abel to vanquish him without hurting her, and she gets better shortly after.
- No Social Skills: Was told she was to marry her brother since childhood, making her not interested in making friends.
- Oblivious to Love: Ignores Shibi's romantic advances.
- Opt Out: After the fight with Sim is over and she's freed from her petrification, Giselle leaves with Shibi, Lil and Filo and return to the Marren village. Abel, however, does talk to her and explains why he and Mea are leaving the Dinrat Kingdom, and he does comfort her while she's crying over him leaving and promises her he'll return someday to the village.
- Sanity Slippage: When her plan to keep her brother trapped in the village failed, she went to her and Abel's room and stabbed the Ortems he made with a kitchen knife."Nii-sama... Why? Why might you not be returning?"
"It's not like..'Shank'..I'm mad or anything. 'Shank'" - Strike Me Down with All of Your Hatred!: When Abel tries to goad her into ceasing her assault on Mea, reminding her that he's stronger than her in magic and could summon his Ortems on her, she instead DARES him into shooting her with magic:
Giselle: “Then why don’t you just do it! Now, quickly, point your wand at me and shoot me with magic or whatever! You can take Sim-san away from me and run away with that horn lady!”
Abel (Narrating): It, It’s no use…… The blood is completely rushing to her head.
Abel (Narrating): It, It’s no use…… The blood is completely rushing to her head.
- Stronger Sibling: To Abel in physical strength. When Abel measured her strength using his 'Display Status' magic, she had 8, to his 2. She was eleven at the time.
- Surrounded by Idiots: Her feelings about the Abel Search Party in general. The adults are either after Abel's incense-smoke leaves, treating the journey like a group trip, or came around to brag to their families later. Then 7 out of 13 adults turned back to the village after a rainy night. Then the rest of adults just stayed in a hotel while she and the rest of teens (Shibi, Filo and Lil) turned to adventuring jobs to provide money. Then came the straw that broke the camel's back, when she heard that the adults were planning to go to Nefersia, the Capital of Water, for sightseeing and fun. This led her to take the teen group and split from the adults to look for Abel themselves.Giselle (to herself): This …… would definitely have been better if I had come alone……
- Teleport Spam: She has her Ortem moves and teleports her to its location multiple times, trying to attack Mea from behind Abel, with kicks and palm strikes.
- Thousand-Yard Stare: Giselle usual cheerful smile disappears, after hearing that Abel ran off with a girl, three days before she, Shibi and Lil reached Russell village.Giselle: “When did this happen?”
- Took a Level in Badass: She was taught magic and how to increase her magic power, by Sim during her journey to look for Abel. She even mastered the Marren's secret martial arts, including "Wooden Puppet".
- Took a Level in Kindness: In the epilogue, she accepts Abel and Mea's relationship, convincing her parents to do so as well, and goes to take care of Abel's house chores and Mea during the latter's pregnancy.
- Tranquil Fury: After she corners them, Abel and Mea notice her smiling after Abel praised her skill with the Ortem. But when they looked into her eyes, they both felt her anger and froze in their place.
- Unwitting Pawn: She gets tricked by the Great Spirit Sim into taking the Abel Search Party on a Wild Goose Chase until the Moon Festival Din Mei is near, then have her attack Abel and Mea, and then be taken as a hostage to threaten Abel into compliance, kill them both and kidnap Mea. Fortunately, Abel foils Sim's plan and rescues Giselle.
- Villainous Breakdown: After Abel easily destroys her Ortem with a flame ball, she ceases her attack and starts crying, begging for her brother to come back to the village, even saying that she'll give up on their marriage and anything else as long as he comes back. Unfortunately, Sim is having none of that.
- Violence is the Only Option: After Abel asks her to hand over the grimoire Sim, she refuses and cries about that he'll take her only mean to find him and run away. Suddenly the grimoire opens and writes some words for her, making her decides on attacking Mea to incapacitate her and strongarm Abel into coming back later. Thing is, she hits with strong attacks that could potentially kill Mea, if it weren't for her guard Ortem protecting her.Giselle: “…… You’re in the way, so I wanted you to sleep a little, though.”
Abel and Giselle's Parents
Zelrut: "Once the ceremony is over and done with, he'll settle down.."
Zelrut Belek and his wife are Abel and Giselle's parents. Fascinated by Abel's fast growth as a child, now having to contend with his weird antics like filling his room with carved ortems and using magic whenever he like it.- Brother–Sister Incest: Per traditions. Making Abel's mother his aunt.
- Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Zelrut wanted Abel to focus less on magic and more on menial tasks like farming, archery and caring for his little sister.
- For Your Own Good: After learning that Abel isn't interested in marrying his sister, Zelrut arranges for the wedding to be in three days and tells the whole village the good news, to make his son comply. This backfires as it motivates Abel into running away from the village in the night.
- Heartfelt Apology: Downplayed in the epilogue, where Zelrut apologizes to Abel for pushing the wedding between him and Giselle and not respecting his feelings. Though he felt discouraged, because he did wish to see them marry.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Zelrut pushed a dazed Abel away from the greater bear's claws and was gravely wounded. Abel saves him with Bio-Magic.
- I Will Find You: Zelrut joins the Abel Search Party, but is Demoted to Extra.
- Named by the Adaptation: Zelrut calls his wife Gina in chapter 21 of the manga.
- Open-Minded Parent: In the epilogue, they both accept Mea into the family, after Abel brought her to the Marren village, despite the Marrens' disapproval on bringing strangers to the village, let alone marrying one.
- Please, I Will Do Anything!: In the Webnovel. After Abel's disappearance, his father contemplated calling off the marriage between Abel and Giselle, and switching her with Filo, if it was going to make Abel come back.
- Satellite Character: Abel's mother.
- Shipper on Deck: Both supports Abel x Giselle.
- Was Too Hard on Him: In the webnovel, Zelrut did regret pushing the wedding on his son after he ran away.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: Zelrut thought he could have the rights for Abel's incense-smoke leaves pass to him, and having a seat with the tribe's important people, only for his son to run away, and the Chieftain failed to recreate the method.
Filo
"I-It's not like I saved you on purpose!"
Granddaughter (or Great-Granddaughter) of the Chieftain. She became interested in Abel since childhood, because of his passion for learning magic and his frequent visits to the Chief's home.- Absent Animal Companion: Loops is forgotten about and is never mentioned again in both the webnovel and light novel, after Abel leaves the Marren village. The manga rectifies that by having him by Filo's side in almost all her scenes, even after Abel left.
- Bedlah Babe: Light Novel Volume 1: Wears a revealing outfit for a dance, shown in (NSFW [1]
. - Bearer of Bad News: Informs Abel that Giselle, Shibi and Lil will come sooner or later to Russell village.
- Canine Companion: Her dog, Loops.
- Cannot Spit It Out: She has feelings for Abel, but can't act on it because he is meant to marry his sister per traditions.
- "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: After meeting Abel in the Fage territory, she tells him that she could've helped him, had he talked to her instead of running away from the village:Filo: “…… If only you had consulted me at that time, I could have done something for you. You don’t have to do this.”
- Evil-Detecting Dog: In the manga, Loops is always seen wagging his tail and being friendly whenever Filo is confronting Abel. In contrast, He snarls and growls in the presence of Noswell and his cronies, and barks at a group of angry Marrens forming a riot in front of the Chieftain's house.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: In the epilogue, She and her grandfather, the Chieftain, help Abel regains his reputation in the Marren village after it went down, allowing him to build a house and marry Mea.
- I Will Find You: Joins the Abel Search Party, fully knowing what'll happen if they find him.
- Madness Mantra:Filo: "Abel…… Abel~……"
- Rescue Romance: In the Light Novel. When they were children, Abel saved her from a couple of bullies in the village, Gil and Shermey. They were harassing her and trying to take her dog, Loops, by force when Abel interfered, and scared them off with a light show using a huge magic circle, when Gil grabbed him. Depicted here [2].
- Reunion Vow: Offers to hold Giselle off, should she comes looking for Abel, in exchange of Abel returning to the Marren village someday.Filo: “Alright! If you don’t, I’m not going to let you get away with it next time at that time, I’ll chase you to the ends of the earth!”
- Troubled Fetal Position: During day 3 for Abel search party. And later, before she met Abel again in the Fage territory.
- Tsundere: Lampshaded by Abel.
- Unluckily Lucky: She gets the short end of the stick while in the Abel Search Party. From leaving her home, getting forcibly picked-up by an adventurer and staying indoor from the shock, ends up getting separated from Giselle, Shibi and Lil, and becoming a stranger in a village in a rural area... that happens to be Russell village in the Fage territory, where Abel lives now, and was called by the townsfolk to meet with her in the inn she's staying in. Giselle, Shibi and Lil ended up in Palgas village.
- Unlucky Childhood Friend: Twice. when Abel and Giselle's wedding was announced in the village, and when Abel realized his feelings for Mea and apologized to Filo.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Gives Abel a kind-of-deserved one for him running away, after they see each other again, then she says she didn't mean to say it, and is glad to see he's doing well:Filo: “You have no idea how much Giselle was hurt after that. I didn’t think you’d be so unthinking. I’m a little disappointed in you, to be honest. I’m honestly a little disappointed that you didn’t leave a single letter, that you didn’t have any attachment to the village?”
Shibi Ardy
"May Abel-san come back soon, preferably single"
Son of Galia Ardy. Treated Abel rudely on their first meeting, and took every chance to look down on him. But after Abel saved him and their fathers from a greater bear, he starts respecting him and becomes his first friend.- Beneath the Mask: He mentions that he cried to his father and was upset over Abel's disappearance, but when he was alone, he proclaims:Shibi: “He did it.”
- Be Careful What You Wish For: Implied. He wanted to go on a date with his crush, Giselle. He got to go with her to the forest after Abel ran away, only for her to only worry and think about her brother, looking for clues to what happened to him, and find where his ortem truck ended up.
- Dogged Nice Guy: He has a huge crush on Giselle, and would do anything Abel and Giselle asks him to, if it means getting his approval and her attention.
- Et Tu, Brute?: He got really upset and cried foul on Abel, after the latter's wedding to Giselle was announced.Shibi: “That’s not what you said, Abel-san!”
- Fireball Eyeballs: In the manga, when Abel told him that Noswell might force Giselle to marry him if Abel's plan didn't work.
- Hide the Evidence: Finds the charred remains of Giselle's first carved Ortem that Abel destroyed, and hide them from her.
- Hopeless Suitor: After Abel and Giselle says their goodbyes, as the former is about to leave the Dinrat Kingdom on a ferry with Mea, Shibi declares to Abel that he'll "make Giselle happy", only for Abel to assert his opinion on him, followed by someone else:Abel: “…… Sorry, I still don’t want Shibi to be my brother-in-law.”
Shibi: “Why?! It isn't like you to refuse! Why?!”
Lil: “…… I also don’t like the idea of Shibi-san getting together with Big Sister Giselle.”
Shibi: “L-Lil-chan!?” - Imaginary Love Triangle: Thought of Abel as his rival for Giselle's affection thanks to the tribe's traditions. Once Abel makes it clear he doesn't see his sister that way, Shibi cheers up, and asks Abel if he could call him brother-in-law, to Abel's annoyance.
- I Will Find You: Joins the Abel Search Party.
Lil Liefel
- Lil: “I’d go anywhere with you, Big sister Giselle, if it meant I had to!”
- Big Sister Worship: She latches on Giselle throughout the journey, as if Shibi didn't have enough obstacles with her.
- The Baby of the Bunch: The youngest member of the search party.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Rests by a sleeping Giselle's side in Lomarn's Adventurer Support Center, reasoning that she's beautiful, and wants to keeps the adventurer creeps away from her.
- Desperate Plea for Home: Being The Baby of the Bunch and The Drag-Along, that was bound to happen. She mellows out of it, after she clings to Giselle.Lil: “No, I want to go home, I don’t want anymore!”
- The Drag-Along: She didn't want to come with the search party. Her family couldn't let go of the family's head so they picked her, seeing that she was The Shut-In and in the right place to get out.
- Fortune Teller: Descendant of a family of fortune tellers and diviners, who gets consulted by the Chieftain for predicting and averting disasters. Sadly, her power isn't that strong.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: She quarrels often with Shibi whenever they want to run their opinions to Giselle.
Noswell Karlco
"Hey, you're raising your ortem the wrong way, you know?"
- The son of Norman Karlco and future head of their family business in cultivating incense-smoke leaves. He was sent to intimidate Abel from growing his own smoke-leaves, but saw Giselle and wanted to threaten her into marrying him.
- Amplifier Artifact: He was wearing several magic tools (a magic cane, a ring, a bracelet, and a chain) on him when he challenged Abel to a Wizard Duel in the manga, not that it helped him.
- And Now You Must Marry Me: Set his sight on Giselle. Abel suspected that if he didn't deal with him anytime soon, he might try something with his family's influence to coerce her.
- Beat Them at Their Own Game: How Abel defeats him and his father's business.
- Boisterous Weakling: Claims he could kill a Greater Bear with his magic. Abel believed him, temporarily. This bites him later in his duel with Abel, as the latter sees him full of openings, and thinks he's pulling a Defensive Feint Trap, and comes at him with huge dirt Ortem chasing him.
- The Bully: In the Webnovel, he locks on Abel, just because he's Giselle's brother, and is excited to the idea that they might become brothers-in-law, so he'd harass him in the future.
- Bullying a Dragon: Threatening the sister of the kid who obliterated a Greater Bear would've never turned out well.. At least he was civil about it.
- Like Father, Like Son: In the Webnovel, his father stole his then-mother from her brother and enjoyed her brother's reaction, so he wanted to do the same to Giselle and Abel, but his threat flew over the latter's head:Noswell: "Let me tell you a good story, my dad also took a woman with an older brother, he said that it was the best to see the disappointing face of Mama's older brother."
Abel: "Is your father a pervert who gets excited by half happy expression and half loneliness by the older brother when his sister got married. Are you saying you also same as your father?" - Kick the Dog: Destroying Abel's ortem, Yama-san.
- Overlord Jr.: To his father, The Don.
- Riches to Rags: Thanks to Abel's smoke-leaves, nobody wants to smoke Karlco's leaves anymore, plummeting its value and left them for poor. Abel later sees him and his lackeys going on a hunt.
- Tyrannical Town Tycoon: Goes and buys one bundle of incense-smoke leaves from Abel's stall for the price of five, then destroys it in front of him, and then threatens everyone in the line of his own stall that he'll do the same to them if they ever try to buy from Abel.
- We Warned You: His two lackey warned him not to antagonize Abel. In fact they were so scared they mentioned some strange horror stories based on Abel's eccentric actions.
Norman Karlco
"And I’ll kick off that ugly old man and become a new patriarch…! I’m ready for it already!"
Head of the Karlco family and Noswell's father. Utilizes his incense-smoke leaves cultivation business in a bid to control the village through it trades.- The Don: Has control over the incense-smoke leave producing families. Through aggression and harassment, he forces them to join his business, and intimidate anyone who tries cultivating his own leaves.
- How the Mighty Have Fallen: Thanks to Abel spreading his brand of incense-smoke leaves throughout the village, Karlco's business dropped, and every worker under their thumb was released.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Following his failure to sell his incense-smoke leaves again, Norman tried spreading rumors of strikes and rebellions to get the Chieftain to make a mistake and be deposed, while Norman appoint himself leader. He's arrested for it, and is locked in a cave in a remote part of the village until he cools down.
- Let No Crisis Go to Waste: He bounces back to his corrupt ways after he learns that Abel's smoke-leaves can't be grown anymore and try selling his own smoke-leaves to the angry villagers at the chieftain's doors, claiming they're modified from Abel's brand. They aren't fooled.
- Netorare: Stole his then-wife from her brother, then enjoyed the expression he had on his face. If that didn't make him evil enough, nothing would.
- Sadist: In the Webnovel, he and Noswell take great pleasure from seeing one of their workers as he's close to collapsing. And add how they pile work on him, and falsely accuse him to reduce his salary.
- Tyrannical Town Tycoon: Controlling the flow, quality and value of the smoke-leaves just for his family to benefit and for the village to be cowed to his whims.
- Villainous Breakdown: He marches to the town market to check on Noswell, sees a long line on a stall and mistakes Abel for his son. Abel corrects him and points him to Noswell's now empty stall. He asks Abel for his name and recognize him as the "Ortem Freak", then he goes Laughing Mad, gets a Nosebleed followed by a Faint in Shock.
The Chieftain
"There is nothing more for you to learn from me"
The leader of the Marren clan and the oldest member of tribe. Accepts Abel as a student to teach magic to, seeing as no one in the village is interested.- Cool Old Guy: Abel mentions that he leads the adults whenever a monster threat is closing in, with him often killing the threat by himself. He is considered the strongest mage in the Marren village, until Abel and later Giselle came into the picture.
- Cruel Mercy: Helps Norman Karlco recovers from his loss in the "smoke-leaves market war" by buying his entire stock of smoke-leaves, which became 'trash' after the price plummet, for a few cheap Demon Ore Coins.
- Godzilla Threshold: He could only leave the village in case of emergency, or by a royal summon.
- Older Than He Looks: He looks to Abel like he is in his 70s, which could be because he's slowing his aging with magic. Though he might be 150 years old.
- Old Master: Said to be the Oldest member of the tribe. Not that it slowed him down.
- Shipper on Deck: Supports Abel x Filo.
- Tears of Joy: After Abel surpassed him.
- Tsundere: He quickly hides his feelings of joy after Abel surpassed him, and switches back to his Stern Teacher persona once Abel looks at him. Abel lampshades the trope, with it being the reason Filo behaves like him.Abel: “Tsundere genes huh..”
Epilogue Characters (Unmarked Spoilers)
Medio and Alma Belek
Abel and Mea's newborn son and daughter.- Patchwork Kids: Medio has Mea's eyes and her blue hair, Alma has Abel's white hair, and small horns from her mother's side.
- Like Father, Like Son: After Mea takes Medio away from Abel, who was reading a very complicated book on magic to his infant child, Medio tries reaching for the book.Mea: “Don’t worry, Medio, you’ll turn into Abel if you read that stuff.”
Medio: “Ah!”
Medio was reaching for me, or rather, for his book.
Abel: “Me-, Mea, Medio wants to learn!”
Mea: “It’s just a coincidence!” - Unto Us a Son and Daughter Are Born: Medio (male) and Alma (female) were born a fraternal twin. The Marren tribe's astrologer told Abel and Mea what they were expecting and their gender in advance.
